Sentences with phrase «low by environmental groups»

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Environmental groups are employing the same strategy, in a less direct way, on the oilpatch, by raising public opposition to pipelines and low - carbon fuel standards for refineries in California and Europe.

950 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was delivered by Murray Darling Wetlands Working Group to the Carrs, Capitts, Bunberoo creeks system and Backwater Lagoon along the NSW Lower Murray floodplain between Lock 9 and Lock 8 in autumn 2016.

There was a 30 percent lower risk of pesticide contamination in organic than in conventional food, but it was rare for food from either group to exceed limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, she said.

A report commissioned by two environmental groups shows that low - carbon options will be ready to replace the more than 2,000 megawatts of power lost by the closure of New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant in four years.

Global warming will bring increased summer heat waves nationwide that are especially harmful to low - income and minority populations in urban areas and the elderly, according to a new report by environmental and public health groups.

Protect Our Winters, an environmental advocacy group, accompanied the athletes and presented sobering facts about the economics of the industry: Low snow years have caused the loss of 17,400 jobs and decreased the estimated value to the economy by over $ 1 billion since 2001.

Research done by the Environmental Working Group shows that consumers can lower their pesticide exposure by almost 90 % by avoiding the 12 most contaminated conventional fruits and vegetables and eating the 12 least contaminated instead.

It's been estimated by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)(a non-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide exposure from produce by almost 90 percent by avoiding the «dirty Environmental Working Group (EWG)(a non-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide exposure from produce by almost 90 percent by avoiding the «dirty environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide exposure from produce by almost 90 percent by avoiding the «dirty dozen.»

The Environmental Working Group has found that people can lower their pesticide exposure by almost 80 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables (or buying them organic) and eating the least contaminated instead.

In addition to encouraging more people onto a low - carbon emissions mode of transport, Locomore has announced a contract with Naturstrom AG (link in German), which will supply electricity certified with the Grüner Strom (Green Power) label, backed by environmental groups Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND).

Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently raised to 35 percent).

According to documents obtained by environmental group Ozone Action and journalist Ross Gelbspan, ICE messaging strategies included targeting «older, less educated males»... and «younger, lower income women.»

According to documents obtained by environmental group Ozone Action and journalist Ross Gelbspan, ICE messaging strategies included targeting «older, less educated males from larger households who are not typically active information seekers» and «younger, lower income women.»

Earthjustice represented three environmental justice groups and challenged the impact statement, which a lower court judge found illegal, whose opinion was upheld by a state court of appeal.