Sentences with phrase «at addressing environmental issues»

Analysis by the law firm confirmed that corporate shareholder proposals aimed at addressing environmental issues were common in 2016, a trend that will continue to keep the pressure on fossil fuel interests like Chevron and ExxonMobil during the Trump years — and make it hard for the SEC to avoid addressing the issue.

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The Recent Senate inquiry referred to the Senate Committee under the Murray Darling Basin Plan by Senator Maddigan, into the impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, provided a good opportunity to address a number of issues and concerns raised by members of the community and I would encourage you to have a look at the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder submission, and others made to the Committee.

Congressional incumbent Nan Hayworth and challenger Sean Patrick Maloney addressed environmental issues Tuesday night at a forum in Westchester County.

Adesina said the presidential address would highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria's commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.

«We have a mission and an obligation, given who we are and the benefits we enjoy as a result of our status as scientists, to address major science - based issues in society,» said Huybers, a professor of earth and planetary sciences and environmental science and engineering at Harvard University.

Ramesh Raliya, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher, and Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, both at the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, are addressing this issue by using nanoparticles to boost the nutrient content and growth of tomato plants.

oceanoise2017 format aims at favouring a dynamic exchange of the latest findings in the field of ocean noise in order to assist in providing ocean users with the best scientific knowledge and technical solutions to address operational and environmental issues.

Particular attention is given to programs implemented at U.S. independent schools that utilize new technologies and improved professional development to prepare students to address social, political, and environmental issues.

Nowadays, environmental clean up and mitigation issues like storm water retention and green space are often addressed and the public at large benefits.

«TURNING THE TIDE» FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Institute at the Golden Gate Brings Together Diverse Cross-Sector Leaders to Address Key Environmental Issues

«TURNING THE TIDE» FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Institute at the Golden Gate Brings Together Diverse Cross-Sector Leaders to Address Key Environmental Issues more

The Marfa Dialogues, which ends Sunday at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, includes several activities to highlight creative approaches to addressing environmental issues.

Have a look at the first batch of «Google Earth Heroes» identified by the company's outreach group, whose job is to help organizations and institutions adapt this tool to address issues with social and environmental significance.

June 16, 7:57 a.m. Updated President Obama kept the focus of his first Oval Office address on the prime issue at hand — restoring public confidence in his administration's handling of an unfolding environmental calamity triggered by corporate malfeasance and bureaucratic negligence.

-- Dan] «It's the sun, stupid,» is probably how James Carville would summarize the message of Daniel G. Nocera, a chemist and professor of energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, when he addressed a meeting on environmental issues that began in Aspen Wednesday night.

With 40 years» experience in engaging communities at the grassroots to address issues of environmental degradation, community empowerment and advocacy, GBM is uniquely positioned to offer an integrated response to climate change through mitigation, adaptation and promotion of sustainable development.

LEONARDO Di CAPRIO - hit the lectern at the State Department in Washington DC speaking at the «Our Ocean» conference to address environmental issues.

The I - 1631 approach makes a tradeoff that favors addressing equity issues related to environmental justice and historic under - investment, at the expense of ensuring broad financial shielding.

«Several years ago, I started researching common sense ways to address climate change at the local level and decided to focus on food,» says Radow, a lawyer, professor of Sustainability Action at Manhattanville College and member of the Mamaroneck Sustainability Collaborative, a volunteer committee created to advise the Town on environmental issues.

When Shivam Desai, a junior studying physics at Santa Clara University, first heard about GRID Alternatives from his professor, he was intrigued by its multifaceted strategy to address social justice and environmental justice issues at the same time.

College of the Atlantic has always attracted students who are interested in a diverse set of environmental and social issues that can only be addressed effectively at the international level.

Initiated at SBSTA 16, Parties addressed and resolved a number of issues, namely, non-permanence, baselines, additionality and leakage, and socio - economic and environmental impacts including impacts on biodiversity and natural ecosystems through this decision.

In addition, it addresses a clear gap and lack of knowledge of the environmental issues at stake regionally and globally in the trade union movement.

We love the imaginative approach used to address this very serious environmental issue and the show demonstrates how art and design can help us to look at something as basic as water in new and challenging ways.

The BLM's Brady acknowledges the impact from the sheer scale of large solar projects like the one at Ivanpah, but he maintains these issues have been addressed in the environmental review process.

The attorneys at Bick Law help companies in the banking and finance sector address these complex environmental issues and challenges.

Further, the Minister's 29 - page decision did not address and was not transparent or intelligible with respect to the environmental risk at issue.

Environmental litigation poses unique legal challenges because of the complex scientific and technical issues frequently addressed, and because of the overlapping authority of numerous administrative agencies and courts at the local, state and federal levels.