Sentences with phrase «environmental campaign groups of»

This Danegeld will end up being paid to environmental campaign groups of the kind they work for themselves, thus funding yet more vexatious, money - grubbing actions against still more blameless companies.

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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.

If you're ever unsure, there are a bounty of resources that can help decode what's in the products and food you buy, such as the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the Environmental Working Group.

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 Carnenvironmental 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 CarnEnvironmental 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.

Google radio ads should make it much easier for outside groups to influence the political process — think about ads in favor of pro-immigration candidates on Spanish - language radio, or environmental campaigns going to evangelical stations to promote environmental solutions as good stewardship of Creation.

As of January 1, I left my day job at the National Environmental Trust to devote my time to helping a diverse array of advocacy groups, companies and campaigns use the «net to help spread their messages and achieve their political and communications goals.

That's according to Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, who was among more than 65 environmental group representatives who pitched ideas to state Senator Ken LaValle earlier this month, during his annual environmental round table at Suffolk County Community College's culinary arts center in downtown Riverhead.

A coalition of environmental advocacy groups is swinging their weight behind an effort that's making end - of - session push for an overhaul of campaign finance laws this year.

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.

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

Also at 11 a.m., the Adirondack Council, Citizen Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Riverkeeper and other groups urge Cuomo and state legislators to invest $ 800 million into communities as part of the state budget, LCA Press Room # 130, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

The Brooklyn comptroller candidate's campaign has accused Liu of not moving the bill, which has the support of several environmental and transportation advocacy groups as well as the mayor, forward to prevent Yassky from touting it as an accomplishment prior to the September Democratic primary.

At the same time, the League of Conservation Voters, a national environmental group, singled out Katko as part of a $ 550,000 TV campaign drawing attention to a provision that is expected to be added to the Senate GOP tax bill that opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Groups representing teachers and environmental advocates launched two ad campaigns that singled out Katko and Tenney, accusing them of failing to represent the interests of New Yorkers.

The national environmental group named Buerkle to its «Flat Earth Five» campaign against five House members who deny the existence of global climate change, which Buerkle has called a myth.

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.

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.

A second point is that, if sections of the public still want to lobby for representation and political action on environmental matters dear to their hearts, there are many campaigning charities, NGOs and activist groups willing to pick up the mantle.

Washington — A national environmental group today named Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle as one of the top two deniers of climate change in the House of Representatives, and promised to launch an advertising campaign against her re-election.

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).

Governor Cuomo made a rare campaign stop in the Third District in October on behalf of Adrienne Esposito, a Democrat and the executive director of an environmental advocacy group.

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.

Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth has calculated that if all bees were wiped out in the United Kingdom — not a likely event despite the multiple sources of attack — it would cost the country # 1.8 billion a year ($ 2.81 billion) to hand - pollinate food crops in their place.

Perhaps we can now expect Southern greens, fresh from their efforts to reform international bodies such as the Global Environmental Facility, to launch a campaign for «transparency» in the activities of international environment groups.

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.

Banka Behary Das, who is president of a local farmers» group that campaigns on environmental issues, says the quays will cause a massive increase in fishing near the beach.

Salem Station became a target in the late 1990s, when environmental, health and civic groups launched a campaign to force Massachusetts to clean up what they called the «Filthy Five» — a group of coal - and oil - fired power plants built before 1977 and grandfathered under the Clean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standards.

Luis Cabrales, who worked for many years as a campaign director for the Coalition for Clean Air, a venerable green group that was instrumental in the passage of California's historic vehicle Smog Check Program in the early 1970s, has spent most of his adult life fighting for environmental justice.

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.

This change in consciousness has come about as a result of the educational campaigns of key environmental groups such as SeaWeb and Mangrove Action Project, independent scientists, small fishers and the holistic medical community.

So an authentic performance task in environmental science might require a student to investigate the impact of fertilizer on local groundwater and then report the results through a public service campaign (like a video, a radio announcement, or a presentation to a group).

In another example, an authentic environmental science performance task might require a student to research the impact of fertilizer on local groundwater and then report the results through a public service campaign (like a video, radio announcement, or presentation to a group).

For that reason, a number of environmental groups, including the U.S. - government sponsored Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), started campaigns to educate people in pre-1950 homes not to replace tenvironmental groups, including the U.S. - government sponsored Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), started campaigns to educate people in pre-1950 homes not to replace tEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA), started campaigns to educate people in pre-1950 homes not to replace their windows.

Saro - Wiwa was the president of a non-violent campaign group that fought against the environmental exploitation and destruction of his homeland Ogoniland, an indigenous region of south - east Nigeria.

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.

With that in mind, a coalition of Brazilian environmental groups, Observatorio Clima, posted an amusing video, shot in the style of an action - film trailer, to build a «caped crusader» feel around Francis's climate campaign.

Beyond Pesticides works regularly with the Center for Food Safety; Environmental Working Group; Pesticide Action Network North America; Xerces Society; EarthShare; Combined Federal Campaign; American Bird Conservancy, Beyond Toxics, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, Institute for Fisheries Resources, the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Organic Farmers Marketing Association; Bio-Logical Pest Management; Roseland Farms; Kids for Saving Earth Worldwide; PEST Education Project; Pesticide Watch; Children's Health Environmental Coalition; Horizon Organic Dairy, Inc.; Donaldson - McMahon Family Farms; Lideres Campesinas en California; Kansas Chapter, Sierra Club; Farmworker Justice Fund; Maryland Pesticide Network and others.

More recently, the IPA has been the driving force behind the establishment of a number of new non-profit front groups, including the Australian Environment Foundation - which campaigns for weaker environmental laws - Independent Contractors of Australia - which campaigns for an end to workplace safety laws and a general deregulation of the labour market, and the ironically named Owner Drivers Australia, which campaigns against safety and work standard for truck drivers.

1.30 — 2.30 pm Simon Graham, Environmental Strategist at Commercial Group, one of the biggest independent companies in the UK; Olivier Lawder, Creative Planner at Futerra, working to deliver sustainability campaigns; Bioregional Programme Manager, Tom Hill and Daniel Turner, Head of Disclosure at CDP.

She also collaborated with a range of groups in the non-partisan «Vote for the Environment» campaign to develop and promote a charter of environmental policies to all political parties involved in each of New Zealand's general elections.

The coalitions of racial justice, labor, and environmental groups that will be needed to win price - and - invest campaigns in the states might also be the template we need for rebuilding progressive power nationally.

This amendment is supported by many environmental pressure groups, including Friends of the Earth's «Fix It or Ditch It» campaign.

«Our coalition of environmental, conservation, public health and civil rights groups has achieved a milestone that few thought possible,» says my colleague Verena Owen, a veteran volunteer leader who co-leads the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.

Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland is the UK's most influential national environmental pressure group and is a unique network of campaigning local groups, working in over 200 communities throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Environmental groups have launched a public action campaign demanding that both levels of government act on the results of the new study and ban neonics.