Sentences with phrase «for local environmentalists»

It's also a remarkable win for local environmentalists and tribes, including the Swinomish Tribe, Yakama Nation, and Lummi Nation, who have been fighting coal exports.

Not exact matches

Houston, whose Pictou East riding neighbours the pulp mill, equated the decision to go with a Class 1 assessment with a similar decision for the Alton Gas natural gas storage project near Stewiake, which has been through the courts and has been subject to protests from environmentalists and local Mi» kmaq bands.

But Casey - Lefkowitz says environmentalists will press for a fresh review of the entire project that would include not only local concerns in Nebraska but the bigger question of greenhouse gas emissions.

What remains is a standoff between those who insist on practicing their beliefs unfettered and environmentalists who are trying to preserve the area for local marine life.

But environmentalists contend the process could damage the local water table for the long term.

Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End towns.

Suffolk County lawmakers and local environmentalists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers» latest plan for disposing of dredged materials in Long Island Sound.

Riverkeeper is an active participant in a broad - based coalition of local elected officials, drinking water and wastewater service providers, state environmental and health administrators, engineers and environmentalists throughout the nation in campaigning for the establishment of a national Clean Water Trust Fund.

The Senators and environmentalists, residents and local elected leaders, are challenging whether FERC's findings meet the region's energy needs and account for the pipeline's environmental impact.

In March, Suffolk lawmakers and local environmentalists urged Gov. Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers» plan for about 53 million cubic yards of dredge spoils to be dumped into the Sound over the next 30 years.

The amended bill, which would mandate that the government outline alternative uses for the island, is expected to pass a House committee Thursday, Zeldin said at a news conference in Riverhead with local elected officials and environmentalists.

Local environmentalists must be ecstatic about the overwhelming support for the Community Preservation Fund in the five East End towns.

Schist is in the process of draining the swamp area for his own greedy purposes, and the only thing he sees standing in the way of him and untold millions are the local natives, namely, the Native Americans and environmentalists trying to protect the lands.

But attorneys for Fund for Animals and local environmentalists say the effort, however needed, should not be done at the expense of other birds and wildlife.

Local environmentalists have been denouncing the spoliation for years, with little effect.

But Mendes had built a global network, from local labor organizers to American environmentalists, and had personally pressed development banks in Washington to restrict loans for Brazil's road - building projects until local peoples» rights were considered.

Now whether or not such impressive measures mitigate Wal Mart's effect on local economies, or its continued push for lower prices, is a debate that is likely to continue among us environmentalists.

We saw substantial growing pains, and some hopeful signs, in three places: • On Ilha Grande — the third busiest island destination for tourists in South America — interviews with business owners and local environmentalists reveal a race between rising popularity, mostly via cruise ships, and the capacity of infrastructure to handle growing crowds.

Environmentalists on local councils have allowed roadsides to become conservation zones for native vegetation, raising the risk of intense bushfires on access roads and jeopardising residents» safety.

«Environmentalists generally object to battery - powered devices and for good reason: batteries require mined minerals, employ manufacturing processes that leak toxins into local ecosystems and leave behind an even - worse trail of side effects upon disposal.

Several components that BALLE identifies as the building blocks of a Local Living economy — sustainable agriculture, green building, renewable energy, zero - waste manufacturing — are the same practices that environmentalists have long advocated for.

Susanna is an active environmentalist and conservationist, advocating for local and national responses to climate change and providing philanthropic support to organizations educating and advocating for conservation, climate change mitigation policy, and investment in sustainable public and private enterprises.

Learning To Sew Cloth Bags «People were so into it, even the guys were sewing their own bags,» said Gizem Altın Nance, a local environmentalist and the publicist for the Buğday Foundation, the group that started the farmer's market back in 2006.

As the temperature dropped and rain began to fall, the group retired to the porch of a neighboring home for a short Q&A; session, with local environmentalist Filiz Telek, one of the event organizers and the moderator of the Permakultur Istanbul online discussion group, translating Read's comments into Turkish as needed.

That's a staggering amount, compared to the average farmer at my local market, and it is precisely this volume that makes farmers like Muller a prime target for environmentalists who want to see a cut in greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and depletion of aquifers.

While local environmentalists have been pushing the government to adopt greener policies for years (with limited success), the government's newfound enthusiasm for climate change policies is apparently the result of external pressure, namely the Copenhagen summit and the environmental requirements of the OECD, which Israel seeks to join.