Sentences with phrase «about environmental affairs»

Those of us who are used to thinking and writing about environmental affairs at a loftier level might learn a few valuable lessons from Gore about the nitty - gritty of real - life decision making.

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Many marchers were also irate about the New York real estate developer's demeaning comments about immigrants and Muslims, and his apparent lack of interest in environmental affairs.

The revision process, which includes conducting environmental impact studies and taking public comments, has taken about two years in the past, said Connie Gillette, chief of public affairs for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the unit of the Interior Department that oversees the lease schedule.

During the press conference, CSWA board chairman Chris Savage, senior director of environmental affairs at E&J Gallo Winery, moderated a Certification Pilot Panel with panelists speaking about their experiences with the Sustainable Winegrowing Program.

Improving State Siting Standards Mass Audubon and some of our environmental partners sent a letter to Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton informing him of concerns about siting of large ground mounted solar arrays in environmentally sensitienvironmental partners sent a letter to Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton informing him of concerns about siting of large ground mounted solar arrays in environmentally sensitiEnvironmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton informing him of concerns about siting of large ground mounted solar arrays in environmentally sensitive locations.

The SAGE meeting, held on a relatively busy day, was a low - key affair (and in fact, I wouldn't have known about had the Environmental Advocates of New York sent out a news release on the findings).

In short order, K - C flew in a team of high - level managers (including senior vice president of environmental affairs Ken Strassner) to talk to us about K - C's work.

Anne Thompson, chief environmental affairs correspondent for NBC News, moderated the event, which was held the same day the Japanese government raised the Fukushima reactor disaster to 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy source.

David Konisky of IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs analyzed 20 years of survey results from Gallup public opinion polls in one of the first major studies of how attitudes about the environment by self - identified U.S. Christians have shifted over time.

«While both bills are improvements — and people may argue about that — it doesn't create a system where we're going to be able to efficiently get the answers about risks of all the chemicals out there,» says David Konisky, an associate professor of public policy at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

«As air quality standards become more stringent, people are going to be thinking about other technologies that can reduce pollution,» said Jonathan D. Raff, assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington and an author of the study.

«Typically when you talk about environmental migrants, everybody has these images of helpless refugees,» said Pratikshya Bohra - Mishra, a postdoctoral scholar at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and lead author of the report.

The Fort McKay First Nation just downstream from Suncor said it has tried to get details from the Alberta government about which chemicals were released, but the data «hasn't materialized,» said Daniel Stuckless, manager of environmental and regulatory affairs for Fort Mackay.

«Although many engineers, environmentalists and politicians are enthusiastic about electric vehicle technology, this survey reveals that new car buyers, based on early impressions, have little interest in purchasing plug - in vehicles,» said John D. Graham, dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a co-author of the study.

While discussing a UN report about rising carbon dioxide levels, chief environmental affairs correpondent Anne Thompson said that many scientists are worried about these CO2 levels but «some disagree, saying those fears are wildly overblown.»

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This hasn't been a great month for Apple: bad publicity for waging war on the little guy and the art of self - repair with the Pentalobe screw, the unfortunate news that Steve Jobs» health has taken a bad turn, and now a report coming out of China that puts the company last in a list of 29 tech giants ranked for their responses on pollution and workers» rights, including occupational health hazards, at their suppliers» factories.The report, written by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs with a coalition of other Chinese NGOs, says that behind the company's stylish image, «Apple products have a side that many do not know about — pollution and poison.