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While documenting the very real threats faced by environmental activists in some of the world's most dangerous countries for civic participation, the report also gives a set of recommendations for national governments, companies and investors.

The world's biggest publicly quoted oil company faces a long - running boycott campaign against its Esso petrol brand by environmental activists in Europe.

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The concern comes in the wake of complaints by environmental activists and trade unions that this deal and others will erode standards for food, work and industry.

Si2 provides overview reports on the main environmental, social and governance issues raised by activist shareholders in their proposals to companies, as well as impartial breakout reports on the proposals awaiting votes at companies.

This came in response to years of lobbying by environmental health watchdogs like the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Coalition; Healthy Child, Healthy World, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and The Environmental Working Group; physicians like Dr. Alan Greene; authors like Stacy Malkin of «Not Just a Pretty Face,» Diane MacEachern of Big Green Purse, Jennifer Taggert of The Smart Mama's Green Guide, and Nena Baker of «The Body Toxic,» and yes, activists like Moms Rising and bloggers like my Green Moms Carnenvironmental health watchdogs like the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Coalition; Healthy Child, Healthy World, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and The Environmental Working Group; physicians like Dr. Alan Greene; authors like Stacy Malkin of «Not Just a Pretty Face,» Diane MacEachern of Big Green Purse, Jennifer Taggert of The Smart Mama's Green Guide, and Nena Baker of «The Body Toxic,» and yes, activists like Moms Rising and bloggers like my Green Moms CarnEnvironmental Working Group; physicians like Dr. Alan Greene; authors like Stacy Malkin of «Not Just a Pretty Face,» Diane MacEachern of Big Green Purse, Jennifer Taggert of The Smart Mama's Green Guide, and Nena Baker of «The Body Toxic,» and yes, activists like Moms Rising and bloggers like my Green Moms Carnival friends.

In her first major environmental proposal, Nixon called on New York State to commit to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050 — a benchmark that has been something of a Holy Grail for activists concerned about the warming of the planet as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.

Thursday afternoon, more than 100 New Yorkers, led by a coalition of environmental activist groups, delivered 11,000 signatures on a petition to the Comptroller's office in Manhattan, urging Thomas DiNapoli to overhaul pension fund investments.

In the West Village's Assembly District 66, veteran lawmaker Deborah Glick beat back a bid by longtime gay, anti-war, and environmental activist Jim -LSB-...]

Nixon, who appeared in Hoosick Falls Wednesday afternoon, where she was endorsed by environmental activist and former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, reacted succinctly to Cuomo's shift.

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) was founded in 1969 by environmental activist David Brower.

They're part of the environmental justice movement, a crusade that grew out of the recognition that it was mainly the poor and people of color who were forced — by circumstance, finances, lack of political power and what activists call «environmental apartheid» that callously targets the disenfranchised — to live and work in some of the nation's dirtiest environments.

Organized by an Asheville, N.C. - based environmental group called the Dogwood Alliance, the protest is the latest move by activists to draw attention to the wood pellet industry's growth in the South, where they allege forests are being chopped down unsustainably so European nations can meet renewable energy targets.

Environmental activists said they are heartened by the number of countries that are moved to action but said pressure must remain on nations to both improve their targets and build a way in the Paris deal to regularly review and ratchet up carbon - cutting commitments.

A chemist by training and an environmental activist by avocation, Subra is a true original: «the people's scientist,» says Michele Roberts, a scientist who is a national co-coordinator at the Environmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform in Wasenvironmental activist by avocation, Subra is a true original: «the people's scientist,» says Michele Roberts, a scientist who is a national co-coordinator at the Environmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform in WasEnvironmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform in Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1994 by women's health activists, Silent Spring Institute leads groundbreaking studies to identify the links between environmental chemicals and breast cancer, opening new doors to understanding the health risks associated with toxics where we live and work.

Hosted by Caryn Hartglass, a vegan since 1988, the program includes in - depth interviews with medical doctors; nutritionists; dieticians; cook book authors; athletes; environmental, animals and health activists; farmers; food manufacturers; lawyers; food scientists and more.

In addition to acting and producing, Danson is an environmental activist, founding the American Oceans Campaign (AOC) in 1987 to alert Americans to the life - threatening hazards created by oil spills, off - shore development, toxic wastes, sewage pollution and other ocean abuseIn addition to acting and producing, Danson is an environmental activist, founding the American Oceans Campaign (AOC) in 1987 to alert Americans to the life - threatening hazards created by oil spills, off - shore development, toxic wastes, sewage pollution and other ocean abusein 1987 to alert Americans to the life - threatening hazards created by oil spills, off - shore development, toxic wastes, sewage pollution and other ocean abuses.

The environmental one is clear, and it's voiced by Dustin Noble (John Krasinski, who co-wrote the screenplay with Damon), an environmental activist from a small organization that has photos of what fracking did to his family's farm (dead cows in a field) and a science demonstration for the local school of what could — or, as he believes, will — happen if fracking becomes the norm in their town.

Directed by: Paul Schrader Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric Kyles (aka Cedric the Entertainer) Plot: A priest questions his faith after a traumatic run in with an environmental activist.

You acknowledge in your afterword that Eclipse is based loosely upon the life and death of Ken Saro - Wiwa, Nigeria's courageous human rights and environmental activist who was hung by the country's brutal dictator fifteen years ago.

The message was extremely well - received by the environmental activists we spoke with, and quite a few people expressed gratitude that the issue was being brought up in this context.

On a global level, Crissy Field Center staff attended the last International Conference on Environmental Education in Ahmedabad, India — a gathering of 1,500 delegates from 90 countries, organized by United Nations agencies UNESCO and UNEP — and for the past six years, they have hosted a youth forum for the Goldman Environmental Prize winners to give budding youth leaders a chance to meet and exchange ideas with these courageous activists.

Environmental activist, documentarian, and former Vice President Al Gore will participate in Q & A following a screening of his latest film AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER, written by Gore, and directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk.

Avoiding carbon from BBQ's, vegan celebrations in Texas, fireworks and the environment, have all been highlighted, so let's take a tour on the blogosphere party bus to see what other bright green 4th of July sparks there are out there.Colbert Nation: 4th of July Under Attack by Stephen Colbert «An environmental activist sues Seattle to suspend their 4th of July fireworks display on an abandoned gas plant.»

In fact all the scary hypothetical scenarios seem to be taken as absolute truths by The Greens Party here in Australia and many environmental activists groups around the world and the silence from the climate science community correcting this misinterpretation is deafeninIn fact all the scary hypothetical scenarios seem to be taken as absolute truths by The Greens Party here in Australia and many environmental activists groups around the world and the silence from the climate science community correcting this misinterpretation is deafeninin Australia and many environmental activists groups around the world and the silence from the climate science community correcting this misinterpretation is deafening.

The environmental group questioned whether the web site had been created by the Yes Men, activists who specialise in dressing up and pretending to be oil executives and making outrageous statements.

The issue has galvanized climate and environmental activists in the US with the massive rally on Sunday preceded by civil disobedience actions in late summer that lead to the arrests of 1,253 people.

by Katie Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in Canada Free Press Governor Jerry Brown has just appointed two radical environmental justice activists to the California Public Utilities Commission, replacing two commissioners whose terms expired January 1, 2017.

What were allegedly the most important decisions to be made about the future of the world ended up being made on the hoof, at the last minute, by sleep - deprived representatives of governments, harangued by an army of environmental activists, in a debating chamber that represents nobody except bureaucrats and NGOs.

For the first time, fracking was an issue represented by the Goldman Prize: Jonathan Deal, a wildlife photographer turned environmental activist in South Africa, was named a winner of the 2013 Goldman Prize for his work to fight fracking in his beloved Karoo.

«This is radically anti-consumer and, ironically, at odds with the grid modernization recommendations of the CES that want to explore integrating smart meters, efficiency and demand response, storage, solar, and other customer - sited resources for numerous grid benefits, including peak - demand management,» said Bill Dornbos, advocacy director and senior attorney for the regional environmental group Acadia Center, which in December spearheaded a statement of principles by energy and environmental activists.

Adding to the conflicts, Hoggan is also chair of the board of directors for the David Suzuki Foundation, a radical environmental activist group run by a man who — ironically — calls for climate skeptics to join Lefebvre in jail.

Sacred Acts: How churches are working to protect Earth's climate by Mallory McDuff offers stories (including several from Interfaith Power & Light affiliates) about how religious leaders, activists, and everyday parishioners are acting in good faith to define a new environmental movement where honoring the Creator means protecting the planet.

«Unite for Environment (U4E) is a nonprofit organization which is primarily formed by young activists in order to deal with various environmental issues.»

Environmental activists, led by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), were outraged that sound science might get a hearing in New Mexico's science classes.

When the Oregon Petition first circulated, in fact, environmental activists successfully added the names of several fictional characters and celebrities to the list, including John Grisham, Michael J. Fox, Drs. Frank Burns, B. J. Honeycutt, and Benjamin Pierce (from the TV show M * A * S * H), an individual by the name of «Dr. Red Wine,» and Geraldine Halliwell, formerly known as pop singer Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls.

Emails released by conservative legal group Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show state attorneys general are not in lockstep with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigation into Exxon that's ensnared groups labeled as skeptical of man - made global warming by environmentEnvironmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show state attorneys general are not in lockstep with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigation into Exxon that's ensnared groups labeled as skeptical of man - made global warming by environmentalenvironmental activists.

Environmental activists want you to «take action for our planet and nature» by sitting in the dark for an hour on March 24th.

Comment by Alan Carlin: As explained at some length in my book, Environmentalsim Gone Mad: How a Sierra Club Activist and Senior EPA Analyst Discovered a Radical Green Energy Fantasy, the environmental movement was gradually taken over by left wing extremists.

In project syndicate's article by Bjørn Lomborg we find: «For sea - level rise, the IPCC now includes modeling of glacier responses of 3 - 20 centimeters, leading to a higher total estimate of 40 - 62 cm by century's end — much lower than the exaggerated and scary figure of 1 - 2 meters of sea - level rise that many environmental activists, and even some media outlets, bandy about.»

Viewed as the Prince of Darkness by climate - protection activists, Morano in his new book describes how he is in fact a real environmentalist and who, as almost every skeptic does, truly cares about the real environmental problems we face.

Environmental activists have found a new weapon to use in their battle with global warming realists: the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), a law enacted by Congress in 1978 to battle the mafia.

Rather, they mean «global warming» in the sense that is most commonly used today by grant - troughing scientists, and huxter politicians, and scaremongering green activists, and brainwashed mainstream media (MSM) environmental correspondents.

Sow doubt, make up statistics, call for an «open debate,» claim that you are being «silenced and ignored by the media and politicians,» claim that your opponents are just a «few bureaucrats and environmental activists,» not real scientists — those are the tactics that will be brought to bear in the coming months by the CCDs in their attempt to derail meaningful efforts to respond to global climate change.

Not only do these assessments look at potentially real environmental impacts such as degradation in water and air quality, they have become the favorite mechanism used by environmental activists to block anything, anywhere, anytime.

It may be S.D.'s attempt to give his paymasters an idea as to what changes in law would be required because he writes conditionally: «The divestment campaign would amount to an unlawful secondary boycott if environmental activists were covered by those [anti-boycott] laws.

In 2014, we celebrated 25 years of the Prize by looking back at our founders» motivation for awarding grassroots environmental activists, and honoring the achievements of those who had received the Prize so far:

In a newsletter to clients titled «Defending Your Company Against an Activist Attack,» Randal Simonetti from the consulting firm EFP Rotenberg, opines that in order to successfully combat an attack by an environmental group you must, «first consider the driving motive that supports the attacker's existence.&raquIn a newsletter to clients titled «Defending Your Company Against an Activist Attack,» Randal Simonetti from the consulting firm EFP Rotenberg, opines that in order to successfully combat an attack by an environmental group you must, «first consider the driving motive that supports the attacker's existence.&raquin order to successfully combat an attack by an environmental group you must, «first consider the driving motive that supports the attacker's existence.»

One event, seen by two environmental activists called George, produces two, contradicting stories in the Guardian.

This association came about in part because of a report issued by the Carbon Tracker Initiative in 2012, which gained notoriety after environmental activist Bill McKibben mentioned the organization in an article in Rolling Stone later that year.