Sentences with phrase «in environmental history»

is PhD candidate in environmental history at the University of Virginia.

Australian pastoralist Guy Fitzhardinge holds a Ph.D in environmental history from the Australia National University and is a Governor of the World Wildlife Fund, serving as a member of its Scientific Assessment Committee, Threatened Species Community Program for ten years.

She holds an M.A. in Art History from the Savannah College of Art & Design and a B.A. in Environmental History from Hope College.

She holds an MA in Art History from the Savannah College of Art & Design and a BA in Environmental History from Hope College.

Experts were calling it one of the greatest resurrections in environmental history, but they had no idea how lush the future was.

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Tensions between economic development, energy policy and environmental and health concerns are common in public health's history.

One school of thought says she should just plow ahead with her environmental agenda; history will be on her side in the end, since no one today (outside of maybe a few U.S. Republicans) doubts that the question of phasing out fossil fuels is not a matter of if but when.

In the last year, Trump rolled back regulations on environmental protections, financial services, and health care, calling it the «most far - reaching regulatory reform» in U.S. historIn the last year, Trump rolled back regulations on environmental protections, financial services, and health care, calling it the «most far - reaching regulatory reform» in U.S. historin U.S. history.

«Building on prior actions against BP and its subsidiaries by the Department of Justice, this historic resolution is a strong and fitting response to the worst environmental disaster in American history,» U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement.

Her chapter on the early history of South Korea's nuclear energy industry has been also published in an edited volume, Economic Development and Environmental History in the Anthropocene: Perspective on Asia and history of South Korea's nuclear energy industry has been also published in an edited volume, Economic Development and Environmental History in the Anthropocene: Perspective on Asia and History in the Anthropocene: Perspective on Asia and Africa.

After finishing Antioch College at age 19, Shel had to come to terms with his own work history: career paths not only in writing and marketing / PR, but also in radio, teaching, arts, food service, office systems, community organizing, and environmental issues.

The Mariana Mining disaster, considered the largest environmental disaster in Brazil's history, left unforgettable memories of devastated landscape and lives.

A federal court deal this week ended the latest legal skirmish resulting from what the Environmental Protection Agency describes as the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history — and one of the largest.

In fact they were in conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulIn fact they were in conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulin conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulin our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulin the weaker countries lest global environmental harm result.

BP, the company that caused the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, has opted to funnel tens of millions of dollars through state governments rather than private charities doing the bulk of the work in the Gulf Coast region....

Some turn to the East, particularly to Taoism; some to Native American perspectives and other primal traditions; some to emerging feminist visions; still others to neglected themes or traditions within the Western heritage, ranging from materials in Pythagorean philosophy to neglected themes in Plato to Leibniz or Spinoza; and still others to twentieth - century philosophers such as Heidegger or to philosophical movements such as the Deep Ecology movement.9 As one would expect in an age characterized by a split between religion and philosophy, few environmental philosophers turn to sources in the Bible or Christian theology for help, though some — Robin Attfield, for example — argue that Christian history has been wrongly maligned by environmental philosophers, and that it can serve as a better resource than some might expect (WTEE 201 - 230).

In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western attitudes toward nature is one of the best available, provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western attitudes toward nature is one of the best available, provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5).

• From Ecumenical News International: «For the first time in history, Swiss churches, including the Roman Catholic Church and Switzerland's main Protestant churches, have joined forces with environmental groups to launch a petition calling on the Swiss government to take urgent action to combat global warming.»

A summary of Commonwealth environmental water use in the Northern Unregulated Rivers is available at history.

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If a corporation / parent company has a substantial egregious record or history of working against our values — organics, sustainability, non-toxic food, social and environmental responsibility, etc., we remove their products from our shelves, or don't stock them in the first place.

In cases where the histories or practices of companies raise questions about their commitment to positive environmental or social change, the Rainforest Alliance may decline donations.

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Some are saying it ended up being one of the largest environmental rallies in history as well.

Last Saturday's Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference, for which Mass Audubon was a major sponsor, drew more than 540 environmental advocates, the largest turnout in the Conference's 24 - year history.

LINCOLN — Last Saturday's Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference at Worcester Technical High School drew more than 540 environmental advocates, the largest turnout in the Conference's 24 - year history.

First published in 2013, A Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social History of the Site of Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center by Scholar - in - Residence Steven Pavlos Holmes, PhD, tells the stories of the people who have lived and worked on the land over the past two centuries — including early farming families, a Revolutionary war soldier, pioneering birdwatchers, the residents and staff of the Boston State Hospital, and, of course, the Clark Cooper Community Gardens and Mass Audubon.

The cleanup of the river in a portion of north of Albany, is considered one of the costliest environmental remediation projects in the state's history and is due to conclude as the EPA initiates a review period.

Mr. Wike said the president's visit was «historic» in two ways: one, it was his first to the state since he (Buhari) assumed office, and secondly, it was for «the largest environmental clean - up in our nation's history».

The last few days might well go down in Westminster history as the time environmental issues came home to roost.

April 1, 2004: In late March, the boys from AAR Contractor are spotted in federal court in Syracuse being convicted in one of the largest cases of environmental fraud in the nation's historIn late March, the boys from AAR Contractor are spotted in federal court in Syracuse being convicted in one of the largest cases of environmental fraud in the nation's historin federal court in Syracuse being convicted in one of the largest cases of environmental fraud in the nation's historin Syracuse being convicted in one of the largest cases of environmental fraud in the nation's historin one of the largest cases of environmental fraud in the nation's historin the nation's history.

«The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund's small grant awards are a much - needed first step in reversing the long history of environmental abuse that the Greenpoint community has suffered,» said State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who represents North Brooklyn, inEnvironmental Fund's small grant awards are a much - needed first step in reversing the long history of environmental abuse that the Greenpoint community has suffered,» said State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who represents North Brooklyn, inenvironmental abuse that the Greenpoint community has suffered,» said State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, who represents North Brooklyn, in a statement.

1118 - FCO - For first time in 64 year history the Commonwealth will have a formal Charter setting out core values: democracy; human rights; peace and security; tolerance, respect and understanding; freedom of expression; separation of powers; rule of law; good governance; sustainable development; environmental protection; access to health, education, food and shelter; gender equality; and the importance of young people and civil society.

With parliament in recess and MPs back in their constituencies it's been a slow start to the news week, but the last few days might well go down in Westminster history as the time environmental issues came home to roost.

«Sadly, this day will go down in history as the one in which New Jersey ceded its standing as a leader in environmental protection efforts.»

Just earlier this week, Scott Pruitt — who I believe is the worst EPA administrator in history — proudly put a list of important environmental regs they've either eliminated entirely or are in the process of rolling back.

She went on to talk about his deep love of reading and knowledge of history and his strong belief in environmental protection, as well as being the kind of leader that New Paltz and the country deserves and needs.

These fires were «the worst environmental disaster in modern history,» says Thomas Smith, a wildfire expert at King's College London.

A recent example was the series of tremors of magnitudes 2.01 - 2.55 that occurred in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, three days before the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam owned by Samarco, resulting in the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history.

The NOAA program is fulfilling the organization's proud history of increasing minority participation in the marine, environmental, and atmospheric sciences.

Cohen and his colleagues figured out the lake's environmental history 1,500 years into the past by taking cores of the lake's bottom sediments and analyzing the biological and chemical history stored in the sediment layers.

Jasinski, who is advised by Peter Dodson, a professor of paleontology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science and professor of anatomy in the School of Veterinary Medicine, collaborated on the paper with Steven C. Wallace, a professor at East Tennessee State University and curator at the East Tennessee State University National History Museum at the Gray Fossil Site.

A farm chemical with an infamous history — causing the worst known outbreak of pesticide poisoning in North America — is being phased out under an agreement announced Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

There are more refugees than ever before in history, many of them fleeing poverty and environmental degradation.

«This shows a diverse variety of life existed in fresh water, on land, very early in Earth's history,» says Professor Van Kranendonk, Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology and head of the UNSW school of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

This is one of the conclusions of an article published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series and signed by Blanca Figuerola, researcher at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity Research Institute of the UB (IRBio), Piotr Kuklinski (Institute of Oceanology) and Paul D. Taylor (Natural History Museum, UK).

A survey of early - career scientists and environmental - science professionals found that only 11 percent felt their academic training alone provided the needed exposure to natural history, which can be defined as the observation of organisms in their natural environment.

«DNA gets degrades very quickly in tropical climates, however we found that in the very dense inner ear bone, called the petrous bone, DNA is well preserved even under such adverse environmental conditions for thousands of years,» says Cosimo Posth, doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena.

«For every environmental calamity you can think of, there was very likely some society in human history that had to deal with it,» said Kohler, emeritus professor of anthropology at WSU.

«It is very rare in science and history to have such strong and detailed evidence documenting how societies responded to climatic shocks in the past,» says Jennifer Marlon, research scientist in the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and a co-author on the study.