Sentences with phrase «environmental affairs»

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«The California Rice Commission is pleased to be recognized for our pioneering work with EDF to develop an approach for generating greenhouse gas offsets to meet California's climate goals,» said Paul Buttner, manager of environmental affairs for the California Rice Commission.

The Los Angeles City Environmental Affairs Department advises the Mayor and the City Council on environmental matters.

«For over 100 years, Massachusetts has led the nation in conserving and protecting important natural resources, while also increasing access for people of all abilities to benefit from,» said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton.

Patricia Lopez, environmental affairs manager at FoodDrinkEurope, also believes that European legislation must be updated to support increased use of industrial side - streams within the food sector itself.

-- State Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew A. Beaton will join the Groundhog Day celebration at Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln Friday, Feb. 2, when Ms. G, the Official Groundhog of the Commonwealth, will make her annual prediction on the length of the remaining winter.

Anne Thompson, chief environmental affairs correspondent for NBC News, moderated the event, which was held the same day the Japanese government raised the Fukushima reactor disaster to 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy source.

More than 1,000 rhinos were poached for their horns in South Africa in 2013, a record number and an increase of over 50 percent from the previous year, the country's department of environmental affairs said on Friday.

Cheri holds an undergraduate degree from IU Bloomington, and a masters degree in Public & Environmental Affairs from IU Indianapolis.

The Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee on Friday postponed a vote until at least next week after Sen. Paul Pinsky, a Democrat who chairs the education subcommittee, suggested striking language from the bill that would reduce the state board of education's ability to weigh in on the denial of a charter school application at the local level.

I served as a Commissioner of the Los Angeles City Environmental Affairs Commission from 1996 to 2005.

Mark also held other sustainability positions within HP as Environmental Stewardship Business Manager advising design and supply chain engineers on sustainable product design and as Environmental Affairs Manager.

Researchers Kerry Krutilla, David H. Good and John D. Graham of the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs analyzed the costs and expected lifesavings of nine regulations issued between 2011 and 2013.

Political leaders from across the country — including the Northeast and California — would do well to follow the progressive lead of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles, who have played key roles in the design and implementation of RGGI, and yet have also publicly supported its preemption by a meaningful national program.

Ma Jun, who is the director of Beijing - based non-profit organization Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs told CNBC that it's become very difficult for the government to either cover up or use «too much» force to stop mass protests over China's deteriorating environment.

The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs since 2006 has maintained a publicly accessible national pollution database, where the data is displayed on an interactive online map of China.

interview with Lisa Francioni, Project Manager, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, and Environmental Affairs Coordinator, at the SF - based Wine Institute by Willi Paul

The Department of Environmental Affairs sees the reckless disposal as a big concern on the part of government and municipal councils.

Among those at the Annual Meeting were state Energy and Environmental Affairs Sec.

Mass Audubon will continue to work with the Legislature, DCR, and the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs leadership in an attempt to restore this year's funding, and it will make every effort to ensure that Trailside funding is included in the final state budget for FY18.

In short order, K - C flew in a team of high - level managers (including senior vice president of environmental affairs Ken Strassner) to talk to us about K - C's work.

«We've tackled the low - hanging fruit,» said Ronald Hites, a professor at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs who specializes in air monitoring in the Great Lakes basin.

Already, anti-nuclear activists in Hong Kong, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, have launched a petition this week to oppose further expansion of nuclear capacity in Guangdong, according to Frances Yeung, senior environmental affairs officer at Friends of the Earth's Hong Kong office.

«Every additive that we use is very carefully evaluated, not just by the industry, but also independently by government agencies to look at all the materials we use in plastics,» said Mike Neal, a consumer and environmental affairs specialist at PlasticsEurope, an industry trade association, and a co-author of the report.

Those of us who are used to thinking and writing about environmental affairs at a loftier level might learn a few valuable lessons from Gore about the nitty - gritty of real - life decision making.

Dr. Houle has received numerous awards including the 2009 American Vacuum Society John A Thornton Memorial Award and Lecture, the 1999 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Northern California Section Research Project of the Year, and the 1998 IBM Environmental Affairs Excellence Award.

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While a full - scale roll back is unlikely, another professor in IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs thinks there's room for Ritz to shape Bennett's policies so they're more favorable for schools and teachers.

In August of 2013, Mike Meyer from Oceans & Coasts (from the South African Water and Environmental Affairs Ministry), Nico de Bryn (University of Pretoria) and Greg Hofmeyer (from BayWorld, in Port Elizabeth), all of whom have vast experience in marine mammal management and elephant seals, met with the South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR) CEO, Judy Mann and the uShaka Sea World Veterinary and Animal Care team to discuss the way forward for Selso.

Dr. Conca is a two - time recipient of the International Studies Association's Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for best book on international environmental affairs and a recipient of the Chadwick Alger Prize for best book in the field of International Organization.

He also points out that we're not alone, listing significant support from Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, National Association of State Foresters President Steven Koehn, Mother Nature Network Director of Environmental Affairs Chuck Leavell and Society of American Foresters President Michael Goergen, among others.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A study from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs casts doubt on the Obama administration's goal of putting a million plug - in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015.

While discussing a UN report about rising carbon dioxide levels, chief environmental affairs correpondent Anne Thompson said that many scientists are worried about these CO2 levels but «some disagree, saying those fears are wildly overblown.»

Her career started at the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in the early 1990s, where she was responsible for working with experts from across different fields and national institutions to coordinate Egypt's new environmental sector strategies, and to mobilise donor funding.

The next report in the series, «Review of Environmental Protection Activities for 1980 - 81,» noted in an appendix covering «Key Environmental Affairs Issues and Concerns» that: CO2 / GREENHOUSE EFFECT RECEIVING INCREASED MEDIA ATTENTION.

«I think we generally agree that we are seeking a method of disposing of the off gases in a manner which will minimize the risk of environmental damage,» wrote Exxon's manager of environmental affairs Alvin M. Natkin in an October 1983 letter to Natuna project executive Richard L. Preston.

The study found the development of REDD + initiatives in Mozambique differs from processes observed in many other REDD + countries in large because it has a strong tradition of stakeholder consultation, with the Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs now leading engagement and various consultative meetings with regard to REDD + development.

On the eve of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) and the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 7) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs hosted a pre-COP 17 Summit on the 22nd November 2011.

The company is well aware of the problem, with its former director of environmental affairs calling it «our no. 1 environmental liability.»

The Aspen Skiing Co., which operates four mountains in the area, first tinted green in 1997, when CEO Patrick O'Donnell — who had previously run Patagonia — hired Auden Schendler as the industry's first in - house environmental affairs director.

SEPP and Helmut Metzner's European Academy for Environmental Affairs held in November 1995 a conference in Leipzig after which the Leipzig Declaration on Global Climate Change was announced.