Sentences with phrase «group friends of»

Bill Heinze reports why the 14 countries calling themselves the «Group Friends of Development» have rejected the outcome of the Feb. 15 - 16 [meeting] of selected WIPO members in Casablanca on the global patent harmonization process.

Environment protection group Friends of the Earth (FOE) welcomed Obama's move to protect the country's northern waters.

Pardon my sarcasm in the title, but I am still getting over the shock that the Alberta - based climate science attack group Friends of Science still think they are relevant.

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

It turns out that the report, written by Alan Carlin, with assistance from John Davidson, of the EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics, is drawn heavily from the contrarian blogosphere, especially Ken Gregory of the Calgary - based «astroturf» group Friends of Science.

In 2004, Tom Harris and the group Friends of Science produced a film called Climate Catastrophe Cancelled which prominently featured interviews with McIntyre and McKitrick as well as a number of other prominent climate change skeptics.

The environment group Friends of the Earth called on other retailers to follow Wyevale's example.

To get an idea, Carbon Brief takes you through offerings from green group Friends of the Earth (FoE) and oil major Shell.

EU plans to tackle climate change by the year 2030, announced in Brussels today, have been heavily criticized by environment group Friends of the Earth Europe.

The anti-nuclear group Friends of the Earth — which has representatives in South Korea — received its initial funding from a wealthy oil man, while Greenpeace receives over $ 350 million per year from anonymous sources.

The next day, the community group Friends of Cooper Union had initiated an online no confidence vote in both Bharucha and Epstein.

The Perry Art Park project is a partnership with the neighborhood group Friends of Perry Park and the City of Austin's Parks and Recreation Department to create a small - scale sculpture park in Perry Neighborhood Park.

In 2011, Karina helped form the group Friends of The Cooper Union and moderated the first Forum in the Great Hall following the October 2011 announcement that The Cooper Union was in financial trouble.

The CD itself is packed with 19 total tracks and composed by Bill Elm, from the group Friends of Dean Martinez, and Woody Jackson.

[28] As of 2015, there were 520 native foxes on San Miguel and 874 on Santa Rosa, according to the group Friends of the Island Fox.

The warm waters off the coast of Belize are famed for their abundance of wildlife. Alongside the brightly colored reef fish, the dolphins and the whale sharks, there are the gentle manatees. Yesterday was named Manatee Day in Belize, as local group Friends Of Swallow Caye (FOSC) worked to teach people more about them and about why they need to be protected.

Davidson is also a board member of the Fowlerville Fair and the Michigan trail group Friends of Lakeland Trails, and is involved in legislative committees with the Michigan Equine Partnership and Michigan Harness Horsemen Association.

The program is run by the nonprofit group Friends of Animals.

The program is run by the nonprofit group Friends of Animals.Pet owners can go to the animal control office at 700 Cross St. and pay a fee to get a sterilization certificate.

Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth has calculated that if all bees were wiped out in the United Kingdom — not a likely event despite the multiple sources of attack — it would cost the country # 1.8 billion a year ($ 2.81 billion) to hand - pollinate food crops in their place.

Advocacy group Friends of 20th Street Park point to the unsuccessful condominium projects in West Chelsea along the High Line as potential targets for affordable housing, rather than existing open space.

«The playground now is neglected, littered and fairly dirty,» said Avram, 40, who founded the advocacy group Friends of DeSalvio Playground in hopes of cleaning up the space on the southeast corner of Spring and Mulberry streets, near where NoLita, Little Italy and SoHo meet.

The parking lots at the overlook, as well as the Hop Field and Paint Mine have been open this spring, said John Kilroy, president of the group Friends of Thacher Park, who first learned of the closings from a reporter.

DeSalvio Playground at the corner of Spring and Mulberry streets will get a $ 1.9 million overhaul with money from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, the founder of booster group Friends of DeSalvio Playground said Monday.

At 1 p.m., the animal rights group Friends of Animals hold a rally in support of an outright ban of the carriage horse industry, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE) has attacked the plans after a climate change amendment - which would have created a statutory requirement to consider climate change when approving major infrastructure projects - was defeated by 15 votes (with 24 Labour MPs rebelling).

The advocacy group Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park set up a countdown clock, camped out overnight with local politicians and rallied on the steps of City Hall to draw attention to the cause.

Members from the group Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park attended the hearing to share their experiences in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg rezoning.

The pro-public financing group Friends of Democracy this month spent virtually all of its $ 650,000 budget, according to a filing with the state Board of Elections.

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.

Cindy Mitchell, president emeritus of the watchdog group Friends of the Parks, credits the Park District with an impressive turnaround.

«If this is a good plan, it should go back to the Plan Commission,» said Eleanor Roemer, general counsel of the advocacy group Friends of the Parks, adding that there should be public meetings of neighborhood groups if the new story is built.

Highland Park resident Davis Schneiderman, a supporter of the plan and representative for the group Friends of Rosewood, noted the passionate arguments on both sides of the issue showed how much people care about the beach.

Beginning in the 1970s, the advocacy group Friends of the Parks clamored for the city to retake the land.

The group Friends of Oak Park Dogs has been vocal about the community benefits of such a space.

Daniel Bernhard, executive director of the advocacy group Friends of Public Broadcasting, said he was optimistic about Tait's tenure, but needed to wait and see how she changes the CBC.

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

In addition to encouraging more people onto a low - carbon emissions mode of transport, Locomore has announced a contract with Naturstrom AG (link in German), which will supply electricity certified with the Grüner Strom (Green Power) label, backed by environmental groups Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND).

Some recent history: in 2011, the environmental advocacy groups Friends of the Earth and Public Citizen partnered with climate deniers at the Heartland Institute (which received funding from the Koch Brothers) under the watchful eye of the Taxpayers for Common Sense to produce the non-partisan Green Scissors report.

Not exact matches

Baehr's mentor, Walter Hailey, whose insurance company Lone Star Life Insurance went on to become a Kmart insurance company, used to take an hour - long walk at 5 a.m. every morning with a group of close friends to talk about ideas, successes and failures.

Otherwise, Shark Tank was great to bring me 100 + contacts, with 3 or 4 connections that will last a lifetime, a group of friends among my fellow Shark Tank Pals, and a cheering section that comes from my wife and two boys that will never be beat.

«Many of today's greatest companies were started by a group of friends with a good idea, which is what Miller Time is all about: great times with good friends,» said Steve Canal, MillerCoors manager of community commerce and partnerships.

It seems like everybody has their own business these days, whether it's an individual cutting lawns during the summer season or a group of friends that build an innovative technology company from the ground up.

It's a great story to read along to at any age, but I particularly loved seeing a group of friends in a vulnerable time in life (and a hyper - vulnerable station in life) come together and show each other the loyalty they couldn't get anywhere else.

«We wanted to be the first student group in the world to launch a rocket into space,» Ellis says of the friends» time at the University of Southern California.

This kind of gatekeeper need not be a wildly successful CEO, but instead be a group organizer, an advisor, a family friend.

Odeo released «Twttr» in 2006, a group - send text application, where each person controlled their network of friends.

Consider buying snacks and groceries instead of eating every meal out (turn it into a group dinner party and you and your friends will likely have a better time than at a restaurant).

«If you've got a friend group you'd like to cultivate, become the instigator of such a trip,» suggests Vanderkam.

Lots of business owners want to buy group - rate coverage for their relatives or friends.