Sentences with phrase «environmental thinking on»

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«We think the portfolio was too narrowly focused on one technology anyway, so that's probably a good thing,» says Chris Severson - Baker, managing director with the Pembina Institute, an environmental NGO.

«I think far less than 1 percent of the 7.4 billion people on earth are driven by the environmental benefit of plant - based food.

One school of thought says she should just plow ahead with her environmental agenda; history will be on her side in the end, since no one today (outside of maybe a few U.S. Republicans) doubts that the question of phasing out fossil fuels is not a matter of if but when.

«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

(In 2011, Cenovus Energy let on that output from two of its in situ oilsands projects could meet the standard, which mandates that crude oil imported to the state have lower wells - to - wheels emissions than the average of all crudes sold in the U.S.) «Yes, I think that's feasible,» says George Hoberg, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia who specializes in environmental conflict.

«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production on the highest quality ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.

I think China finally caught on to the fact that it was pricing its rare earth minerals at the uneconomic low - cost margin of extraction, not taking into account the environmental clean up costs or the replacement costs for these basically irreplaceable rare metals.

Lighthizer is expected to try to nix another transnational court for investment disputes, and he has backing from a wide variety of constitutional lawyers, environmental and labor groups, and conservative think tanks that say the special courts encroach on U.S. sovereignty.

As an eco-enthusiast, she advocates and educates on industrial hemp and environmental stewardship through her website and philosophy Think Hempy Thoughts.

On the other hand, the younger set takes their sexual cues from the resurrection (preferring not to think about the so - called «order of creation») while using Genesis to highlight their culture - making activities and their environmental concerns.

If we could count on corporations to think of profits over the longrun, such as fifty years, there would be many opportunities to show that their selfinterest coincided with some of the environmental needs.

How a philosopher thinks is partly explained by biological inheritance and environmental influence from conception on.

A political scientist at the University of Wisconsin reflects in a moderately critical way on varieties of Protestant thought and activism regarding matters environmental.

The author believes Christian environmental thinking must move beyond simplistic sloganeering or vacuous platitudes and provide concrete answers on the extent of human dominion.

On the other hand, it would be overly simple to claim the Hebrew Scriptures in support of our modern study of animal life or the work of environmental conservation, since it is clear that neither priest not prophet thought the order of nature as we now see it to reflect God's intentions, either original or ultimate, for it.

What are your thoughts on the lack of sermons on environmental stewardship in the church?

In 2008, our Paragon Vineyard was one of the first vineyards on the Central Coast to become SIP Certified Sustainable, which focuses on environmental preservation, the well - being of employees, and forward - thinking business practices.

Good on ya for making a difference in what I think is the largest policy issue facing our kids... environmental degradation.

I thought the insulated drawstring pockets on either side of the nuababy diaper bag were a clever feature to keep bottles warm and baby food protected from environmental temperatures.

We have all made snap decisions based on a whim or even, as with cloth diapering, based on our baby's health, the family budget, or the ever - present environmental concerns, only later to wonder what in the world we were thinking.

We also need to get everything sorted for environmental agencies, financial watchdogs, competition authorities and countless other bodies most of us don't think about on a day - to - day basis.

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 I work for an environmental organization, I think I will save a virtual tree and recycle on this one (see sarcastic comments under suggestion # 3, above).

The process has been going on for several years and in fact it was the environmental community who asked us to do regulations which we intended to simultaneously along with the SGEIS so I think a lot of what we're doing is in response to what the environmental community asked for.

There is often excellent blogging in more specialist spaces - academic, scientific, liberties / legal, environmental - which sometimes the political blogs pick up on, but there isn't that much linkage, and there might sometimes be some value in thinking specifically about the linking spaces.

In her rebuttal to Kremer's think - for - yourself supporting lecture on hydrofracking in New York, Woods mentioned there were several environmental consequences that have gone under the radar.

The report was generally well - received, notwithstanding reservations of some environmental advocates about the weak language on hydrofracking, but Gennaro thinks it was the right thing to do.

«I would think that people would put betting on horses and playing bingo on a par with a right to a healthful environment,» said Peter M. Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York, a nonprofit lobbying group based here.

«I think that there was so much focus on the con con question that there wasn't much focus on that last question and there wasn't a single environmental group that opposed it,» Wilson said.

«This is the sort of thing you could possibly have got away with in China in the 1950s but the impact on London, the impact on the city, the environmental cost, the whole human rights, legal challenges that will inevitably ensue will be so great that I don't think it's deliverable.»

Eustace said he moving on to the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, «where I think I'll be able to accomplish some of my environmental goals.»

The senator advised his son on fracking in an email on Sept. 4, 2012, writing: «Should think about showing product to these environmental groups.

«I hope that now this information is in the public domain it will entail both a downward pressure on overall expenditure and also make MPs think twice about the environmental impact of their journeys and how it could be lessened.»

Great Lakes Today asked environmental groups and others for their thoughts on 2017 — and what's to come in the new year.

If implemented, the governor's commitments will put New York on the map as a national leader — reducing dangerous climate pollution while advancing opportunities to harness the environmental and economic benefits provided by a forward - thinking renewable energy economy.

cuomos trying to move money from one state agency to another how slick is that, a governor who wants unsurped power so he can play king and do things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOon the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOON YOU.

In the afternoon I joined a workshop on environmental and climate change policy, which was being run by the Green Alliance think tank for a group of my fellow Conservative candidates.

The Gastronauts» meal may seem more like a reality TV stunt than a radical environmental strategy, but Gracer is on a serious mission to shake up how we all think about our food supply.

A group of researchers at the University of California, Davis, surveyed 162 farmers in Yolo County, Calif., comparing what growers thought about climate change, their willingness to participate in government - led climate programs and their takes on four different environmental regulations passed in the last 25 years.

«I think that this decision represents a clear and powerful recognition of how serious the threat of global warming is and that our reliance on coal for power generation needs to be changed,» says Eric Young, spokesman on global warming at New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council.

So I initially thought there was no way drones could compete with trucks on carbon dioxide emissions,» said senior author Anne Goodchild, a UW associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.

«I think this is a step towards making sense out of a lot of data — genetic data, environmental data, epidemiological data — to help us understand factors that contribute to long and healthy life,» says Winifred Rossi, deputy director of the Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology at the National Institute on Aging, who wasn't involved in the study.

Although it has always been believed that sponges are so simple than their responses to stimuli are minimal, the study identifies some genes involved in nerve conduction in more complex animals: «This proves that sponges» responses to environmental changes or physical stimuli may be more complex than it was thought,» underlines Ana Riesgo, who also participates in the project Actiquim, focused on chemical ecology in Antarctica.

Anne Thompson, NBC's chief environmental affairs correspondent, moderated the expert panel, which included (from left): Heidi Cullen, a correspondent for Climate Central, a nonprofit that reports on climate science; Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico and a board member of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank; Grady Gammage Jr., a practicing attorney and a senior scholar at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability; and Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

There is an environmental price for our love of chocolate on Halloween, but it may not be what you think

Regarding Keystone, I myself think it is clear that Obama should say no to Keystone, because it is something in his power to do, which would have some effect on retarding development of the tar sands (despite what the flawed State Department EIS [Environmental Impact Statement] said), and because we really wouldn't get any significant benefit from saying yes; no real oil security, few permanent jobs, and most of the money goes to Canada and to refiners in free - trade zones.

«Assuming that technology will allow ever more shale gas production at low prices — and betting energy policy and the future energy security of the country on it — is risky business,» says geologist David Hughes, who retired from the Canadian Geological Survey and is now doing assessments of shale gas and oil for the nonprofit Post Carbon Institute, a California - based environmental think tank.

According to Lester Brown, author of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder of the non-profit environmental think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on replacing the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new economic model powered by abundant sources of renewable energy.

The Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, is completing a study for the Environmental Protection Agency on what a three - foot sea level rise would do to Miami.Miami is particularly vulnerable.

«I think it's a great educational tool, which is just what a lot of consumers need right now,» says Katharine Burnham, media director of the New York City — based Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which offers a similar online service called Seafood Selector on its Web site and for mobile devices.