Sentences with phrase «say about the environmental impact»

Nordelöf's study also contains a summary of what previous LCA studies had to say about the environmental impact of electric cars.

Not exact matches

The revision process, which includes conducting environmental impact studies and taking public comments, has taken about two years in the past, said Connie Gillette, chief of public affairs for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the unit of the Interior Department that oversees the lease schedule.

The report came about a year - and - a-half after the department issued a «final» report in August 2011 on Keystone that said the pipeline would cause minimal environmental impact.

«It caused a bit of a stir to begin with but after a debate about the environmental impact MFM would have, the motion passed easily — roughly 85 per cent from a show of hands,» said Dennis.

«We care deeply about our industry's impact on the environment; our operations reflect the priority and longstanding commitment we have to a clean environment,» said Kate Krebs, ABA senior environmental policy advisor.

«Diageo is committed to minimising our environmental impact and we are, like many of our consumers, increasingly concerned about the negative environmental impact associated with the irresponsible disposal of plastic straws,» said David Croft, Diageo's global sustainable development director.

And if the future is a place where high - end restaurants care as much about their environmental impact as they do plating, then The Perennial will be the one that waved its arms, planted the flag in 2016, and said it was here first.

DeFrancisco said he plans to talk in the coming days with Matt Driscoll, the former Syracuse mayor and DOT commissioner, about the environmental impact study.

State officials say so - called Climate Resilient Farming is a pilot program intended to help mitigate the environmental impact of agriculture, following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signed pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions about 40 percent by 2030.

An anti-GM group, «Take the Flour Back», describing itself as «a grassroots network of individuals», said it was extremely concerned about both the risk of cross-contamination of wild and domestic plants and the unknown health and environmental impacts.

Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York and the former head of the New York State Office of Climate Change, said he wasn't concerned about the impact of Schneiderman's resignation on ongoing environmental litigation, in part because it's likely that anyone who replaces him will also be a Democrat in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans nEnvironmental Advocates of New York and the former head of the New York State Office of Climate Change, said he wasn't concerned about the impact of Schneiderman's resignation on ongoing environmental litigation, in part because it's likely that anyone who replaces him will also be a Democrat in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans nenvironmental litigation, in part because it's likely that anyone who replaces him will also be a Democrat in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 3 to 1.

«The decision implies that at least 30 other states, Senator Schumer and the Obama Administration's Environmental Protection Agency are wrong about the health impacts and do not care about the well - being of millions of American citizens, and discounts the successes that are occurring in Pennsylvania and elsewhere,» Skelos said.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said local leaders found out about the plan through media reports and were not briefed about any potential environmental impact from the demolition.

Although many researchers support Ridoutt's work, others say we don't yet know enough about global water cycles to accurately measure environmental impact.

Some say humanity's ever - rising environmental impact is about to go into reverse.

«I like to tell people that the nice thing about outdoor lighting is its environmental impacts can be instantly removed,» Duriscoe says.

«While advances in science and technology and improved safety practices have significantly reduced the threat of oil spills in Canadian waters over the past few decades, much about the fate, environmental impacts and remediation of oil spills remain poorly understood,» said Kenneth Lee, the director of Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Perth, Western Australia and chair of the seven - member panel.

Following the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, she says, it took about two years for the first scientific papers to emerge and more than a decade for ecologists to synthesize that new knowledge into a comprehensive understanding of the environmental impact.

«The Obama administration has serious concerns about the impacts of mountaintop removal mining on our natural resources and on the health and welfare of the Appalachian communities,» said Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

The next step, he says, is to blend the simulations with actual field observations about Toba's environmental impacts.

In an unpublished report to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the researchers say they found no acute or immediate impacts on human health, though they warn that the samples were small and that they could not say anything about possible long - term effects.

Questioned about the environmental impacts of building large hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon, she said Brazil can not relinquish hydropower yet — «It would be like giving up fracking in the U.S.» — but she hopes solar and wind power generation will take its place overtime.

«If you haven't had proximity to these glaciers, if you haven't thought about where water comes from, it would be easy to understate or underestimate the implications of glacial ice loss in a state that has predominantly a semi-desert climate and certainly by contemporary climate models is going to be pretty significantly impacted by climate change,» said Jacki Klancher, a professor of environmental science at Central Wyoming College.

«A fully annotated salmon genome will provide important information about the impact of cultured fish escapees on wild populations, about preservation of populations that are at risk, about strategies for fighting pathogens, and about environmental sustainability issues,» says ICSASG chair Dr. Steinar Bergseth at the Research Council of Norway.

«People have been interested in using silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial purposes, but there are lingering concerns about their environmental impact due to the long - term effects of the used metal nanoparticles released in the environment,» says Velev, the INVISTA Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State and the paper's corresponding author.

«Recent vivid and memorable media coverage of climate change impacts around the world and domestically have brought global warming onto the radar screen of the residents of New York, elevating it to a risk worth worrying about,» said Elke U. Weber, a psychologist and professor of international business who is co-director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University.

While it is common for federal agencies to farm out environmental impact studies, legal experts said they were surprised the State Department was not more circumspect about the potential for real and perceived conflicts of interest on such a large and controversial project.

The correlation between consumerism and environmental impact goes without saying but aside from the embodied impact of our purchases, what about the transaction itself?

«But Mr. Karmali was sanguine about the impact of the current fiscal crisis, saying that the market for environmental finance was now too advanced, and too important, for banks to abandon.

Concerns about environmental impacts have no merit, he said, adding that the project was precisely the kind of work that could help answer lingering questions about the method.

The report says it has found «misleading statements by Enviva about its emissions and environmental impacts» in its prospectus when it was floated on the New York stock exchange last April.

«I don't want to minimize the need to worry about the environmental impacts,» said Marty Durbin, president and CEO of America's Natural Gas Alliance, the trade group representing natural - gas producers.

But we needn't worry about this fact, he says; it doesn't matter if we keep using more and more resources each year, because aggregate material use is not a meaningful proxy for environmental impact.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), which coordinates NEPA, is responsible for ensuring that the State Department's environmental impact statement is executed correctly, National Wildlife Federation senior vice president Jeremy Symons said in a teleconference about Keystone XL with reporEnvironmental Quality (CEQ), which coordinates NEPA, is responsible for ensuring that the State Department's environmental impact statement is executed correctly, National Wildlife Federation senior vice president Jeremy Symons said in a teleconference about Keystone XL with reporenvironmental impact statement is executed correctly, National Wildlife Federation senior vice president Jeremy Symons said in a teleconference about Keystone XL with reporters Tuesday.

«Recent vivid and memorable media coverage of climate change impacts around the world and domestically have brought global warming onto the radar screen of the residents of New York, elevating it to a risk worth worrying about,» said Elke U. Weber, a psychologist and professor of international business who is co-director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia.

«Thanks to the DOE's ongoing investigation, we have confidence that consumers will ultimately be able to make informed decisions about energy savings and environmental impact in this popular segment of the refrigeration category,» said Greg Miller, general manager, refrigeration, Whirlpool North America.

A recent survey from Tetra Pak and GFN found that while 86 % of participants would choose a greener option (in this case, renewable packaging) if they knew it would reduce environmental impacts, only 41 % of participants said they were «very aware» of the resource constraints issue, so it's pretty clear that we have a ways to go when it comes to informing and educating ourselves about it.

Although last month, when it won Backpacker Magazines» 2007 Editors» Choice Green Award, the company said, «Our hope is that other like - minded companies will join us in developing an industry - wide index for comparing the environmental impacts of our design choices and we also hope to inspire consumers to ask questions, and make informed decisions about their purchases.»

And since heating can account for a significant percentage of home energy use (according to Lancey CEO Raphaël Meyer, up to 67 % in Europe, whereas the US puts it at about 42 % in the United States, and the IEA says that almost 80 % of energy demand in the buildings sector is from heating), this represents a great opportunity for both homeowners and rental property owners alike to reduce both their costs and their environmental impact.

«EPA has identified significant flaws in the state's fracking proposals, particularly inadequate plans to treat hazardous wastewater, questions about unsafe levels of radiation in fracking waste, and the absence of any consideration of the environmental impacts of the infrastructure associated with fracking, such as pipelines and compressor stations,» said a statement issued by a coalition of hydrofracking opponents including Catskill Mountainkeeper, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Natural Resources Defense Councienvironmental impacts of the infrastructure associated with fracking, such as pipelines and compressor stations,» said a statement issued by a coalition of hydrofracking opponents including Catskill Mountainkeeper, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Natural Resources Defense CounciEnvironmental Advocates of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council and others.

Are you saying that Religious have never before been concerned about climatic / environmental / economic issues / impacts faced by humankind before AGW?