Sentences with phrase «environmental achievements of»

To recognize outstanding environmental achievements of trailblazing organizations, ACR also presented awards based on ACR guiding principles of innovation, quality and excellence.

Standards cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks and raising fuel economy are among the biggest environmental achievements of the Obama administration.

ACR also recognized outstanding environmental achievements of trailblazing organizations with awards based on the organization's guiding principles of innovation, quality and excellence.

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The movie, which weaves together extraordinary feats of engineering and military, environmental and cultural achievements, hit theaters three days before China's rubber - stamp legislature convened to amend the constitution and allow Xi to potentially rule China for life.

Earlier this year, researchers published an academic study examining the long - term stock performance of companies that had won the Corporate Health Achievement Award, an annual prize that the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has bestowed since 1996.

Danielle was recognized with the WaterKeeper's Environmental Achievement Award in 2000 for her outstanding achievements protecting California waters from pollution and compelling polluters to assume the costs of environmentalEnvironmental Achievement Award in 2000 for her outstanding achievements protecting California waters from pollution and compelling polluters to assume the costs of environmentalenvironmental degradation.

The importance of this achievement was acknowledged in 2006 when the Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing were awarded the afore - mentioned Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award.

Sustainability surfaced in packaging vernacular in 2006, after publication of «The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best - Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too» by Andrew Savitz with Karl Weber, which Amazon.com describes as «the groundbreaking book that charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievEnvironmental Success - and How You Can Too» by Andrew Savitz with Karl Weber, which Amazon.com describes as «the groundbreaking book that charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievenvironmental achievement.»

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

Monitoring and evaluation are critical steps in the management of Commonwealth environmental water; supporting the efficient and effective use of Commonwealth environmental water within the planning framework and demonstrating the achievement of environmental objectives.

Five - yearly reporting is required on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin - scale.

A copy and video of all presentations from the conference, including my overview of the management of environmental water, the environmental targets all water managers are working towards with a brief reflection on achievements to date, is available on the ABARES website.

The awards, which return to recognise the most Innovative Robotic Machinery, Partnership of the Year and the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award will also, for the first time, recognise the innovative and varied steps manufacturers or end users have taken in the adoption of green measures in their businesses in the new «Environmental Initiative of the Year» category.

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Other initiatives discussed from the Dec. 14th agenda included Brad Hoylman speaking about the negotiations in the NYS Senate regarding the IDC; Laurie Hardjowirigo gave the Voter Reform Committee Report; Nat Johnson gave the Environmental Committee Report by stressing what was learned at the December 4 Future of Renewable Energy Forum; Erik Coler of Affordable Housing recapped the year's achievements by saying this year 42 units had been re-stabilized and he was hoping next year to add 90 more.

Although they are all admirable goals, maybe the County Executive should move some of the focus from receiving awards and recognition for environmental achievements, Rail Trails, Veterans memorials, and other non life sustaining programs to jobs, jobs and more jobs?

«The amazing achievement of the last going - on - seven years is that citizens at the grassroots level have held off a trillion - dollar payday because we have fought so hard and well to require meaningful regulation of oil - and - gas extraction,» said Walter Hang, president of Toxics Targeting, an environmental database firm.

Since Shah began the study, at the direction of Cuomo's environmental agency, the health commissioner's other achievements were overshadowed by the controversial topic.

Former AAAS President James McCarthy is one of two recipients of the renowned 2018 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work to understand and communicate the effects of climate change.

The importance of teacher quality as a specific school environmental influence on reading achievement is unknown.

An Iowa corn field today, whatever critics say of its environmental impacts, is an extraordinary technological achievement and produces more food on an acre than almost any acre known in history — certainly any nonirrigated acre.

She serves on the boards of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Federation of American Scientists, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

Upon graduating he was given two awards, one from the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University and an award from the Society for General Microbiology for academic achievement.

Current discussions of the importance of teacher quality for achievement generally ignore such environmental features as district management and decisionmaking.

Caermon explains why the Solar Schools model benefits both school and students: «The school starts making money straight away (no payback period) and acquires a new asset, while the children are directly engaged in the fundraising, and so their own feeling of pride and achievement expands into a positive feeling towards renewables and an interest in environmental issues».

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Many of his studies took him into controversial territory, including his investigation of whether incentives increase academic achievement (in most cases, no), and his investigation with Steven Levitt of whether there are systematic racial differences in mental ability among young children (no, when they're under the age of 1; yes, as they get older, hinting at the importance of environmental differences).

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

White House Council on Environmental Quality Acting Chair Mike Boots and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mark Schaefer joined U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today to congratulate the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools and District Sustainability Awardees on their achievements at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

The Confucian philosophy of learning and achievement places primary emphasis on nonintelligence factors — such as personality traits (e.g., motivation, perseverance, effort) and environmental factors (e.g., parental and familial support, teacher and school instruction)-- rather than natural ability as the most important prerequisites for desired performance (Chen & Stevenson, 1995; Rosenthal & Feldman, 1991; Shi & Zha, 2000).

This prestigious award is given to select schools across the nation that The U.S. Department of Education (USED) Green Ribbon Schools recognizes as schools that save energy, reduce costs, feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, protect health, foster wellness and offer environmental education to boost academic achievement and community engagement.

During the tour, federal, state and local visitors will bring attention to how school facilities, health and wellness, and environmental education affect equity and achievement and highlight best practices that states, districts and schools are using to improve the overall wellness, productivity, and achievement of occupants through health, safety, and educational improvements.

Recent research suggests that the etiology of reading achievement can differ across environmental contexts.

Organized by the Community Coalition, the groups presented a comprehensive, data - driven «Student Need Index» that uses environmental, social and academic factors known to impact student achievement — such as poverty and violence — to produce a district - wide ranking of schools based on need.

... Suffice it to say that until unbiased instruction is provided to children — resulting in equal exposure to challenging material, equal opportunity to respond and demonstrate knowledge, equally nurturing relationships, and the absence of discriminatory labels and barriers to accomplishment — one can not fully rule out environmental explanations for the achievement gaps that are documented.»

«The diversity of this year's award finalists shows just how aggressively environmental achievement is emerging in all vehicle classes,» said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and GreenCarJournal.com.

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31, 2018 — Recognizing environmental achievement in the auto industry, the Kia Niro has been named Green Car Journal's 2018 Green SUV of the Year ™.

This could mean exploring the story and achievements of David Unaipon on the $ 50 note or invite role - models from the community such as successful social, cultural and environmental entrepreneurs who are helping attract funds to the community for the community's benefit.

The $ 200,000 Tyler Prize for 2009, one of the top awards for environmental achievement, will be shared by Richard Alley, who has spent decades probing the planet's ancient ice for climate clues, and Veerabhadran «Ram» Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist whose focus has been the substantial influence of sooty pollution on climate and health in South Asia.

May Berenbaum, a brilliant entomologist and voice of reason amid all the heat over troubles with bee colonies in recent years, has won the $ 200,000 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

The award is Italy's most prestigious recognition of environmental achievement by a technology company, and covers hi - tech processes, products, systems

The report will also concentrate on how ARRA - related efforts can provide the foundation for long - term achievement of California's energy and environmental policy goals and help the state transform its energy production and use in a way that will provide lasting and sustainable economic, energy, and environmental benefits.

We are pleased to offer expert services based on our research achievements and extensive knowledge in improving the activities and monitoring of environmental phenomena and creating necessary services and tools for decision makers.

One of this year's Heinz awards — a $ 100,000 prize for achievement in environmental science and leadership — is going to Chris Field, the Stanford ecologist and leading carbon - cycle expert who became co-chair of IPCC Working Group 2 in 2008.

environmental protection by promoting policies that will lead or contribute to the achievement of stable human population levels allowing environmental sustainability.

As Ken Ward, the former deputy director of Greenpeace USA and an environmental strategist has so acutely observed, we must «stop seeking and celebrating dinky achievements» because «nothing that we are doing, nor even seriously contemplating, comes anywhere near such a massive transformation [as is necessary], yet every actor on the political stage... downplays the terrible realities and trumpets small - scale solutions wrapped in upbeat rhetoric... We are racing toward the end of the world and have no plan of escape, but it is considered impolite to acknowledge that fact in public.»

A meditation on man's complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements and missed opportunities of eco-activism, Earth Days looks at the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement.

This technical document analyzes the potential and existing contributions of broadband towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal 7 (MDG7), which targets environmental sustainability, including reducing CO2.

Maude is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the «Alternative Nobel»), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, and the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award.

December 12th, 2017 by James Ayre, Clean Technica, followed by https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/11/plug-hybrids-can-cut-emissions-much-pure-electrics/ A new report from the European Energy Agency (EEA) on the state of Europe's progress to date on the achievement of climate and environmental goals relating to the transport sector has been released.