Sentences with phrase «environmental policy much»
If you put every risk through the same analysis, you would find the case for prudent environmental policy much stronger than the cases for most pending military objectives.
https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
Environmental water policies that show greater concern for bait fish than for food production, combined with years of drought, have strangled area farmers to the point that much of the arable land is returning to its natural semi-arid state.
In the UK, a study by Loughborough University found that during the Brexit referendum, television news bulletins in the six - week period in May and June dedicated no time at all to environmental issues — despite the fact that much of UK environment policy is determined by the EU.
«We reiterate our call on the Government to introduce an Environmental Taxes framework or «roadmap» to provide much needed clarity around the future direction of environmental tax policy as taxes which merely shift pollution elsewhere, or which raise revenue without leading to greener behaviour, are failing to do theiEnvironmental Taxes framework or «roadmap» to provide much needed clarity around the future direction of environmental tax policy as taxes which merely shift pollution elsewhere, or which raise revenue without leading to greener behaviour, are failing to do theienvironmental tax policy as taxes which merely shift pollution elsewhere, or which raise revenue without leading to greener behaviour, are failing to do their job.»
«We're quickly reaching the end of the low - hanging - fruit era, and in the absence of real directed policy, those goals are going to be much more challenging,» said Greg Cunningham, who leads the clean energy and climate change program at the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston - based environmental group.
«In our 40 - year - old role as presidential environmental policy advisors we're still very much engaged in environmental policy issues associated with energy and climate change.»
«There's just so much that we don't know about the deep sea, and we need that basic research before we form policy — but we also urgently need policy before this window of opportunity closes,» Van Dover said, «This is environmental management in a place where we've never conceived of it before, and we need to start the conversation about how we're going to go about it.»
While much of the debate around energy is focussed on greenhouse gas emissions, our findings highlight the need to consider the full range of consequences of the world's demand for energy when designing energy and environmental policies.»
Understanding how much society values those future people should be an influential component of climate policy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Afpolicy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International AfPolicy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Yet, how much to invest in policies — like setting an appropriate carbon tax — to protect future generations from environmental destruction depends on how society chooses to value human population, according to a new study published Oct. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
As auto makers, federal policy makers and environmentalists get ready to craft the next round of U.S. corporate average fuel economy, Tonkin raps an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to improve fuel - economy and carbon - dioxide - emissions reductions equivalent by as much as 62 mpg (3.9 L / 100 km).
Standard & Poor's increased Liberty Mutual's rating one level to BBB from BBB - after Berkshire's National Indemnity Co. agreed last week to provide as much as $ 6.5 billion of coverage for the insurance company's liabilities for asbestos, environmental and workers» compensation policies.
With a background in environmental policy, much of her recent work has focused on the structures, mark - making and material that are a part of the super-structure and infrastructure of the landscapes with which she is familiar.
Teddy was a conservationist not a preservationist... He adopted Pinchot's philosophy that all resources should be used efficiently, even natural resources; this discounted other values and goals that we now consider in the «public interest»... While he did much to advance environmental policy... He also set up the contention in regulatory agencies that today plague our ability as citizens to obtain objective and independent information.
The surge of convention attendees in and out of Cleveland's international airport didn't do much for the environment, in a sense nicely reflecting the heart of the Republican platform's section on environmental policy.
Many important questions of environmental policy, however, involve inescapably uncertain outcomes... How much global warming will it take to trigger the irreversible collapse and melting of the Greenland ice sheet?»
You say that this uncertainty is used «to argue that environmental policies based on concerns over global warming are not even worthy of support», but it seems to us that it is less the case that your objection is based on an argument made as much as the fact that they outlined a difference of opinion.
A «World Alternative Policy Scenario» — which for the first time includes the developing world and emerging market economies — considers what would happen if governments decided to act much more vigorously to combat environmental problems and reduce energy - security risks.
Much less systematic attention — again in the context of the global climate policy debate (as opposed to domestic debates, where thanks to the environmental justice movement the topic is very much in play)-- has been paid to the problem of inequality within natiMuch less systematic attention — again in the context of the global climate policy debate (as opposed to domestic debates, where thanks to the environmental justice movement the topic is very much in play)-- has been paid to the problem of inequality within natimuch in play)-- has been paid to the problem of inequality within nations.
The American Lung Association supports programs and policies to reduce the health and environmental impacts associated with refuse disposal by: first, reducing the use of materials in production, packaging and purchasing; second, reusing materials whenever possible; and third, recycling or composting as much of the remainder as possible.
Such economic clout makes California ideally positioned to take the lead on energy policy and environmental issues like climate change, even as the United States as a whole has failed to make much progress on either front.
Mr. Clinton had a much easier sell in his last big environmental policy move — toughening standards for two familiar pollutants, soot and smog.
Much of the Anti-Global Warming rhetoric published by The Independent Institute is the work of a few persons, and one stands out, both in quantity of releases, as well as notoriety, S. Fred Singer who ran the climate - denial tobacco - funded organisation Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).
«It's responsive to changes in environmental policies, internally consistent, and much more flexible than multimodel international exercises.»
How did the American public, privileged as it is compared to so much of the world, elect a media celebrity with no foreign policy experience, a man who has blatantly and irresponsibly politicized a dire environmental reality?
With the environmental risks calmly laid out, framing the right policies demands proper political accountability and a much wider range of opinion and expertise than the IPCC currently provides.
Writing in Environmental Research Letters (ERL), a team advises that if the country is to achieve national goals and increase utilization up to US levels, in addition to addressing the much - discussed issues related to grid integration, China will need policy measures to address turbine siting and technology choices.
What we really want is much more clarity on effective policy responses — with a focus on the real issues of global economic progress and environmental protection.
Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.
Although a broadly - based civil society organisation rather than a modern environmental pressure group the Union now focuses much of its programme around policy issues and promotional initiatives on the integration of climate and air pollution policies, including in particular its next World Congress (Cape Town, September 2013).
Again, if given a do - over, I would argue much more clearly that environmental policy should not be seen as a tool for enhancing the so - called Alberta Advantage through a race to the bottom.
(maybe most of you are too cool to remember that sort of moment... but think of something equally bad like the time you accidentally set something on fire and it started getting out of control...) I think it will be worse than that... Seems like to me we need to be much, much, more certain before we go making policy all over the earth that could actually harm us... or maybe not quite so bad, but really not desirable, harm many developing countries and distract them from addressing real environmental land use and energy production problems that would actually help the environment and save human lives now, today... but keep an eye on the future... not suggesting head in the sand stuff... just let's stop the panic... if you have to panic it's probly too late... most people don't behave terribly rationally while panicing...
The study by Heartland Institute, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, and Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) says «mankind will be much better off in the year 2100 than it is today and therefore able to adapt to whatever challenges climate change presents.»
Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Tim Scott (SC) have teamed up with the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research to once again push the bogus theory that government regulations and environmental safeguards are costing American consumers too much money and destroying jobs.
«With so much misinformation» put out by the measure's opponents, «we don't think we had a real debate,» said James Clift, policy director for the Michigan Environmental Council.
I am very much looking forward to a new administration that does respect scientific information and that considers it very seriously in making environmental policies.»
If it is not much in our control during one of those natural occurrences, can we choose environmental protection policies which are not economically punitive to today's humans?
That certainly holds true at the state level, but that's exactly where much environmental policy is getting made these days.
To the extent that Congress entertains climate policy — which is not much — guidelines produced together by industry and environmental activists may get the conversation rolling again.
The first book to describe an ecologically sound approach to the planning and design of communities, Design with Nature has done much over the past 25 years to shape public environmental policy.
It is a new type of smart - device that - when networked - has the power to create a much greater environmental impact on urban policies, infrastructure planning and transportation habits around the world.
The social cost of carbon (SCC)-- how much damage a ton of CO2 or other GHGs is doing (and will do in the future) to the planet — is a concept much revered in environmental circles as supporting rational policy making.
He highlights that while population growth may exacerbate the environmental and food crises, the causes are much more complex, including consumption levels, technology, trade, economic and agricultural policies, as well as values and aspirations.
We haven't focused on green marketing / corporate policy issues much of late but a recent post over on the Environmental Paper Boy (EPB) raised some interesting questions in these areas.
Much of the plan is similar to that put forward by Labour, but the packaging of ambitious environmental policies as Five Green Acts makes them more easily digestable.
While the Commission in its «Trade for All» strategy has made much of its trade policy being «based on values» the effective contribution of these chapters to environmental protection has therefore been somewhat underwhelming.
The controversy surrounding environmental policy has, perhaps surprisingly, arisen not so much from the issue of conserving non-renewable commodities such as fossil fuels or industrial metals, but from the increasing scarcity or overuse of renewable natural resources, causing problems such as water and air pollution, or damage to global commons such as the atmosphere or the ozone layer.