Sentence examples for environmental excuses from inspiring English sources

"We also hear environmental excuses, like 'I had a rash; I put some cream on; it must have had alcohol in it,' " she said.

I don't always do a very good job of answering this question but fortunately, as I begin to cobble together my various environmental excuses, his face spreads into a laugh.

Blaming population growth for environmental damage makes excuses for an "extreme and selective consumerism" that wastes as much as a third of all food produced, Francis wrote.

She accuses the government of using environmental arguments as an excuse to bring in bigger businesses.

They argued that the Turkish government had tried to use the Olympics as an excuse to ignore environmental concerns and proceed with large-scale building projects.

The government is using bogus contractual technicalities as an excuse, just as environmental gripes recently helped Gazprom to take charge of a giant energy project on Sakhalin island, led by Royal Dutch Shell.

One of the harshest critics has been Representative John D. Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, who says the military has been exploiting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as an excuse to skirt environmental laws.

More than 500 groups took their websites down for 24 hours last month in protest at the budget cuts, which they claim were an excuse to weaken environmental protections.

Civic associations then use "politically correct" excuses like traffic congestion, environmental concerns, overcrowded schools and diminished property values to squelch "unfavorable" but efficient higher-density housing.

In environmental terms there is absolutely no excuse.

"The mining industry will use any possible excuse to attack the environmental movement," he said.