Offshore deposits present a potentially enormous source of methane but also some environmental concern, because the underwater geology containing them is unstable in many places.
The mission is part of Esa's Earth Explorer programme - seven spacecraft that will do innovative science in obtaining data on issues of pressing environmental concern.
Although widespread pollution of groundwater by fracking seems unlikely (shales that hold gas typically lie far deeper than groundwater supplies), such risks have raised a great deal of environmental concern about the technology.
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On Atlantis specifically, BP said it identified a problem with vibration in certain pumps but decided it "was not in itself a cause for safety or environmental concern, " and deferred repairing some pumps until the following budget year.
Since the CPPCC's annual session began on 3 March, about one-tenth of roughly 5, 000 proposals submitted concern environmental protection, including plans to tackle severely polluted groundwater, China Daily reports.
Although that does not sound like a lot, it was enough to concern environmental groups because it is thought that there are just 500 of these animals left in the wild and mothers with calves get hit more frequently.
Indeed, Obama's most liberal positioning may come on environmental issues, a favorite concern of many gentry liberals.
It needs to be treated and isolated, and this can be of great concern from an environmental perspective.
These field partners are carefully selected because they adhere to Fair Trade goals such as improving access to education, affordable health care and adequate nutrition, as well as concern for the environmental impact of producing and transporting goods.
Donna Liley of Mossley Environmental Action Group said there was concern wood dust was a carcinogen.
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We stress our concern about the potential environmental impacts of ocean fertilization.
These diseases, ranging from dengue fever and malaria to West Nile virus and yellow fever, are the cause of millions of deaths worldwide, yet control methods have become a dilemma due to the development of resistance by mosquitoes and increased concern about health and environmental hazards.
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After years of financial uncertainty, a rise in concern levels about multiple social and environmental issues, not to mention a fraying of trust in organizations both public and private, these ultimate brand advocates must do what all smart and successful brand managers do: Ensure that people know what makes their brands different in ways that matter to consumers and other corporate stakeholders.
Over this same period concern about possible effects of exposure to environmental toxins, including pesticides and heavy metals, has become ever more pervasive.
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"The continued slaughter is a cause for immense concern, " South Africa's environmental minister, Edna Molewa said after signing the new agreement in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
It will cover the monitoring of the Tyddyn Whisgin site for two years to determine the best way of dealing with the waste, amid concern that moving the waste could cause more environmental harm.
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Their latest concern is the alleged irregularities in the advertising of environmental information regarding the retail expansion scheme.
We understand the concern -- the concern about fisheries area, the concern about other commercial activities that happen near sensitive environmental areas are involved.
But if the Department of Health review "finds that there is a public health concern that has not been assessed in the (environmental impact study) or properly mitigated, we would not proceed, as I have stated in the past, " Martens said.
Taken literally, the agenda poses no risk that rich countries could misuse environmental concerns for protectionist ends (which is the poor countries' greatest concern).
Fully two-thirds of energy executives named regulations as the biggest concern facing the industry in the long term. (Environmental opposition came in second, cited by 52%.) In fact, 40% of energy executives said they favor abolishing the Department of Energy.
The environmental community was very successful in the 2008-2010 time frame in drumming up a level of public concern over the lack of transparency in the hydraulic fracturing process.
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