Sentences with phrase «significant environmental impacts»

«We saw this as a way to avoid the sometimes significant environmental impacts for some of the projects being proposed,» she said.

The report focuses on regions and phenomena where such events might be expected to cause significant environmental impacts within the first half of the century.

It provides accessibility for the largest number of users, discovery of optimal infrastructure use and least significant environmental impact.

«The most significant environmental impacts for all three nappy systems were on resource depletion, acidification and global warming,» the authors concluded.

«Moreover, the application materials that were submitted to DEC showed potentially significant environmental impacts that raised serious concerns.»

«In the green bonds market, our firm is activating a wide range of capital markets expertise and capabilities to break new ground and mobilize capital towards realizing significant environmental impact.»

We believe that other significant environmental impacts are overlooked, ignored or minimized in the DEIS analysis.

Categorical exclusions (CEs) are actions which meet the definition contained in 40 CFR 1508.4, and, based on past experience with similar actions, do not involve significant environmental impacts.

«Cannabis leaves a small spatial footprint but has potentially significant environmental impacts,» said co-author Jake Brenner, associateprofessor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Ithaca College.

Ironically, while it is fighting off the big bad wolves from the other side of the Rockies, in the B.C. Supreme Court Horgan's government defended the conclusion of the Clark government that Kinder Morgan would not have significant environmental impacts and that obligations to the Squamish had been fulfilled.

Used diapers are either buried in landfills or burned at incinerators, but both methods have a significant environmental impact, he said.

DeSantis said a major issue is that Moscati submitted a short version of the state environmental assessment form, asserting that the project would have no significant environmental impact and did not need major review.

Grannis and Gruskin discuss the economic benefits of drilling as well as the potential for significant environmental impacts.

Although Herzog admits that some of the companies may be profitable, he's skeptical about the potential for carbon utilization to have a significant environmental impact.

So gas that leaks from the system instead of being burned has a significant environmental impact.

It could also have significant environmental impacts, as school districts could be forced to approve schools that do not meet basic environmental standards (which includes noise, traffic and community impacts).

FRA found that no significant environmental impacts would result from adding more frequent and higher speed intercity passenger rail service, in large part due to the use of existing operating rail lines within existing rights - of - way.

This high - sulfur fuel is responsible for the significant environmental impacts of ship sulfur emissions.

On top of the «insufficient» categorization, the EPA gave the proposed project an «Environmental Objections» rating, which is their technical speak for a project that would have significant environmental impacts.

Moreover, the Administration's EO rating for Keystone XL is in stark contrast to State's — only about 5 % of draft environmental reviews get ratings of EO or worse, indicating that the project will have significant environmental impacts.

Approximately 20 percent of that lending went to energy efficiency and low impact renewables, while about a third went to energy projects that either have significant environmental impacts, such as large hydropower, or were not identifiable as to the energy source, such as transmission and distribution projects.

We used to think only big commercial mining operations could have a significant environmental impact.

As energy is the main «fuel» for social and economic development, and since energy - related activities have significant environmental impacts, it is important for decision - makers to have access to reliable and accurate data in an user - friendly format.

This series of posts have looked at detailed and diverse aspects of the evidence that builds a picture of the Last Interglacial and some insight into the reasons why there were significant environmental impacts.

Using carbon finance, this project aims to move large populations away from traditional practices resulting in unacceptably high GHG emissions, indoor air pollution and deforestation with its significant environmental impact.

Although renovations to existing buildings generally cause less harm than new construction, the associated materials have already had a significant environmental impact by the time they arrive on site.

But titanium dioxide has a significant environmental impact, leading some of the alternative paint companies to offer a choice of paints either with or without titanium.

Commenters also noted in our post on hydrogen powered cars that there is a significant environmental impact in the mining of the lithium, cobalt, and nickel that go into the batteries.

As a result, the Kinder Morgan Project not only had significant environmental impacts, but also impacted the sources of Indigenous laws, and therefore Indigenous governance as an Aboriginal right.