Sentences with phrase «environmental toll»

At the same time, fracking's lasting environmental toll — particularly the threat it may pose to water supplies — has become the subject of intense debate.

He wants to prioritize the spending of cap - and - trade proceeds on low - income communities that have suffered a disproportionate environmental toll.

At this rate, the way our energy infrastructure is currently arranged, and the heavy environmental toll of our lifestyle broadly speaking we will, without question, fail to avert global crises,» writes Francisco Hernandez.

Some critics point out that the process of converting bamboo to fabric can take a heavy environmental toll, with the most cost - effective and widespread method involving a harsh chemical - based hydrolysis - alkalization process followed by multi-phase bleaching.

They compare bananas to oranges and drive the debate away from the real issue — our unsustainable dependence on fossil fuels and the incredible environmental toll that multinational oil companies are enacting both overseas and in Alberta's oilsands.

It is good to know that when the economic and environmental toll from our disastrous subsidization of corn ethanol is finally tallied, we will know where to send the bill.

Grown in a laboratory from cow stem cells, the hamburger was a major step forward in producing meat without the corresponding environmental toll.

«I'm proud to invest in Diamond Foundry Inc. - cultivating real diamonds in America without the human & environmental toll of mining.»

The environmental toll of all the extra pollution and waste caused by gridlock are obvious, though hard to measure reliably.

The «Blood Diamond» movie star has touted the company for «cultivating real diamonds in America without the human and environmental toll of mining.»

I posted about family cloth on the Facebook some time ago, and I got a comment suggesting the environmental impact of washing Family cloth would be GREATER THAN the environmental toll of creating toilet paper.

We are not blind to the environmental toll fracking has taken in states that pursued shale gas riches without proper regulation or oversight.

Tsui says that Chinese officials have previously failed to consider the environmental toll of Shenzhen's rapid growth, but notes that the tower would be an ecological symbol of a better future.

Despite a reputation for environmental friendliness — and official pledges — the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are already taking an environmental toll

Spurred by new ways to work with wood and concerns about the environmental toll of urban construction, they are trying to push the limits of height for wood construction and win wider acceptance for its use.

Beyond manufacturing, the transport of wine in glass bottles across the country and around the world also takes its environmental toll.

But a beefy diet exacts an environmental toll: Cows consume vastly more water and produce far more greenhouse gases than crop foods.

As the scrutiny of the environmental toll of plastic increases, so has its usage, the scientists reported.

But burning off wire insulation, cooking circuit boards and using acid to extract gold all take a health and environmental toll.

But concerns about the environmental toll of turf maintenance are challenging the hegemony of Kentucky bluegrass and its cohorts.

Beyond a certain level, they aren't spending their additional cash in ways that take an environmental toll.

The timber industry has long dreamed of importing eucalyptus into the South, mimicking Brazil's success, where plantations transformed the country — at some environmental toll — from a timber importer to an exporter within decades.

Emily Penn's career got off to an ironic start: The then - architect was working on an eco-friendly city design in Shanghai and wanted to visit the site from her European home but felt guilty about the environmental toll of flying there.

Investing in higher - quality materials means a higher - quality experience wearing the garment and less guilt about its environmental toll.

The environmental toll can be even more sobering.

The works in the show are overt in their message, rejecting romanticized notions of Africa and challenging the human and environmental toll of modern life.

Take that away, and the Clean Power Plan is unexceptional, just the latest of a long line of clean air standards to curb the public health and environmental toll that the power industry — the nation's biggest polluter — exacts on the American people.

The number of heatwaves observed in 2011 and 2012 were triple the long - term average, and require planning for economic, health and environmental tolls.

«The county chose the green cones following the decision by Oxford councillors in 2014 that curbside organic collection was unsuitable due to its expense and the environmental toll it takes during collection.»

Ecstasy's life cycle: deforestation and water contamination It is evident that the life cycle of sassafras oil production (and by extension, ecstasy) is taking an environmental toll that many may be blissfully unaware of.

«The environmental toll of clipping on a hot new camera module is a lot lower than upgrading your whole phone because the camera got «old.»»