Sentences with phrase «leading environmental developments»

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The rationale for the Charter is apocalyptic: «The prevailing development patterns in both the South and the North are leading the Planet to an economic, social, and environmental crisis which threatens the existence of human life and the integrity of Nature.»

In this role, Edwards leads the development of ARYZTA's corporate social responsibility strategy and five focus areas: people, food, sourcing, environmental practices and community engagement.

As a way to support environmental education beyond Mass Audubon - led school programs, we offer professional development workshops for teachers, free online teaching units to use year - round, and other resources.

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) involves 30 leading industrialised economies (note 2)(not including China or Russia) that «work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation.»

Over the last few years Ilya has led and contributed to a number of projects in the spheres of life and environmental sciences, sustainable development, science outreach and education.

The social unrest of the late 1960s, leading up to the oil crisis of 1973, were central to the development of the «back to nature» philosophy of the modern environmental movement.

Some Elmont and Floral Park civic leaders are raising concerns that a development group led by the New York Islanders is paying a Manhattan - based consulting firm to conduct an environmental review before the team constructs an 18,000 - seat arena at Belmont Park.

The Department of Environment and Planning leads the County's economic development efforts, oversees environmental compliance, collaborates on local and regional planning, provides digital mapping services, and provides wastewaster treatment services in seven sewer districts across the county.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — To increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning prevention, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 -lead poisoning prevention, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 -Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 - 26.

Governor Cuomo directed the State to engage community members, environmental advocates, and government partners at all levels to create the New York Offshore Wind Master Plan.2 Then, as part of his 2017 State of the State Address, Governor Cuomo set a nation - leading offshore wind energy development goal of 2,400 MW by 2030, enough to power up to 1.2 million New York households.

Leading the pack in contributions and endorsements are Brad Lander, the director of the Pratt Center for Community Development; Josh Skaller, a leader of grassroots political and neighborhood organizations; and Bob Zuckerman, who runs environmental nonprofits.

The study began with a collaboration among the two lead authors — Harrison Brand, PhD, a research fellow in Talkowski's lab, who sequenced and analyzed the genomes of patients with arhinia, and Natalie Shaw, MD, then with the MGH Reproductive Endocrine Unit and now at the National Institute for Environmental Health Science, who was investigating the lack of reproductive development in a few patients with arhinia.

Driven by revelations of lead in children's toys, hormone - mimicking chemicals in plastic baby bottles and controversial flame - retardants in furniture, state environmental officials drafted a set of rules aimed at products with chemicals that have been linked to illness or abnormal development

«We were interested to know whether intense environmental demands such as musical training at an early age influenced actual brain growth and development,» Gottfried Schlaug, the lead researcher says.

Following her years in Washington, McGinty became the first woman to lead the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and has held various posts in the private sector helping to drive sustainable business development.

«Examining developmental changes in the brain over a critical period of reading appears to be a unique sensitive measure of variation and may add insight to our understanding of reading development in ways that brain data from one time point, and behavioral and environmental measures, can not,» said Chelsea Myers, BS, lead author and lab manager in UCSF's Laboratory for Educational NeuroScience.

Although researchers do not fully understand what causes SIDS, the leading hypothesis describes it as a combination of environmental stressors occurring at a critical development period of an infant who has some underlying vulnerability, such as genetic condition or brain dysfunction.

Lead author William Taylor, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, says that this model «enables us for the first time to link horse use with other important cultural developments in ancient Mongolia and eastern Eurasia, and evaluate the role of climate and environmental change in the local origins of horse riding.»

«Overall, China may want to consider a targeted investment in agricultural research and development,» said lead author Carole Dalin, a Princeton University Ph.D. student studying environmental engineering.

The industry's rapid development created economic opportunities for many, but also brought environmental concerns, and sometimes led to contentious conversations.

«Normal maternal thyroid hormone levels are essential for normal fetal growth and brain development, so our findings could have significant public health implications,» said Jonathan Chevrier, a University of California, Berkeley epidemiologist and lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

«The 2018 EPI confirms that success with regard to sustainable development requires both economic progress that generates the resources to invest in environmental infrastructure and careful management of industrialization and urbanization that can lead to pollution that threatens both public health and ecosystems.»

«As the world community pursues new sustainable development goals, policymakers need to know who is leading and who is lagging on energy and environmental challenges,» said Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Hillhouse Professor at Yalenvironmental challenges,» said Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Hillhouse Professor at YalEnvironmental Law & Policy and the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University.

«There is a lot of space that is suitable for aquaculture, and that is not what's going to limit its development,» said lead author Rebecca Gentry, who recently completed her Ph.D. at UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.

It also demonstrates that environmental influences during critical periods of early development might lead to several common non-communicable disorders in western populations.»

The task force, led mostly by the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) put forth 14 specific recommended changes, mostly calling for revisions to state statutes and executive orders that would tighten environmental review and also make coastal development more costly in an effort to discourage building in senEnvironmental Conservation (DEC) put forth 14 specific recommended changes, mostly calling for revisions to state statutes and executive orders that would tighten environmental review and also make coastal development more costly in an effort to discourage building in senenvironmental review and also make coastal development more costly in an effort to discourage building in sensitive areas.

«This study shows how well top - down proteomics works, especially to get at regulatory information,» said co-author Ljiljana Pasa - Tolic, who led top - down proteomics development with mass spectroscopist Si Wu at EMSL, DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory on the PNNL campus.

-- The Secretary shall carry out a program to establish Energy Innovation Hubs to enhance the Nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean, indigenous energy alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring that the United States maintains a technological lead in the development and commercial application of state - of - the - art energy technologies.

Today, he is heading up one of the world's leading laboratories using nanomaterial research to pursue challenges in energy and environmental sciences, particularly in the development of the next generation of batteries.

The U.S. EPA is recognizing landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and other environmental problems into business opportunities, spurring innovation and economic development.

Associations have been described previously between environmental toxins, body weight, and diabetes [8], [51] leading to suggestions that exposure to certain environmental pollutants may initiate or exacerbate the development of obesity [17] and associated health problems [33].

He has developed research approaches that integrate a range of disciplines including soil science, ecology, development studies and environmental social sciences and has led inter-disciplinary research projects across African drylands.

Research insights into the genes and environmental factors that play a role in the development of childhood diseases are leading to better ways to more accurately diagnose, treat and cure children with disease.

Environmental toxins can have devastatingly negative effects on our health, and may lead to the development of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Paul Hawken is a renowned lecturer — since 1983, he has keynoted conferences and led workshops on the impact of commerce upon the environment, and consulted with governments and corporations throughout the world on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.

Development: Discuss question practice: «Climate Change will lead to negative environmental impacts.»

A coalition of the world's countries and leading development institutions agreed to a set of eight Goals, including Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability.

As for the main threats to wildlife, leading biologists and environmental watchdogs agree: human - led activities — including climate change, habitat destruction, and development — are far and away the number one cause of wildlife depletion.

While the tendency to develop cancer may be inherited in some pets, there are many environmental factors that may trigger the genes that lead to cancer development.

However, we do know that both hereditary and environmental factors can lead to the development of cancer in cats.

Blackadore Caye Development Group, which is leading the development of the project, plans to improve environmental conditions by replanting mangroves, bring in native species to replace invasive ones, and work to improve reef and fish breeding Development Group, which is leading the development of the project, plans to improve environmental conditions by replanting mangroves, bring in native species to replace invasive ones, and work to improve reef and fish breeding development of the project, plans to improve environmental conditions by replanting mangroves, bring in native species to replace invasive ones, and work to improve reef and fish breeding conditions.

From 1998 to the present he has served as Senior Vice President of CR&R, Incorporated, an environmental services company that is on the leading edge of bioenergy development in the U.S.. From 1996 - 2012 Paul was a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Environmental Studieenvironmental services company that is on the leading edge of bioenergy development in the U.S.. From 1996 - 2012 Paul was a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Environmental StudieEnvironmental Studies Department.

The project has led to collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency and a major grant in 2011 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to scientists who are testing soil remediation methods in New Orleans.

Animated by rigorous and lively essays from some of the leading writers on post-1960s artistic practice and fully illustrated, it charts Holt's artistic trajectory from her initial experiments with unlikely media — sound, light and industrial materials — to the culmination of her development of major site interventions and freestanding environmental sculpture.

Animated by rigorous and lively essays from some of the leading writers on post-1960s artistic practice and exquisitely illustrated, this catalogue charts Holt's artistic trajectory from her initial experiments with unlikely media — sound, light, and industrial materials — to the culmination of her development of major site interventions and freestanding environmental sculptures.

After all, energy efficiency and reduced consumption are comparatively easy to achieve, especially in places like Hong Kong, where rapid economic development has led to soaring consumption, but where environmental awareness is not yet as established as in the West.

Dr. Colin Beier, Associate Professor of Ecology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, said, «As the nation's oldest institution dedicated to the science and stewardship of the environment, ESF is proud to have led the development of the Clearinghouse's interactive map viewer, and to have contributed overall to this important effort to enhance New York's climate resilience, led by NYSERDA.»

Similarly many environmental activists have criticized the concept of sustainable development on the basis that its implicit valorization of development will lead to environmental destruction.

She is a long - time advocate and trailblazer for community organizing around just, sustainable development, environmental justice and community - led climate adaptation and community resiliency in Sunset Park.

A recurring approach is taken in highlighting the role of the powerful economic driving forces behind the type of development that leads to human and environmental destruction.