Sentences with phrase «issues like climate»

Scientists have been alarmed by these moves, as well as the overall tenor of the administration on scientific issues like climate change (Trump has not yet appointed a White House science adviser) and some are even now planning a march on Washington, D.C.

In any case, trying to sheet home blame for the complete inadequacies in the response of mainstream political parties and institutions to serious global issues like climate change on the extremist of Right, Left and Green (which, despite the tendencies in that direction, doesn't strictly follow Left ideologies) looks increasingly like scapegoating.

He thanks participants for their «stick to it - ness,» their «global spirit of partnership,» and noted that their projects are making positive differences all around the world — and that this attitude will be crucial for making progress on issues like climate in the future.

«The EU gives money to green groups which then do media campaigns on issues like climate change — which if the gov did directly would be called propaganda.

It's a dynamic that generates intense conflict on issues like climate change, the HPV vaccine, and gun control.

We've seen in the past how games can touch critical issues like climate change, hunger, and obesity, but World Without Oil is different in that it is a «historical pre-enactment,» crowdsourced from the minds of global citizens who know this scenario is all but upon us.

«The Utah State Board of Education greenlit plans Thursday [April 12, 2018] to begin drafting new school science standards, a process likely to touch on divisive issues like climate change and evolution,» according to the Salt Lake Tribune (April 13, 2018).

For Europeans risk belief issues like climate change, perhaps even the threats which global financial movements pose for individual countries, are much more important than the threat of terrorism.

A May 15, 2007, posting in the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) website featured an article titled, «Help Keep SEJ And The environment In The Spotlight,» lionizing Borenstein for his loyal service to the ideology espoused by Al Gore, Bill McKibben, and Ross Gelbspan: «Sensational, sordid or even silly stories always seem to crowd out serious coverage of important issues like climate change, environmental health and sustainability.

This is an important question, because (as I have shown in previous research) negativity toward scientists is associated with the rejection of scientific consensus on issues like climate change.

With upcoming release of IPCC Fifth Assessment Reports beginning late in September, there will be a sharp focus on specific issues like projected sea - level rise but also on broader issues like climate sensitivity and the decade - and - a-half-long slow - down in the rate of overall warming.

Although the report card has been released to coincide with the United Nation's Rio +20 Summit, few observers are holding out any hope for an ambitious agreement that tackles issues like climate change, biodiversity, and desertification.

However I think all things can * eventually * be understood by science, including what we are and how we think, on conflicted issues like climate change for instance, or more generically innate skepticism, the topic of this post.

If Americans are not well - enough informed to successfully tackle issues like climate change, Otto contends that seeing political leaders directly address the issues will foster greater public interest in the topics, help Americans distinguish scientific finding from rhetoric, and encourage our children to devote their education to the subject.

Harvard - Smithsonian strove to make his life harder and harder, first by banning him from working on anything even remotely connected with issues like climate change or CO2, then by moving his office away from the astrophysics department to a remote area Soon calls Siberia.

Campaigning environment journalist Oliver Tickell told the conference that, unlike issues like climate change where it took years to get international legislation in place to reduce greenhouse gases, treaties were already agreed that should prevent plastic reaching the oceans.

The fact is, on a consequential, far - reaching, forward - looking, regionally charged set of issues like climate and energy, getting 60 percent of the country on your side is difficult enough.

But among these potential supporters, intense negativity and extreme polarization on issues like climate reinforce feelings of cynicism and inefficacy while likely adding to the propensity to tune out the debate.

If that's not true — if in fact, individuals would rather be guided reliably to conclusions that fit the position of «their team» than be right when they are evaluating disputed evidence on issues like climate change and the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine — then what I'm up to is either pointless or (worse) a self - deluded contribution to public manipulation.

6 Jan: Daily Mail: Richard Hartley - parkinson: Prince Charles says becoming a grandfather has boosted his environmental beliefs saying he doesn't want to «hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world» The Prince of Wales has spoken about how the prospect of becoming a grandfather is spurring his environmental beliefs, saying he does not want to «hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world» Prince Charles, an outspoken campaigner on environmental issues, told ITV's This Morning that he did not want the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's child, due to be born next summer, to ask him why he had not done more to tackle issues like climate change... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257993/Prince-Charles-says-grandfather-boosted-environmental-beliefs-saying-doesnt-want-hand-increasingly-dysfunctional-world.html

We decided to emphasize consumer opposition, but also to make the case that New Jersey should retain oversight over utilities to deal with long - range issues like climate change.

Such economic clout makes California ideally positioned to take the lead on energy policy and environmental issues like climate change, even as the United States as a whole has failed to make much progress on either front.

The scientists believe research on issues like climate change will suffer as NASA shifts priorities toward exploration missions to the moon and Mars.

Many homeowners, businesses and non-profits go solar because they are focused on minimizing environmental issues like climate change and health problems related to carbon emissions.

Leading environmental figures like Paul Hawken and David Orr have joined students and faculty at NJIT in creating a streamlined resource network of inspiring books and films on issues like climate science, sustainability, social justice, and human nature.

If they can find other less worrisome activities and sources of entertainment to focus on, issues like climate change, the uninsured, the Iraq war, etc. will take a back seat, considered interesting but remote news at best.

With life - dependent issues like climate change, biotechnology, and the availability of clean water facing us, we need to empower our youth with problem solving skills that will help them address these problems.

I think the linking between different physical Earth related issues like climate change, energy, environment AND population growth came well through in the interview.

The psychology of risk perception also confronts us with the reality that issues like climate change just don't ring our alarm bells.

Often I've seen the fight over issues like climate policy revealed, beneath the surface, as the result of a stark divide over values - laden concepts such as the precautionary principle.

With issues like climate change, the same tendency seems to hold.

Even for those of you who are interested in seeing a reduction in our dependence on fossil fuels — and I know how passionate young people are about issues like climate change — the fact of the matter is, is that for quite some time, America is going to be still dependent on oil in making its economy work.

So what's a president to do on issues like climate, population, international development and health, particularly in an era of huge deficits and pressing real - time problems?

The problem with this prescription for responsible journalism, particularly on complicated intertwined issues like climate science and energy policy, is that it can backfire if the journalist fails also to «find the agreement.»

Yaun sees a kind of division in the discourse over issues like climate change that is far more profound than party affiliation, yet perhaps is more bridgeable once identified:

The news media's financial woes make it difficult to adequately cover issues like climate change, human rights and global poverty.

The fears centered on the prospect that the Fox News approach to issues like climate change would spill across National Geographic, from the magazine to the TV programming.

Inspired by growing up in Denmark and Iceland, Eliasson's use of natural elements evokes an awareness of the sublime world around us and how we interact with it; his projects often point toward global environmental crises and consider art's power to offer solutions to issues like climate change and renewable energy.

She delves deeply into broad issues like climate change in a way that is both eloquent and pared down, pushing viewers to extend their own process of thought and interpretation, and allowing them to feel their way through each gesture of weaving, tufting, encasing, and assembling in her material process.

Until we reclaim this connection to our humanity, our bodies, and nature, we won't be able to completely connect with issues like climate change because a chasm exists between us and what's happening.

However, they've also made egregious errors and their work simply hasn't stood up, especially as regards key issues like climate sensitivity.

«It is defined by leadership on life - threatening issues like climate change,» he said.

It's just amazing that, you know, you could capture that much information and it's interesting in the scientific perspective because what we are finding right now with issues like climate change and conservation is that we really need fine - grained samples from very large geographic areas to really understand the dynamics of species range movements and how fragmentation is occurring and many biogeographic questions, and literally, the only way we can do this is through voluntary networks like this because it would cost billions and billions to send professionals out at that finer scale to understand it.

Parents appear to be more likely to express concern about critical environmental issues like climate change and more interested in changing their behavior to be smarter consumers when it comes to purchasing energy -LSB-...]

With many Americans choosing to eat less meat in recent years, often to help reduce the environmental effect of meat production, UCLA geography professor Gregory Okin began to wonder how much feeding pets contributes to issues like climate change.

In the process, they seem to have convinced themselves that they are the keepers of the Enlightenment spirit, and that those who disagree with them on issues like climate change are fundamentally irrational.

Multinational companies are facing tough issues like climate change, poverty and human rights.

The governor for his first six years in office, kept a low national profile, but in 2017 he stepped up his appearances on national news shows, and took on President Trump on issues like climate change.

«Indeed from my vantage point the direction he gave me about wanting me to use the diplomatic channels to pursue issues like climate changes was absolutely clear and is part of a much bigger picture.»

The environmental organization that is trying to counter President Donald Trump on issues like climate change has released a video giving Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a starring role.