Sentences with phrase «environmental damage they have caused»

A public inquiry in 1991 and 1992 rejected the DoT's plans because of the environmental damage they would cause.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Repeated use of bulk fertilizers and chemicals over the years have depleted the soils and caused other environmental damage, creating a vicious cycle that makes the current model of industrial agriculture potentially unsustainable — and increasingly expensive as more and more chemical and bulk salt - based fertilizer additives are required each year.

The Web site for ANWR, an organization committed to restricting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, gives some background information on the environmental damage that drilling would cause: www.anwr.org.

Earlier studies have shown that cannabis production causes environmental damage, including rodenticide poisoning of forest mammals and dewatering of streams due to improper irrigation.

Armani said it has committed to abolish all chemicals which could cause environmental damage to production sites by 2020 and is in discussion on this with environmental groups.

While no country in history has achieved its economic growth without causing environmental damage, expectations for Singapore's mitigation ambition are particularly high because it is a leading figure in facilitating a global climate change treaty.

It further demonstrates that marine litter is not only an aesthetic problem but has the potential to cause more serious and persistent environmental damage.»

Areas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently exist.

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH - CEM) have created a «liver on a chip,» a model of liver tissue that replicates the metabolic variations found throughout the organ and more accurately reflects the distinctive patterns of liver damage caused by exposure to environmental toxins, including pharmaceutical overdose.

«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.

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

On top of the long - term environmental damage, our obsession with new clothes has caused companies to cut corners with production, and many garment factories around the world fall somewhere on the scale of unethical to downright dangerous.

As we have discussed in the past, probiotics in skin care are on the rise and for good reason - these good strains of bacteria keep the skin at optimal pH which inhibits the growth of acne - causing bacteria and encourages the growth of skin - friendly flora which fights off bacteria and environmental damage (click here if you missed this).

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.

He has studied human - caused damage in a riparian zone in Colorado, written a book on the climbing history of a section of the Alaska Range, and mentored students in a variety of Alaska's environmental issues.

Simon Morley's approach is more conceptual; he has painted the book cover of Rachel Carson's groundbreaking Silent Spring, published in 1962, which was instrumental in launching the environmental movement in the U.S.A. Morley's choice of a hot orange monochrome conveys the exposure of damage caused by unmonitored use of insecticides at the time.

Ike has the possibility to cause, not only tremendous human damage, but also staggering environmental damage.

As the New Jersey legislature votes to ban fracking, some word on what the EPA is doing to minimize the environmental damage which could be caused with unregulated hydraulic fracturing: Natural Gas Watch reports that EPA head Lisa Jackson has said that there may soon be Federal regulations dealing with air pollution caused by the natural gas extraction process.On the air quality issues, Jackson said:

Although we noted that the ad included information setting out the environmental benefits of wearing fur, which were intended to form the basis for the headline claim «it's eco-friendly to wear fur», because we considered that that headline claim would be understood as an absolute environmental claim, and because we did not consider that we had seen sufficient evidence that the product would cause no environmental damage, taking account of the full life cycle of the product from manufacture to disposal, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead.

McKitrick wants a tax which is driven by the environmental damage GHGs are causing; I'd prefer something that increased dramatically as catastrophe approaches (or doesn't approach).

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

She seems to have no concern for anything (such as the future of the planet with climate change damage or the huge environmental and health problems caused by the coal industry) other than getting her way;

IRIN: The seasonal influx of migrant harvesters into Nepal's Himalaya Mountains seeking a caterpillar fungus used as a traditional medicine and believed to have aphrodisiac properties is causing environmental damage along the rural border with Tibet.

Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

The Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe's most undeveloped regions, is facing a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free - flowing rivers and cause major environmental damage.

• Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (UN 1992a: Preface, emphasis added).

Since a sustainable future based on the continued extraction of coal, oil and gas in the «business - as - usual mode» will not be possible because of both resource depletion and environmental damages (as caused, e.g., by dangerous sea level rise) we urge our societies to -LSB-...] Reduce the concentrations of warming air pollutants (dark soot, methane, lower atmosphere ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons) by as much as 50 % [and] cut the climate forcers that have short atmospheric lifetimes.

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You only have to think about the damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year to see a true environmental disaster.

Our planet is in peril...» and biologist Chris Field predicting that «warming is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than had been predicted.»

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

In this country where illegal logging runs rampant, forest loss from tree felling and conversion to agriculture is cited as the cause of flooding, acute water shortages, rapid soil erosion, river siltation, and mudslides that have taken lives, destroyed properties, and wreaked environmental damage.

From coming to pick you up when your car got a flat tire (on the highway, in the rain) to spending countless hours quizzing you on your multiplication tables, dad has always been there for you; show him how much you appreciate it with a gif that says thank you without causing too much environmental damage.

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.

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.

The public trust doctrine has not been widely discussed in Canadian case law with the only significant mention being by the Supreme Court of Canada in British Columbia v. Canadian Forest Products Ltd., 2004 SCC 38 at para. 74 where Binnie J. acknowledged that «The notion that there are public rights in the environment that reside in the Crown has deep roots in the common law» (however, the majority decision ultimately took a conservative approach to not allow the Crown to succeed in a general claim for damages for «environmental loss» [caused by a negligently undetected controlled burn of slashing and other waste by a logging company] in the absence of a statutory scheme permitting such a claim).

The controversy surrounding environmental policy has, perhaps surprisingly, arisen not so much from the issue of conserving non-renewable commodities such as fossil fuels or industrial metals, but from the increasing scarcity or overuse of renewable natural resources, causing problems such as water and air pollution, or damage to global commons such as the atmosphere or the ozone layer.

The developer would buy «biodiversity credits» from the landowners, The Department of Environment and Conservation would decide how much environmental damage the proposed development would cause, and how many credits the developer must buy to offset it.