Sentences with phrase «friend of the earth»

Bill Waren, senior trade analyst at Friends of the Earth, called the decision «recklessly irresponsible and a thinly veiled attack on clean energy.»

The activist group Friends of Earth claimed credit for the stunt, according to The Hill, a Washington - based news website.

He's wasting their tax dollars on his luxurious lifestyle, giving handouts to corporate polluters and poisoning our air and water,» said Lukas Ross, who represents Friends of Earth.

Liz Hutchins of Friends of the Earth, was among about 500 people demonstrating against the drilling proposal outside the Preston town hall while the vote was being taken.

Prior, she was Legal Director and Regional Program Director for national nonprofit Friends of the Earth, where she spearheaded innovative legal strategies to reduce global warming pollution and directed campaigns to reduce pollution and promote sustainable alternative energies and fuels.

Helen Holder, GMO campaign coordinator at Friends of the Earth Europe, told The Tyee that a triumphalist «We won!»

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allied organizations — Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, BankTrack.org, and others — have mounted pressure on the financiers to withdraw their pipeline investments.

Luisa Abbott Galvão of Friends of the Earth said the EPA statement confirms, «The Keystone XL pipeline fails President Obama's climate test.»

We need a God whose care requires that we share our goods with our sisters and brothers, whose erotic passion invites us to transcend our fear of embodiedness, and whose companionable spirit encourages us to be friends of the earth.

The various friends of the earth» counter — and rightly so — that this self - serving rhetoric mocks the public interest.

Such organizations as Friends of the Earth, The Permaculture Association, The Centre for Alternative Technology, The Soil Association, Garden Organic (previously the Henry Doubleday Research Association - HDRA), the many Wildlife Trusts and Conservation bodies and the recent Transition Towns Network try to address these issues.

Lovins was a physicist employed by Friends of the Earth.

Their group - created strategy included these actions: establishing cooperative links with other churches and groups committed to ecology; developing a Center of Ecology Information and a paperback book table at the church; devising methods to reach decision - makers in the community; exploring the development of a coordinating council of all ecology groups active in that community — Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Zero Population Growth, League of Conservation Voters, Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, World Population, GASP (Group Against Smog Pollution), Planned Parenthood, etc..

The title Friends of the Earth they might have understood; nature - lover would have required some explanation.

According to Julian Kirby, lead plastics campaigner at Friends of the Earth UK: «What that really casts into quite serious doubt, I think, is the argument that the food packaging industry use quite often which is that we need plastic to avoid food waste.

Nanomaterials used in packaging could leach into food and harm consumers, said Friends of the Earth campaigner Jeremy Tager.

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MFM will be in the Food and Agriculture bloc, between the «Friends of the Earth» and «For the Love Of» blocs.

Robin Webster, supermarkets campaigner at Friends of the Earth, explained: «The code was written by supermarkets for supermarkets.

The campaign — which has reached millions through Facebook and Twitter, and has been backed by Mayim Bialik, Pamela Anderson, Sophie Dahl, Sharleen Spiteri, Victoria Pendleton plus NGOS including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and WWF — encourages people to pledge to go meat free for one day a week at pledge.meatfreemondays.com and share the idea with others.

Friends of the Earth welcome the European Commission proposal to ban damaging practices in the food supply chain to give farmers and small businesses more certainty.

Friends of the Earth is warning of risks to fish and the environment from a not - so - green Brexit, following an analysis of likely scenarios by Sheffield University.

A new report from Friends of the Earth Europe and Zero Waste Europe argues that food packaging is not helping to prevent food waste and could in fact be creating more.

He was an independent reviewer on the Friends of the Earth report on nanoparticles in infant formula

Supporting that side of the debate is an article by Friends of the Earth Australia.

Merel van Goor den Held wrote «Tiny Feet, Large Footprint» both in Dutch, as a freelance journalist for Friends of the Earth Netherlands, and in English for Breastfeeding Today.

That would be my reaction, too, but a new report out today from Friends of the Earth makes a compelling case that climate - friendly school food menus can actually save districts money while at the same time improving the nutritional profile of school meals.

Pandamoly: Commentary on life, as a single, working mother, a follower of natural parenting, and friend of the Earth.

According to Friends of the Earth's Killer Crib report of 2008, halogenated fire retardants bio-accumulate in fatty tissues over time and can travel from the mother's body to the fetus.

The Flood Free Homes campaign, launched by the Association of British Insurers and supported by Friends of the Earth, National Flood Forum, Know Your Flood Risk, The BRE Centre for Resilience and the Property Care Association's Flood Protection Group, is calling for no home to be at high risk of flooding by 2025.

This is why Friends of the Earth's Final Demand campaign is calling for an urgent public inquiry into the behaviour and influence of the big energy companies.

Friends of the Earth is threatening to mount a legal challenge, arguing that it is unlawful to cut the tariff before the public consultation ends.

And it's the public who'll pay — new Friends of the Earth analysis reveals that another generation of gas and coal will cost each household an extra # 300 per year by 2020.

Friends of the Earth (FoE) welcomed the blueprint and called on the Lib Dems to increase the pressure on the other main political parties to follow their example.

Craig Bennet, Friends of the Earth's director of policy and campaigns, comments on high speed rail

Friends of the Earth's director of policy and campaigns Craig Bennett responds to the public accounts committee's report on flood management in England, which warns of uncertainty about who will pay:

Environmental group Friends of the Earth claimed that air pollution in London breached legal limits in April 2011, despite commitments by both the UK Government and the London Mayor to bring it under control to avoid huge EU fines.

[16] On environmental matters, Thornberry has worked with Friends of the Earth and World Wide Fund for Nature to campaign for a Climate Change Bill and a Marine Bill.

However, a recent report from Friends of the Earth entitled «A Dangerous Distraction» was highly critical of the CDM, suggesting that rather than reducing global emissions or benefiting developing countries, offsetting was merely leading to more ingenious ways to avoid cutting emissions.

Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins comments after the government's high court defeat on solar feed - in tariffs:

He is a member of: Amnesty International, Bristol Civic Society, the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Friends of the Earth, National Trust, Stonewall and the WWF.

From a joint letter to the Telegraph opposing plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, signed by Christian Aid, Cafod, RSPB, Friends of the Earth, Tearfund, WWF, Greenpeace UK, World Development Movement, Portsmouth Climate Action Network, Airport Watch, Swindon Climate Action Network, Plantlife, Artists Project Earth, UK Youth Climate Coalition, Surfers Against Sewage, Climate Alliance — January 2012

Indeed, in last year's Charity Champions awards, Friends of the Earth jointly nominated Oliver Letwin and Norman Baker — who were, at the time, their parties» respective environment spokesmen.

Groups such as Friends of the Earth warn the UK can not «plant its way out» of climate change but instead must reduce its use of fossil fuels.

«It's time for the Lib Dems to show their true colours - and their commitment to a safe, green future,» Friends of the Earth's executive director Andy Atkins said.

These sentiments were echoed by Friends of the Earth London campaigner Jenny Bates, who said more funding was needed for better public transport and schemes to boost walking and cycling.

Friends of the Earth's executive director Andy Atkins explains why he persuaded MPs to ride a bucking bronco outside parliament.

However, Catherine Pearce, the international climate coordinator for Friends of the Earth, was more sceptical about the US president's comments.

Friends of the Earth's transport campaigner David Powell said: «Ministers must also do much more to encourage people to leave their cars at home - this means properly funding safe, convenient and affordable public transport and vastly improved facilities for cyclists and pedestrians.»

Friends of the Earth's GM Campaigner, Clare Oxborrow said: «Instead of helping the GM industry to use the food crisis for financial gain, the Government should be encouraging a radical shift towards sustainable farming systems that genuinely benefit local farmers, communities and the environment worldwide.»