Sentences with phrase «as environmentalists»

When pitted against powerful state and corporate actors, Indigenous people may seek assistance from others, such as environmentalists, to protect their interests and further their aspirations.

As Jordanian minister Irani wrote in his blog post: «We as environmentalists can occasionally fall into the utopian ambition of saving the world with our actions.

The scientific community is as interested as environmentalists in having the world habitable for the generation born in 2500.

No, you let non scientists such as environmentalists and self promoters like Gore attempt to scare the citizenry.

Still, our jobs as environmentalists and climate activists will be a whole lot easier when we're no longer arguing about whether climate change is real, but how do we best go about tackling it.

As environmentalists have suggested, these are some of the very features needed for economic and environmental sustainability.

The reason is, as environmentalists know too well, that poverty is a terrible recipe for a healthy environment.

-LSB-...] tar sands emits more greenhouse gases (GHGs)-- although the incremental impact of increased GHGs is not as large as environmentalists purport it to be.

They soon left in despair, as the environmentalists, scientists and non-scientists, flatly refused to give any credence to the economists» framework.

But I can't help feeling you've made the same wood - for - the trees - error as the environmentalists when they blather on about carbon footprints.

The story was revived as environmentalists and alarmists exploited the «world - will - end» potential of the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Just as environmentalists argue that we should withdraw genetically modified crops from sale until they are proved safe, conservatives could argue that welfare benefits to never - married single mothers should be withdrawn until they are proved non-hazardous to social functioning.

Their identities as environmentalists, and their identification with the environmental politics and strategies of that era, were most resistant to the idea that environmentalism needed to die so that a larger, more expansive politics might be born.

And as environmentalists isolation from reality and the wider public increased, so they sealed themselves away from criticism of their ideas.

Ad of course, nobody will harm the environment as much as the environmentalists.

This «backdoor drilling provision,» as environmentalists have dubbed it, was added to the tax reform package to secure the key vote of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who introduced the measure and has long backed the cause.

Here are four things we expect to see as a result of the Dutch court's ruling — as long as the environmentalists don't lose on appeal:

The Obama team declined to comment on such a post, even as environmentalists and power industry executives say it's being widely discussed inside the transition offices as a way to spur a clean energy industry, which Mr. Obama has promised will ween the U.S. from foreign oil and create millions of «green jobs.»

But you see, it's that very data that we as environmentalists must embrace in order to get the message out in a logical and rational way.

As environmentalists stress the need to «act locally» — buy from local farmers, support local businesses, etc. — I hope people start to communicate information a little more locally as well.

Are we as Environmentalists delusional in thinking that we can change the world?

As environmentalists celebrated Earth Day around the country, the holiday for treehuggers didn't see much to cheer in Turkey.

Mr. Revkin, you are in danger of going down a dangerous road, that of the worst kind of apologists for fossil fuels — masquerading as environmentalists while throwing the public health concerns of the New Yorkers who are least politically and economically positioned to defend themselves to the wayside.

There has been considerable controversy over the construction of this course, as some environmentalists believe that a golf course — which typically requires large applications of fertilizer and pesticides — could pose a danger, though run - off, to the ecologies of the barrier reef and sea.

In the Northwest, Republicans will «pose» as environmentalists, Inslee said in an interview this week.

Believing that science will eventually prevail over vested denial may be comforting for historians, but is problematic for those who live and die during times when it doesn't, such as environmentalists in the US now.

The survey showed that a number of people who identify as environmentalists do not support SRM, said Mercer.

«As environmentalists, we are happy to see that China's carbon trading progresses quickly,» Lin said.

This comes as environmentalists are ramping up public pressure on the issue.

Cuomo as well as environmentalists and nearby residents have said for years they want to close the nuclear plant, which is less than 40 miles from New York City, for safety reasons.

I can understand the charges of greenwashing reported in the press, as environmentalists correctly point out that airlines produce massive emissions that contribute to global warming.

Washington, D.C., May 21, 2007 — As environmentalists around the world prepare this week to celebrate the 100th birthday of author Rachel Carson, the Competitive Enterprise Institute is launching a campaign to reassess her legacy.

Starting in July 1993, the protest crowds grew and grew and so did the coverage, reaching around the globe as environmentalists demonstrated outside Canadian embassies and high commissions in England, Australia, Germany, Austria, the United States and Japan.

Those reviews are seen by many government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as environmentalists, as cornerstones to ensuring the environment is taken into account when new construction projects are ordered.

Yet as an environmentalist, philanthropist and alternative energy investor, he is trying to halt the accelerating affects of climate change and make people understand the connectedness between climate and financial markets.

While he's vegan, likes to garden, and drives a battered Prius, he doesn't think of himself as an environmentalist, really, or a cycling advocate.

I don't know if he thinks of himself as an environmentalist, although I suspect not.

Never have I seen a Congressperson put so much effort into a fake personal image as an environmentalist yet consistently votes to protect polluters, like Elise Stefanik.

The New York Times backed Calone, saying he has «the stronger record as an environmentalist.

Rallis: I support the plastic bag ban as an environmentalist, as a human being, as a guy who uses reusable bags.

What started as an environmentalist protest against plans to replace Taksim Gezi Park developed into wider anti-government demonstrations.

Paul Hawken's expansive career as an environmentalist, best - selling author, and entrepreneur began with a case of greenwashing.

His latest is described as an environmentalist thriller featuring Ethan Hawk and Amanda Seyfried, competing at the Venice Film Festival before making its way to TIFF.

Afterward, she leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a bad guy who is posing as an environmentalist in order to take control of a country's water supply.

It was not until he embraced the movement to combat global warming with new controls on carbon emissions that voters began to identify him as an environmentalist Republican.

Yet as an environmentalist, philanthropist and alternative energy investor, he is trying to halt the accelerating affects of climate change and make people understand the connectedness between climate and financial markets.

From Kiehl's perspective, these pieces bring to light a lesser - known side of Wojnarowicz as an environmentalist and have new relevance in the age of fracking.

Inspired by the famous folk tune, «This Land is Your Land» written by Woody Guthrie, Underwood's series affirms his standing as an environmentalist photographer and ecological advocate.

Turner's work also reflects her work as an environmentalist and close observer of flora and fauna in their natural habitat.

Originally drawn to Encaustic by its historical relevance, I now find meaning in the material as an environmentalist; beeswax innately bringing to discussion the state of our fragile environment.