Sentences with phrase «environmental damage caused»

Environmental militant groups are said to use economic sabotage, which includes destruction of property, to try to change public attitudes about environmental damage caused by businesses, including harm caused by sprawl.

This risk isn't unique to fracking, but the «unexpected» nature of any environmental damage caused by the practice makes it particularly cogent, she says.

Represented the Republic of Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice in the Case Concerning Construction of a Road in Costa Rica (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica) in asserting claims for environmental damage caused by Costa Rica's construction of a highway adjacent to the San Jan River.

Advising on a GBP multi-million product stewardship / liability claim for environmental damage caused by the release of chemicals from a product into the aquatic environment.

As an example Leigh Day Solicitors is top ranked by the Chambers Directory which comments that the firm has been representing Colombian farmers against BP Subsidiary Exploration (Colombia) in relation to alleged environmental damage caused by an oil pipeline.

We've covered the environmental damage caused by extraction of oil from the tar sands on so many occasions that I'll just refer you to TreeHugger archives at the previous link if you need to get up to speed.

Ray Hilborn, a professor at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Science and a self - identified MPA critic, told Mongabay that fisheries can be carefully managed to promote fish breeding and population growth while minimizing the environmental damage caused by fishing gear.

«With the theft of their land, or environmental damage caused by industries like mining, agribusiness, or logging, it's harder for women to grow food or access clean water, and the work that they're already expected to do to support their families and communities increases,» said Global Witness» Alice Harrison in a recent interview with The Ecologist.

We spend around a billion per day to deal with the health and environmental damage caused by burning coal.

The closure is intended to clean up the island and surrounding ocean from environmental damage caused by too many visitors and poor infrastructure.

In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, several events illustrated the magnitude of environmental damage caused by humans.

Building rental units in sought - after urban communities would also help reduce environmental damage caused by longer commutes and deter or prevent a possible flight - of - talent that may occur in the near future if more and more middle - class urbanites are unable to afford to live in the city they work in.

Her second book, Mother Country: Britain, The Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution (1988), revealed the extensive environmental damage caused by the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield, in the north of England; the book evolved from an essay that she wrote for Harper's Review and was a finalist for the National Book Award.

SkinCeuticals skin discoloration products improve the appearance of discoloration by exfoliating dead skin cells to reveal brighter, more radiant skin and protecting the skin from environmental damage caused by free radicals and UV exposure.

C E Ferulic features a synergistic antioxidant combination of 15 % pure vitamin C (L - ascorbic acid), 1 % vitamin E (alpha tocopherol), and 0.5 % ferulic acid to enhance protection against environmental damage caused by free radicals that can contribute to atmospheric aging.

It is cheap because the environmental damage caused by coal burning isn't factored into the price.

They should be about 30 cents per gallon, he said, to account for the environmental damage caused by the burning of oil products, he said.

Illegal environmental damage caused by clothing production can often have catastrophic effects on local communities.

«International governments have failed to stem the environmental damage caused by oil palm plantations,» says Ian Bateman of the University of East Anglia, lead author of the study.

In a paper published by PLOS ONE, researchers concluded that a national strategy must be implemented in order to compensate for environmental damage caused by development projects in Africa.

Although the system requires water to operate, the amount of liquid that is spent is lower compared to the environmental damage caused by the refrigerant gas and electricity used by traditional systems.

Five Middle Eastern countries will soon get unprecedented payments to conduct studies of the environmental damage caused by the 1990 - 91 Persian Gulf War, when Iraqi troops set fire to hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells, shrouding the region in smoke for months.

Even if these unknown guarantees were to be accepted, however, restoration is but a euphemism in this case given the fact that the environmental damage caused to the Rosia Montana region would be irreversible.

Some farmers have traditionally welcomed hunts on their land for their pest control functions, but others have been concerned that the environmental damage caused outweighed any pest control benefits.

By: Victor Moolman 13th May 2016 An effective environmental management system (EMS) has to reduce the possible environmental damage caused by and the overall cost of a mine, as well as ensure that workers are safe and healthy, says mining industry consultant The MSA Group.

According to a draft text from the chairman of the negotiators, Rudiger Wolfrum, an environment lawyer at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelburg, this will «compel operators to exercise care [of] the Antarctic environment by making them financially responsible for environmental damage they cause».

For example, a growing scarcity of fossil fuels and the need to stem the environmental damages caused by climate change will undoubtedly lead to a substantial increase in the use of public transportation.

Of course, we could and should speed up this transition by insisting that the price of carbon - based energy include the costs of the environmental damage it causes.

Until now, companies have not paid a significant price for the collateral environmental damage they cause.

It is 20 % lighter and 20 % stronger than clay brick, it prevents the environmental damaged caused by digging up clay, reduces carbon emissions and increases the income

The application of the «real and substantial connection» test for enforcement of foreign judgments was further clarified by the Ontario Court of Appeal in a recent decision, part of a bitter and protracted legal battle over nearly $ 10 billion in environmental damages caused by the operations of Texaco (later acquired by the defendant Chevron) in Ecuador.

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The price is now five times greater and we humans are forced to dig up bitumen and boil off the oil using massive amounts of NG, fresh water and causing insane amounts of environmental damage.

South32 said there has been no disruption to production following a ruling by the Colombian Constitutional Court that the mine had caused health problems and environmental damage for local communities.

Trees could cause the most damage in one part of Nassau while flooding or a major environmental issue could be the problem somewhere else.

Mrs Klein has criticised capitalism and called for a different financial system on several occasions, claiming the system causes severe inequality and environmental damage.

Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread environmental and occupational pollutant that has emerged as a major cause of pathobiochemical events and damage in a number of organs.

Unlike arabica coffee, which can (and is, in much of Mexico) grown as an agroforestry crop under mixed shade, robusta is grown in the sun and will require the clearing of valuable lowland forests, no doubt substantial amounts of fertilizer and pesticides, and cause collateral environmental damage.

Unfortunately, the Hawaiian Islands are among the endangered species capitals of the world and the deer pose an environmental threat, causing harm by overgrazing mountain slopes, damaging critical riparian areas, and introducing invasive plant species.

Malaysia, however, will skip the explosives, which can kill marine life and cause other environmental damage.

The damage caused to trees and plants is an economic concern and also an environmental one.

«This could pay for the program, and in the process take care of the problem with ticks and environmental damage» caused by deer, he said.

As a Councilman for the Town of Islip I, along with my fellow Town Board Members, will continue to work for the constituents including working to repair the damage caused by those who have committed environmental crimes in our community.

In addition, the changes to our diets that health experts recommend to fight the obesity epidemic, less meat and dairy, less processed foods, and more fruit and vegetables, are the same changes that will make feeding a growing population easier with farming systems that cause far less environmental damage.

Scenic Hudson has worked for decades to stop the massive environmental damage to the Hudson River caused by the plant's withdrawal of billions of gallons a day of cooling water.

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale deposits often otherwise unaccessible, but critics say the process causes environmental damage and can even possibly trigger future earthquakes.

They also asked voters if they thought the process of high volume hydraulic fracturing would cause environmental harm — and 50 % said yes they thought there would be environmental damage.

«We are sure you will agree that the accelerated environmental damage is caused by the industrial scale of illegal mining with heavy duty machinery.

Opponents said the dispersants themselves were toxic, may have caused environmental damage, and were not effective at reducing the already small droplets forming at the wellhead.

«It is another row on a ledger sheet called the «spill impact mitigation analysis,»» which assesses various strategies and tools to reduce environmental and economic damage caused by oil spills.

Usually, to produce this type of alumina it would have to come from bauxite ore, which is mined in countries such as West Africa, the West Indies and Australia, causing huge environmental damage.