Sentences with phrase «environmentalists in»

Both Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney and Wildrose Leader Brian Jean have always been quick to point to any opposition by environmentalists in British Columbia, aging stars in Hollywood or whomever wherever as evidence that trying to earn social license from citizens of other jurisdictions to get Alberta's oil to world markets is a lost cause.

Justice Stevens came to the Court at the dawn of the environmental movement and at a heady time for environmentalists in the courts.

Likewise, environmentalists in British Columbia, which enacted the first tax on carbon dioxide emissions in North America two years ago, are incensed that Vancouver has blossomed into a major coal loading location.

I think they missed the airline traffic exception clause for environmentalists in that statement.

But, unlike those environmentalists in wealthy countries who denounce the modern world while enjoying its blessings, the ecomodernists recognize that, though with today's technology it is impossible to lift the world's poorest out of poverty without destroying the environment, with the technologies of the future — next - generation nuclear and solar power, carbon capture and storage, high - intensity agriculture and aquaculture, and others — all things are possible.

For environmentalists in Scotland who had opposed the development, there is a silver lining to the recession cloud: Trump has conceded that it is just too expensive to go ahead with the controversial plan to build a hotel and luxury villa development along with his golf course on the Scottish coast.

For example, the nuclear power solution has generally been widely rejected by the left and environmentalists in the past.

I'm inclined to lay the blame on environmentalists in the 1960's and 1970's for there not being a far larger percentage of energy in the US being generated by nuclear plants.

Most contentiously, environmentalists in the United States should all be doing what they can to slow the spread of fracking.

Republican pollster Frank Luntz — the brains behind Newt Gingrich's «Contract With America» and the man who coined politically potent phrases like the «death tax» — wants to help environmentalists in their push for legislation to combat climate change.

Environmentalists in Turkey came out in force for the 10/10/10 Global Work Party organized by 350.org, marching and biking in Istanbul, Ankara, Kars, and İzmir to raise awareness about climate change.

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The scientific community is as interested as environmentalists in having the world habitable for the generation born in 2500.

The whole situation puts environmentalists in a tough place.

New roads are built all the time in Turkey without much fuss, but the prospect of losing a massive oak tree that had stood in their town for 800 years brought residents of one Aegean village out into the streets recently to halt the completion of the Denizli - Salihli Highway.Villagers and environmentalists in Kadıköy village, part of Buldan district in Denizli province, began standing guard around the 800 - year - old oak tree to keep it from being chopped down as part of the road - construction process, the Doğan news agency reported this week.

In 2007, we asked environmentalists in focus groups about green consumption.

Those things, common to environmentalists in particular, need some explanation.

Standing outside NAMM's conference, renowned musicians joined top environmentalists in calling for NAMM to stop lobbying for the so - called «RELIEF» Act (HR 3210).

Some Albertans hate environmentalists in general, I'm not sure why; and sometimes they may not distinguish between non-scientist activists and scientists.

For years, environmentalists in the US have been claiming the Great Smokey Mountains got its name steam coming off the mountains after a thunderstorm and that the haze of the Blue Ridge was caused by automobiles — as if the pioneers who named it had automobiles.]

But things took a turn for the worse with several high profile murders of environmentalists in 2012.

In 1999, however, Mr. Babbitt found himself at odds with environmentalists in Santa Barbara County for extending the life of 36 offshore oil leases, just as they were about to expire.

For the environmentalists in State of Fear, It was never about science or truth or even protecting the environment, only power and keeping a job.

Other participants included Doctor Yu Xiao Gang, one of Wang Yong Chen's peers who also played an important role in the 2004 victory, as well as up - and - coming environmentalists in their twenties and thirties.

Even as some utility executives are joining environmentalists in supporting controls on carbon emissions, TXU is betting $ 10 billion on 11 new coal power plants that will produce huge amounts of global warming gases for decades to come.

Within a month of the EEI's letter, the documents were circulating in the streets, especially among environmentalists in Washington, D.C..

She is part of a growing body of environmentalists in the research community who suggest that what has traditionally been considered good for mankind may not be good for nature.

With the religion of global warming, it is a shame that Stop These Things is not embraced as clean - and - green by more environmentalists in Australia.

Mr. Obama needs environmentalists in his camp, if he expects to be reelected.

After all, wind has been the «technology» of choice for environmentalists in government and in newspapers.

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, which would transport the tar sands oil to Canada's west coast, would likely face opposition from environmentalists in Canada in addition to possible legal challenges from more than 100 First Nations in Western Canada.

After years of overfishing and rampant dam - building, a senior fisheries expert with the Chinese Academy of Sciences has spoken out against the ecological threats facing the Yangtze River by calling for a 10 - year fishing moratorium and joining environmentalists in decrying the proposed Xiaonanhai Dam.

Pragmatic environmentalists in industry generally comment on topics that they think will affect their ability to comply with the proposed rules or address issues related to compliance obligations, primarily related to reporting.

«4 But the determined environmentalists in Rio were not interested in these warnings.

As I've argued previously on these pages, what environmentalists in general, and green energy evangelists in particular have missing is a sense of proportion.

Since 2002, Costa Rica's Federation for the Conservation of the Environment has recorded 66 crimes and murders against environmentalists in Costa Rica and other Central American countries, many drug trafficking related.

Howard Zahniser of the Wilderness Society reflected the feeling of many environmentalists in the 1960s when he wrote, about the struggle over the Grand Canyon, «We're not fighting progress, we're making it.»

The Independent on Sunday has come out with its list of the top 100 environmentalists in the UK.

On the same day, Bill McKibben and George Monbiot, leading environmentalists in the United States and Britain, wrote columns in the Guardian laying out completely divergent conclusions.

Also, I hope you tackle the idea that well - to - do environmentalists in the first world just shrinking consumption a little here and there (while blaming corporate America) will have any marginal effect or not.

I've been criticized by some environmentalists in recent years for writing that the long - term picture (more CO2 = warmer world = less ice = higher seas and lots of climatic and ecological changes) is the only aspect of human - caused global warming that is solidly established, and that efforts to link dramatic weather - related events to the human influence on climate could backfire should nature wiggle the other way for awhile.

Farmers and environmentalists in northern Tasmania are teaming up to eradicate feral cats blamed for killing more than 20 billion native Australian animals a year, as well as threatening livestock.

Encourage the environmentalists in your school to apply now; applications are due February 28, 2014.

Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard as idealistic environmentalists in the Pactific Northwest, Reichardt and co-writer Jonathan Raymond set out to see just how much tension can be squeezed out of the most mundane of people and situations.

«One of the factors slowing the world - wide switch to natural gas is shortsighted opposition from some environmentalists in the U.S., Europe and beyond.

Believing that science will eventually prevail over vested denial may be comforting for historians, but is problematic for those who live and die during times when it doesn't, such as environmentalists in the US now.

Environmentalists in France have been fighting proposals to build a tunnel through the mountains and an improved road link to Spain.

The latest finds have prompted environmentalists in Scotland to call for a halt to the reprocessing of nuclear fuel at Dounreay while the site is cleaned up.

Ball said opposition to the technique was a cause that bridges the gap between environmentalists in the Occupy Wall Street movement and property - rights enthusiasts in the tea party.

As he was courting environmentalists in the New York primary, Vermont Senator Senator called Indian Point a «catastrophe waiting to happen» because of the bolts and other issues.