environmental concerns
Planet's pressing problems
Environmental concerns are worries about damage to the natural world—pollution, climate change, habitat destruction, resource depletion.
The phrase appears in policy discussions, corporate statements, and everyday conversation: Environmental concerns led the city to ban single-use plastics.
Someone who has environmental concerns may worry about specific issues or ecological health generally.
- global warmingRising planetary temperatures
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- acid rainPolluted atmospheric moisture falling
- oil spillPetroleum released into water
- air pollutionToxic atmospheric contamination
microplastics · chemical spills · invasive species · solar panels · habitat loss · endangered species · soil contamination · plastic waste · ecosystem restoration · sea level rise · extreme weather · ecological balance · sewage · greenhouse gases · environmental justice · wildlife corridors · coral bleaching · melting ice caps
- oilfieldscrude oil, drilling rigs, oil wells, pump jacks, pumpjacks
- Arctic AlaskaKiana, Arctic Ocean, polar bears, polar bear, caribou
environmental concernsprofit motive
Drive to earn money
business interests · shareholder value · bottom line · economic development · corporate interests
environmental concernsresource extraction
Obtaining substances from nature
deforestation · pollution · climate denial · throwaway culture · anti-environmentalism