Sentences with phrase «threat to the environment»

This contamination poses a serious threat to the environment and human health.

The rules create a «fast track» for releasing organisms that do not pose a significant threat to the environment.

Reducing the amount of meat you eat can, therefore, help curb climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the environment and the future of humankind.

As you know, many people around the world are working to do something about threats to the environment.

Plastic, in its current design, causes major threats to the environment.

Your CV should showcase your vast knowledge in conservation techniques and practices, and your ability to implement conservation methods and identify threats to the environment.

We know that climate change and climate variability pose a major threat to the environment, to economic growth and to sustainable development.

Although too much nitrogen and phosphorus poses threats to environments and society in much of the world, not enough nitrogen and phosphorus is a major threat and a significant offset to climate risk in the poorest countries.

Members of the alliance are concerned with formal, non-formal and informal education that works fluently across social, psychological and spiritual levels of experience as it addresses the current confluence of threats to the environment and human society globally.

The rising concentration of methane in the atmosphere, now increasing at a faster rate than any period in the last 20 years, is becoming a great threat to the environment — and a much more difficult problem to solve.

It was recognised that the approach to development had been piecemeal, with ongoing threats to the environment through unsustainable consumption and production.

Frustrated by continually escalating threats to the environment and by the deafness shown by political leaders, Josh (Jesse Eisenberg, «Now You See Me») an...

Around the world, the popularity of strained yoghurt is creating growing volumes of acid whey, which is both hard to handle and a potential threat to the environment.

So say researchers, policymakers and environmental campaigners, who have identified 25 potential future threats to the environment in the UK, which they say researchers should focus on.

We live in a changing world with technological advances being made at an exponential rate, and UAVs give us a safe and efficient way to collect and analyze data, assess threats to the environment, and quickly respond to emergencies.

By Ben Garside and Valerie Volcovici LONDON / WASHINGTON (Reuters)- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki - moon this month hopes to reinvigorate the years - long effort to forge a global climate deal, even as concerns grow over whether the final pact will be rigorous enough to address threats to the environment.

In other words, we want to reduce defects and mitigate threats to the environment through control of fabrication.»

In this podcast episode, Rhea talks about the biggest threats to the environment now, and why the NRDC has never been more important.

Bottled water may provide necessary relief in the wake of crises like the devastating Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but the industry itself poses serious long term threats to the environment and public access to water that shouldn't be ignored.

The document suggests that development opportunities are crucial for many rural populations who continue to live in poverty, and the Government is attempting to address poverty and threats to the environment together through a new social protection programme.

A report from Pew Environment Group, Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in North America, claims that the vast scale of these operations poses a real threat to the environment.

But its promise of «carbon neutral» flying through voluntary carbon offsetting is delusive, posing new threats to the environment and communities.

In exposing threats to the environment and finding solutions we have no permanent allies or adversaries.

Contact the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and urge them to issue strict regulations that will prohibit new anchorage grounds from being sited at locations where they pose a clear and direct threat to the environment, quality of life, and regional economic development goals.

In addition to research at Georgia Aquarium, our team has partnered with other facilities to conduct field research with beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska, where the beluga population faces significant threats to their environment.

The Erie County Department of Health's («ECDOH») Division of Environmental Health works every day to protect the environment and educate the public about threats to our environment, both big and small.

This week, we're teaming up with sustainable thought leaders to unpack five of the biggest threats to our environment and pinpoint accessible, meaningful, and heart - driven action that we can all take to make a huge difference.

So it's hard to describe as a threat to the environment that did not exist already.

While the livestock sector supports livelihoods of one billion of the world's poor, and its products provide one - third of our protein intake, it poses serious threat to our environment: it is responsible for 14.5 percent of GHG emissions, 29 percent of total water footprint of agriculture, and occupies 30 percent of the land surface of the planet.

House cats pose disease risks to humans and are a significant threat to the environment, a fact frequently overlooked.

Even though some diaper manufacturers create eco friendly diapers that are disposable but biodegradable (absorbent and lining materials are cellulose - based), in many cases these diapers still pose a threat to the environment.

«They have yet to give a firm statement that there is no threat to the environment.»

«Aquatic invasive species are a significant threat to the environment and economy of New York State, and these EPF grants will go far in reducing their spread,» said DEC Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the pipeline presented a threat to the environment.

Sunday's vote ended an energetic campaign by Swiss biologists to convince the public that transgenic laboratory animals are essential to biomedical research, and that genetic engineering can provide benefits without posing a serious threat to the environment.

The best part, Jessica says, is that her treatment poses no threat to the environment.

studies are intended to determine whether and to what extent these properties may pose a threat to the environment and to human beings.

Nanotoxicological studies are intended to determine whether and to what extent these properties may pose a threat to the environment and to human beings.

As elections zoom nearby, scientists warn that Donald Trump is a threat to the environment for he does not believe that there's climate change.

All health problems associated with animal products — as well as cruelty to animals and threats to the environment — are the result of factory farming and other commercial and non-sustainable farming practices.

The 2010 Academy award nominated documentary «Gasland» and its 2013 sequel («Gasland 2») put a spotlight on a controversial method of gas and oil drilling that poses a threat to the environment and human health, particularly drinking water sources.

Silver Nanoparticles: No Threat to the Environment - This report will demonstrate that silver nanoparticles do not remain «nanosize» when they come in contact with normal environmental samples, such as soil and water, but they agglomerate to form much larger, much less biologically effective, silver particles which are non-toxic, non-ionic and have no history of being harmful to the environment or aquatic life.