Sentences with phrase «environmental advocacy community»

The environmental advocacy community has tried, of late, to reshape itself to the contours of the problem before it.

In the end, just about everyone was unhappy and it split both the environmental advocacy community and the state's solar industry, with some willing to support the bill because of its many other provisions while at the same time acknowledging its flaws.

The governor's office, the environmental advocacy community, business interests and affected industries have kept close watch.

In fact both the environmental advocacy community and members of the solar industry were split on whether the legislation should be defeated because of the net - metering component.

The law encourages the utilities to develop the tariffs in an open process, in collaboration with the Hawai'i Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, as well as other stakeholders in the renewable energy industry and environmental advocacy community.

The amendment to the Montreal Protocol phasing down heat - trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which was adopted in the early hours of Saturday in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, is in part the result of 7 1/2 years of lobbying and maneuvering by the Obama administration, environmental advocacy community and U.S. industry bent on using the ozone treaty to phase down the climate - forcing chemicals.

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ARAMARK seeks to responsibly address issues that matter to its clients, customers, employees and communities by focusing on employee advocacy, environmental stewardship, health and wellness, and community involvement.

Our local team of community experts will help meet the needs of parents as they tackle many challenging parenting issues... sleep, breastfeeding, maternity education and preparation, child and environmental safety, food and nutrition, parenting, and educational and special needs advocacy.

The Sanctuaries 100th celebration on April 9 will present an opportunity to look back on how they've evolved as community resources for conservation, nature - based education, and environmental advocacy, and how they are positioned to inspire even more people to forge their own bonds with the natural world.

This spending is listed under anonymous and undedicated funding lines cited as Community Service, Youth and Education, Economic Development, Advocacy and Environmental Protection and were all added to the budget by the Democratic legislators.

With a federal lawsuit alleging EPA violations between the environmental advocacy group Save the Sound and Westchester County approaching the two - year mark, officials at the nonprofit are growing increasingly impatient with alleged inaction on the part of several communities.

The first Ralph S. Abascal Fellow at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Katie has focused on reducing communities» exposure to environmental harm through policy change, advocacy and activism.

Members embrace the intrinsic value and right to exist of the other - than - human and of natural environments, and recognize that the pursuance and advocacy of a planetary ethic of environmental and social justice needs to be grounded in, as well as restorative and celebratory of, local and indigenous communities and cultures.

There, MaryJane oversaw community programs that engaged youth and adult partnerships in action research and policy advocacy, using environmental prevention strategies to promote equity in health and education at both the local and statewide level.

Back in late 2009, in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Los Angeles — area bird advocacy groups against City of Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS), a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found in favor of the bird groups that LAAS programs in support of trap / neuter / return (TNR) as a community cat management strategy was in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the agency had not conducted an environmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming coEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the agency had not conducted an environmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming coenvironmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming community cats.

The mission of Atlanta Humane Society's Education & Advocacy Department is to bring humane education to communities throughout the southeast, conveying the interconnection of environmental, animal (domestic and wild), and social issues.

Support for this series provided by the Department of Planning and Community Design in Tyler School of Art's Division of Architecture and Environmental Design, the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership, the General Education Program, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, the Philadelphia Orchard Project, the Jewish Farm School, the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, TreePhilly, Village of Arts and Humanities, Asociación de Puertorriqueños en Marcha, the Photography Program at Tyler School of Art, the New Kensington Community Development Corporation, The Humane League, Philadelphia Zoo, and Audubon Society.

Her creative practice and community advocacy work often dovetail into work that addresses political, social, and environmental concerns through writing and the visual arts.

Earthjustice represents the Union of Concerned Scientists, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Coalition For A Safe Environment (Wilmington, CA), Del Amo Action Committee (Torrance, CA), California Communities Against Toxics, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Air Alliance Houston, Community In - Power & Development Association (Port Arthur, TX), Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Clean Air Council (Philadelphia, PA), Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (West Virginia).

Underscoring these problems, the advocacy group behind the initiative, Carbon Washington, did not seriously seek out and incorporate input from environmental and social - justice advocates and community leaders.

With 40 years» experience in engaging communities at the grassroots to address issues of environmental degradation, community empowerment and advocacy, GBM is uniquely positioned to offer an integrated response to climate change through mitigation, adaptation and promotion of sustainable development.

(2) This is the «mainstream» thought put into print in the advocacy oriented climate science community which includes researchers (very small number) and environmental organizations.

She has worked in the field of Environmental and Climate Justice since 2006 in various capacities including community organizing, policy analysis, advocacy and research.

Areas of Expertise: indigenous communities, grassroots organizing, environmental justice, advocacy, energy development, climate change

She regularly works with federal and state agencies, members from local Native American tribes, the commercial and recreational fishing community, and both regional and national environmental advocacy organizations.

Environmental advocates believe that it is through the rapid deployment of these technologies and energies that the costs will go down — and I think this DOES have some merit, but two (serious) problems remain undiscussed in the advocacy community:

She has organized and managed education and advocacy programs dealing with a wide range of energy and environmental issues, such as high level nuclear waste legislation, director of a solar installers» training and energy conservation installation program, coordination for numerous state, local and national conferences / strategy workshops, and has assisted community - based groups in establishing job - training / energy rehabilitation programs.

We held monthly meetings which included lectures and discussion led by expert speakers on subjects ranging from infrastructure and environmental justice to advocacy and community organizing.

Partnering closely with the wider conservation community in our advocacy work, we bring an important spiritual and moral voice to environmental issues of the day.

As a member of the Environmental Priorities Coalition, Earth Ministry / WAIPL works closely with the wider conservation community in our advocacy work.

Partnered with the environmental community to organize a legislative workshop and Environmental Lobby Day, and the religious community to organize Interfaith Advocacy Day and Catholenvironmental community to organize a legislative workshop and Environmental Lobby Day, and the religious community to organize Interfaith Advocacy Day and CatholEnvironmental Lobby Day, and the religious community to organize Interfaith Advocacy Day and Catholic Lobby Day.

Working with federal and state agencies, members from local Native American tribes, the commercial and recreational fishing community, and both regional and national environmental advocacy organizations, Aileen successfully permitted the Block Island Wind Farm and Transmission System.

Most importantly, the clinic allowed me to develop dynamic relationships with community members and identify opportunities to make a long - lasting impact on environmental justice through legal advocacy.»

Over the course of the semester, students will advise a community group on an environmental justice advocacy strategy, help clients determine whether they have standing to bring an environmental case, negotiate a RCRA enforcement settlement and a regional - scale habitat conservation plan, design a litigation strategy to address changes to air quality standards, and testify at a hearing on water pollution reduction — among many other exercises.

Over the course of the semester, students will advise a community group on an environmental justice advocacy strategy, help clients determine whether they have standing to bring an environmental case, negotiate a RCRA enforcement settlement and a regional - scale habitat conservation plan, design a litigation strategy to address changes to air quality standards, and testify at a hearing on water pollution reduction

He has a longstanding interest in how our health is impacted by environmental degradation, sustainability in the health service and is involved in advocacy relating to community and environmental health matters.