Sentences with phrase «on nonrenewable resources»
«We can no longer ignore the negative impact of pollutants or dependency on nonrenewable resources.
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Severance taxes are imposed on wells that remove nonrenewable resources, such as crude oil.
This system, dependent on a small affluent minority using a disproportionate share of the World's natural resources, was fast depleting the base upon which it rested: nonrenewable resources.
Based on what scientists and experts are telling us, maybe every day should be Earth Day when it comes to the way we care for the planet and it's nonrenewable resources.
Murray Bowen has been examining the forces in contemporary society that increase stress on families and render them highly vulnerable to dysfunction — e.g., the frantic pace of life, the loss of supportive contact with the extended family, the pressures caused by the population explosion and the depletion of nonrenewable resources.
I refer to the large spectrum of challenges that we now associate with ecology — world population, food supply, pollution, dwindling supplies of nonrenewable natural resources, and so on.
Standard: (iii) Energy resources are available on a renewable, nonrenewable, or indefinite basis.
Long - term sustainability of humans on Earth requires a balance between global population and consumption of renewable resources — not consumption of nonrenewable resources as we are currently doing.
-- The term «green building standards» means standards to require use of sustainable design principles to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, encourage energy - efficient construction and rehabilitation and the use of renewable energy resources, minimize the impact of development on the environment, and improve indoor air quality.
-- For purposes of this subsection, the term «green building» means, with respect to standards for structures, standards to require use of sustainable design principles to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, minimize the impact of development on the environment, and to improve indoor air quality.
Renewable, fast - growing hemp could allow major industries to reduce their dependence on nonrenewable, fast - disappearing resources and move toward sustainable production.
This is based on the theory of nonrenewable resources.
On the surface, it's not difficult to imagine that we could create a satisfying, culturally rich lifestyle while consuming less fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources.