Sentences with phrase «environmental groups want»

If American environmental groups want to reduce pollution, stave off the worst impacts of climate change, and preserve wild lands, they ought to do something that many of their staffers and major...

Some California environmental groups want 2011 to bring about a friendlier relationship between themselves and the solar energy industry.

Environmental groups want deadlines tightened so emissions are cut sooner, and think states can ramp up use of renewable power and energy efficiency more effectively than the agency had predicted.

Now, they are coming for oil and gas development and manufacturing through the just - announced 626 - page ozone regulations, which will require states to dramatically reduce ozone emissions from the current 75 parts per billion (ppb) to a range of 65 to 70 ppb — though environmental groups want a 60 ppb standard, which may be the final rule.

If American environmental groups want to reduce pollution, stave off the worst impacts of climate change, and preserve wild lands, they ought to do something that many of their staffers and major supporters will find hard at a time when groups like the NRA are under attack: embrace gun culture.

Environmental groups want more regulation targeting methane emissions from oil and natural gas production.

A 30 percent cut in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 is a big number — less than environmental groups want but far more than the president can get via Congress, where climate change skeptics rule the House and the Democratic Senate so far avoiding bringing a climate change bill to the floor during Obama's presidency.

Environmental groups want Cuomo to veto a plan that would divert water from the Great Lakes to a suburban town in Wisconsin.

This comes as an environmental group wants Stewart Air National Guard base and Stewart International Airport to stop water discharges in areas where a chemical has been found at high levels.

The bill, which delays the fee taking effect for a year, presented a quandary for the governor: Environmental groups wanted the fee in order to cut down on plastic waste; lawmakers from both parties viewed the fee as a regressive tax.

The call for more cleanup on the Hudson comes about a year after GE dismantled its PCB processing site in Fort Edward, even though environmental groups wanted it to remain in place in case further dredging was needed.

Martin said environmental groups wanted to use the study to stop drilling.

Environmental concerns: Members of an environmental group want the Duval County School Board to close two elementary schools because of contamination from a nearby Superfund site in Jacksonville.

Not exact matches

«The people of B.C. don't want our Pacific coast to be transformed into a export facility for dirty oil, no matter where the proposed pipeline runs,» says Ben West of the Wilderness Committee, an environmental group.

I would have to say that the people here with a corner on the market of «hate speech, legalism, and self - righteousness» would have to be the secular groups here: the politicians (any flavour), local environmental groups, the local anti-religious groups, public servants who want to squeeze Christians out of community life, and the local media.

If you want to learn more about the work of local environmental water advisory groups and committees or you have any suggestions for the use of environmental water in your region please contact your local or state representative bodies, or alternatively your Local Engagement Officer.

For people who want to start buying some organic foods, Karr and Goldstein recommended the Environmental Working Group's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce and its Dirty Dozen list, which points out which produce is best to buy organically, due to high levels of synthetic pesticides in conventional food.

Want to say «thank you» to the Environmental Working Group for these helpful guides on how to avoid BPA?

But Martens said environmental groups in part wanted the DEC to write regulations early.

So Cuomo is facing headwinds from two different directions: Environmental groups who want to reduce waste and those opposed to a tax that is seen as regressive.

They belong to all Americans and the public wants them preserved and protected, not sold off to multinational oil companies,» read the statement, which was signed by leaders of the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, League of Conservation Voters and other environmental groups.

The ruling was cheered by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and environmental groups, but criticized by business groups that had wanted to see the pipeline approved.

It's a huge coalition, and it really illustrates the old cliche that politics makes strange bedfellows because you have the New York Civil Liberties Union, some reform groups, some environmental groups, and then you have the Conservative party, gun rights groups, they're all together on this, saying that they don't want a constitutional convention.

The groups — including the United University Professions, New York State Nurses Association and the Transit Workers United Local 100 — want to see billions spent on renewable energy and infrastructure projects, resources for environmental concerns in poor communities and fair labor and training standards in clean energy.

For now, it's unclear which track Cuomo will take: Either anger environmental groups who want to cut down on waste or upset those — including Democrats — who believe the fee is a regressive tax.

A second point is that, if sections of the public still want to lobby for representation and political action on environmental matters dear to their hearts, there are many campaigning charities, NGOs and activist groups willing to pick up the mantle.

Cliff Weathers is spokesman for environmental group Riverkeeper, which has long wanted Indian Point shut down.

Environmental groups are concerned the new operators want to keep burning coal, when New York is so close to phasing out all of its coal plants.

Minnesota's legislators wanted more renewable power, North Dakota farmers looked forward to the extra income, and environmental groups championed the line for carrying «green power» and cutting reliance on coal.

A more exact measure of carbon footprint wanted While Krupp is a presence for environmental groups, the panel has come under fire from some for being too heavily weighted toward gas industry interests.

IF YOU want to play a more active environmental role, Friends of the Earth's pages at http://www.foe.co.uk provide pointers to more than 50 other groups.

He hopes to sell satellite data to investors in oil and gas companies, such as hedge funds, and to government agencies, environmental groups and insurance companies that might want to monitor a company's progress in reducing emissions.

David Fullerton, of the Sierra Club, an environmental lobby group, says: «They want to use new technology or more water while we want them to talk about the crops they're growing.

In principle, they argued, a central authority could set a maximum harvest level, then offer shares or permits to anyone who wanted to buy the right to kill — including environmental groups that would have no intention of using the permit.

«They want to roll back the rules, cut the budget and paralyse the institution,» says David Doniger, director of the climate and clean air programme at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group based in New York City.

Check out what Protect Our Winters and other major environmental groups have to say to anyone who wants to get involved in protecting our climate for future generations here.

Asthmatics Should Look for Fakegrances as Causes I don't want to downplay those good old - fashioned allergens such as ragweed and cats, but according to the Environmental Working Group, «Fragrance formulas are considered to be among the top five known allergens and can trigger asthma attacks.»

Of course, you may not be able to afford an entire grocery list of organic food, but there are certain items you won't want to skip — including strawberries, apples, spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers, which appear on the Environmental Working Group's «Dirty Dozen» list of foods with high concentrations of pesticides.

If you interested in reading more about pesticides in produce, you might want to check out the website for the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

If you are concerned about the pesticides in your food but can't afford to go all organic, you'll want to download one of the many apps for easy access to «The Dirty Dozen» fruits and vegetable determined by the Environmental Working Group to have the highest concentration of pesticides linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems.

Any person of any age who wants to learn about the extinction of a species and the rise of environmental groups should be able to enjoy The Race to Save the Lord God Bird because all the research I did gave me a suspenseful story with strong characters.

pat - «Similarly many environmental activists believe that man's influence is a form of sin and nature (Gaea) will soon strike back...» You can phrase the position of a fictitious group any way you want of course, without rebuttal, because they don't really exist, though there are people who fit the description — especially if by «many» you mean more than three — but the more accurate reality is most of the human beings you would lump under the rubric «environmentalist» would more accurately be described as believing that short - sighted and greedy human attempts at total control and domination and complete disregard for the healthof the environment have gotten us out of balance with what was an interlocking web of balanced and dynamic systems, and would appear to have unbalanced many of those systems as well, including the still poorly understood cycles of climate; or weather, as we laymen call it.

I noted that it appeared to me that prominent environmental groups don't want to discuss safer pipelines:

Opponents of environmental regulation want to counter the environmental group's major stength, it's public support.

Arctic drilling — After missteps in its efforts to drill in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's coast in the summer of 2012, Shell is going to try again this summer, but the effort will prompt even more scrutiny from the Obama administration and criticism from environmental groups that don't want the drilling at all.

If environmental groups and their backers want to see concrete progress on limiting the risk that humans will propel dangerous global warming, they may need more than just additional money and better organization, but also a hard look at core strategies and a philosophy that has long cast climate change as primarily a conventional pollution problem, not a technology problem.

In addition to supporting the outstanding work Bill McKibben and 350.org are doing to promote Tar Sands Action, James Hansen also recently said of another environmental organization: «If you want to join the fight to save the planet, to save creation for your grandchildren, there is no more effective step you could take than becoming an active member of this group.»

He also wants to drill in a different part of Alaska's North Slope than the national wildlife refuge known as ANWR, but one that also is a battleground for some environmental groups.

Opponents of the plant, including the City of Oxnard, environmental justice groups and clean energy advocates, want to see the CEC move ahead with its rejection so that stakeholders can get serious about developing alternatives.

Environmental groups also wanted a high floor on the price of carbon and were wary of a ceiling that, if met, would result in more allowances than the agreed cap to be added to the market.