Sentences with phrase «become environmental leaders»

In the process of organizing his community against a waste dump that would have polluted local water supplies, he taught himself about water ecology and became an environmental leader in his region.

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«It's fantastic to be recognised amongst other industry leaders for advanced technology that enables bulk handling companies to become more environmentally sustainable by developing and installing practices that reduce the environmental impact of mining and industrial operations,» said Mr Michael Bambridge, Managing Director, CST Wastewater Solutions.

(NaturalNews) Though set to become the world leader in manufacturing within the next few years, China has one of the worst track records for rampant environmental pollution with industrial materials and chemicals.

Some newer, cosmetic - specific certifications have potential to become industry leaders for healthy standards: The National Safety Foundation has one, as well as the Environmental Working Group.

About the Crissy Field Center??? Dedicated to multicultural environmental education, Crissy Field Center strives to encourage new generations to become bold leaders for thriving parks, healthy communities, and a more environmentally just society.

After an inauspicious start in a friend's garage with no investors, Tom, and the company behind him, have become environmental thought leaders pushing sustainable products and practices into mainstream outlets.

Costa Rica has emerged as an global environmental leader, with its frequent 100 percent renewable energy streaks and its 2021 goal of becoming carbon neutral — a deadline set a decade ago.

Scenic Hudson, which holds a key place in the history of the grassroots environmental movement, has become a national leader in designing innovative strategies to acquire and protect productive agricultural land necessary for maintaining supplies of fresh, healthy food.

The problem is that some environmental leaders have become part of the status quo.

Students in our program want to be part of the solution to the environmental challenges we face today and in the future; they seek to gain skills and knowledge that will allow them to become leaders in innovations for sustainable living.

Fittingly, that same year Peter Gleick helped to co-found the Pacific Institute, a global think tank that would become a leader in global environmental and California water issues.

«The single best thing [the United States] could do would be to become a leader on climate change,» said Tom Lovejoy, director of the Heinz Center, an environmental policy group.

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

More than 500 solar industry leaders from hundreds of businesses issued a letter to the White House today, endorsing limits on carbon pollution from power plants and advocating that solar energy become a focal point of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan.

The erosion of American engagement in climate diplomacy has already allowed China to become the de facto world leader on global environmental policy.

Organized by Our Task — a non-profit group dedicated to helping young adults become leaders in creating a more sustainable world — the two - day event featured speakers and representatives from many other organizations as well, including: Climate Progress, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Center for a New American Dream, Population Institute, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Worldwatch Institute.

When Huntsman resigned from the governorship to become ambassador to China, Marc Heileson of the Sierra Club's Utah office lamented that the state was losing «a national leader in the world's most important environmental issue.»

When you become a member of Earth Island Institute, you are bolstering our network of grassroots environmental projects and cultivating the next generation of environmental leaders.

Although the math behind Hansen's prediction has been questioned, Ryan Lizza described in the September issue of The New Yorker how the warning became a rallying cry for environmental leaders desperate to find some unifying mission after breakdowns in international climate negotiations and a failed bid to enact a cap - and - trade system that would have put a price on carbon emissions.

European environmental policies provide business opportunities to UK firms to become market leaders in the development of new technologies.