Sentences with phrase «environmentally destructive practices»

The idea of «substitution» looms large in the ecomodernist agenda — developing technologies that can replace environmentally destructive practices.

Two of the most environmentally destructive practices on the planet, palm oil plantations and tar sands exploitation, in one country in exchange for an unlikely sustainable future.

So it is with socio - environmentally destructive practices like continued rampant burning of and reliance upon fossil fuels (or industrialized monoculture farming, or industrial fishing, or any number of things)-- importantly, it's not the fossil fuels itself which are the problem here, rather it's the scale of the damage.

The IPCC findings provide a mandate to halt environmentally destructive practices often promoted in the name of development as such practice will increase the vulnerability of communities in the global South to the impacts of climate change.

He helped lead the successful effort to ban the environmentally destructive practice of drilling for gas known as «fracking,» and is a leader in the fight against gun violence.

Yes, it's true that many major banks invest in companies that engage in the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining, whereby the tops of mountains are removed by explosives to expose thin seams of recoverable coal.

Not exact matches

For creating a new source of diamonds that doesn't involve environmentally destructive mining and exploitative labor practices.

Every purchase is a vote, and by investing in environmentally - friendly palm oil, you're voting to end an ugly, destructive practice.

-- Proliferation, due to the current impunity, of destructive practices such as illegal mining and slash - and - burn agriculture within protected areas and environmentally sensitive areas.