Sentences with phrase «environmental leaders working»

Mindy Lubber (President, Ceres) Mindy S. Lubber is the President of Ceres, the leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental, social and governance practices.

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A former top leader in academia, Rodin has put the idea of «resilience» at the center of the Rockefeller Foundation's work in recent years, helping communities worldwide prepare for and recover from major environmental and man - made shocks.

Halki Summit II: Theology, Ecology, and the Word Heybeliada, Turkey June 8 - 10 The Halki Summit is a gathering of activists, scientists, journalists, business leaders, theologians, and academics engaging and working across intellectual boundaries to bring the global environmental discussion to a new and richer place.

A long - standing community begun in Europe, PACE is considered by many of the industry's packaging leaders as the must - attend «platform» for strategic partnering where participants work together to share, learn and discuss the latest technology, materials, innovative design and regulatory and environmental developments.

And our companies have pledged to work with government leaders, environmental organizations and other businesses to ensure these emission reductions are happening throughout the United States.

IRRI project leaders have met government officials to discuss what new work may be necessary after the attack to complete of the project's environmental release dossier.

«With the Trump Administration and their allies in Congress working to gut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and rollback key environmental protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the lEnvironmental Protection Agency and rollback key environmental protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the lenvironmental protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the letter states.

Former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 32, both of Rockville Centre, are to go on trial Nov. 16 on conspiracy, bribery and extortion charges alleging schemes to use the lawmaker's clout to get his son work with a developer, a malpractice insurer and an environmental company.

This involved bringing together different local organisations and political and civic leaders to present information on their roles in working for sustainability, but also to hear the students» views and work on addressing environmental challenges.

«In a time when national leaders fail to value our environment and what it means for our health and our economy, it is all the more important that New York leaders (from both sides of the aisle) work together to demonstrate true green leadership,» write the Environmental Advocates of New York and the Long Island Pine Barrens Society.

... Mr Bloomberg told the Financial Times his event would be more focused on getting private and public sector leaders from developed and emerging economies to work together on finding «actionable solutions» to challenges from economic inclusion to environmental sustainability.»

At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the elder Mr. Skelos, 68, used his position as majority leader to pressure a real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer — firms that depended on his support as senator for legislation that benefited their interests — to provide Adam Skelos with consulting work, a direct payment of $ 20,000 and a job that required him to do virtually no work.

Skelos, 68, and Adam, 33, both of Rockville Centre, are scheduled to be sentenced April 13 in Manhattan federal court for conspiring to use Dean's power as Republican majority leader to help Adam get work from a real estate developer, a malpractice insurer and an environmental firm.

The case against State Sen. Dean Skelos, 67, former majority leader, contends that Glenwood funneled a $ 20,000 payment to the senator's son and helped him get work as a consultant at an environmental technology company, a field in which he had no experience.

We work to support and strengthen the efforts of New York's environmental community and to make our state a national leader.

Early on, leaders of the movement worked to establish the legitimacy of environmental concern within religious congregations.

And in the House, Republican leaders worked up a proposal to streamline National Environmental Policy Act reviews, blaming lawsuits by environmental groups for slowing the pace of forEnvironmental Policy Act reviews, blaming lawsuits by environmental groups for slowing the pace of forenvironmental groups for slowing the pace of forest thinning.

In her work, Rothschild finds that the impetus for cooperating across the Iron Curtain on air pollution monitoring came not from Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, as other historians have argued, but from a group of scientists and environmental officials in Norway working on acid rain in the early - to - mid-1970s.

This workshop will bring together some of the world's leading experts in social and environmental safeguards as well as bring in some of the local community leaders from Brazil and Mexico to discuss what types of systems work, which don't, and how to build off the existing ROW recommendations for developing successful programs.

Previously he was a Group Leader and Senior Scientist with the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute where he worked in conjunction with the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA.

Some newer, cosmetic - specific certifications have potential to become industry leaders for healthy standards: The National Safety Foundation has one, as well as the Environmental Working Group.

-- Heather White, Wellness Leader & Environmental Advocate and former Executive Director of Environmental Working Group «Who knew snacking could be so healthy, energizing and fun?

London, United Kingdom About Blog Green Alliance is a think tank working to ensure UK political leaders deliver ambitious solutions to global environmental issues.

Principals, working with teacher - leaders and staff leaders from various vantage points within the school, are positioned to address the wide spectrum of environmental needs that confront high - poverty schools.

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.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 12, 2011: Celebrating ten years as an innovative environmental education leader working with urban youth and families, Crissy Field Center is proud to release a comprehensive report summarizing its most significant impacts and outcomes from the past decade.

The Institute's mission is to bring together some of the most creative leaders in their fields to share ideas and work together to meet our environmental challenges head - on.

This year, current participants in I - YEL (Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders, a youth - driven leadership program for high schoolers working on environmental and social change) will have a chance to meet these I - YEL alumni.

A little history: Once upon a time, the Toledo District was home to poverty - stricken people working a flagging crop, but a fortuitous confluence of conditions and imagination lead Belize leaders to evaluate the area's soil and prioritize a crop that makes environmental sense — cacao beans.

The Foundation has been a leader in environmental conservation and I have been inspired by their work.

The story was especially perplexing because it came one day after indigenous leaders from around the world had joined environmental NGOs and «green» corporates in endorsing the recommendations of the REDD Offsets Working Group (ROW), a scientific advisory panel that was highly positive towards the Chiapas program.

Environmental Leader's readers have an extremely varied workload, working at both corporate and strategic levels to identify environmental effects and to develop, implement and monitor environmental strategies, policies and programs — either enterprise - wide or within theirEnvironmental Leader's readers have an extremely varied workload, working at both corporate and strategic levels to identify environmental effects and to develop, implement and monitor environmental strategies, policies and programs — either enterprise - wide or within theirenvironmental effects and to develop, implement and monitor environmental strategies, policies and programs — either enterprise - wide or within theirenvironmental strategies, policies and programs — either enterprise - wide or within their departments.

In 2008, Howie was named one of Canada's Future Environmental Leaders by Green Living Magazine for his work as an entrepreneur in the new green economy.

We look forward to working with civic, environmental, business, and social justice leaders to get a winning measure on the 2018 ballot.

«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.

Over the past year, legislation to expand Maryland's RPS law gained support from a broad base of faith, labor, health, social justice, and environmental constituencies — including the NAACP, Maryland Working Families, SEIU, seven Maryland bishops and top ecumenical leaders.

We're proud to work with leaders like Leonard and help them demonstrate that smaller landfills can make big environmental improvements and provide energy to local industry.

In particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change adaptation; a different set of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement of business leaders is required to work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change.

Sacred Acts: How churches are working to protect Earth's climate by Mallory McDuff offers stories (including several from Interfaith Power & Light affiliates) about how religious leaders, activists, and everyday parishioners are acting in good faith to define a new environmental movement where honoring the Creator means protecting the planet.

Arguing that the Food and Drug Administration should require labels on food containing G.M.O.'s, one leader of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy group, cited «pink slime, deadly melons, tainted turkeys and BPA in our soup.»

Jasmine Thomas, a youth organizer for the Yinka Dene Alliance and a community leader in the fight against the Tar Sands Northern Gateway Pipeline, challenged conference participants to do environmental justice work in a decolonial context.

The Institute, using Cradle to Cradle thinking, will work with leaders from academia, the NGO environmental community, government and industry to establish a protocol for evaluating products.

Ken Silverstein, «Three Amigos Work to Cut Carbon while California's Amigos Work to Cut Carbon - Free Nuclear,» Environmental Leader, June 30, 2016

Indeed, for the last twenty years environmental leaders have on the one hand, said they want a level playing field and on the other, worked hand in glove with solar and wind companies to win special treatment for renewables.

For the last few years I have been working on a book - length manuscript describing everything touched on here and much more, including my skeptic efforts, how the environmental movement lost its way since my days as a Sierra Club activist and leader, and the main legal, journalistic, governmental, scientific, environmental, and economic aspects of the climate issue.

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Each year the Brower Youth Award recognizes the work of six young leaders who are making strides in the environmental movement.

On Thursday, the Goldman Environmental Foundation released a statement that read in part, quote, «We mourn the loss of an inspirational leader, and will honor her life's work by continuing to highlight the courageous work of Goldman Prize winners like Berta.

Thank you, Becky, for your diligent and tireless work to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline, prevent climate change, and for being a leader in the struggle to secure environmental / ecological justice for Mother Earth and all her children.

A report in the Washington Examiner, entitled «Working for Big Green can be a very enriching experience» by Mark Tapscott, showed that the leaders of 15 top Big Green environmental groups are paid more than $ 300,000 in annual compensation, with a half million dollar plus figure for the top «earner».