Sentences with phrase «potential environmental damages of»

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But the large volume of chemicals used in tertiary oil recovery has raised concerns about potential environmental damage.

The test is increasingly used as a method of assessing substances — including drugs and cosmetics — that could pose a potential risk to human or environmental health by causing damage to DNA.

Environmental advocacy groups such as Greenpeace have argued that seabed mining should not be permitted in most of the world's oceans because of the potential for damage to deepsea ecosystems.

Other compelling reasons to begin taking action include the potential for catastrophes that defy the assumption that climate change damages will be incremental and linear; the risk of irreversible environmental impacts; the need to learn about the pace at which society can begin a transition to a climate - stable economy; the likelihood of imposing unconscionable burdens and impossible tasks on future generations; the need to create incentives to accelerate technological development the address climate change; and the ready availability of «no regrets» policies that have very low or even no costs to the economy.

Many see the vast energy potential, but this only triggers concerns of environmental damage.

«Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, has become the first major business organisation to raise its voice about huge potential environmental damage from oil drilling in the Arctic.»

Residents of five villages have protested the project, with some refusing to release their land on fears of potential environmental damage to the area.

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The purpose of this paper is to present an independent assessment of the potential for leaks from the pipeline and the potential for environmental damage from those leaks.

«Energy Institute Report Finds That Potential New Environmental Protection Agency Carbon Regulations Will Damage U.S. Economy» (PDF), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, May 28, 2014.

Since the implementation of wind farms in the 1970s, opponents say that bird and bat deaths, as well as noise pollution, environmental damage and poor aesthetics are not worth the potential benefits.

Referencing the chanting of «Drill, Baby, Drill» on the campaign trail, Clinton feels that public sentiment has already voted to liberalize drilling but that Dems need to fight to ensure maximum environmental protections against potential oil spills that could damage precious seashores and marine life.

A Stouffville woman who was the subject of a libel lawsuit based on comments she made in two Facebook groups about a potential environmental issue has been awarded $ 7,500 in damages by an Ontario Superior Court judge.

This, in turn, suggests Kinder Morgan's lawyers have a clearer grasp of what B.C.'s constitutional chances are with its still - vague plan to enact environmental legislation to mitigate potential damage from the expanded pipeline than do most political commentators in Alberta, who have declared the idea unconstitutional without actually knowing what it is.