Sentence examples for the clear cutting from inspiring English sources

Janice Kasper, who can be loosely described as Georgia O'Keeffe with a cause, makes a very specific reference to her concerns for the clear cutting of trees in Maine's great forests.

Some, like Chris Matera, founder of Massachusetts Forest Watch, warn that biomass incineration could cause major environmental damage, including the clear cutting of forests and the use of vast quantities of water for cooling.

Furthermore, it said, the clear cutting could not be justi fied on economic grounds "as an investment for producing timber" because in this area it would be uneconomical to grow new stands of timber.

Although its purchase does signal to the industry that consumers want (and will pay premium prices for) products that aren't doused with chemicals, the mad dash to increase organic sugar production has also led to, among other things, the clear cutting of diverse native forest in Paraguay.

Why doesn't the clear cutting of ancient forests warrant a high moral priority?

On March 22 , 1971a group of Northern Illinois University students were arrested while protesting the clear cutting of a forested area on the DeKalb, Illinois campus.

Instead, they have been chanting the same tired and discredited mantras the party has offered since the 1980s: huge tax cuts, huge cuts in safety-net spending, the clear-cutting of regulations, and the inevitable balanced-budget amendment.

This process has been likened to the clear-cutting of a forest.

"But it's easy to question the location, the terrain, and the clear-cutting".

It also requires the clear-cutting on steep slopes of 134 acres of healthy forest, now ablaze in autumn colors.

Over so long a growing spell only part of the lumber yield is obtained by the clear-cutting of a small fraction of the forest each year.