But "it's certainly a very serious thing" that could pose a long-term environmental challenge.
China's environmental challenge moves well beyond simply the problems faced by any society at the height of its industrialization.
In a decision which fell between the two camps, Mr Justice Horner took into account the public interest of an environmental challenge, ensuring access to justice, and the means of those taking the action.
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Natural gas infiltration issues aside, the fracking industry continues to encounter objections from activist environmental organizations that challenge the technology.
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Article nine of the convention requires that people have the ability to challenge critical environmental decisions, without facing the threat of large legal costs.
To address the challenge of merging environmental and economic goals, Copenhagen will host the Global Green Growth Forum, an annual summit of 200 world leaders, this October.
It also incorrectly said that the Solano County judge's ruling came in 2011 and that environmental groups had filed a challenge to the new law, arguing that Solano County is exempt from it.
Over a dozen environmental groups are to unite with Kenya's churches to challenge the decree as a contravention of a recent environmental law, and as a denial of people's right to water.
Environmental issues aside, the biggest challenge for Poseidon, and desalination in general, is cost.
Finally, the BP spill has presented an unprecedented challenge as an emergency environmental response and a long-term restoration effort.
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But as China's economy continues to grow, so does the country's energy consumption, and with it the scale of the challenge that the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) faces.
And more stations means not just a bigger engineering challenge but also an additional environmental one.
Although larger ships would cause more environmental damage and create an enormous rescue challenge in case of an accident, they also offer greater comfort and more amenities.
Much of the data is from observational studies which are subject to many biases, and there is the challenge of isolating and quantifying environmental exposure.
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And, following a challenge from Transport 2000 and other environmental pressure groups, the decision is to be judicially reviewed.
Mr McGinty's original challenge was supported by wildlife and environmental campaigners.
Oklahoma's new Republican Attorney General Scott Pruitt has bolstered the cause by challenging the tax penalty provisions of the federal health care law, filing suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and joining a multi-state challenge to the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
However, he added that firm implementation of the rules, which has thwarted similar environmental laws in the past, would continue to be a challenge.
"I would imagine that the auto industry is going to challenge this rule, " says Martin Booher, an environmental attorney at Dewey and Leboeuf in New York.
To put surplus food to better use, the Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with businesses and organizations in the Food Recovery Challenge, which is helping participants support their communities through food donation and protect their bottom line by reducing waste.
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That leads to the second challenge, to address and implement policies that will avoid these problems in the future, especially concerning environmental protection.
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