Sentences with phrase «for environmental progress»

He sees the main current challenge for all environmental progress as the new, increasingly powerful and combative anti-science wing of U.S. politics.

In any case, it's terrible for environmental progress.

The following excerpts from an article I wrote for Outside Magazine (and a related Dot Earth post) on President Obama's second - term opportunities for environmental progress are worth reposting:

Not exact matches

The environmental and labor side agreements negotiated by our administration will make this agreement a force for social progress as well as economic growth.»

[16:00] Pain + reflection = progress [16:30] Creating a meritocracy to draw the best out of everybody [18:30] How to raise your probability of being right [18:50] Why we are conditioned to need to be right [19:30] The neuroscience factor [19:50] The habitual and environmental factor [20:20] How to get to the other side [21:20] Great collective decision - making [21:50] The 5 things you need to be successful [21:55] Create audacious goals [22:15] Why you need problems [22:25] Diagnose the problems to determine the root causes [22:50] Determine the design for what you will do about the root causes [23:00] Decide to work with people who are strong where you are weak [23:15] Push through to results [23:20] The loop of success [24:15] Ray's new instinctual approach to failure [24:40] Tony's ritual after every event [25:30] The review that changed Ray's outlook on leadership [27:30] Creating new policies based on fairness and truth [28:00] What people are missing about Ray's culture [29:30] Creating meaningful work and meaningful relationships [30:15] The importance of radical honesty [30:50] Thoughtful disagreement [32:10] Why it was the relationships that changed Ray's life [33:10] Ray's biggest weakness and how he overcame it [34:30] The jungle metaphor [36:00] The dot collector — deciding what to listen to [40:15] The wanting of meritocratic decision - making [41:40] How to see bubbles and busts [42:40] Productivity [43:00] Where we are in the cycle [43:40] What the Fed will do [44:05] We are late in the long - term debt cycle [44:30] Long - term debt is going to be squeezing us [45:00] We have 2 economies [45:30] This year is very similar to 1937 [46:10] The top tenth of the top 1 % of wealth = bottom 90 % combined [46:25] How this creates populism [47:00] The economy for the bottom 60 % isn't growing [48:20] If you look at averages, the country is in a bind [49:10] What are the overarching principles that bind us together?

We have no shortage of entrepreneurs who are finding innovative ways to push social progress or tackle environmental problems while making profits, but there was a gap in the market for early - stage funding.

VICTORIA — New Democrats are introducing a bill calling for the creation of a sustainable development board which would report to policy makers about key indicators of economic, environmental and social progress.

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Released to the public in June 2017, the latest corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) confirms continued environmental progress through increased efficiencies in mill energy systems, increased use of low - impact fossil fuels, and increased recovery for recycling.

However, there is a need for progress to meet tomorrow's agricultural, environmental and societal challenges, to be vital for public health and wellbeing and to have a major impact on global food systems.

The Accountability Framework, an initiative being developed by a coalition of leading environmental and social organisations (including the Rainforest Alliance), will provide a clear pathway for companies on the sustainability journey — including key milestones and benchmarks to evaluate their progress.

The NYLCV gave the Legislature a «B» for its progress on environmental and energy issues in the 2012 legislative session that ended last month.

Represents the most progress made since plans for the new bridge began over 10 years ago New York State Press Release New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Joan McDonald and New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) Executive Director Thomas Madison today announced that NYSDOT and NYSTA have completed and released the Draft Environmental -LSB-...]

We are proud to endorse Elaine Phillips and we encourage Nassau County residents who care about clean water and environmental progress to vote for Elaine Phillips for State Senate.»

We are proud to endorse Jack Martins and we encourage Nassau County residents who care about clean water and environmental progress to vote for Jack Martins for State Senate.»

«This foolish rollback of clean water standards rejects years of work building stakeholder input and scientific data support, and it imperils the progress for safe clean drinking water in the Midwest,» Howard Learner, executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center, told Reuters.

The New York League of Conservation Voters has issued its «Environmental Progress Report» grading the legislature on its priority issues for the recently adjourned legislative session.

Following a status report from consultant Glenn Gidaly of Barton & Loguidice, DPC regarding progress toward submitting a grant application for New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation funding to upgrade Rosendale's water supply system, supervisor Jeanne Walsh rolled all of the town's many annual housekeeping items into a single resolution, expeditiously ensuring that town employees would continue to get paid.

«At its core, the program monitors water quality in the watershed and the bay and also does environment modeling that's required to track progress,» says Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

Recently, in an article published in the journal Nature Energy, lead author Yong Yan, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, reported a key breakthrough in the basic science essential for progress toward this goal.

By encouraging development of green technologies and services, the federal government aims to leverage environmental progress for an overall economic benefit.

Berkeley, CA About Blog Environmental Progress (EP) is a research and policy organization fighting for clean power and energy justice to achieve nature and prosperity for all.

This set of resource includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com

The event included provocations from Stephanie Draper, a Director at Forum for the Future who shared progress to date, giving examples of organisations who are achieving absolute reductions in their environmental impact and from Professor Tim Jackson of the Sustainable Development Commission on the limitations of decoupling and the need for a new model of ecological enterprise.

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Poor environmental conditions can thwart academic progress by making it harder for students to concentrate, causing or exacerbating illness in students and staff, increasing absences and lost work days, and diverting school funds to pay for costly repair and remediation projects.

These include circulars on Environmental Justice and Title VI, as well as an apportionments notice with guidance regarding the implementation of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21).

These actions build upon requirements of earlier transportation authorizations, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA - LU), as well as administrative approaches through Executive Order (EO) 13604, Presidential Memoranda and the White House's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) modernization efforts, and DOT initiatives (e.g. Every Day Counts, eNEPA, etc.).

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), hereafter referred to as the «Agencies,» are engaging interested parties in a discussion on the use of programmatic approaches to conduct environmental reviews, as required by Section 1305 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21; 23 U.S.C. 139 (b)(3)-RRB-.

Putting an Ecologic label on each Chevrolet is just one more way for us to share our environmental progress.»

«Eco-minded drivers looking for a new «green» vehicle with low CO2 emissions don't have to look further than the fun - to - drive and fuel - efficient Accord Hybrid,» said Steven Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «Recognition from the trusted editors at Kelley Blue Book is proof positive of the progress Honda has made developing increasingly cleaner vehicles over the last 40 years.»

As players progress, they'll run into items including explosive barrels and crates, which can be used for environmental attacks on surrounding enemies.

It is with the industrial landscapes created by mankind that one can best judge its progress and failings, and Edward Burtynsky has been taking a front row seat in these spectacles of environmental disasters for nearly three decades.

But there's also the broadest, and most important, question: In the wake of this unfolding calamity, what is the best approach to building an energy policy for the long haul that fosters economic progress (as distinct from simple economic growth) while limiting environmental risks ranging from tainted beaches and fisheries to global warming?

The commentators on NewsHour were Glenn Hurowitz, who works on environmental issues at the Center for International Policy, Daniel Weiss, the director of climate strategy at the Center for American Progress, and Ken Green, who analyzes environmental policy for the American Enterprise Institute.

The document provides a reasonable start for finding common ground in framing an energy quest that advances human progress while limiting environmental risks.

(To my mind, there's enormous potential for progress testing new ways to share and shape ideas, and far slimmer prospects for using environmental treaty - making and other tools of global governance.)

The commentary comes from people as varied as Joe Romm of the liberal Center for American Progress, who gives the president an «F,» to Kenneth Green of the libertarian American Enterprise Institute, who criticizes the president for letting the Environmental Protection Agency overstep its bounds.

From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.

Our story on the punishment of a woman in Sudan who dared wear pants brings to mind a theme that has percolated on Dot Earth for a while: the relationship among the conditions facing women (and girls) in developing countries, progress toward prospering, stable populations and, in the end, societal and environmental stability.

The only reason I can think of is that Grist is trolling for page views more than seeking social and environmental progress?

As the Associate Director for Environmental Policy at the Center for American Progress, I've spent the last week trying to explain to the media that the Taskforce did not say that climate collapse was 10 years away!

For more on the potential to use new approaches to communication to make progress on climate and energy, explore the Twitter feed below — generated during a mini-course on climate, the Web and communication that I'm teaching this week at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management of the University of California, Santa Barbara:

He sees the focus of Rio and related discussions as too mechanistic, and skirting around the need for fostering a new kind of «ecological citizenship» as a precursor to progress on planet - scale environmental issues:

To mark the occasion, Olav Kjorven, assistant secretary general of the United Nations for development policy, submitted a comment on my recent post asking if the world's wealthiest people need new goals even as rich countries work to foster human and environmental progress elsewhere.

For more on the potential to use new approaches to communication to make progress on climate and energy, explore the Twitter feed below — generated during a mini-course on climate, the Web and communication that I'm teaching this week at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management of the University of California, Santa Barbara: Read more...

«The destruction of wildlife and environmental havens can no longer be excused for the sake of progress or the attainment of natural resources,» rocker Tankian, a longtime backer of human - rights and animal - rights causes, wrote in a statement of support for SOS Teghut.

There's been incredible progress on many environmental fronts, but huge gaps remain, particularly when the issue is conserving global «commons» ranging from the shared atmosphere — still a free dump for greenhouse gases — to ocean - roaming fish species like bluefin tuna.

I hope and trust that President Obama will find room in his State of the Union address tonight not only for jobs, security and environmental progress, but also for sustaining critical investments in such technologies and related science.

The first guest dispatch, focusing on new roles for laws and courts in driving environmental progress, comes from Nicholas A. Robinson, a colleague of mine and longtime environmental law professor at Pace University.