The petition, which was launched
by environmental campaign group Final Straw, said that charging customers for straws would mean that serves could only hand out straws on request, which could «dramatically reduce waste.»
In addition, the article stated that Dr Lewis» concern at the IPCC's use of reports
by environmental campaign groups related to the prospect of those reports being biased in their conclusions.
Not exact matches
The initiative was devised
by environmental group WildAid as part of its 5 To Do Today
campaign, which, like Meat Free Monday, is trying to effect
environmental change
by encouraging people to make changes at an individual level.
A new report and
campaign by the
environmental group finds that slashing our meat intake
by 50 per cent
by 2050 is an important way to stop the worst effects of climate change, and the best way to alleviate a raft of health issues linked to eating too much meat.
I received invaluable assistance from the Center for Science in the Public Interest in getting the letter circulated, and it has now been signed
by 29 organizations and individuals, including: CSPI; the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation; the
Environmental Working
Group; Healthy, Child, Healthy World; The Healthy Schools
Campaign; Chef Ann Cooper; Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and many more.
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 Carn
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 Carn
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 Carnival friends.
As signers of the
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and as members of the Organic Trade Association, Nature's Baby Organics adheres to the manufacturing standards set forth
by The
Environmental Working
Group.
and also join the global
campaign for a toxic - free world
by reading the FAQ Sheet, Towards Healthy Environments for Children: Frequently asked questions about breastfeeding in a contaminated environment which emerged out of the combined efforts of breastfeeding and
environmental health and justice
groups in addressing breastfeeding in a contaminated environment.
By comparison, anti-fracking
environmental organizations, unions and advocacy
groups spent merely $ 1.9 million on
campaign contributions during that period.
The New York League of Conservation Voters has launched a fundraising
campaign to refill the coffers of its Climate Action PAC in hopes of rebuilding «
environmental leadership in state government,» according to an e-mail sent to the
group's supporters
by board member Theodore «Teddy» Roosevelt V.
That's according to a coalition of more than 70
environmental, faith and labor
groups have launched a
campaign on this Earth Day to require New York to transition to 100 percent clean energy
by 2030.
Supporters are pushing for the amendment as there is a concern it could be voted down amid a broader
campaign against a referendum over whether to hold a constitutional convention, which is being opposed
by environmental groups.
The decision made
by Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant to extend the grant funding for thirty one projects registered with Environment Wales until the end of March 2017, came following a persistent
campaign, led
by the
Environmental groups and with backing from William Powell, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for the Environment.
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D) ran a competent
campaign but was significantly aided
by millions of dollars worth of ads pumped into the district
by environmental groups attacking Rep. Richard Pombo (R).
In addition, Mr. Levy, who described Mr. Amper as a «gadfly» who doesn't represent all environmentalists, said the bill was coauthored
by environmental groups Citizen's
Campaign for the Environment and The Nature Conservancy.
The report was released
by Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Citizens
Campaign for the Environment, Environment America, Environment New York,
Environmental Advocates of New York, HealthyPlanet, Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association, National Wildlife Federation, New York Building Congress, New York League of Conservation Voters, New York Public Interest Research
Group, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Sierra Club.
For weeks before the hearing,
environmental groups campaigned to urge lawmakers to block Pruitt's nomination, saying his litigation as Oklahoma attorney general may have been influenced
by energy companies and industry
groups that contributed to his election
campaigns.
BERLIN (Reuters)-
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has found traces of chemicals that can pollute waterways in children's clothing and shoes made
by luxury brands, challenging the sector's reputation for higher standards than those of mass fashion.
The banks made their pledges on renewable energy as part of a
campaign called RE100, an effort organized
by environmental advocacy
groups to get leading companies to commit to shrinking their carbon footprints.
But this one continues to grow because of the indolence of governments, the prevarication of shipping companies and the inattention of
environmental groups who, had they waged a serious
campaign, would surely have prevailed
by now.
It's also the target of a high - profile
campaign by environmental groups over its climate impacts and propaganda.
The occasion was the announcement of a new
campaign to protect the world's rain forests, Guyana's included, organized
by the
environmental group Conservation International.
This amendment is supported
by many
environmental pressure
groups, including Friends of the Earth's «Fix It or Ditch It»
campaign.
«Gas Firm Funded Sierra Club
Campaign --» From 2007 to 2010, Chesapeake Energy poured $ 26 million into the anti-coal campaign by the Sierra Club, a tax - exempt environmental group.»
Campaign --» From 2007 to 2010, Chesapeake Energy poured $ 26 million into the anti-coal
campaign by the Sierra Club, a tax - exempt environmental group.»
campaign by the Sierra Club, a tax - exempt
environmental group.»»
Cut - rate competition aside, it's only a matter of time before Canadian
environmental groups, many of them supported
by the same U.S. funders backing the anti-ethanol
campaigns south of the border, take it on.
Gore is spearheading the Reality
Campaign, a countereffort with
environmental groups like the Sierra Club featuring an ad
by the Coen brothers that's known as «No Country for Coal Men.»
Along the way, it acquired a lot of enemies, not the least were the mainstream media that have thrived on the endless scare
campaigns generated
by environmental groups.
In spite of EPW's focus on Vitter's billionaire's club and political spending
by environmental groups, Senator Vitter has refused to support
campaign finance reform, or efforts aimed at reducing the wealthy's influence in politics, like the DISCLOSE Act.
«These Applications were based on a public
campaign by Energy Probe, a Toronto - based
environmental group.
In 2008, the
environmental group NRDC created a website, COAL POWER: Warming America, Warming the Planet, parodying the «America's Power»
campaign sponsored
by ABEC, the predecessor to ACCCE.
Your proposal to build new nuclear plants in place of new coal - fired plants makes sense, except to those people who have been brainwashed
by the earlier anti-nuclear fear mongering
campaigns by environmental lobby
groups like WWF and Greenpeace.
Both the Sierra Club and 350.org eschewed the inside - the - Beltway focus and top - down political strategy of big mainstream
environmental groups, as exemplified
by the cap - and - trade
campaign.
Mr. Trump, who had called the city a «hellhole» while
campaigning in 2016, was greeted
by a huge coalition of individuals and
groups denouncing his dangerous climate policies, devastating rollbacks of social and
environmental protections, misogyny, Islamophobia, racism and more.
Without it, he claimed that
environmental campaign groups could use the signing of the Paris agreement as leverage in court challenges to other anti-climate measures proposed
by the administration.
The hurdle here in a good part of the world seems to be more political than anything else, and the result of fear mongering
campaigns by environmental lobby
groups, like WWF and Greenpeace.
In the face of daunting national and global developments threatening the progress of plug - in vehicles, cleantech, and responses to climate change, he's active in
groups including
Environmental Entrepreneurs http://www.e2.org (see below), the reincarnation of the Alliance for Climate Protection http://climaterealityproject.org/ (watch on Sept. 14) and the global
campaign sparked
by Bill McKibben http://www.350.org.
Sponsored
by three activist
groups — Oil Change International,
Environmental Action, and The Other 98 % — the 30 - second ad was part of a crowd - funded
campaign to point out the fatal flaw in ExxonMobil's business model to maximize oil and gas extraction across the globe regardless of the growing threat to the stability of Earth's climate system and thus the livability of the planet for our children, their children, and future generations.
Jane Trowell, of
environmental arts
campaign group Platform, said: «BP is trying to repair its tarnished reputation and buy our approval
by associating itself with culturally important institutions like Tate.»
But last week, over 60 international civil society
groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots
campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.)
by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from
environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.
According to a new report released
by the
Environmental Working
Group (EWG), commissioned
by the
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, seventeen name brand perfume products were found to contain a «complex cocktail of natural essences and synthetic chemicals - often petrochemicals,» including diethyl phthalate, a chemical linked to sperm damage in adult men and abnormal development of reproductive organs in baby boys.
That had led to major protest
by PV companies and
environmental groups, with a «Cut don't Kill»
campaign emerging, founded
by a coalition of 20 major companies from across the solar industry.
She cites also the
campaign by green
groups and Traditional Owners against the $ 21 billion Adani Carmichael coal mine in Queensland, where the Federal Government sought to remove the right of most
environmental organisations to challenge developments under federal laws unless they can show they are «directly affected».