Sentences with phrase «environmental policy leader»

The Scientific American 50 environmental policy leader of 2002 is still lobbying full steam ahead for less air pollution

And national environmental policy leaders like Daniel Esty think all that's needed to move the country towards a green economy is a carbon tax.

Not exact matches

«Business schools must equip the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, skills and perspective they need to meet the global economic, environmental, humanitarian and policy challenges of the future.»

From energy and environmental policies to workplace regulations, here are four of the top rules business leaders would have Trump whisk away first:

The campaign — held the same month as Earth Day — is designed to inform and engage policy leaders, media, wine trade and consumers about the California wine community's major commitment to environmental and community stewardship.

This has brought together a wide spectrum of leaders in their fields: regenerative agriculturalists, biophysical and social scientists, education and policy professionals, indigenous leaders, health and environmental practitioners and others.

Abt Associates is a mission - driven, global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental policy, and international development.

A coalition of environmental and conservation organizations on Wednesday released a letter thanking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York for pushing back against Trump administration policies they contend favors polluters.

The Conservative leader will call on his party to be «the champions for real change in Europe» and face up to the union's damaging economic and environmental policies.

«With the U.S. Senate's recent failure to act on comprehensive energy and climate legislation, we need strong environmental leaders at the state level to move the ball forward on new energy policies that will put America on the path to a clean energy future.»

In particular, threats from the federal government were acknowledged by Cuomo during his state of the State address and in remarks from legislative leaders in the Assembly and Senate, from the potentially harmful environmental policy of

At 1 p.m., NY Renews, a coalition of community organizations, environmental justice groups, labor unions, faith groups, business leaders, and other advocates fighting for equitable climate policies, holds a telephone press conference to call on Cuomo to step up as a leader for communities hurt most by climate change.

Annette Fredette, 4FRI planning team leader at the Forest Service's Flagstaff office, said forcing discussion among different interests throughout the National Environmental Policy Act process is «both the challenge and the value» of the initiative.

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.

For all Angela Merkel's headline - grabbing «green revolution», Germany's image as a world leader on environmental policies is in danger of falling under the shadow of the smoke stack and a cloud of exhaust fumes.

A Los Angeles book launch event on Dec. 2 featured four Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows and contributing writers: Sujata Bhatt, founder of the Incubator School; Kyle Hunsberger, a mathematics teacher at Johnnie L. Cochrain, Jr., Middle School who developed and successfully implemented a 6th - grade basic - skills intervention program; Jeannette Marrone, a founding teacher at Environmental Science and Technology High School; and Stephanie Widmer, a Teach for America Learning Team Leader and humanities teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.

Established in 2010, MTSNAC is comprised of leaders from commercial transportation firms, ship construction, repair and recycling, trade associations, state and local public entities, labor organizations, academics, and environmental groups that advise the Secretary and the Maritime Administration on policies to ensure that the U.S. Marine Transportation System is capable of responding to projected trade increases.

WMI operates like a «finishing school» for university students, researchers, policy makers, the private sector, community leaders and groups interested in good practices in environmental management and peace building.

The students were briefed about the institute and informed that it continues to walk the legacy of Prof. Wangari Maathai and therefore keen on training transformative leaders and change agents with a multidisciplinary practical knowledge on resource economy, policy, legal pluralism, community mobilization skills and appropriate participatory approaches handy in assisting communities to sustainably utilize resources besides developing policy and generating research data that would guide integrated environmental governance and management.

Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, this natural park of nearly 2 million hectares, is unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms and a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies.

As many as 37,409 clean energy jobs could be created as a result of the more than 70 major clean energy projects announced across the US in 2Q, according to a study from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national group of business leaders advocating for sound economic and environmenEnvironmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national group of business leaders advocating for sound economic and environmentalenvironmental policies.

... They deserve nothing less than our collective best efforts to that end, and they are counting on us to put into place realistic energy policies that enhance our nation's energy security and national security, promote job creation and responsible environmental stewardship, economic growth, and status as a global energy leader.»

Our team of energy and environmental policy experts includes academics, thought leaders, lawyers, and seasoned politicos.

When even China, the world leader in pollution, calls your environmental policies «regrettable,» you might be doing something wrong.

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.

Food Tank is for farmers and producers, policy makers and government leaders, researchers and scientists, academics and journalists, and the funding and donor communities to collaborate on providing sustainable solutions for our most pressing environmental and social problems.

It will be important to watch how these new leaders and their policy decisions affect environmental protections, such as ozone and methane emissions standards, renewable energy fuel and energy efficiency standards and the clean water rule.

In the latest attempt to greenwash the tar sands, Canada's Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver has been roaming the United States trying to convince American politicians and thought leaders that Alberta's dirty crude is a clean, responsible, sustainable — even «green» — source of energy, and that Canada's environmental record and climate change policy are as good as it gets.

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.

Please join the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and the Center for American Progress, along with New Jersey mayors and state officials, environmental justice community residents and advocates, and progressive policy leaders to discuss just policy options to reduce carbon pollution and associated cEnvironmental Justice Alliance and the Center for American Progress, along with New Jersey mayors and state officials, environmental justice community residents and advocates, and progressive policy leaders to discuss just policy options to reduce carbon pollution and associated cenvironmental justice community residents and advocates, and progressive policy leaders to discuss just policy options to reduce carbon pollution and associated co-pollutants.

After uniting leaders in the policy, business, construction, utility, low - income advocacy and environmental arenas to win a 30 % efficiency boost in America's model energy code, the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition is now campaigning to put future IECCs on a path of continued progress.

Dimitri de Boer is team leader EU — China environmental governance programme policy research centre for environment and economy and ministry of environmental protection.

One environmental and energy lobbyist with close ties to the White House said the administration had been inhibited by a number of factors, including vacancies in many top policy jobs, an intense early focus on the financial and economic crises, and an unwillingness to alienate business and Congressional leaders with a heavy - handed approach.

Myron Ebell, director of global warming and international environmental policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), was listed as the «group leader» when the the Cooler Heads Coalition was initially formed, and appears to maintain an important role.

Success, however, will ultimately depend on environmental advocates joining with moderates and right - of - center leaders in pushing for a range of smaller scale policy actions across levels of government.

«The single best thing [the United States] could do would be to become a leader on climate change,» said Tom Lovejoy, director of the Heinz Center, an environmental policy group.

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.

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

From powering his home with 100 % wind and solar to taking his bicycle to nearly every environmental event in Los Angeles to humbly utilizing his celebrity to advocate for greener policies, corporate practices and individual action, Ed is a true environmental hero and leader.

The legislation echoes recommendations put forward by the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan, not - for - profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, environmental, and national security dangers caused by our nation's dependence on petroleum.

Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch, is now founder and leader of the Earth Policy Institute, a similar locus of environmental bafflegab.

The erosion of American engagement in climate diplomacy has already allowed China to become the de facto world leader on global environmental policy.

The Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change allows the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insights on issues critical to climate change.

Business model innovation is highly complementary to environmental policies, yet so few of the leaders on stage at the Forum advocated for additional / ongoing policy support.

I also never could have imagined how these trained Leaders would go on to make such a difference, pushing towns and cities to go 100 percent renewable, protecting key environmental policies, and even helping secure the passage of the Paris Agreement, to name only a few accomplishments.

Her work in energy focuses on: advancing energy democracy and community self - determination in regulatory and policy arenas; creating just transition with meaningful collaborative and participatory management of shared environmental resources; and centering frontline community leaders as generators of transformative policy ideas and governance models.

The Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors program will allow the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insight on issues critical to climate change.

European environmental policies provide business opportunities to UK firms to become market leaders in the development of new technologies.

As a Practice Group Leader, he manages over 20 lawyers in nine offices across the United States while maintaining a broad environmental practice involving negotiation of real estate and corporate transactions, administrative and judicial litigation, regulatory enforcement defense, and development and implementation of corporate sustainability policies.

DLA Piper strives to be a leader in environmental sustainability and undertakes initiatives to reduce the environmental footprint of its business activities in line with our Global Environmenvironmental sustainability and undertakes initiatives to reduce the environmental footprint of its business activities in line with our Global Environmenvironmental footprint of its business activities in line with our Global EnvironmentalEnvironmental Policy.