Sentences with phrase «environmental arguments against»

Yes, I know the ethical and environmental arguments against eating animals — been there, done that.

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There are also different arguments for and against environmental protection being more important than the economy.

The marathon day - long session was dominated by arguments against fracking and against the way the state has handled the environmental review process.

By Sean Ryan Local opposition and arguments against the need for a Beloit bypass killed the project years ago, but it finally was buried Friday when federal planners canceled environmental studies.

The arguments against almond milk are not new, no doubt it has popped up in your Facebook feed about the environmental cost or the actual percentage of almonds in your almond milk.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

The argument against this should be obvious, such a small group may be non-representative of regional temperature changes, and instead reflective of other environmental factors that impacted the individual trees and groups of trees.

Some environmental NGOs usually fail to spot the ethical problems with arguments made against climate change policies based upon the cost or reducing ghg emissions to the emitters.

The strongest argument against decoupling as a pathway towards a sustainable human future isn't that it's impossible, as Hickel claims, but that it isn't occurring quickly enough to prevent unacceptable environmental impacts.

«In the end, the arguments for and against bottled water are more than simply environmental or economic.

«I realize there are environmental reasons for wanting to burn less oil, and political reasons for railing against oil - rich despots, but I'm mystified by the argument that energy independence would benefit Americans economically or somehow strengthen the country.»

Still, I bring all this up because we often hear arguments against smart environmental policies that don't stand up to scrutiny.

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What I get from the second part of your analysis is that from an environmental protection perspective, this case provides an argument against proceduralisation of environmental law in favour of laying down (minimum) environmental standards.

After a few minutes, it appeared to me that he opposed the very idea of Alberta on principle and wasn't at all interested in hearing my argument (based on Ezra Levant's book Ethical Oil) that I'd rather buy my oil from Alberta than from undemocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, or Nigeria; regimes that either brutalize women, exploit the local population, decapitate those convicted of «crimes,» stone adulterers, discriminate against minorities, have no environmental standards whatsoever, or try to govern their citizens as if it's the 8th century and not the 21st.