Sentences with phrase «further damage to the environment»

Perhaps in some abstractly possible world there could be almost unlimited economic growth without further damage to the environment.

Moreover, without U.S. leadership as demonstrated by domestic efforts to stabilize its population and thereby mitigate further damage to the environment, other nations would be reluctant to adopt policies and practices to stabilize their populations and work toward developmental and ecological sustainability.

Not exact matches

Crop yields begin to decline and farmers then have to use expensive fertilizers, which eat into their profits and further damage the environment

«We know that this type of non-biodegradable plastic is having a detrimental impact on the environment and oceans, and for us it's crucial that we play our role in helping to prevent any further damage.»

«This study, carried out using laboratory rats modeling stroke, demonstrated that ischemic stroke — in both its subacute and chronic stages — damages the BSCB in a variety of ways, creating a toxic environment in the spinal cord that can lead to further disability and exacerbate disease pathology,» said study lead author Dr. Svitlana Garbuzova - Davis, associate professor in USF's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair.

In 2008, however, Ecuador filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, alleging the Colombian spraying had caused damage to people, crops, and the environment on Ecuadorian ground and demanding indemnification and prevention of further contamination.

This is further supported by another video from 2007 showing gameplay footage while the developers brag about «every square inch» of the environment being destructible, damage appearing on the characters and working hard to emulate look of Marvel's comic book offerings.

But the windmills killing birds does far less damage to the environment than a comparably sized (in terms of power output) coal or nuclear power plant.

Our ability to come together to stop or limit damage to the world's environment will be perhaps the greatest test of how far we can act as a world community.

A wolf pack of in - state utilities and out - of - state petrochemical billionaires has attacked Ohio's clean energy law, threatening to kill clean jobs and wreak further damage on the environment.

While the action may be understandably focused on measures directly related to storm survival of our built environment from wind and flood damage, systemic failures of water, transportation, power and other services — legislative efforts thus far have focused on the symptoms of our problems and not the root causes.

In that regard, it has already been established, in paragraphs 32 and 36 of the present judgment, that Directive 85/337 confers on the individuals concerned a right to have the effects on the environment of the project under examination assessed by the competent services, and that pecuniary damage, in so far as it is a direct economic consequence of the environmental effects of a public or private project, is covered by the objective of protection pursued by Directive 85/337.

Further compounding this, Josie Winsor explains that lateral violence is not only damaging work environments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, but also extends to their home life: