The big advantage of nuclear generation is that it does not produce environmentally degrading emissions in the way that fossil fuel generation does.
He says it represents "the same dot-dot-dot housing, greenlawn, drive-to-work development that got us into this ongoing, environmentally degrading pattern of separated land use".
In a world where natural capital is often unpriced or undervalued, thus making resource exploitation very lucrative, environmentally degrading activities will continue to dominate the economy.
Yet, it was a step in the right direction for an institution that has long been a major source of funding for environmentally degrading power projects.
3) Green Your Holidays: Religious holidays are some of the most memorable times of the year, but they can also be some of the most environmentally degrading.
Within the past few weeks alone, researchers have explored new technologies to use algae to clean up pig shit and turn it into protein-rich livestock feeds, and even to make surfboards, without relying on environmentally degrading polyurethane production.
UN member states must double down on their commitments to biodiversity, offering financial support to indigenous and peasant communities, while reallocating interdiction resources to efforts to prevent money laundering in environmentally degrading rural sectors.
According to the United Nations, El Salvador is the second-most environmentally degraded country in the Americas, after Haiti.
Finally, Scott Pruitt's mission on this warming and environmentally degraded planet — his destiny, if you will — has come into focus.
Even before the earthquake Haiti was poor, environmentally degraded and aid-dependent and had few basic services.
The Army Corps of Engineers and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed last week to commission a $19 million study to explore how to clean up environmentally degraded areas that include 250 acres in Liberty State Park.
