Sentence examples for environmentally delicate areas from inspiring English sources
For several years, they have repeatedly voiced concern that a spill from the pipeline could seep into the Ogallala Aquifer, a major water source, and other environmentally delicate areas in the region.
For example, the lack of up-to-date contingency plans all along the gulf meant that there were often significant gaps in identifying the coast's most environmentally delicate areas.
The litigation, which seeks to block construction of five of the solar thermal projects, underscores the growing risks of building large-scale renewable energy plants in environmentally delicate areas.
The new regional plan encourages ripping down and rebuilding the area's aging infrastructure, removing buildings from environmentally delicate areas near marshes, streams and rivers, and constructing denser urban centers.
This year, after saying TransCanada must reroute the project around environmentally delicate areas in Nebraska, President Obama encouraged the company to submit a fresh application to the State Department.
The State Department, under whose aegis Keystone XL falls because it crosses an international border, recommended that Mr. Obama reject a permit for the pipeline, saying there was not enough time to assess alternative routes that would circumvent environmentally delicate areas of Nebraska by a deadline of Feb. 21.
The coastline is an important tourist attraction, as well as an environmentally fragile area.
For example, the agency requires companies to focus their inspections on only the 44 percent of the nation's land-based liquid pipelines that could affect high consequence areas — those near population centers or considered environmentally delicate — which leaves thousands of miles of lines loosely regulated and operating essentially on the honor system.
