Sentences with phrase «as a waste dump for»

«To save coral reefs, we need to transform our energy system into one that does not use the atmosphere and oceans as waste dumps for carbon dioxide pollution.

And, of course, we need to stop using the sea and sky as waste dumps for our carbon dioxide pollution.»

Would we like it today if the Romans had developed a modern technological society like ours, and their scientists told them that using the atmosphere as a waste dump for greenhouse gases would melt the ice caps, acidify the oceans, overheat the tropics, cause species extinctions, etc, and then they decided to go ahead and do it anyway, just because they were selfish and didn't care about other people?

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As part of the mines continued operations the waste rock dump is to be expanded, resulting in the loss of 75.7 ha of habitat for three threatened species of Black Cockatoo.

Little did I know at the time, you are supposed to dispose of solid waste the same way for disposables as you must for cloth diapers; by dumping it in the toilet before washing or throwing the diapers away.

But permitting a dump site for Class B and Class C material is almost as difficult as siting a high - level waste dump.

Environmental destruction — from smuggling elephant tusks to illegal dumping of toxic waste — generates as much as $ 213 billion annually for criminals and terrorists.

The scientists stressed the need for more study of the conditions at the bottom of the ice sheet because of a proposal published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1973 to use the ice sheet as a dumping ground for radioactive waste.

I find John Crowhurst's letter proposing Australia's outback as a dumping ground for the world's nuclear waste offensive (30 November,...

Taken together, all types of environmental crime — from smuggling elephant tusks to China to illegal dumping of toxic waste — generates as much as $ 213 billion for unsavory characters around the world.

When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

By BRIAN WYNNE and SUE MAYER When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

«Substantial reductions in emissions are possible for both the U.S. and the rest of the world, but it will take herculean efforts and transforming the global energy system into one that does not use the sky as a waste dump,» Caldeira said.

Though we may honor our bodily temples with nourishing foods, we can not realize our full health potential so long as we remain waste dumps for mercury, aluminum, cadmium, arsenic, lead and nickel.

The exposition dumps come back in full force, including one of the most unbearable offered up in the film that wastes one of my favorite actors whose role I won't mention here as not to spoil it for anyone unfortunate enough to see this film, as they explain the position these boys are in, the «truth» of their predicament and where things are going to go in that inevitable sequel that will soon be threatening our cinemas once again.

The pet food industry was born as a dumping ground for waste products for large corporations.

This type of self - cleaning litter box uses a conveyor that works as an escalator for the clumps to be dumped into a waste compartment.

If we are to live on this planet for the long haul without transforming it into what seems like an entirely different planet, we will need to come to the understanding that we can no longer use the atmosphere as a dumping ground for the waste products of modern industrial civilization.

While there will be no single technological silver bullet, the time has come for those who take the threat of global warming seriously to embrace the development and deployment of safer nuclear power systems as one among several technologies that will be essential to any credible effort to develop an energy system that does not rely on using the atmosphere as a waste dump.

For a long time, many Asian countries, especially China, have served as a dumping ground for electronic waste from around the world, but with the rise in e-waste from within these countries as well, the problem is becoming much worFor a long time, many Asian countries, especially China, have served as a dumping ground for electronic waste from around the world, but with the rise in e-waste from within these countries as well, the problem is becoming much worfor electronic waste from around the world, but with the rise in e-waste from within these countries as well, the problem is becoming much worse.

Other environmental concerns relate to the radioactive contamination of the Arctic Ocean from, for example, Russian radioactive waste dump sites in the Kara Sea [42] and Cold War nuclear test sites such as Novaya Zemlya.

We benefit now from using cheap and abundant fossil fuels, and we use the atmosphere as a free dump for the waste products.

As a staffer at Greenpeace International, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Health Care Without Harm and Essential Action she traveled to more than 40 countries, visiting factories and dumps, training local activists and exposing the international toxic waste trade.

«Nuclear waste remains radioactive for thousands of years and the nuclear industry has not come up with a technological process to deal with this highly toxic waste and similarly as toxic chemical industry dump their waste in the ground, so does the nuclear industry.

The combination of liquid waste with cooling water generates what is known as palm oil mill effluent (POME), a substance that may be dumped in nearby waterways, killing marine life and contaminating the water for drinking and bathing.

Better to just dump the waste heat into the environment as quickly as possible to improve Delta T (which was not great to begin with) for the primary use of power generation.

Mafia Has Used Somalia As Dumping Ground for 20 Years Here's the broader connection here: Since the 1990s the Mafia have been known to dump toxic waste in the waters off Somalia — where the utter lack of government means it costs one - tenth that of dumping in Dumping Ground for 20 Years Here's the broader connection here: Since the 1990s the Mafia have been known to dump toxic waste in the waters off Somalia — where the utter lack of government means it costs one - tenth that of dumping in dumping in Europe.

As for Yucca Mountain, much of the outrage appears to originate in the perceived unfairness of having Nevada proposed as the sole dump site for the waste of an entire natioAs for Yucca Mountain, much of the outrage appears to originate in the perceived unfairness of having Nevada proposed as the sole dump site for the waste of an entire natioas the sole dump site for the waste of an entire nation.

In the United States as a whole some 30 million tons of food waste are dumped into landfills every year, with a mere 3 % of food waste being diverted for composting or being put to better use.

The horror of the crime and the defendant's U.K. roots have brought an international media gallery to Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn, Mass., a city previously known in international legal lore as the setting for the toxic waste dump in the book and movie, A Civil Action.

At least for the last 50 years some «developing» countries have promoted investment in either dirty / high polluting industries and / or as places to dump garbage, radioactive waste, etc..

• Take and understand orders for sweeping streets and gutter in assigned areas • Ascertain that street cleaning equipment and motorized vehicles are in good shape prior to each shift • Fill water tanks at the beginning of each shit and ensure that they are refilled rom fire hydrants as and when needed • Drive sweeping vehicle to clean streets of debris, trash and other contaminants • Operate controls to activate rotary brushes and water sprays • Store collected waste in the vehicle's rear and transport it to designated dump areas • Empty waste in dump areas, maintaining awareness of any hazardous materials • Perform preventative and general maintenance on sweeping vehicles and also keep it fueled • Handle minor repair functions such as removing and replacing conveyors and repair tensioners and belts • Create and maintain logs of jobs for each day and ensure that they are submitted to the supervisor on a weekly / daily basis