Sentences with phrase «for environmental groups»

All of which is why that moratorium — a political victory for environmental groups — may have passed so overwhelmingly.

He says for first time since 2006, bills listed as top priorities for environmental groups, none were approved by both houses and sent to the governor.

Nine years later he's become a published novelist, and she's become an activist working for an environmental group.

The authors, a mix of academic researchers and scientists for environmental groups, recommended that a moratorium on new oil exploration or development projects within the park, which sits atop substantial reserves.

The study also calls for an expansion of nuclear power — which will be controversial for environmental groups.

The government has delayed the controversial planning bill until later in the month, in what is being claimed as a victory for environmental groups.

Major public investments on the order of $ 30 to $ 80 billion a year have never been a priority for environmental groups.

Here's a «Your Dot» essay making this point, written by Robert J. Goldstein, a professor of law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, across the Hudson from my town, who has also served as general counsel for the environmental group Riverkeeper.

«People have heard about Richmond,» said Jessica Tovar, an organizer for the environmental group Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) who has assisted the Richmond residents.

Tasneem Essop, who is tracking negotiations for the environmental group WWF in Cape Town, South Africa, says that these short - term commitments are crucial for pointing the world in the right direction.

I asked Brulle about the report's evidence for a very large war chest for environmental groups.

I teach Constitutional and Military Law at the Academy, but much of my experience is in environmental law, having practiced most recently as general counsel for the environmental group Riverkeeper, Inc..

One filing that addressed the issue directly is a recent study prepared for environmental groups by Alison Silverstein, a key author of DOE's grid reliability report last year, Rob Gramlich, a former advisor to ex-FERC Chair Pat Wood III, and Michael Goggin, former head of a wind trade group.

Is it a problem for environmental groups like ELPC to be taking money from companies like Invenergy that stand to benefit financially from taking down Clinton and Quad?

Sam Smith, chief of climate policy for the environmental group WWF, said: «The text went from weak to weaker to weakest and it's very weak indeed.»

He worked for a time for an environmental group attempting to stop construction of a large dam across the Mekong, and when the effort failed, he wrote publicity materials for a cement exporter.

At the same time, opposition is so strong,» said Nikki Skuce, a resident of Smithers, B.C., and a campaigner for the environmental group Forest Ethics Advocacy.

Using the review act to overturn a federal regulation «is like burning down your house because you don't like the paint color,» said Jenifer Collins, a clean water advocate for the environmental group Earthjustice.

«This study is entirely inadequate that's going to potentially approve this process,» John Armstrong, a spokesperson for the environmental group Frack Action, told the Capitol Report «s Susan Arbetter.

Cliff Weathers is spokesman for environmental group Riverkeeper, which has long wanted Indian Point shut down.

«There are no deliberations or work product from this group,» said Kate Hudson, director of the New York City Watershed Program for the environmental group Riverkeeper and a former regional attorney for DEC Hudson.

A more exact measure of carbon footprint wanted While Krupp is a presence for environmental groups, the panel has come under fire from some for being too heavily weighted toward gas industry interests.

While the techniques draw from the same pool of knowledge, and travel together in scientific circles, many environmental groups do not oppose molecular breeding, while stridently critiquing current GM crops, according to Marco Contiero, the European biotech policy director for the environmental group Greenpeace.

You headlined Alice Klein's call for environmental groups to be free to use the courts «All voices must be heard...

APLNJ has written articles for environmental groups» magazines to highlight the connection between factory farming practices and the destruction of the environment.

The key social point he is addressing is the struggle that's emerged for environmental groups between «hope versus truth.»

Four climate scientists, three of whom have published in peer - reviewed literature on energy issues (a sampler from Wigley, Hansen and Caldeira), are pressing the case for environmental groups to embrace the need for a new generation of nuclear power plants in a letter they distributed overnight to a variety of organizations and journalists.

He also wants to drill in a different part of Alaska's North Slope than the national wildlife refuge known as ANWR, but one that also is a battleground for some environmental groups.

It was a particularly satisfying moment for environmental groups in the Hudson Valley — including Scenic Hudson, which I head.

Equally, the event became a lightning rod for environmental groups who attempted to depict the panel discussion as a trade show for fossil fuel industries.

With the exception of the figures for the environmental groups, this comparison of lobbying expenditures across coalitions should not be interpreted as reflecting the actual amounts spent on cap and trade legislation.

Given Citizens United, the uncertainty over spending rules in upcoming elections, and the vast revenue base for environmental groups described in the chapter, it is not clear what conservative versus enviro / progressive spending will be in the 2012 election or future elections.

The documents were recently sent to The New York Times by a lawyer for environmental groups that sided with the state.

Like many young people in China, Zhang's interest means he still works as a volunteer for an environmental group during his spare time.

Both sources are cited in a well - publicized report from Tufts University [PDF], prepared for the environmental group Friends of the Earth.

They claimed the bill would be a licence for environmental groups to defame the industry.

Clinton was asked about a potential investigation by Jordan Cichon, a resident of Dover, N.H. and a community organizer for the environmental group 350 Action, after the town hall meeting.

In 2014 - 15, the company raised nearly $ 500,000 for environmental groups working on shark protection.

Just when we thought the op - ed letter couldn't get worse, these fake skeptics have the gall to suggest that we «follow the money,» because climate «alarmism» supposedly brings bountiful research funding, «an excuse for governments to raise taxes», «big donations» for environmental groups, and other similar tinfoil - hattery.

For environmental groups, it was a victory that came after decades of work.