Sentences with phrase «significant ecological damage»

I am, for the most part, a believer in personal freedom but, like Lloyd's take on ATV's and the environment, I find it hard to see how off roading can be done without significant ecological damage (I'm sure my biodiesel buddies will disagree!).

If left unstopped microbeads have the potential to cause significant ecological damage across our state.

Not exact matches

«This discovery is significant in that it is the first known case of a pharmaceutical causing major ecological damage over a huge geographic area,» says lead author J. Lindsay Oaks, a veterinary microbiologist at Washington State University, Pullman.

Investigative journalists played a significant role in spearheading the movement by reporting on the dangers of environmental toxins, deforestation, nuclear testing, and other ecological damage.

At present, as I discussed in my analysis article on Tuesday, evidence for widespread ecological damage is thin; so we have to presume that as of now, the significant volume of oil that remains (even a quarter of 4.9 milion barrels is still far more than released by the Exxon Valdez) is not hitting enough of those key zones to be having a major impact.

According to GFN, if we don't rapidly shift things, by 2030, we'll be using the equivalent of two Earths» worth of natural resources and ecological services, and the pressure put on these natural systems could possibly lead to significant damage to the long - term biocapacity of the planet, which will then negatively affect the amount of resources available for our ever - growing population.

Surely the probability is higher than that for a complete shutdown (itself 45 % to 70 %) Here «partial but significant» is defined to mean, significdant enough to cause ecological or economic serious damage.