Sentence examples for environmental slump from inspiring English sources

"The oil spills we don't hear about" (Views, June 5-6) affirms two things — that the world is in an environmental slump, and that less-developed countries simply do not have the political will or institutional means to introduce measures to curb ecological self-destruction.

Hopes that the award-winning chef would be able to reopen the Fat Duck's kitchens have slumped because environmental health officers have failed to identify the source of an illness that has affected about 40 of his customers over the past few weeks.

In a letter to Governor Corzine, the environmental groups said the current slump in housing prices and the decline in housing development has created "a window of opportunity" to strengthen the operating plan.

Public concern about environmental issues including climate change has slumped to a 20-year low since the financial crisis, a global study reveals.

Against this, the current economic slump could have serious long-term environmental consequences, because it may reduce investment in greener production technologies without fundamentally changing the longer-term emissions picture.

Weyerhaeuser's projection comes as the timber industry is in a slump, beset by weak prices and tougher environmental regulation.

Various environmental protection rules have been seen to be responsible for a slump in the growth rate," Shresth added.

In the short term, China's industrial slump has put the country on course to meet environmental targets set when production was racing ahead.

The big question among environmental activists and oil companies alike is, how long will the slump last?

But business organizations said the bill was a job killer at a time when the state's economy was slumping and California lawmakers were imposing costly new environmental and labor rules.

Or Al Gore, who graciously accepted loss in public, then descended into a private slump, growing a beard and putting on weight before slowly finding his passion in environmental advocacy that won him a Nobel Peace Prize.