Sentences with phrase «potential environmental effects»

The report finds that the current regulatory practices for assessing risks or potential environmental effects of field experiments or planned releases are inadequate for gene drives.

These pesticides undergo individual risk assessments to identify potential environmental effects, but the impact of combinations of these compounds is often unknown.

Astorino again promised to «expeditiously» approve natural gas hydrofracking, which he said would bring economic development in the billions while potential environmental effects were managed.

Passed in 1970, NEPA basically ensures that the government considers the potential environmental effects of any federal project, like a new highway or airport, before building it.

Although Republicans have sold the bill as a job - creator, the president has publicly questioned the pipeline's economic impact and expressed significant reservations about its potential environmental effects.

In the Enbridge case, the E.P.A. was asked to evaluate the potential environmental effect of the pipeline expansion application, as well as the quality of a preliminary review of the project that the State Department had already conducted.

«How can any regulator, in this case the Nebraska PSC, even begin to make an informed decision about [Keystone XL] without considering pipeline safety, the risk of leaks and spills, and the potential environmental effect of spills?

He listed a variety of potential environmental effects, from pollution of groundwater to release of methane and ozone.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of Millennium Pipeline's Valley Lateral Project would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the environment.

Hamers argues that there are ways for industry to minimize the potential environmental effects of useful materials such as coatings, «the M&M strategy,» but the ultimate goal is to design new environmentally benign materials that are just as technologically effective.

Scientists have long known about the potential environmental effects stemming from the use and disposal of products aimed at keeping people healthy and clean, but with roughly seven in 10 Americans owning at least one pet, animal medications and other care products are slowly beginning to move into the spotlight too.

Revive & Restore will also work with the USFWS to assess any potential environmental effects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

This means that the types of fires and possibly even their potential environmental effects may be predicted from models using climate variables.

Two different courts have now sent the lease sale back to the Department of the Interior for failing adequately to analyze and disclose the potential environmental effects and risks of drilling in the Chukchi Sea.