Sentences with phrase «pollution effecting this industry»

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Waste and pollution could only be driven to zero by shutting down industry (of all kinds) altogether, and that would have disastrous effects.

If the effects of the European emissions trading scheme (ETS)- which gives industries pollution credits to use or sell - are included, this reduction would be 23.6 per cent.

Reducing the need for paper products means less demand for tree cutting — this prevents deforestation, protects wildlife habitats, reduces pollution and other negative effects of paper industry, the third - largest industrial emitter of greenhouse gasses.

It pushed for an overhaul of the city's waste - hauling industry, to take effect in 2017: To win contracts, haulers must pledge to increase the amount that is recycled, use low - pollution trucks, pay a living wage and improve safety.»

Misrach chose the Mississippi River industrial corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans — a 150 mile span that has been exploited relentlessly by the oil industry since the 1960s and is known alternately as the River Road, Chemical Corridor, and Cancer Alley — to examine human impact upon the landscape, and the detrimental effects of industrial pollution upon the region's inhabitants.

Black carbon pollution, from diesel engines, heavy industry and other sources, has a double warming effect, first in the atmosphere and then again when it settles, darkening white ice and accelerating melting, to disastrous effect.

Countering the market effect of rebounding coal use in power and industry, the government has been implementing strong policies to substitute natural gas and electricity for coal use, mainly to address the air pollution problem.

Right now we are already witnessing the effects of global warming pollution — from economic losses in the shellfish industry to fiercer and more frequent forest fires, we are feeling impacts close to home.

We support educating the public and policymakers in government and industry about the harmful human health effects of global climate change, and about the immediate and long - term health benefits associated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., heat - trapping pollution) and taking other preventive and protective measures that contribute to sustainability.

As aerosol pollution is predicted to decrease over the next few decades, unmasking of the greenhouse effect may lead to accelerated global warming.storms and ocean plankton The human - generated aerosols are derived from industry, motor vehicles and vegetation burning.

Among the eighteen companies cited were eight of the world's top 500 companies — Shell, Samsung Electronics, Nestle, LG, Kraft, Motorola, Denso and Bridgestone — and 10 major Chinese companies, including industry leaders such as PetroChina and Shenhua.China's pollution information disclosure law, which took effect in May 2008, requires companies to reveal details of pollution to the public within 30 days of being cited for breaking pollution laws, and come up with an emergency plan to rectify the problem.