Sentences with phrase «environmental consequences of»

The UNEP report, «Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification: A Threat to Food Security,» is an excellent overview of the subject.

Regarding «tighter public disclosure requirements as well as studies of the health and environmental consequences of the chemicals used in natural gas drilling,» 49 % of people surveyed would strongly support this and 29 % somewhat support this.

At the center of it are the environmental consequences of Fracking (that's hydraulic fracturing) and the same issue which dogs oil, the difference between easily accessible reserves and those which may, someday, somehow, and at great cost be recovered.

The Environmental Consequences of Esquire's eInk Cover So just how much of an environmental disaster is Esquire's misguided eInk escapade?

Environmental consequences of increasing food and fiber production.

As tragic as the images of dead seabirds are, scientists studying the environmental consequences of the Gulf spill are most concerned about the effects on the ecosystem that could take years to begin showing up.

Furthermore, it urges utilities to consider the financial and environmental consequences of carbon emissions in their business decisions regarding nuclear and natural gas plants.

The issue of carbon offsets is a contentious one: Some people panning them as doing little good or being distracting from the true environmental consequences of our lifestyle choices; other people praise them for providing a method to make a positive difference in the fight against global warming.

Besides the destructive environmental consequences of war, the United States outspends the entire world in its militarism.

Provocative and entertaining the book lays out how this transformation happened as well as the social and environmental consequences of this type of development.

Earthjustice is representing the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Sierra Club in a lawsuit asking the court to cancel the lease so that the state may study options for minimizing or avoiding the environmental consequences of this massive strip mine.

Reports by the FAO and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment describe the environmental consequences of repeated fires in these areas.

While the probability of a nuclear power accident may be small, the human and environmental consequences of a radiation release can be catastrophic.

The catastrophic social and environmental consequences of this temperature increase will not be felt by today's decision makers or the heads of big business, but by local and indigenous communities, women and today's youth.

The environmental consequences of climate change are now firmly on the political and public agenda.

But he goes on to claim that the environmental consequences of dramatically increasing global energy consumption are «unacceptable.»

Site design provides another opportunity to reduce the environmental consequences of development.

The collection of writings is diverse in geographic focus and issue - areas: including climate change, «megadams», nuclear testing, tree planting, toxic contamination, fossil fuel extraction, and the environmental consequences of armed conflict.

Many negative externalities are related to the environmental consequences of production and use.

I've been to environmental conferences and seen conventional technology pilloried undeservedly and rarely if ever does anyone even acknowledge the environmental consequences of renewables.

A review of research literature concerning the environmental consequences of increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to the conclusion that increases during the 20th and 21st centuries have produced no deleterious effects on Earth's weather or climate.

Bilingual lesson plan (pdf format) adaptable for 4th - 8th grade, with a goal of exploring the concept of drought and climate variability and examining the social and environmental consequences of drought.

We need to look at the true environmental consequences of shale gas.»

The Xingu +23 encounter was intentionally held right before Rio +20 to heighten attention to the glaring human and environmental consequences of the Brazilian government's obsession with building the Belo Monte Dam at any cost.

They add, grimly, that things could also get worse: «It should also be noted that the projections do not take into account potential negative feedback from the environmental consequences of rapid population growth.

1 - A review of the research literature concerning the environmental consequences of increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to the conclusion that increases during the 20th and early 21st centuries have produced no deleterious effects upon Earth's weather and climate.

Weighing the long - term environmental consequences of spills, water consumption, methane migration, waste production and disposal, truck traffic etc. is not simple — it requires manpower, reporting, transparency, and enforcement.

A game called «Call to Power» stressed the environmental consequences of unbridled growth.

Even if scientists are completely unable to retard or reverse the environmental consequences of global warming, thanks to decades of warning the economy can greatly adjust to minimize the economic costs of those environmental consequences.

We all know that the security, financial and environmental consequences of our energy consumption habits are real and the most serious threat to our well being.

Toon, Owen B., Alan Robock, and Richard P. Turco, 2008: Environmental consequences of nuclear war.

She is interested in ways the digital vernacular affects current and future modes of production, shifts in socio - economic concerns, cultural consumption / participation, and the inevitable environmental consequences of these forces.

With this in mind, Louis and Emile Leyes designed fliers highlighting the environmental consequences of intensive agriculture, and a team of 15 people passed them out at the main environmental rally.

Operant Conditioning (OC) is the science of the probability relationship between current behavior and future behavior, examining how current behavior is modified by the environmental consequences of that behavior.

It established a supplemental mandate for Federal agencies to consider the potential environmental consequences of their proposals, document the analysis, and make this information available to the public for comment prior to implementation.

Questions about sunscreen's true effectiveness and the environmental consequences of lathering our bodies in chemicals and then jumping in the ocean, lake, or river have forced us to pause and rethink our sun protection strategy.

The most significant past and current mine sites in the watershed are identified, environmental consequences of those operations are described and options for policy action to address environmental and social impacts are considered.

There are, of course, multiple problems associated with growing global demand for metals, including the environmental consequences of extraction and the long - term potential of metal scarcities.

The research produced a decision - support tool that cities can download and use to estimate the energy and environmental consequences of various pavement types.

China has vowed to reverse the environmental consequences of three decades of breakneck industrial expansion and clean up its heavily polluted air, water and soil and is hoping to use the market to encourage firms to cut emissions.

BEIJING (Reuters)- Almost all Chinese cities monitored for pollution last year failed to meet state standards, the vice-minister of environmental protection said on Saturday as he outlined the country's plans to redress the environmental consequences of rapid industrialization.

He even suggests, in his characteristically unabashed way, that those companies and nations could end up igniting a second industrial revolution — one fueled by the need to undo the environmental consequences of the first.

The environmental consequences of such niche construction may be transitory, and may still be restricted to single generations, but if the same environmental change is reimposed for sufficient generations, it can serve as a significant source of selection.»

Fox — who is based at the East West Center in Honolulu — warns in Science this week that the environmental consequences of these massive land use changes, particularly on water resources, could be devastating.

This pattern repeated over and over again as unforeseen health and environmental consequences of quickly commercialized science came to light.

For the quasi-public corporation's annual report — featuring environmental consequences of company operations — his data - gathering, coordination, and writing take six months.

Among the primary goals of her study to preserve the island's fauna and unique lemur species, Crowley hopes to shed light on the environmental consequences of forest loss and the effects this will eventually have on the health of the planet.

What's more, the rest of the crop — the vast black - market portion — is planted on public or tribal lands by people who ignore the environmental consequences of their activity.

«What are the health or environmental consequences of that development?»

The debate centered around balancing the benefits of more affordable energy and the environmental consequences of extracting more fuel from the ground, especially under New York soil.