Sentences with phrase «environmental leaders through»

MEarth is an environmental education nonprofit with roots in Carmel Valley, California, that is growing the next generation of environmental leaders through education, collaboration, partnerships and community action.

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As the world's demand for energy continues to increase, the Business Council is strongly committed to making Canada a global leader in sustainable development through showing that healthy economic growth, high living standards and environmental protection can be mutually supportive.

After protesting the budget Suffolk County leaders approved last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $ 33 million in funds that were raised through the Drinking Water Protection Program, a self - imposed tax that Suffolk residents have voted to levy upon themselves several times since the late 1980s.

Environmental groups were joined by community leaders at the capitol Wednesday in regards to the transportation of crude oil through Albany and Hudson River.

Federal prosecutors revealed Mr. Skelos had arranged a meeting between fracking industry leaders and the state Department of Environmental Conservation at the same time that his son both held an alleged «no - show» job at AbTech and was in the process of negotiating the contract to sell filters through his consulting firm Rockville Strategies.

Fearing repercussions from Skelos in his capacity as Senate majority leader, Dorego employed Adam through Glenwood - affiliated environmental company AbTech Industries.

Adam Skelos, 33, had sought to profit from fracking through a contract with environmental company AbTech Industries, as Dean — then the Senate majority leader — tried to pressure the state to legalize the procedure.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said local leaders found out about the plan through media reports and were not briefed about any potential environmental impact from the demolition.

Project Learning Tree is an award - winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.

Through collaborative workshops, curriculum and hands - on field trips, K - 12 educators and community leaders from across Southern California explore best practices in environmental education, service learning and urban sustainability.

Drawing upon extensive research and many years as a thought leader in environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and internationally, Hiroshi Komiyama analyzes the most pressing challenges to the attainment of sustainability of economically advanced nations and argues forcefully for Japan to lead them out of the present dilemma through active promotion of creative consumer and societal demand.

In the debate over our book, i > Break Through, prominent environmental leaders from the Sierra Club's Carl Pope (he's quoted in the Wired magazine profile about us) to the NRDC's David Hawkins (see his blog) have insisted that they support big investment.

Through interviews with indigenous leaders, activists and local residents, Belo Monte: After the Flood illustrates how this multi-billion dollar mega-project has left a disastrous legacy of broken promises and socio - environmental damage, and shattered livelihoods among local communities of the Xingu.

«By preserving a stable funding source for the Environmental Protection Fund and guaranteeing added revenues for land protection — in part through negotiations to expand the Bottle Bill — Governor Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Smith and Assembly Speaker Silver have bolstered the state's commitment to helping us conserve 65,000 acres of the Hudson Valley's most majestic landscapes, ecological treasures and working farms.

While browsing through reactions from various energy leaders and environmental groups I was intrigued by one critique of Mr. Obama's approach from an environmental NGO, arguing that he should instead be placing the country's bets on «best of the above» energy.

As one environmental leader quipped, «People in Tidewater are tired of driving through tidal water.»

World leaders are trying to solve the climate crisis through negotiations and policy, but by focusing merely the environmental side of the problem, they risk missing the point.

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