Sentences with phrase «of other environmental concerns»

(Related: «The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom» and Photos: Canadian Oil Sands) Because of the emissions and an array of other environmental concerns, including tailing ponds, water consumption, and risk of leaks, the operations have become a target of environmental activists.

That was also when awareness of other environmental concerns began to grow, and the golf industry sought ways for courses to cut use of chemical applications.

Not exact matches

A coalition of state and national environmental groups have raised concerns about water contamination and other impacts on Western Australia's largest national park.

The concern comes in the wake of complaints by environmental activists and trade unions that this deal and others will erode standards for food, work and industry.

Many experts say that concern about the environmental consequences of fracking and other new drilling technologies may be the biggest obstacle to the continued growth of this newfound domestic energy supply.

One caveat you'll find on most sites is something like this: «An investment involves a high degree of risk including fluctuating values of real property, lack of liquidity, environmental concerns, legal and regulatory risks, and other risks.»

The survey of 1,002 Canadians was commissioned by Trade Justice Network (TJN), a coalition of social, labour, environmental, student and other groups concerned about the secrecy and anti-democratic provisions of international trade negotiations.

By Janet Keeping, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta Alberta's Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) sets out a decision making process for review of oilsands and other projects which includes the filing of «Statements of Concern.»

On the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concern.

On the other hand, the younger set takes their sexual cues from the resurrection (preferring not to think about the so - called «order of creation») while using Genesis to highlight their culture - making activities and their environmental concerns.

In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western attitudes toward nature is one of the best available, provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5).

Aldo Leopold and J. Baird Callicott, among others, speak of the need to extend our moral concern to the land or the environmental community and to develop a land...

Aldo Leopold and J. Baird Callicott, among others, speak of the need to extend our moral concern to the land or the environmental community and to develop a land aesthetic.

The Recent Senate inquiry referred to the Senate Committee under the Murray Darling Basin Plan by Senator Maddigan, into the impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, provided a good opportunity to address a number of issues and concerns raised by members of the community and I would encourage you to have a look at the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder submission, and others made to the Committee.

Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.

While some of these factors, such as food safety concerns and technological innovations, are unpredictable in magnitude and timing, others are observable (e.g. income growth), constrained by supply side factors (e.g. lack of feed) and determined by institutional changes (e.g. harmonization of standards) and policies (e.g. agricultural subsidies and environmental regulations).

Other environmental concerns are the chemicals in detergent that are derived from petroleum and the impact of plastic packaging.

As individuals wait for their laundry to dry, they often read these boards, and could be encouraged to consider cloth diapering by health issues, environmental concerns, cost, or any other number of reasons.

Many environmental groups were disappointed after Governor Cuomo's State of the State address, which talked about dealing with climate change but left out many of their other concerns.

On this basis on 1st August, 2016, Forest Watch Ghana (a civil society coalition of 35 - member organisations and several other NGOs in the natural resource sector) petitioned the then President, John Mahama, to intervene in the issuance of prospecting license to Exton Cubic due to environmental concerns; more than 60 % of this forest reserve is a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), which means that the area is protected for its unique ecology and diversity of species of flora and fauna.

Salamanca, NY (WBEN) The Seneca Nation of Indians met with other government leaders and environmental experts to discuss concerns over a proposed wastewater treatment plant on the Allegheny River.

While some speakers expressed concern about the environmental impact of the project, others were skeptical that the salaries of many of the future employees of the plant would be enough to live on in Ulster County.

And they say their concerns about potential pollution, overreliance on fracked gas and encroachment of historic sites and endangered species» habitats have been ignored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and other state and federal agencies.

They say their concerns about potential pollution, overreliance on fracked gas and encroachment of historic sites and endangered species» habitats have been ignored by Governor Andrew Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation and other state and federal agencies.

Mr Dagadu called for coordinated efforts among the authorising agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the Town and Country Planning among others, to ensure that the right things concerning the siting of filling stations were followed.

Science policy is an area of public policy which is concerned with the policies that affect the conduct of the science and research enterprise, including the funding of science, often in pursuance of other national policy goals such as technological innovation to promote commercial product development, weapons development, health care and environmental monitoring.

No other area of human concern has drawn a greater diversity of scientific disciplines into the service of a developing field of policy nor offered a greater scope for development of interdisciplinary collaboration as the environmental sciences.

In 2011, in response to growing public concern about the possible environmental and human health effects of fracking wastewater, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection requested that the discharge of fracking fluids and other unconventional oil and gas wastewater into surface waters be prohibited from central water - treatment facilities that release high salinienvironmental and human health effects of fracking wastewater, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection requested that the discharge of fracking fluids and other unconventional oil and gas wastewater into surface waters be prohibited from central water - treatment facilities that release high saliniEnvironmental Protection requested that the discharge of fracking fluids and other unconventional oil and gas wastewater into surface waters be prohibited from central water - treatment facilities that release high salinity effluents.

Consumption of contaminated fish «is an especially pressing concern for many communities of color, low - income communities, tribes, and other indigenous peoples, whose members may consume fish, aquatic plants, and wildlife in greater quantities than does the general population,» according to a landmark Environmental Protection Agency study published nearly a decade ago.

However, many environmental concerns are being addressed in other IMO committees and international forums, noted Bud Darr, senior vice president of technical and regulatory affairs at the Cruise Lines International Association.

Friends of the Earth, along with a coalition of other environmental groups, is also expressing concerns about wastewater discharge from ships, and invasive species like mollusks that could attach to ship hulls.

«We are concerned about reports that federal agencies — including the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency — have issued directives to staff that may silence the voices of scientific researchers and others working for the federal government,» said Holt in a statement.

A coalition of 16 science and environmental groups, including the Union of Concerned Scientists, issued a joint statement praising the assessment, while others said it provided much - needed context for sticky debates on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across the land.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.

Koenig says environmental campaigners are deeply concerned about stepped up drilling plans in other parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon but they see merit in supporting the Yasuni Initiative as a means by which to enable Ecuador to extricate itself from its current «oil debt trap.»

While some environmental leaders now cautiously support development of more nuclear reactors (which are free of fossil fuels) to help stave off climate change, others remain concerned that the risks to human health and the environment are still too high to go down that road.

Although not generally stressed about climate change, those with high levels of altruistic concern, or concern for the well - being of others, also engaged in some environmental coping strategies and pro-environmental behaviors — more so than those whose environmental concerns were mostly egoistic.

The top 12 also included three areas of environmental concern: air pollution by oxides of nitrogen and other combustion products; the increase in carbon dioxide levels causing global warming; and urban waste.

With the games set to begin Aug. 5 in Rio, IU experts in economics, public health, media studies, cybersecurity, public and environmental affairs, and business are available to discuss issues including Zika and other health concerns, how coverage of the games might frame discussion on other topics, and Brazil's ability to pull off a worldwide event and its long - term future.

Jeremy is now a Senior Energy Analyst in the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, conducting analytical work on the Environmental Protection Agency's carbon regulations and other areas of energy research.

Counsel patients or others on the background of neurological disorders including risk factors, or genetic or environmental concerns.

Some people totally swear it off, citing health and environmental concerns, while plenty of others think it's fine to enjoy in moderation — as long as you know where it comes from.

That's when I learned about geomedicine — a branch of medicine concerning the influence of climate and other environmental factors on health — and how it was a major player in my personal health.

According to The Vegan Society, environmental concerns, such as the release of greenhouse gases produced from raising livestock, motivates others to adopt a vegetarian diet.

According to wikipedia, the environmental concerns of lithium batteries, though not negligible, are at least manageable:» Since Li - ion batteries contain less toxic metals than other types of batteries which may contain lead or cadmium [53] they are generally categorized as non-hazardous waste».

And while the answers to all health concerns do not lie in the bottom of a bottle of ashwagandha, magnesium or B complex, these nutrients as well as others do support your body's ability to bounce back from emotional and environmental stressors with greater ease.

These two concerns align with what Dr. Max Gerson, who created the Gerson Therapy for cancer and chronic disease, had proposed circa 1950 as the major causes of cancer and other non-infectious diseases, insufficient nutrition and overwhelming environmental toxicity.

If you are concerned about the pesticides in your food but can't afford to go all organic, you'll want to download one of the many apps for easy access to «The Dirty Dozen» fruits and vegetable determined by the Environmental Working Group to have the highest concentration of pesticides linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems.

However, this isn't just a dumb action vehicle, as there are many political and environmental subtexts underneath the surface, as well as more derisive fears of the US military presence in certain parts of the world, who appear to be callous to the needs and concerns of peoples in other nations.

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups also lobbied heavily to kill diesels because of emissions concerns.