Sentences with phrase «earth policy»

But the American people have clearly rejected these sort of flat earth policies and arguments and they have made it clear that they wish to move in a different direction.

On an ironically hot 106 - degree July afternoon, the staff at Earth Policy Institute attended a special preview screening of the film sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

And, in some instances, a scorched earth policy of destruction with little regard for truth and reality occurred.

The written word is a wonderful way to communicate ideas, but to reach out as widely as possible, we at Earth Policy Institute like to offer an array of options for our research.

Lester R. Brown is President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.

From Earth Policy Institute Eco-Economy Updates Green Power Purchases Growing by Leaps and Bounds

Richard Worden, the clean energy coordinator for Move - On in Arlington, Virginia, hosted a Live Earth event at which he sold copies of Plan B 2.0 and distributed information on Earth Policy Institute.

President Obama who represents the reasoned Pro Government forces in Washington, DC, has attempted to make reasonable and painful concessions to the «Anti Govs» who are being allowed to blackmail our President with this outrageous and obstructionist scorched earth policy in their war against Pro Gov. forces.

Prior to founding Earth Policy Institute, Brown was well known in environmental and policy circles for his work with the Worldwatch Institute, a pioneering environmental think tank he launched back in 1974.

Now, we're pleased to support Earth Policy Institute's efforts to spread the message of this important book by publishing selections from it.

Andrew Cuomo has waged a scorched earth policy against de Blasio and successfully wrong - footed him at every turn.

I rather expected Stone, the maker of «JFK» and «Natural Born Killers,» to adopt a scorched - earth policy toward Nixon, but instead he blames not only Nixon's own character flaws but also the Imperial Presidency itself, the system that, once set in motion, behaves with a mindlessness of its own.

This blog is intended as an on - line festschrift celebrating Lester Brown's career, which has spanned over 50 years beginning with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Overseas Development Council, Worldwatch Institute, and now Earth Policy Institute.

I've always thought that he was probably someone with a traditional academic background: the Ph.D. (I've referred to him as «Dr. Brown» in email exchanges with Earth Policy Institute), the professorships, the books and honorary degrees.

Man has been guilty of a scorched earth policy brought about by primitive industrialization, resulting in apocalyptic scenery reminiscent of the Mad Max trilogy.

«The Right Hon. Gentleman operated an extremely effective burnt earth policy within the department.

Well, at least as close to flat and empty as you can get without your lab mates feeling that your scorched earth policy means you must be covering your tracks in some way.

«It clearly is a trend,» says Lester Brown, president of the nonprofit Earth Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. «I think there are many cities that are ahead on this.

The green group Earth Policy Institute, which first totaled the deaths, tells us that as «awareness of the scale of this tragedy spreads, it is likely to generate pressure to reduce carbon emissions.

In the race to receive federal funds, the voice of «the people» is diminished as administrators pursue a scorched earth policy aimed not only at teacher unions but school boards and local PTAs.

Witnessing the scorched earth policy applied to a dog by using a hand - made flamethrower isn't the easiest thing I've ever done.

Prior to joining Earth Policy Institute, she spent a year living in Geneva, Switzerland learning French, hiking, and working at the World Meteorological Organization.

Lester R. Brown, «Dust Bowl Threatening China's Future,» Earth Policy Alert, 23 May 2001.

We ask only that you appropriately credit Earth Policy Institute and the photographers, notably Yann Arthus - Bertrand, eminent French photographer and friend of EPI, whose works appear within.

My colleague Jonathan G. Dorn writes in a recent Earth Policy Institute release, «Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil» that 100

Data Highlights focus on specific indicators or environmental issues to spotlight the vast amount of data compiled at Earth Policy Institute.

From Earth Policy Institute Lester R. Brown, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009).

LESTER R. BROWN, founder and President of Earth Policy Institute, has been described by the Washington Post as «one of the world's most influential thinkers» and as «the guru of the global environmental movement» by The Telegraph of Calcutta.

Jim stepped in as chief news readers again this week as he and Bryan took on news about Kickstarter's pledge change, Amazon's scorched earth policy in Australia, and your new favorite self - publishing metaphor.

As leader of the British army during the Second Boer War (1899 - 1902), he had instituted a «take no prisoners» scorched earth policy against his enemies, laying waste to the South African countryside and detaining large numbers of civilians in a newly invented form of outdoor / indoor imprisonment known as the concentration camp.

The 367 - page «Bright, Infinite Future» takes a scorched - earth policy toward his fellow Democrats because Green says he now has nothing to lose.

Matt Roney is the Research Associate for Earth Policy Institute.

Owing to the defendant's scorched earth policy of putting the plaintiffs to the test of establishing virtually all of their claims on all issues of damages and liability, the trial extended over some 20 days.

For more information, see «Meat Consumption in China Now Double That in the United States,» by Janet Larsen, and the latest book from Earth Policy Institute, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, by Lester R. Brown.

This scorched earth policy is exactly what everyone feared on November 8th but then threw out the window on November 9th.

For Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, for example, a true National Socialist would willingly carry out a scorched «earth policy or ruthlessly gun down deserters.

Day's scorched - earth policy, under which he has won four tour events in his last six starts by a combined 16 strokes over his closest challengers (six each in his last two), enters the season - ending Tour Championship on the strength of the first five - win campaign since 2013.

We need to broaden a coalition of progressive values to protect people against the scorched earth policy of the cuts...