Sentences with phrase «local environmental groups»

It's supported by a coalition of local environmental groups that have been fighting tooth and nail to stop the expansion of coal ports - and largely winning.

So thinking back over the last couple of years as the Long Island Power Authority has struggled along with local environmental groups in New York to educate the public about the clear environmental benefits of clean energy and what could be the first offshore wind farm in the US, it seems apparent to me that if area schools had access to a program such as KidWind 15 - 20 years ago the resistance they've encountered today might well be less intense and better informed.

Though county and state officials have been driving hard to prevent the approval of the plant, the strongest opposition came from local environmental groups such as Riverkeeper and the Rockland Water Coalition, which was formed from a collection of smaller organizations to fight desalination.

The trend worries many local environmental groups, such as California's Surfrider Foundation or Australia's Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which are concerned about protecting nearby ecosystems by safely disposing the concentrated brine left from the process as well as increased fossil - fuel use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

In Costa Rica the Environment Minister and Foreign Minister met with local environmental groups, as a well as Sea Shepherd's director of operations in the Galapagos Islands.

They survived with the help of outside entities such as Paul Smith College, providing a useful lesson for the CIC, which will be run through a partnership with the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development and several other local environmental groups.

Even with those reassurances, local environmental groups said the incident is the latest example of why upgrades to wastewater infrastructure are sorely needed across the Buffalo Niagara region and the Great Lakes.

Local environmental groups oppose the transport of tar sands crude, which is extremely difficult to clean up, and which they say poses a risk to the Hudson River, Lake Champlain and other areas where railroad tracks run along the shoreline.

Bill Toedter, president of the North Fork Environmental Council, and nearly 30 local environmental group leaders signed a letter addressed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo stating they oppose the proposal because it calls for disposing between 30 to 50 million cubic yards of dredge spoils into the Sound over the next 30 years.

In Costa Rica, where local environmental groups and even some members of government are loudly calling for Watson's release, the Environment Minister René Castro is distancing himself from the proceedings saying «we can not interfere with the work of other government branches.»

«A determined coalition of local environmental groups and elected officials were able to protect that view for what we fervently hope will be the next 400 years, and beyond.»

And local environmental groups in East San Diego County filed a lawsuit against the BLM and Interior Department over the Imperial Valley project.

Despite opposition from local environmental groups, a few weeks ago Port Metro Vancouver approved a proposal to develop a coal - loading facility with a capacity to handle 4 million tons a year.

He is involved as a funder and advisor to many local environmental groups, particularly land trusts involved with protecting land through purchase or conservation easement.

The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community.

Though the Park District Board has endorsed the changes, several residents led by a local environmental group, the Pierce Downer's Heritage Alliance, have said the development would endanger many plant and animal species in the preserve.

Now the Pierce Downer's Heritage Alliance, a local environmental group, has filed suit against the Village of Downers Grove and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, alleging that both agencies violated a section of the Illinois Natural Preservation Act by failing to consult with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to determine the project's ecological impact on the adjacent preserve.

The move is part of recommended actions from a report commissioned by a local environmental group.

A local environmental group rallied in Lackawanna Saturday against plans to cap a toxic waste pit near Smokes Creek.

Upset with a development project in their community, a local environmental group is seeking to launch a Democratic primary challenge agains the incumbent Southhampton town supervisor.

A local environmental group gained international recognition Tuesday.

If you get a local environmental group to endorse you, for instance, ask to send a direct mail piece (with fundraising appeal) signed by the chapter leaders.

This includes examples of how to write letters to the EPA, how to access environmental discussion lists, and details of local environmental groups.

Hanna works in the non-profit world as a communications and events director a local environmental group and has been working in marketing on the side for over 10 years.

In a post on the meeting, Watts wrote that McKibben had reached out to him about a month ago, noting he was coming to Watts's neighborhood to speak at a fundraiser for a local environmental group and radio station at the Chico Masonic Family Center and suggesting they meet up.

The new plan is more restrictive than the 2009 environmental report on oil and gas drilling, which was written before fracking became a prime target of local environmental groups.

The event, which drew members of the general public as well as representatives from Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, and local environmental groups, was the first in a series of public input meetings focusing on planning for South Carolina's energy future.

Washington state's plan to create a carbon tax would make it a climate leader, but local environmental groups are fighting it.

With help from legal experts at Eko Krog, a local environmental group, Macerl challenged Lafarge in Slovenian and European courts.

Among them were members of Eko Krog, a local environmental group organized by volunteers.

The Boardman plant has increasingly come under scrutiny from Oregonians and local environmental groups.

Local environmental groups, businesses and newspapers have endorsed it as well.

«Serendipitously,» Steuber recalls, «the local environmental group I had joined a few years back had formed a book group to read The Transition Handbook and decided they wanted to start a Transition Town in Media.»

Great, may I recommend Charlottesville Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, a local environmental group trying to get the City Council and County Board to stop dumping toxic waste vats marked with skull and crossbones into the city water, poisoning the water shed not to mention every man, woman, child, dog, cat, and guinea pig that ingests tap water or bathes in it!

I am going to join a local environmental group at the first chance I get.

On that same trip to Kars, I watched as staff and volunteers with the KuzeyDoğa Derneği, a local environmental group, corralled area kids into two teams and offered the simple prize of a hat or T - shirt to those who could pick up the most trash from around Kuyucuk Lake.

Authorities and local environmental groups have been fighting each other for over 20 -LRB-!)

This could be anything from helping women in Ghana build businesses or support a local environmental group contribute to efforts against climate change.