Sentence examples similar to devastating drilling from inspiring English sources
A few weeks later, when the Deepwater Horizon/Macondo oil disaster demonstrated how ecologically devastating this type of drilling can be, Obama's previous pandering to Big Oil didn't look so brilliant after all.
Cleverly using his own Bond-mania to underscore the hold that 007 exerted over male Britons of a certain age, Mr. Winder recalls preparing for his first real job as a bookseller abroad: rushing to a gentlemens clothing store called Tropiccadilly, which specialized in late imperial nonsense like bewildering hats and devastating tropical weight sand-drill suits, to purchase Bond-inspired gear.
The procedures for evacuation planning and the need for CPAs to demonstrate and maintain the capability to effectively respond to a rare (but possibly devastating) event by carrying out regular drills and exercises should be further promoted within national programs.
That shortsighted view allowed oil and gas wells to be drilled every 10 acres, devastating vital habitat for the iconic western species, the Greater Sage-Grouse, and other wildlife.
Exploration, however, has been blocked for more than 30 years after a devastating spill off the coast of California turned public opinion against offshore drilling.
As the ice is melting, a new ocean is being born -- one that some may try to exploit through fishing and oil and gas drilling, which is fraught with uncertainty and has the potential for devastating harm.
It is absurd that five years after the BP Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing workers, smothering wildlife, and devastating Gulf Coast ecosystems and economies, our decision-makers are taking steps toward more drilling rather than less.
They would be drilling for the gas out at sea and bringing it onshore at this plant, which would just be devastating for the region.
