Sentences with phrase «local water pollution»

The reef's designation as a marine park helps protect it from some human pressures, such as local water pollution and overfishing.

But they also had a problem with local water pollution due to some of these chemicals and the farmers wanted to mitigate these problems.

Not exact matches

The goal of the «Reclaim Our Water» initiative is to encourage homeowners to replace old systems that contribute to nitrogen pollution in local waters.

Decades of runoff and pollution have decimated the local shellfish population and hurt the environment's ability to filter the water, Cuomo said.

The five - page fact sheet asks and responds to 17 of the most common questions about health risks and concludes with a section recommending links for additional information, which comes in response to what is now a well - documented issue involving the pollution of local drinking water sources over a period of years by a factory manufacturing non-stick products.

State and local officials have defended their handling of the toxic pollution, including waiting more than 15 months to warn residents in Hoosick Falls to stop drinking the tainted water.

Lee also said the Newburgh city sewage - treatment system should control water pollution before it is discharged into local waterways.

Supporters of the bill say nitrogen pollution in Long Island's water threatens the local environment.

Entrants were asked to interpret this year's theme in a vibrant, eye - catching way in an effort for contestants to learn more about storm water pollution prevention and how it keeps pollutants out of our local waterways.

ALBANY, NY (11/12/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today announced $ 61.5 million in aid to local communities across New York to improve water quality, reduce pollution and restore vital habitat.

Through the 12 - question survey, the new group hopes to bring local environmental concerns into the forefront this election year and to force candidates to take a public stance on everything from noise pollution and water quality to land preservation and waste management.

To the local community, the right to remain employed was of primary importance, and improving the water pollution problem was secondary.

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.

And because local people rely on fishing and on river water for drinking, the human impacts of oil pollution could be especially severe.

Here are some other top successes: destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons globally as well as local stores of DDT in Tanzania; new cooking stoves to eliminate indoor air pollution in Ghana; separating copper mine tailings from the local water supply in Chile; alternative fuels to reduce air pollution in New Delhi as well as treating arsenic in well water in West Bengal; removing lead - contaminated soil in the Dominican Republic and Russia; reducing mercury vapors from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia; and new sewage systems to clean up contaminated Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.

Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners, rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.

In addition to Project BioEYES, the program has expanded to include a new project called Your Watershed, Your Backyard, in which middle - school students grow zebrafish embryos in water samples from their own local watershed to test the effects of pollution.

Overlaying social factors, levels of agricultural runoff, local pollution and upwelling, a natural ocean process that brings more corrosive deep ocean water to the surface, helps tease out regional differences in vulnerability.

Lake sediment cores document increased chemical pollution of ecosystems during the past several decades traceable to tar sands development [157] and snow and water samples indicate that recent levels of numerous pollutants exceeded local and national criteria for protection of aquatic organisms [158].

Tracing the history of food production in the United States, the film charts how farming has gone from local and sustainable to a corporate Frankenstein monster that offers cheap eggs, meat, and dairy at a steep cost: the exploitation of animals; the risky use of antibiotics and hormones; and the pollution of our air, soil, and water.

After they completed the documentary, a local politician attended a local event where they showed the film, sparking activism around water pollution and access.

A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution.

The law will also stop the Legislature and local communities from passing laws or ordinances after November 2016 to address any water and air pollution caused by factory farms, harm to other farmers» and residents» land not withstanding.

I considered Panama City as a possible destination for quite some time last night but was disappointed to discover that, although the city is located on a bay, there are no real beaches to frequent due to a pollution problem with the local water and overgrowth of development on the water's edge.

or, The Other Island considers these scenarios through discussions of local water ecosystems, pollution, and neglect in relation to the City of Boston and its low - lying neighborhoods and waterways.

RE # 37, GW actions have many many other immediate & future benefits: they prevent / reduce many other environmental harms (local air pollution, acid rain, ground & water pollution, etc.), they are good for the health (e.g., cycling & walking), they reduce crime (cycling, walking), they reduce our implication in foreign conflicts & tax money to protect oil supplies, they save money without lowering productivity (even increasing it), they save businesses from folding & households from going into hock.

It was, and continues to be, nitrogen pollution — a problem in water bodies throughout the world that causes harmful algal blooms, kills fish, and prevents people from enjoying local beaches, bays and shellfish.

I have a sort of mental chart with lots of arrows: actions that produce GHGs (e.g., coal - burning) causing a plethora of problems (& goods — like power), acid rain, ocean acidification, local ground, air, water pollution, GW, health problems & dangers for miners, military threats / expenses (according to Pentagon studies re oil), etc.; and also many arrows of good (some bad) coming out of measures to abate GW.

Though scoring highly in forest sustainability and provision of safe drinking water, this is offset by high greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution issues.

Those operations have brought unprecedented air and water pollution, cropland and wildlife habitat wastelands, widespread radiation contamination, and cancer and lung disease in workers and local residents.

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.

An environmental engineer and applied meteorologist for more than 30 years, Dr. Umenhofer has served as an air - and water - quality consultant to industry and government, with expertise in pollution control and local / federal environmental policy development.

Lake sediment cores document increased chemical pollution of ecosystems during the past several decades traceable to tar sands development [157] and snow and water samples indicate that recent levels of numerous pollutants exceeded local and national criteria for protection of aquatic organisms [158].

In addition, this project will result in tremendous increases in local air and water pollution, as well as contribute to global climate change.

In opting for renewables, India and China are responding to widespread local protests against air and water pollution and the human health impacts of continued reliance on fossil fuels.

Animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of air and water pollution and poses many health risks to local communities.

With their support, Henning led efforts to develop water quality monitoring programs to measure pollution levels from CAFOs and document their impact on local watersheds.

Prigi Arisandi initiated a local movement to stop industrial pollution from flowing into Surabaya's river that provides drinking water to 3 million people.

Local power - plants are legal and now necessary given the success of the coal industry in watering down and delaying real action on coal pollution in Congress.

If heavy metals can be abated through upstream pollution controls or through modifications to local water well designs and use configurations, chemical treatment may not be needed.

They remove air pollution, conserve water and reduce soil erosion, fight the atmospheric greenhouse effect, save energy, modify local climates, and the list goes on.

Growing and processing sugar is the first step of making rum — and it's also one of the most environmentally destructive — resulting in soil degradation and erosion, the overuse and pollution of local water resources, the spread of pesticides and fertilizers, emissions of greenhouse gases, and habitat destruction.

Importantly, we suggest that in the face of changing climate (e.g. ocean acidification and temperature), effective management of local stressors (e.g. water pollution and overfishing) may have a greater contribution in determining ecosystem states than currently anticipated.

His specific areas of concentration include Superfund matters; air and water pollution control issues; compliance counseling for hazardous waste; toxic torts; land use matters; and federal, state and local permits and licenses.

She and other local master gardeners are using their skills to help homeowners develop rain gardens in places where erosion, water conservation and pollution control are concerns.