Sentences with phrase «environmentalists also»

But we environmentalists also share in the blame.
(1) A long - time supporter of nuclear power as a way to lower greenhouse gas emissions, which has made him unpopular with environmentalists, Lovelock has now come out in favour of natural gas fracking (which environmentalists also oppose), as a low - polluting alternative to coal.
Not only will that add to the competition for water, but environmentalists also worry that dams like the controversial project on the Madeira River in western Brazil will block the flow of nutrient - bearing sediments and fish migration routes.
Environmentalists also worry that the seawater could trigger the growth of tiny, floating gypsum crystals that could whiten the upper layers of the Dead Sea, raising its temperature and speeding its evaporation.
Other environmentalists also criticize the idea of reducing emissions from one fossil fuel to release more of another via oil recovery.
Environmentalists also expressed disappointment with Cuomo's proposal, noting it exempts several types of plastic bags and does not impose a fee on paper bags to encourage the use of reusable bags.
Though they praised a U.S. Coast Guard study, the lawmakers and environmentalists also made it clear they are doubling down on opposition to any long - term anchorage sites in future proposals.
Many environmentalists also support the idea as a way of putting lipstick on policies that could slow down economic growth.
Environmentalists also bemoaned the decision, which they described as a setback for the further development of renewable energy.

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Grantham also has strong views on the oil market, which isn't surprising for a devoted environmentalist who participated in Keystone pipeline protests and has called for the death of the «tar sands.»
Also Monday, environmentalists agreed to put on hold another lawsuit over protections for the Gunnison sage grouse, a smaller version of the bird found only in Colorado and Utah.
Also Monday, environmentalists agreed to put on hold another lawsuit over protections for the Gunnison sage grouse, a smaller version of the bird which is found only in Colorado and Utah.
In addition to compromising the indigenous areas (Rio Paru D'Este and Waiãpi) that fall within its borders, environmentalists are also fearful of the potential for deforestation, destruction and even the potential of a gold rush that could result from this official order, as well as the additional pressure on social problems.
We can also expect the government to look beyond the potential backlash from environmentalists and push to reform regulatory processes that slow down the development of our natural resources.
Kinder Morgan Canada says it will walk away from the project on May 31 unless Ottawa acts to end the uncertainty over the project, which is also opposed by environmentalists and aboriginal activists.
Environmentalists and health workers in favor of the CPP will emphasize how the plan would lead to billions of dollars in savings on hospital bills because it also would slash emissions from coal plants.
The report also counters warnings from environmentalists that the pipeline's construction would spur a huge increase in production from western Canada's tar sands, believed to be one of the biggest reserves of crude oil outside Saudi Arabia — unleashing torrents of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Murphy, who is a right - wing ideologue, also writes a turgid column for the pro-business National Post, where he rails against environmentalists on global warming, champions the oil sands and pipelines, and protests any effort to fight climate change.
But they've also been the subject of criticism by environmentalists because of questions surrounding their cost and effectiveness, as well as the potential health and safety risks associated with them.
In choosing Berman specifically, it also was a signal to environmentalists that their concerns would no longer be ignored.
It has also had significant environmental consequences — set aside climate change and, if nothing else, think of industrial toxicity at the scale of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long - term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.
St Francis is one of the best - loved saints, not only among Christians, but also among environmentalists and animal rights campaigners: he loved nature, animals and every human person.
Creation care is a growing concern among evangelicals, though they are also concerned that some of the decisions of environmentalists hurt poor people.
He is the author of numerous fantastically entertaining books, including his most recent work Watermelons: How the Environmentalists are Killing the Planet, Destroying the Economy and Stealing Your Children's Future, also available in the US, and in Australia as Killing the Earth to Save It.»
If it's the former, can you explain to us how being a Christian led you to also being an environmentalist?
As I enter the middle of my third trimester in my third pregnancy (don't come after me, environmentalists), I'm trying to do my best to not only take care of my baby but also myself.
It has often been viewed as a «single issue» environmentalist party, but while it still maintains its environmental policies and political ecology, it also has a history of support for communitarian economic policies, including well - funded, locally controlled public services within the confines of a steady state economy, and it supports proportional representation.
Environmentalists hoping the state will reject the Constitution argue any decision could also affect the others, at least two of which would be longer and lead to a more dramatic increase in the region's fossil - fuel consumption.
While renewable power sources such as solar can also be expensive, environmentalists argue the more people that use it, the cheaper it will be in the future.
Lawyer Rudolf Amenga - Etego, who is also an environmentalist, has indicated to Starr News through his spokesperson, Gilbert Atanga, that he would use his MP Common Fund to strengthen needy constituents through education, health, water and sanitation programmes among other interventions if voted as MP for the area in this year's general elections.
This was also the time when far - leftists started to court social and ethnic minorities, such as gays, feminists, environmentalists and the growing population of foreign «guest workers».
Environmentalists are pushing for a rejection in all of the above, but that would also open the state up to an industry lawsuit that could be hard to win in court.
It also witnessed large - scale societal and attitudinal changes, including the creation of a brilliantly vibrant civil society encompassing human rights groups, environmentalists, indigenous populations and religious interests, active and often strident in pursuit of their societal aims.
Also against the convention: both pro and anti-abortion groups, environmentalists and gun rights organizations.
The plan has also angered some environmentalists.
But the infusion of outside environmental spending in the race also gave Ernst an opening to attack her opponent, who she said was supported by a «billionaire extreme environmentalist» — Tom Steyer of NextGen Climate.
McKenna also has received praise from some environmentalists.
Both the Sierra Club and Greenpeace have objected to CCS, although all environmentalists seem to agree that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by at least 80 percent below 1990 levels by midcentury, a goal also shared by the Obama administration.
Professor Rob Heinsohn, also from the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, said groups such as foresters, environmentalists and members of the public would be severely affected if the birds became extinct.
Despite his environmentalist stance, Hansen has also criticized the environmentalist movement.
But environmentalists have fretted that fish farms also breed toxins, and in January the largest study of its kind revealed that farmed salmon often have dangerous levels of poisons like PCBs and dioxins.
Warren Spring's expertise is a national resource valued not only by government but also by industry and environmentalists.
Environmentalists have also become critical of using corn, sugarcane and other agricultural crops because they typically need lots of fresh water, fossil fuel — rich fertilizer and land to grow.
It also led to a «Wolf Summit» in January, where sport and subsistence hunters, environmentalists, and state officials gathered to present their cases.
For some environmentalists, saving the planet is not just about preserving natural resources; it is also about fixing the disruptions caused by centuries of human activity.
Woodworth gives a stirring portrait of the hardworking environmentalists who are trying to restore landscapes to their former, untouched glory, but he also captures the dark side of the enterprise: it sometimes requires the brutal destruction of very large numbers of invasive species to make room for long - departed native ones.
But the opposite also proved to be true, «where you would expect environmentalists don't think enough is being done to address climate change so they may support SRM, and where conservatives are unsupportive because they don't want the government to be involved,» said Mercer.
Devine also noted that one reason the Obama administration decided to write the 2015 regulation was to answer complaints from industry and environmentalists alike that the 1986 regulations were too confusing to follow.
Environmentalists are also starting to focus on Proposition 26, a little - noticed California ballot measure that would reclassify environmental impact fees as taxes and require a two - thirds vote of the state legislature to impose them rather than a simple majority.
Sage, a mom over 40, is not only an empathetic fitness trainer of 17 years but also a compassionate environmentalist who constantly works to improve the world around us.
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