However Mr Weight believes demolition would be a waste of time and "remove any environmental benefit it has created".
After leading an investigation into tin mining in Bangka earlier this year, Friends of the Earth is now pushing the biggest smartphone companies, Samsung and Apple, to agree and implement a plan that will put an end to the human and environmental problems it causes.
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It is statistics such as these that are leading to louder and louder calls for a radical rethink of the underlying philosophy of biofuel use, and for a slowing or outright moratorium on biofuel production -- at least until ways can be found of ensuring that that production does not end up increasing the environmental damage it is seeking to obviate.
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.
The costly project remains in limbo because Norte Energia has been unable to tap the financing it needs to meet all 40 environmental prerequisities before it starts building the dam.
Fracking offers the prospect of economic and environmental benefits, but it also presents environmental risks.
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Kasunic's revised bill had been making its way through the Senate when it was tabled abruptly last week after environmental groups complained it would give drillers too much protection from liability.
"Environmental justice, or as I like to call it environmental equality, means that no community should have to bear the brunt of lots of environmental burdens and not enjoy some environmental benefits, " she said.
Many Americans suffer from it, and it is most likely caused by a complex set of genetic and environmental factors, it says.
In addition, it would have brought home to executives the need for social and environmental performance as it relates to the sustainable effectiveness.
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"We have decided to ban the ship from entering our waters as we have information that it could trigger environmental and health disaster if it is dismantled here, " Mr Islam said.
If the pattern of converting diamond lanes continues, it would seem that the current purpose of the diamond lanes is less about energy or environmental policies that it is about revenue generation.
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The new facility will require planning permission and an environmental permit before it can be built.
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This is not merely an environmental issue: it is an economic and social priority.
The new facility will require planning permission and a full environmental permit before it can be built.
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The document from 16 leading environmental organisations says it took the wettest ever summer to avert serious drought.
The picture became inextricably linked to the environmental movement when it was adopted for the first Earth Day in 1970.
But Train and other environmentalists counter that the science of predicting environmental harm before it's too late is seldom absolute.
The aluminum industry has presented the agency's decision in terms of environmental benefits that it claims will accrue from the de-listing.
Although their spending is focused on environmental protection, it also injects millions of dollars into the economy each year, further stimulating migration.
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Earlier this month the Environment Agency granted an environmental permit stating it would not "significantly" pollute the environment or harm human health.
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The UNEP is familiar with assessing post-conflict environmental damage as it has already conducted similar missions in Liberia, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans.
On the environmental side, it notes that demand for biofuels has accelerated the clearing of primary forest for palm plantations, particularly in southeast Asia.
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The Peru trade deal had labor and environmental agreements in it.
Worries are growing that the ship could cause an environmental disaster if it breaks up and sheds its load of about 2, 300 tonnes of fuel.
The environmental group says it will lodge an appeal with the Department of Mineral Resources if fracking is permitted or if exploration licenses are awarded.
Environmental groups say it's nothing more than payback for industry support.
For their part, oil sands companies say they have to deal with some of the world's strictest environmental regulations when it comes to reclamation and water use.
In a time of financial crisis and major environmental concerns, it makes sense that public art reflects these issues by bringing their discussion into the public domain.
Part of that was sort of the environmental impulse because it's a good thing to do for the environment, but also there were financial reasons to do it.
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