Sentences with phrase «even environmental groups»

He says even environmental groups, which have long been reluctant to embrace adaptation, now also are agreeing it's needed.
And that consideration has brought even environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the EDF to support carbon capture and storage.

Not exact matches

A decision that rewards a group of companies that manufacture roughly 5 % of the trucks on the road today is astounding — even given president Trump's and administrator Pruitt's antipathy toward environmental regulations.
Environmental Working Group has some great sunscreen pics for even the most sensitive of skin.
Even Sir Pau McCartney and other environmental groups have spoken out against this backward thinking.
The Environmental Working Group even labeled it reef - friendly and awarded their highest rating to this product.
«What the A.G. said — I thought his statement was not at all inconsistent with what even the leading environmental groups have said about it,» Gennaro said, naming Riverkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Travis Book, an environmental group manager at Barclay Water Management, said it is fairly common for cooling towers to become reinfected with Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires» disease, even after being cleaned for it, given how ubiquitous it is.
The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»
The call for more cleanup on the Hudson comes about a year after GE dismantled its PCB processing site in Fort Edward, even though environmental groups wanted it to remain in place in case further dredging was needed.
But the July 15 fundraising report may prove even more crucial for Lazio's chances as potential big - time donors assess his ability to beat Cuomo, said Bill Mahoney, a researcher at the New York Public Interest Research Group, a not - for - profit focused on environmental and government - reform issues.
The lineup of opposition groups includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»
But because Aspen has such high name recognition and because having a ski resort involved in the story is odd and unique, the press coverage looked something like this: «12 states, three environmental groups, even a ski resort, have weighed in, in support of this lawsuit.»
And after years of negotiations, even the most litigious environmental groups are appeased by 4FRI's promise.
Steve: So when you see alcoholism in a cluster in a family group, that's a signal to you that even though there might be an environmental component, perhaps it's at least worth looking for a genetic component?
Most industry groups are closely following U.S. EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Hackney said, but even agencies historically uninvolved with environmental issues have started assuming environmental oversight responsibilities.
«With or without German support — or even without the [Ecuadorian] government's support — the initiative remains valid and legitimate, not only for the indigenous people that live within the borders of the national park but for Ecuadorian society and for the world as a whole,» said Ivonne Yanez, president of Acción Ecológica, a Quito - based environmental activist group which has been instrumental in raising the initiative's profile.
«It will be reducing emissions on the order of 95 or even 99 percent,» says methane researcher and co-author Robert Harriss of the Environmental Defense Fund, a pro-gas environEnvironmental Defense Fund, a pro-gas environmentalenvironmental group.
Even before the recent push to bring on a full - time marine mammal guard to look out for almost a dozen of the Navy's submarines and 9,500 personnel, the Navy considered bringing dolphin guards to Kitsap - Bangor two decades ago, but the move was stalled by a lawsuit from environmental groups charging that the Navy failed to analyze the effects of the proposed actions on the dolphins themselves and then a loss for security funding in the 1990s.
Many environmental groups oppose nuclear power and any use of coal, even with carbon capture and sequestration technology.
Environmental groups, climate activists, and some Democrats in Congress have long complained that federal agencies, and DOE in particular, have spent too much money supporting the fossil fuel industry, even as it racked up decades of impressive profits.
Even given government incentives and a price on carbon, however, ArborGen must satisfy concerns from regulators and environmental groups that its engineered trees will not, especially when gifted with the ability to resist cold, spread untrammeled through forests.
Even if you're not intending to, you could be overwhelming your skin: The average woman uses 12 different products with 168 unique ingredients every day, according to research from the Environmental Working Group in Washington D.C.. All that on top of the usual stressors — pollution, hormonal changes, anxiety — and it's no wonder derms are seeing an increase in sensitive skin complaints such as breakouts, redness, rashes, and extreme dryness.
Be sure to download Environmental Working Group's Healthy Living App so you can check ingredients on the go and even scan products in the store.
The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database had confirmed that even the most «natural» of body products I had found were still pretty toxic.
But perhaps even worse than some of the above contaminants are the disinfection byproducts, such as trihalomethanes, which the Environmental Working Group also found in samples of bottled water.
Luckily, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) recently released its annual ranking of the best sunscreen products, including beach and sports sunscreens that will stay put even on your most active summer days.
Groups as diverse as ACT UP (gay rights), Critical Mass (environmental bicyclists), even the archconservative Catholic League are getting on the civil disobedience bandwagon.
One of his most important commissioners had stepped up and set a new standard for transparency and ethics and that eliminating even the appearance of a conflict of interest required him to recuse himself on any issue related to an environmental group whose board he has served on.
But so far the industry, tourists, and even this great environmental group working to save the corals, don't seem to think it is essential for coral's survival that the passengers or public have this information.
I've read that temperature changes may be even much greater that those talked about above.Some environmental groups say we c» ant paint too bleak a picture becauses people and governmnents will just give up.
Arctic drilling — After missteps in its efforts to drill in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's coast in the summer of 2012, Shell is going to try again this summer, but the effort will prompt even more scrutiny from the Obama administration and criticism from environmental groups that don't want the drilling at all.
Environmental groups were hoping — and will push, during the comment period — for a more aggressive goal, that would translate to even more significant benefits.
We were even up against phony environmental groups, and I'm a big environmentalist, but these were funded by the Russians to stand against any effort, oh that pipeline, that fracking, whatever will be a problem for you, and a lot of the money supporting that message was coming from Russia.»
Steyer built his multi-billion-dollar fortune by investing and promoting the coal industry, which has attracted criticism from even left - wing environmental groups.
We were even up against phony environmental groups, and I'm a big environmentalist, but these were funded by the Russians to stand up against any effort, «Oh that pipeline, that fracking, that whatever will be a problem for you,» and a lot of that money supporting that effort was coming from Russia.
The group's senior fellow for environmental policy even took credit for persuading «most of ALEC's state legislators and corporate members to push for a repeal of laws requiring more solar and wind power use on the basis of economics.»
As a result the large US environmental groups did not even participate in most discussions about Agenda 21 at the UN CSD, they believed that they had more important environmental issues to work on.
«Perhaps he won't even notice he has changed jobs,» said David G. Hawkins, who directs the climate center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a private environmental group.
However, court records released as part of the discovery process in a lawsuit brought about by environmental groups showed that Millennium hoped to greatly expand their operation from five million to a second phase increase to 20 million tons or even 60 million tons annually.
But even with the «environmental» groups» strong influence, the Obama Administration may not have trusted the SAB to render the invalid scientific conclusions on climate alarmism they wanted in their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding and failed to submit their GHG Endangerment Finding to the SAB for review despite the clear need for it to do so on such an important and influential issue.
In my experience (and that of many many folk I know who volunteer their time in the name of environmental causes and the conservation of significant ecological heritage), the clout and $ $ $ $ wielded by Big Business and environmental lobby groups is simply not even on the same scale, let alone comparable.
Even at their most stringent, the pledges do not meet the accord's goal of holding warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, climate scientists and environmental groups say.
At the same time, the public, the press, most environmental and civil society groups, and even most members of Congress are largely left uninformed.
For that reason Environmental Progress submitted an official letter to the Commissioners — with an even larger group of signatories — and is mobilizing pro-nuclear supporters to come to Albany to urge Commissioners to do the right thing.
TransCanada's massive pipeline scheme is being challenged from First Nations, provincial and municipal governments, environmental and grassroots groups, and even from other pipeline companies.
But now, even leading scientists and environmental groups admit the IPCC is facing a crisis of credibility that makes the Climategate affair look like small change.
Even before the action was official, environmental groups were already applauding the new president.
There's nothing very romantic about EU climate policy — even if some environmental groups trailed the European Parliament's vote on the reform of the emissions trading system (EU ETS) as an occasion for «climate love».
The Democratic Party, community - of - color groups, organized labor, big liberal donors, and even most big environmental groups have come out against it.
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