Sentences with phrase «local environmentalists»

But attorneys for Fund for Animals and local environmentalists say the effort, however needed, should not be done at the expense of other birds and wildlife.

Some wonder how long the coal price surge will last, but in Northumberland, the Banks Group is pressing ahead with plans for a new mine despite opposition from local environmentalists.

As the temperature dropped and rain began to fall, the group retired to the porch of a neighboring home for a short Q&A; session, with local environmentalist Filiz Telek, one of the event organizers and the moderator of the Permakultur Istanbul online discussion group, translating Read's comments into Turkish as needed.

• On Ilha Grande — the third busiest island destination for tourists in South America — interviews with business owners and local environmentalists reveal a race between rising popularity, mostly via cruise ships, and the capacity of infrastructure to handle growing crowds.

[Insert, Jan. 29 As the January 23 correction below notes, Alabama environmental officials dispute these assertions, while local environmentalists defend them.]

Nitrogen pollution in bodies of water on the North Fork is dangerously high, according to local environmentalists who told the Southold Town Board Tuesday that nitrogen levels in the town's ground and surface waters are the highest in Suffolk County.

In March, Suffolk lawmakers and local environmentalists urged Gov. Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers» plan for about 53 million cubic yards of dredge spoils to be dumped into the Sound over the next 30 years.

Several local environmentalists said Synapse's nonprofits play an important role in Syracuse by trying new things.

The story was all based on identification by local environmentalists, who weren't trained in identifying frogs — and frankly, many toads and frogs look very alike.

It's also a remarkable win for local environmentalists and tribes, including the Swinomish Tribe, Yakama Nation, and Lummi Nation, who have been fighting coal exports.

Local environmentalists fighting to get more clean power on the grid slammed the move.

Protesting one proposed wind farm in 1999 near the habitat of the rare California condor, local environmentalists decried the turbine blades as «condor Cuisinarts.»

Elisa DiSimone, an environmentalist, said she has placed calls with elected officials and organized meetings with local environmentalists to save the estimated 30 she thought were still there.

We saw substantial growing pains, and some hopeful signs, in three places: • On Ilha Grande — the third busiest island destination for tourists in South America — interviews with business owners and local environmentalists reveal a race between rising popularity, mostly via cruise ships, and the capacity of infrastructure to handle growing crowds.

While local environmentalists have been pushing the government to adopt greener policies for years (with limited success), the government's newfound enthusiasm for climate change policies is apparently the result of external pressure, namely the Copenhagen summit and the environmental requirements of the OECD, which Israel seeks to join.

Big Foam, local environmentalists and NYC Council members are battling over whether the city should recycle styrofoam products or ban them entirely.

Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End towns.

Suffolk County lawmakers and local environmentalists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers» latest plan for disposing of dredged materials in Long Island Sound.

A feud between Suffolk County officials and a local environmentalist over farmland development rights is reaching a fever pitch.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has some local environmentalists on her side in her race for reelection.

Local environmentalists must be ecstatic about the overwhelming support for the Community Preservation Fund in the five East End towns.

Inspired by true events, Big Miracle details the media circus that ensues after a small - time reporter (John Krasinski's Adam Carlson) breaks the story of three whales trapped in the ice within the Arctic Circle - with the ensuing efforts to break the animals free eventually involving everyone from a local environmentalist (Drew Barrymore's Rachel Kramer) to a pair of struggling entrepreneurs (James LeGros» Karl and Rob Riggle's Dean) to the President of the United States.

Milton Cambre, a local environmentalist and a member of the St. Charles Parish Coastal Planning and Zoning Committee who has been working to clean up the wetlands for most of his seventy years, believes that through the Wetland Watchers program, students have become custodians of an important part of local life.

Local environmentalists have been denouncing the spoliation for years, with little effect.

After hearing arguments from Energy Probe, local environmentalists, Dr. Rosalie Bertell, and Dr. David Suzuki, Port Hope decided that it would not support that proposal.)

On May 20 the Bolivian government passed a new law allowing oil and mineral exploration in national parks and other protected areas: The local environmentalists are protesting, and they're getting lots of backup from Europe and North America.

Learning To Sew Cloth Bags «People were so into it, even the guys were sewing their own bags,» said Gizem Altın Nance, a local environmentalist and the publicist for the Buğday Foundation, the group that started the farmer's market back in 2006.

Istanbul residents came out loud and strong this month as part of the International Day of Climate Action, but local environmentalists have been seeing advances (and disappointments) on other fronts as well.