Sentences with phrase «global water pollution»

Its cultivation spread rapidly during the industrial revolution and it is now responsible for a large part of global water pollution in rivers and coastal areas.

They are an ever growing and never ending mess that is loaded with germs, toxics and drugs and are the major cause of global water pollution and attendant health problems.

So far on these comments no one has found any arguments or another side indicating that organic wastes are some minor player in global water pollution and attendant health problems so we do not need to be worrying about them burying us.

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United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

Global warming, the ozone hole, overpopulation, starvation and malnutrition, war, unemployment, the destruction of species and the rain forests, pollution of water and air, pesticide and herbicide poisoning, errors in genetic engineering, erosion of topsoil, overfishing, anarchy and crime, the possibility of a nuclear mishap, chemical warfare or all - out nuclear war: together, or in some cases singly, these dangers threaten to «catch us unexpectedly, like a trap.»

Fast depletion of natural resources, pollution of air, land and water, the global warming and other atmosphere changes have catastrophic affects.

Global Water Engineering has partnered with Chokyuenyong Industrial in Thailand to cut effluent COD pollution levels at its cassava production plant by more than 95 percent while extracting gas from its wastewater to power its boilers and generate electricity for its own use and to sell back to the provincial grid.

In the face of formidable threats — deforestation, soil erosion, and water pollution from toxic agrochemicals — the government and private sector have turned to the Rainforest Alliance to help safeguard the future of Ceylon tea, which accounts for 19 percent of the global tea supply.

«Industrial meat and dairy has an outsized impact on the environment — it's a major contributor to deforestation, climate change and water pollution, and it harms our health,» said Dawn Bickett, Greenpeace International's global engagement lead for the Less Is More campaign.

Global Water Engineering has partnered with Chokyuenyong Industrial in Thailand to cut effluent COD pollution levels at its cassava production plant by more than 95 percent while extracting gas from its wastewater to power its -LSB-...]

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

New York's top environmental official Basil Seggos says the state has cut air pollution and improved water quality but global warming now presents the greatest long - term threat to people.

Water pollution is accelerating as a result of global industrial development and warming.

Global anthropogenic phosphorus loads to freshwater and associated grey water footprints and water pollution levels: a high - resolution global Global anthropogenic phosphorus loads to freshwater and associated grey water footprints and water pollution levels: a high - resolution global global study.

Less than one percent of the world's water is liquid fresh water, and scientific studies suggest that a majority of U.S. and global fresh water is now at risk because of increasing consumption, evaporation and pollution.

The negative impacts of water shortages, flooding and pollution have placed water related risks among the top 5 global threats by the World Economic Forum for several years running.

As to reasons for the decline, most analysts point to a range of factors including diversions of river water for farming, pollution, the intermingling of wild salmon with weaker, disease - ridden hatchery fish, and global warming — which creates some problems and exacerbates others.

Global shippers entering Arctic waters might create another feedback loop, according to a tally of ship - generated pollution completed last year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Achieving it serves many ends: cleaning up the air, water and soil improves the health and quality of life of local residents and lessens global pollution.

The study is the first to give a global overview of all current plans to mine the seabed, in both national and international waters, and looks at the potential impacts including physical destruction of seabed habitats, creation of large underwater plumes of sediment and the effects of chemical, noise and light pollution arising from mining operations.

Each choice has an impact on overall air and water pollution, toxic waste accumulation, and global climate change.

This week, I've posted on how choosing grass fed beef can help solve global warming, air pollution, water pollution and catastrophic flooding.

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Indeed, the rehabilitation of our water bodies can not happen with a denial of science that portrays the toll of global warming on our oceans due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions and human folly in overexploitation, unregulated and destructive fishing, marine pollution and habitat destruction.

These are classified in three groups, one Issues involving the global community are global warming, biodiversity and ecosystem losses, fisheries depletion, deforestation, water deficits, maritime safety and pollution, second Issues requiring a global commitments are massive step - up in the fight against poverty, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism, Education for all, Global infectious diseases, digital divide, natural disaster prevention and mitigation and third Issues needing a global regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migglobal community are global warming, biodiversity and ecosystem losses, fisheries depletion, deforestation, water deficits, maritime safety and pollution, second Issues requiring a global commitments are massive step - up in the fight against poverty, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism, Education for all, Global infectious diseases, digital divide, natural disaster prevention and mitigation and third Issues needing a global regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migglobal warming, biodiversity and ecosystem losses, fisheries depletion, deforestation, water deficits, maritime safety and pollution, second Issues requiring a global commitments are massive step - up in the fight against poverty, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism, Education for all, Global infectious diseases, digital divide, natural disaster prevention and mitigation and third Issues needing a global regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migglobal commitments are massive step - up in the fight against poverty, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism, Education for all, Global infectious diseases, digital divide, natural disaster prevention and mitigation and third Issues needing a global regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migGlobal infectious diseases, digital divide, natural disaster prevention and mitigation and third Issues needing a global regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migglobal regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migglobal financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migration

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The resource also includes: revision of ER and RE verbs in the present tense modal verbs + infinitive au lieu de + infinitive the present participle adjectival agreement There are dozens of exercises to practise vocabulary and develop confidence in understanding and translating sentences and texts about global warming, pollution, public transport, water and energy saving, deforestation, flooding, drought etc..

The increasing competition for water, the dwindling supply, pollution, and the effects of climate change are examined in Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis, by Stuart A. Kawater, the dwindling supply, pollution, and the effects of climate change are examined in Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis, by Stuart A. KaWater Crisis, by Stuart A. Kallen.

Animal agriculture is a major cause of global warming and is responsible for water pollution, deforestation, soil erosion, and all sorts of unhappy environmental consequences.

The left - wing focus on the fantasy of runaway global warming takes all their attention off the real pollution — air, water and land pollution in China, India and other parts of Asia, for one important example.

The attempt to increase global living standards (and thereby reduce population growth) by exporting production facilities to regions with lower wage and environmental standards has backfired by increasing levels of water, air and soil pollution — increases that have been felt well beyond the boundaries of those regions.

By continually hammering on climate change or global warming — a challenge for sure, but abstract and not immediate to most people's experience — we've disconnected from most people who have more immediate concerns; we've virtually stopped talking about the impacts of air and water pollution on their children's health, the psychological damage all of us experience when nature around us is destroyed, and so on.

This is forward going action for getting control of global warming by stopping unneeded GHG emissions increasing the overload of carbon dioxide on the globe while also getting control of water pollution.

From a global perspective, we are faced with daunting challenges as documented in World Resources, 1996 - 97: the accelerating confluence of population expansion, increased demand for energy, food, clean drinking water, adequate housing, the destructive environmental effects of pollution from fossil fuels and nuclear waste, plus the growing divergence between the haves and have - nots and the potential for ensuing conflicts.

However, when Americans are asked to rank environmental concerns, global warming is well below other issues, such as water pollution, air pollution, damage to the ozone layer and the loss of tropical rain forests.

• Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators • Conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals • Saving energy by reusing materials that have already been processed • Preventing pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future generations

Nonrenewable energy sources impose lots of environmental risks; from air pollution, acidic rains, water contamination, global warming, rising sea levels, to melting ices and Hurricanes.

It's a global compact signed on a voluntary basis by Local and Regional Authorities willing to adapt their water infrastructure and services to the emerging challenges they are increasingly facing such as climate change, rapid urban growth, depletion and pollution of water resources or ageing infrastructure.

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.

And, unlike smog or water pollution — where solid evidence has been plain for all to see — global warming is a looming, complicated problem that never quite seems to arrive.

«In searching for the new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill.

Reduced demand for fossil fuels will improve the environment by reducing air and water pollution as well as the heat - trapping gases that cause global warming.

Fracking has been blamed for contamination of drinking water, air pollution, earthquakes, water shortages, global warming, radiation discharge, and even cancer.

With this in mind, we are excited to be working on a citizen science project, the «Earth Challenge 2020,» which will engage one million global citizens to collect one billion data points to measure air quality, water quality, pollution and human health.»

For example, the environmental degradation from «acid rain» caused by high levels of Sulfur emissions, the economic impact of global warming, the health damage to humans from air and water pollution (from particulate matter and mercury), all are measurable with an economic cost to society.

, the single largest contributor to global warming, and makes us sick by polluting our air and water with toxic pollution like mercury.

It's one of the most polluting energy sources out there, the single largest contributor to global warming, and makes us sick by polluting our air and water with toxic pollution like mercury.

Favorable energy economics are just one of solar's many benefits — including less water use, lack of requirement for a centralized grid in undeveloped regions, low cost, zero air pollution, and in providing a mitigation for the rising problem of global climate change (which is primarily driven by human fossil fuel burning).

Outwardly, the country appears dedicated both to the notion of becoming a global climate leader while also working to address its serious air and water pollution issues.

As the dirtiest form of electricity generation, coal is responsible for 40 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and is a major source of air and water pollution.