Sentences with phrase «mining destruction of our habitat»

Nothing involving coal ever comes without NO2 and SO2 problems, without particulate problems, without mining deaths and mining diseases and mining runoff and mining destruction of our habitat.

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Sand mining across the world is being linked to coastal erosion, habitat destruction and the spread of invasive species.

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.

And here are just a few other «side effects» of mining on public lands in the West: cyanide spills; wildlife habitat destruction and fish kills caused by poisoned waters; and water pollution caused by acid mine drainage, which leaches potentially toxic heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc from rocks.

We also avoid contributing to destructive mining and the destruction of natural habitats when sourcing for aluminium and chemical production of plastic.