Sentences with phrase «environmental groups as»

The arbitration panels, which operate as alternatives to domestic court systems, have been criticized by labor and environmental groups as giving corporations — and only corporations — a way to circumvent domestic laws and regulations.

Aides said Ms. McCarthy would also announce a yearlong schedule for an environmental listening tour — a series of meetings across the country with the public, the industry and environmental groups as the agency works to establish emissions limits on existing power plants — a far more costly and controversial step.

Any big change by President Trump certainly would bring lawsuits from environmental groups as well as California

Two Celsius is a goal adopted by the EU, some other nations and many environmental groups as a threshold for «dangerous» climate change.

After the first IPCC report, if you had published a paper that can be used by the environmental groups as proof that their energy policy is the correct one, then your paper and School will be put in press releases that the media then circulate to the public.

As Chapter 1 discusses in detail, environmental groups as mostly 501C3 organizations were allowed to spend unlimited sums on public education which includes advertising and communication efforts advocating generally for a need for action on climate change or a general cap on emissions.

They're a central feature of Obama's efforts to address climate change, but they are also set to become the subject of a massive lobbying war between industry and environmental groups as the administration deliberates over the final rule — a process that could take up much of the rest of the president's tenure in office.

I didn't know what to say about the bill supported by the mainstream environmental groups as part of a deal with industry and Western States Petroleum Association, versus alternatives supported by harder - line enviros.

Mr. Bush's initiative was criticized by some countries and environmental groups as kind of an end run around international climate - treaty negotiations that involved all countries, small and large.

Launched in mid-2010 after 3 years of technical consultation, the Yasuni ITT project was lauded by foreign governments and environmental groups as an innovative way to fight global warming: Not exploiting the Ishpingo - Tambococha - Tiputini (ITT) oilfields in Yasuni National Park will, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), prevent the emissions of around 410 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the annual emissions of France and accounting for 20 % of Ecuador's known oil reserves.

Flooding the shafts of the Wismut uranium mines has been condemned by German environmental groups as an amateurish attempt at decommissioning.

Environmental groups as well as residents objected, raising safety and environmental concerns.

Countering the pro-effort has been a coalition of labor and environmental groups as well as some conservative organizations.

Also at 10 a.m., a coalition of good - government and environmental groups as well as state lawmakers will push for the Senate to pass New York's Environmental Bill of Rights.

Starting in the 1980s, the throwaway diaper briefly became a target of environmental groups as they sought to cut the flow of waste to landfills.

Consequently, Legates» involvement in the brief was branded by an environmental group as an indication that he is «a favorite scientist of the global warming denial machine.»

Not exact matches

The advisory group, in a report submitted to Congress and the U.S. trade representative in late June, suggested the USTR borrow exact language pertaining to the agricultural sector and suggested using the Asiawide trade deal as the basis for text on environmental and labor regulation, with «additional strengthening of measures beyond what was in TPP,» according to a copy of the June 30 letter obtained by CNBC.

The rest will watch as the prime minister marches «out onto the stage at the National Press [Theatre] with half a dozen representatives of First Nations and environmental groups by his side.

As part of its overall mission, Patagonia donates 1 percent of its total annual sales to grassroots environmental groups — as part of its membership of the «1 % for the Planet» initiativAs part of its overall mission, Patagonia donates 1 percent of its total annual sales to grassroots environmental groups — as part of its membership of the «1 % for the Planet» initiativas part of its membership of the «1 % for the Planet» initiative.

Democrats and environmental groups latched onto Keystone as emblematic of the type of dirty fossil fuels that must be phased out.

«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

BHT is currently approved by the FDA but has been criticized as unnecessary and potentially dangerous by groups such as the Environmental Working Group.

Former CSIRO energy group executive Dr Tom Hatton has been appointed to the board of the Environmental Protection Authority, along with Elizabeth Carr, who has been reappointed as deputy administrator.

But as Virgin grew through the years, so did our ideas about how to treat employees well, and how to take environmental impact into account, and by 2004, I had come to realize that we at the Virgin Group had a chance to tackle the challenges our society faces in a new, entrepreneurial way.

The results of the auction were described as «historic» by the acting head of policy at environmental group WWF Scotland.

This made U.S. firms the biggest single national group and was similar to levels in 2016, according to CDP, which tracks companies» environmental performance and was formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project.

This environmental protection group works with businesses, elected officials and community groups on issues such as global warming, reviving the oceans, clean water and sustainable communities.

That's because nearly three - quarters of all sunscreens on the market don't work as well as they claim to, or they contain potentially harmful ingredients, according to a recent study from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG).

In June 2009, as a response to widespread calls for bans or other anti-bag measures from environmental groups, the city of Toronto required that all local stores charge 5 cents for every plastic bag they handed out.

The protest also comes amid continued activism by indigenous groups across the U.S., who have rallied over issues ranging from sports mascots to environmental causes such as the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines.

Known as the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, the group is comprised of business, labour, environmental and community organizations — including The Vancouver Board of Trade, Unifor Local 111, Tourism Vancouver, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council, and BC Chamber of Commerce.

Since 1976, Dr. Kohler has served in various positions at Daimler AG, or Daimler, an automobile manufacturer, most recently as Vice President of Group Research & Advanced Engineering e-drive & Future Mobility and Chief Environmental Officer since April 2009.

The Environmental Markets Group, which resides within the Executive Office, is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Environmental Policy Framework as well as furthering, coordinating and communicating the firm's global environmentalEnvironmental Markets Group, which resides within the Executive Office, is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Environmental Policy Framework as well as furthering, coordinating and communicating the firm's global environmentalEnvironmental Policy Framework as well as furthering, coordinating and communicating the firm's global environmentalenvironmental initiatives.

Scrutiny into Scott Pruitt's ethics woes intensified Wednesday as a growing group of lawmakers» staff dug through reams of documents connected to the Environmental Protection Agency administrator's pricey travel and extensive security team.

While not a complete victory for the company, Ken Winston, a lawyer representing environmental groups against the pipeline, explained that the alternative route presents the same kind of environmental problems as the preferred one.

By: Victor Moolman 13th May 2016 An effective environmental management system (EMS) has to reduce the possible environmental damage caused by and the overall cost of a mine, as well as ensure that workers are safe and healthy, says mining industry consultant The MSA Group.

On October 28, 1994 Premier Klein told the media that he had axed the appointment as a result of public pressure from the oil industry and environmental groups who claimed the posting would politicize the regulatory board.

A South African environmental group renewed its call for a moratorium on shale - gas fracking, as the government moves closer to a decision on whether to allow the process opponents say imperils water quality.

Pigs continued to fly in Alberta politics today as energy industry leaders and environmental groups joined Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips at a press conference to release Alberta's much anticipated plan to take action against Climate Change.

The province, however, has vowed to fight the expansion by any means at its disposal, as have environmental groups.

In addition, we are also exploring a number of economic opportunities involving Indigenous groups and communities in environmental stewardship as well as innovative economic partnership opportunities and other long - term agreements outlining our commitment to engagement.

The Canadian province, which holds the world's third - largest crude reserves, is reviewing renewable - energy policies as exports from its oil sands face increasing opposition from environmental groups and lawmakers in the U.S. and Europe.

Conflicts such as this led environmental groups to urge Prime Minister Trudeau to overhaul the NEB in early September.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

Many of the states affected by human - caused earthquakes have acknowledged the phenomenon, but, as The New York Times notes, «state regulators around the country have not gone as far in controlling industry practices as environmental groups have asked, and there is little sign that the new federal findings will goad them to go farther.»

One model that deeply embodies Christian values is a group of families pooling resources so as to reduce expenses and to free some of the adults to work as full - time volunteers for social and environmental causes.

Might it be fruitful to encourage dialogue between groups such as Faith movement and the ever - growing environmental and non-Christian «spiritual» movements of our age?

Other branches, such as Seventh - day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and more exotic groups like (but not including) the now - infamous Branch Davidians, receive only passing attention, as do secular doomsday warnings of nuclear holocaust and environmental destruction.

Resurgence magazine may be called the flagship of many of these groups; it is in many ways an excellent magazine and is deeply concerned with «spiritual awareness» as well as with environmental matters, but needless to say it considers orthodox Christianity to be totally irrelevant.

As protests by citizens» groups, environmental groups and other NGOs against the treaty mount, some help has come from an unexpected quarter.