Sentences with phrase «over oil pollution»

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«A doomer is one who believes that problems of ecological overshoot, such as over population, climate change, pollution and especially peak oil, will cause the collapse of industrial civilization, and, a significant human population die - off.

A British court on Thursday blocked pollution claims against Anglo - Dutch energy giant Shell by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents demanding action over decades of oil spills in the region.

Since its first boat patrol into Newtown Creek over eight years ago, Riverkeeper has established itself as the leading pollution enforcer on Newtown Creek, exemplified by its citizen suits against oil companies, cement manufacturers and other polluters.

During his 2013 State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his ChargeNY plan to invest $ 50 million over five years in electric vehicle infrastructure to reduce air pollution, lower the cost of government and reduce dependence on imported oil.

Carrying a cargo of 11,000 tonnes of lubricating oil, the tanker broke into three parts and has been a chronic source of oil pollution over many years.

Concerned over the long - term effects Elin Sørhus has investigated the short term effects of oil pollution on haddock roe and larva, but there are indications that the long - term effects also are very serious.

The authors note that as fossil fuel reserves shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging.

A Clean Fuels Standard will require oil refineries and distributors to ensure that Washington's fuel supply gets cleaner over time, reducing carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel by 10 % over 10 years.

Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide pollution over Canada's oil sands region is comparable to... Read more →

For too long, oil companies have reaped massive profits through a monopoly over our transportation options, leaving people with few alternatives to fossil fuels — fuels which are by far Washington's largest source of climate and air pollution.

IMO took over responsibility for this treaty in 1959, but it was not until 1967, when the tanker Torrey Canyon ran aground off the coast of the United Kingdom and spilled more than 120,000 tons of oil into the sea, that the shipping world realized just how serious the pollution threat was.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new offshore oil and gas plan from the U.S. Department of the Interior blocks two drilling leases in the Arctic, but allows a new lease in Alaska's Cook Inlet and 10 new leases in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years — a step that will worsen climate change by ensuring significant greenhouse gas pollution for the next 70 years.

By the time the president made the decision, oil prices were so low that the «unlikely» low oil price scenario in the State Department Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)-- where oil prices fell below $ 75 a barrel — had actually come to be and thus there was no shying away from the fact that the pipeline would cause the equivalent of over 6 million passengers cars worth of carbon pollution every year for at least 50 years.

The demand is coming from concern over climate change, air pollution and peak oil.

As fossil fuel resources shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging.

They're also dirtier: producing a gallon of gasoline from unconventional oil can generate over twice as much pollution as it would have if produced from conventional sources.

Investing in technologies that increase the fuel economy of America's vehicle fleet will create domestic jobs, save consumers money at the pump, cut global warming pollution, and put us on a path to cut projected U.S. oil consumption in half over the next 20 years.

Over the last 130 years, global temperatures have increased due to carbon pollution from the burning of dirty energy like oil and coal.

Improving the efficiency of road - freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency's latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

And over the decades, we've seen firsthand the dangers of relying on oil as a fuel source — the price gouging, the geopolitical struggles it produces, the pollution it creates.

Over the last few years hybrid vehicles have become, for many within the environmental community as well as the greater public, a kind of panacea for problems ranging from climate change, to dependence on foreign oil, to air pollution.

Without any regulation, coal - and oil - burning utilities managed only 10 % voluntary reductions of mercury pollution over the same time.

But over the past three years, as they have devoted tremendous resources to the fight against TransCanada Corp.'s proposed oil pipeline, they potentially have diverted vast resources from other goals many environmentalists consider more important, such as limiting power plant pollution and taxing carbon emissions.

One way to prevent an ill - regulated drilling spree would be to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty designed to manage a crowded ocean — including disputes over Arctic oil as well as international fishing and ocean pollution.