Pollution in the air and water

Cars, smoking, and factories are all good examples of things that cause a good amount of pollution in the air.  Pollution is a very bad thing, because it makes the air hard to breathe, and it even contaminates the water.  In China, it's very common that the people there have to wear masks since there is a lot of pollution from the factories there.  We need to cut down on pollution.  For example, there should be more electric cars selling, since it doesn't need gas.  It's not like everyone should have an electric car, but more people should have electric cars.  I feel the need that smoking should be illegal.  Millions of people die from smoking, and not just from smokers.  Not only that, there are so many smokers out in the world creating pollution, it's hurting the environment.  Factories have tubes that let out smoke into the air, which makes the air contaminated.  There are so many factories in the world, and we should fuel energy for the factories with substances that don't produce smoke in the air.  The water plays an enormous role in human survival, because without water, we would die.  It is very common that sometimes, smokers throw their cigarettes in a pond or a lake because they're too lazy to throw it in a trash can, or maybe they think it's funny.  That one cigarette pollutes the pond/lake, and that contaminates the water.  Fish and other animals in the ponds and lakes would be very much effected by the pollution in the water.  Just take the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, many animals died from that spill because they used the water to drink or to clean themselves.  Many organizations washed the affected animals that were covered in the oil.  After they were done washing these animals, they let them free.  This oil spill was an accident, but affected many innocent animals.  Also, there are factory wastes that get blended in with water.  These wastes can give fish disease, and if humans eat these toxic fish, we might die.  Factory wastes not only affect the fish and marine life, but it could also affect humans.  Not a lot of people take action to eliminate pollution and its danger, but someone does.  In fact, you could be that someone.  You can create your own local organization, have projects that pick up trash, do whatever you want!  You can create any project you want to do, and you'll know that you're helping the environment.  But if you're stumped and you don't have any ideas, then here's some ideas and ways that you can help the environment.