Sentences with phrase «more environmental resources»

The corn crop in the US will help to supply the required 18 billion gallons of ethanol in 2016, which will add to the strain of devoting more environmental resources to produce corn.

Not exact matches

The four main anxiety points he hears about: taxation and budgets; changes to labour laws; more environmental regulation; and changes to resource industries» use of Crown land.

The future of the industry may depend on whether more cases of environmental damage are documented, and whether they are regarded as unlikely accidents or the inevitable consequence of this expanding search for energy resources.

The more consequential reforms — such as introducing market - based interest rates, reducing excess capacity, subjecting state - owned enterprises to increased competition and financial discipline, enforcing strict environmental laws, and raising prices of natural resources — are expected to depress growth.

Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government debt is being sensibly restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline in China's consumption of coal.

Tell us where you position yourself now on Canada's resource sector oil / gas / mining and how we can deliver these resources in an environmental prudent and safe way and help Canada become more successful in delivering these resources to the world.

We should also recognise that, in an era of high resource prices, better operating efficiency, improved resource management and products with a more sustainable environmental footprint make commercial and social sense.

This important work will allow more charitable resources to be directed towards the social and environmental outcomes Canadians care about.»

Clean technology companies can tap into a fast - growing global market expected to exceed $ 2 trillion per year by 2020, while resource and manufacturing firms can gain competitive ground by boosting their environmental performance and using energy and resources more efficiently.

ISO 14001:2015 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system that enables organizations to improve environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste.

It fails to include resources from philosophy, or, more particularly, from that contemporary movement in philosophy called «environmental philosophy,» which, as articulated in a journal such as Environmental Ethics, has a growing number of advocates in Western Europe, the United States, anenvironmental philosophy,» which, as articulated in a journal such as Environmental Ethics, has a growing number of advocates in Western Europe, the United States, anEnvironmental Ethics, has a growing number of advocates in Western Europe, the United States, and Australia.2

Natural Resources Wales, an organisation dedicated to furthering environmental causes in Wales, is backing the project, aiming to make not just the creamery, but farms supplying it more eco-friendly.

Supply of limited resources is being further constrained by more severe and unpredictable climate events and more potent microbes, pests and diseases — causing food producers to more seriously consider the environmental life cycle impact of food production activities.

But... after reading an article on the topic of whether locally - produced food is more environmentally friendly in the journal Environmental and Resource Economics, I now know it is a more nuanced issue than I previously suspected.

Mass Audubon has worked with local landowners, the Housatonic River Natural Resource Damages Fund, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to add almost 120 acres to the wildlife sanctuary in Sheffield, which will now total more than 360 acres.

The Sanctuaries 100th celebration on April 9 will present an opportunity to look back on how they've evolved as community resources for conservation, nature - based education, and environmental advocacy, and how they are positioned to inspire even more people to forge their own bonds with the natural world.

The state's largest conservation nonprofit has worked with local landowners, the Housatonic River Natural Resource Damages Fund (HRNRDF), and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to add almost 120 acres to the wildlife sanctuary in Sheffield, which will now total more than 360 acres.

Other research in political psychology suggests that the no campaign has had a much easier job — those inclined to political conservatism are more likely to have a «negativity bias» in their response to environmental stimuli — conservatives have more of a physiological reaction to potential threats in the environment and subsequently devote more psychological resources towards dealing with them: conservatives, quite literately, see more things that could go wrong than liberals.

More laws awaiting approval will open up environmental protection zones and forests to construction, further intensifying the government's obsession to turn the country's environmental resources and urban heritage into profitable assets.

So far, Gabriel Resources has spent more than $ 400 million, but has been constantly thwarted by the mentioned environmental concerns over its use of cyanide.

She also said the state needs to focus more resources on environmental protection efforts and look at what it can do to reduce the impacts of climate change.

This year's First Congressional District candidates both agree more needs to be done to protect the area's natural resources, but how the Environmental Protection Agency goes about making that happen is where they disagree.

On this basis on 1st August, 2016, Forest Watch Ghana (a civil society coalition of 35 - member organisations and several other NGOs in the natural resource sector) petitioned the then President, John Mahama, to intervene in the issuance of prospecting license to Exton Cubic due to environmental concerns; more than 60 % of this forest reserve is a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), which means that the area is protected for its unique ecology and diversity of species of flora and fauna.

«This past year, I successfully fought for more critical water and environmental infrastructure improvements in the final budget, which will protect our natural resources and support continued economic growth,» Hannon said.

Close Indian Point power plant by 2021 - Unit 2 Reactor to close April 2020 and Unit 3 Reactor April 2021 - End use of a plant with numerous safety violations - «Current Indian Point Employees will be Offered relocation and opportunities with other plants and utilities within the state; training in renewable technologies» - «Entergy will provide $ 15 million in funding for environmental and community benefits» - Cuomo is working on replacement resources so that there can be no cost increases in electricity after Indian Point closes More

A credible, long - term strategy, supported by environmental tax reform, can thus deliver a more durable recovery while contributing to climate stability, resource security and better environmental quality.

More work is also needed in consulting with polluters under the system, according to Alvin Lin, climate and energy policy director for China at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization based in New York.

New eco-clothes are still new clothes, and the fashion industry's insistence that one season's cool togs are the next season's trash spurs us to squander resources: Americans discarded 8,640,000 tons of clothing and footwear in 2006, according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates of municipal solid waste generation — a quantity that has more than doubled since 1990.

The idea is to both monitor and develop a good basis for more responsible natural resources management and to construct an alternative way to ensure quality of life to indigenous populations facing a changing scenario both in terms of socioeconomics and environmental issues.»

Are there resources out there to let us go in and get more information fast in the face of this environmental degradation?

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

«And even more meaningful because we did additional analysis that proved the legitimacy of oft - criticized values for environmental resources.»

«This new climate model will help us more accurately and quickly provide resource planners with environmental intelligence at the regional level.

It's resource - intensive to grow, creates many environmental impacts, and is more useful as food.

Other governments around the world more successfully manage infrastructure investments, health systems and environmental resources, apparently with greater flexibility, less corruption, lower costs and better outcomes.

«Species with smaller geographical ranges are naturally more sensitive to environmental change, and if the same community of species is also highly specialized to forage on few food resources, it will be less capable of adapting to a changing environment» says co-author and Assistant Professor Bo Dalsgaard from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate.

«We're finding that when it comes to natural gas leaks, a 50/5 rule applies: That is, the largest 5 percent of leaks are typically responsible for more than 50 percent of the total volume of leakage,» said study co-author Adam Brandt, an assistant professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

More human research and animal experiments are needed to understand which components are the most harmful and why, said Marie Lynn Miranda, dean of University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment and director of the Children's Environmental Health Initiative.

More efficient irrigation management has become a primary focus in sustainable container plant production as growers look for ways to improve resource use and mitigate negative environmental impacts of fertilizers and pesticides that are often found in nursery runoff.

«We're going to learn from those biological processes to improve the methods and find solutions for infrastructure - related construction, maintenance and operations; to reduce the carbon footprint of our construction methods; to reduce the ecological and environmental impact of industries like mining and construction; and to make better and more sustainable use of the non-renewable resources we have,» she said.

«Other options like rail or truck are not feasible for the transportation of large quantities,» said Elizabeth Shope, anti — tar sands advocate with environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a conference call with reporters, noting that such alternative transportation more than triples the cost of moving tar sands oil.

OARE provides more than 3,200 institutions access to up to 11,000 journals, up to 22,000 e-books, and up to 55 other information resources in a wide range of disciplines contributing to our understanding of the natural environment, including environmental toxicology and pollution, zoology, botany, ecology, environmental chemistry, geology, hydrology, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, geography, environmental economics, environmental law and policy, conservation policy and planning, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, energy, and many other disciplines.

Other successful collaborations focus more on environmental monitoring than resource management.

Moreover, the 2.3 billion people likely to be added to the human population by 2050 will undermine those systems much more seriously than did the previous 2.3 billion, as each additional person will, on average, have to be supported by scarcer, lower - quality resources imposing ever greater environmental costs.

Environomics aims to reinvent how we measure and monitor ecosystem health, predict biodiversity responses to environmental change, manage biological resources, detect biosecurity threats and more.

«The program is more than just an environmental education program — it represents the importance of fostering environmental stewardship in a community to protect public health and our natural resources,» she said.

If you are more worried about the environmental effects of fabric production, clothing made with natural fibers like organic cotton, tencel and hemp, or recycled materials are better since they require less water, resources, and chemicals.

I limit my research to foods themselves and let others who have more interest / expertise than I sort out the environmental pros and cons, therefore I'm not your best resource for this type of question.

Derived from renewable resources, our plant - based ingredient solutions can reduce your environmental impact even more.

Many environmental studies tell us that raising animals for human consumption puts a huge strain on water and land resources, and make a strong case for eating more plant - based foods.