Sentences with phrase «damage to the environment in»

«Apart from the disruption of normal oil flow across the pipelines and loss in revenue, this economic crime has on many occasions resulted in deadly fire and oil spillage that have claimed many lives and damage to the environment in several communities.

They can activate hover mines, cause damage to the environment in order to induce a landslide, cause tunnels to collapse and fire missile launchers, along with other methods.

Not exact matches

However, in what will be a controversial statement, they found that, «a large oil spill would not cause permanent, widespread damage to the environment.»

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In February 2018, 3M reached an agreement with the State of Minnesota that resolved the previously disclosed Natural Resource Damages (NRD) lawsuit filed by the State against the Company related to certain PFCs present in the environmenIn February 2018, 3M reached an agreement with the State of Minnesota that resolved the previously disclosed Natural Resource Damages (NRD) lawsuit filed by the State against the Company related to certain PFCs present in the environmenin the environment.

The three cases cover deals inked in different circumstances and with different parties, but they are all trying to shield Trump and stop potentially damaging information — alleged affairs in the case of Daniels and McDougal, and an alleged toxic work environment in another — from being made public.

Why is it necessary to damage the environment in order to make energy - inefficient products that will break and be disposed of in a year or two?

You would think that the only source of employment in Alberta is oil — yet the clean energy sector provides more jobs than pipelines and doesn't contribute to exposure to poisons and toxins with the potential for long term damage to the environment.

The in situ method is more costly than the mining method, but it is much less damaging to the environment, requiring only a few hundred meters of land and a nearby water source to operate.

Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn his nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid damaging allegations that he created a toxic work environment, drunkenly wrecked a car and maintained poor prescription records while serving in the federal government.

Perhaps in some abstractly possible world there could be almost unlimited economic growth without further damage to the environment.

[13] This said, in animals lower than humans it is morally permissible to thwart the purposes of bodily organs, so that the Church fully permits the sterilisation of animals (if it doesn't cause unreasonable cruelty to them or damage to the material environment).

In order to stop a new highway, a dam or canal, or a power plant, litigants must establish not simply that the environment will be damaged, but that the ultimate injury to human welfare will be greater than the proposed benefit of the project.

In his conclusion Jenkins becomes as eloquent as any conservationist lamenting human damage to the natural environment.

Without using such in proportion to character then damage can occur and charismatic environments can lend themselves unhealthily to a celebration of «gifts» rather than wisdom in using them and maturing in character.

As a business owner in renewable energy, I'd wager to say that most business - minded environmentalist think ethanol subsidies are a giant waste of money and damage the environment to boot.

We have to use our knowledge in such a way that it is causing only a minimum damage to the environment.

For the first time in the history of creation, the life support systems of the Planet Earth are being destroyed by human activities... Throughout history humans have caused locally significant damage to the environment, but never before have human numbers and actions combined to threaten the integrity of the entire planet.

He clearly opposes the present steps toward the globalization of the economy, for he believes that it will damage the poor in developing countries, reduce the political will to upgrade welfare in the United States, make it more and more difficult for political power to control the corporations, and most particularly exacerbate those pressures for growth that will degrade the environment.

ORAC scores measure the ability of antioxidants to absorb free radicals (that come from pollution and toxins in our environment), which cause cell and tissue damage and can lead to diseases such as cancer.

«We know that this type of non-biodegradable plastic is having a detrimental impact on the environment and oceans, and for us it's crucial that we play our role in helping to prevent any further damage.»

In particular it is less damaging to the environment.

The overpopulation of the Axis Deer are a threat to both the the environment and agriculture in the islands, as the deer spread invasive plants, cause erosion, and damage ecosystems.

Ten months later Cox sued the NFL for undisclosed damages for forcing him to play in a racially hostile environment; the sides eventually settled out of court, with the league paying Cox's legal fees.

part of that is an owner and board who put their profits way above the performance of the team but it is also a manager who conforms to the wishes of the board (and for all I know may have an ownership stake as well) by putting their short term interests above the long term performance of the team as a result the team itself has become corrupted by the regime through insufficient investment in upgrading the team (all the more damaging as the environment in which the team operates has become increasingly competitive) with ocassional panic acquisitions to meet minimal (but ever diminishing) performance targets to keep fans on board the result is a massively unbalanced team of overpaid compliant players who have been around for too long, inexperienced (and also overpaid) young players who have not cost the club much (or anything) and small islands of quality players..

Your child's ear is much more sensitive than an adult's, so when your child is immersed in a noisy environment or playing with a noisy toy she is much more susceptible to noise - induced hearing loss, which can lead to permanent hearing damage.

Items that are handmade in small quantities are less damaging to our environment than mass - produced items made in large factories on the other side of the world.

Our infographic below takes a look at the rise in awareness of keeping the environment clean, gives tips for undoing the damage, and gives advice for making the switch to eco-friendly products.

Instead, it supports my argument to do it young, when settling involves constructing a family environment with a perfectly acceptable man who may not trip your romantic trigger — as opposed to doing it older, when settling involves selling your very soul in exchange for damaged goods.

I don't think they are inherently damaging to the child (but might be to a parent - child relationship) and I can see how in a classroom environment if one child is disrupting everything, you may need to remove them from the situation and the teacher can't drop everything else to sit with that child.

Teens need a stable and consistent environment in which to learn coping mechanisms and fight dangerous or damaging behaviors.

We can't forget that the majority of ground beef in the United States, even if free of said «slime», comes from animals (35 million beef cattle, to be exact) that are treated miserably, is processed by employees under horrible working conditions, and severely damages the environment.

Britain's # 50 Billion chemical industry has stated fracking for shale gas is of economic importance to the country, will protect jobs and can be done in a safe way that does not damage the environment.

The coalition government is conscious of the fact that such an unpopular tax rise would be highly damaging to public support in an environment where public spending is being drastically cut back.

The scheme was abandoned by the succeeding Labour government in 1974 on grounds of soaring costs and damage to the environment.

In 2010 and 2011, Ad Astra, an association of Romanian scientists, and the Rosia Montana Cultural Foundation sent petitions in response to the project's potential damaging effects on the environmenIn 2010 and 2011, Ad Astra, an association of Romanian scientists, and the Rosia Montana Cultural Foundation sent petitions in response to the project's potential damaging effects on the environmenin response to the project's potential damaging effects on the environment.

Furthermore, Article 8 (2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court criminalizes «intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long - term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated.»

«I am very worried about the damage to the environment by major oil companies that are allowed to flare their gas even in the 21st century.

Prosecutors on Poland's Baltic coast have opened a probe into potential damage to the environment of the Bay of Gdansk after the sewage system in this coast city malfunctioned and the refuse was dumped into the bay.

Recall that the Economic Community Of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice had in December 2012 ordered the government to hold oil companies and other perpetrators of the environmental damage accountable, ensure reparation for the collective harm done to the communities; restore within the shortest possible time the environment of the Niger Delta; and prevent the occurrence of damage to the environment.

In a statement to MPs, waste and recycling minister Joan Ruddock said: «The case for reducing the amount of waste we all produce is clear - it is damaging the environment and contributing to climate change.

Note also that property damage can create an environment in which harm to people is more likely.

Opponents of fracking will not be credible unless they are prepared to build large - scale renewables projects and damage the environment in the process, Tim Farron has told Politics.co.uk.

His claims echo those made last week by the former minister Leighton Andrews who alleged that a «toxic» environment in the Welsh Government during the 2011 - 16 Assembly was «damaging» to the mental health of ministers such as Mr Sargeant.

«The new Park Nanoscience Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides researchers with greater access to Park Systems» cutting - edge AFM nanoscopic tools, featuring reliable and repeatable high - resolution imaging of nanoscale cell structures in any environment without damage to the sample.»

Speaking to the Wildlife Trust today David Cameron has announced that Nick Herbert MP, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will investigate the practicalities of setting up a scheme that will ensure any development that damages the environment makes a compensating investment in the environmentEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs, will investigate the practicalities of setting up a scheme that will ensure any development that damages the environment makes a compensating investment in the environmentenvironment makes a compensating investment in the environmentenvironment elsewhere.

You don't want your favorite hobby to damage the environment, but you also need something that's going to work to keep your guns in pristine condition.

Nanoparticles in sunscreens, cosmetics and hundreds of other consumer products may pose risks to the environment by damaging beneficial microbes, scientists reported Tuesday.

Now seventeen years after the most damaging oil spill in U.S. history, what's happened to the affected Alaskan environment?

«If there were a long term and significant increase in the pollutant content of the atmosphere either of particles or of carbon dioxide, the potential damage to the global environment could be severe,» he said.