They may be the dog food of
choice for environmentalists, but some of their ingredients are a bit of a mystery which drops their rating from us.
* The Background: The company has been a vocal challenger of global - warming science and a lightning
rod for environmentalists.
Given that energy efficiency is the cheapest and easiest way to cut emissions in the near - term, this might be the most fruitful
place for environmentalists to focus their attention.
By not doing as much as the science suggests we need, they've demonstrated the
need for environmentalists to also look elsewhere for climate leadership.
Kinder Morgan's 1,000 - kilometre expansion project has become a national rallying
cry for environmentalists, sparked protests from Indigenous communities, caused a trade war between two provinces and brought about the arrest of a federal party leader.
Justice Stevens came to the Court at the dawn of the environmental movement and at a heady
time for environmentalists in the courts.
Though the loophole has attracted little attention in Canada, it's become another lightning rod
for environmentalist groups who oppose TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would connect oilsands in Western Canada to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico.
But the tactic of trying to hit forestry companies through their customers, of seeking out and winning international attention and the War in the Woods» successful use of civil disobedience became a model
for environmentalists around the world.
One example cited several times was Mr. de Blasio's proposal for New York City to divest its pension funds from coal, a top
priority for environmentalists nationwide.
«It's a heartfelt, sweeping, even anguished J'accuse, urging a dark night of the
soul for environmentalists, challenging them to reckon with both how bad and how urgent their predicament really is.»
The notorious tar sands in Alberta, Canada have long been a source of
contention for environmentalists, and rightfully so: Due to the destruction wrought by extracting the oil from the sands and the carbon - intensive refinement processes, this oil is often considered the dirtiest on earth.
The loss in just a few years of Indian Point's 2,000 megawatts of clean, emission - free power, however, should be no
consolation for environmentalists who truly support clean air and climate - change goals but ironically are celebrating the plant's closure.
The hurricane might have helped put climate change back on the White House agenda, and once the Keystone debate resumed earlier this year it didn't take
long for environmentalist groups to link Canada's planned pipeline to the devastating storm.
More
troubling for environmentalists is that coal consumption is expected to rise 50 % from 139 quadrillion to 209 quadrillion Btu, again mostly because of economic growth in India and China.
Though that's a tough
sell for environmentalists who worry about the devastation these oil sands are wreaking on the natural environment.
While the wicked masses have been wrecking the world, Aronofsky sets Noah up as an antediluvian version of Euell Gibbons, some kind of poster
boy for the environmentalist - Grape Nuts lifestyle (if generationally challenged, see this YouTube video for reference).
We do well to see the relevance of the denial of an atomized
self for an environmentalist like Callicott and then see how Buddhism supports and enriches his claim.
«Small is beautiful» has for decades been a
mantra for environmentalists committed to building ecologically sound communities, economies and agriculture.
He likes the three models in Honda's current small hybrid portfolio: the
Insight for the environmentalist; the Civic Hybrid for the more mainstream buyer; and the CR - Z for buyers looking for a sportier ride.