Sentences with phrase «make environmental progress»

Several recent government reports, however, have underlined China's poor performance in meeting its own environmental targets (see China admits failure to make environmental progress).

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However, lobbying, advocacy and other political spending by corporations and trade associations can also inhibit good policy - making, hold back progress, undermine critical environmental, social or economic regulations, and offload private costs onto the public.

The environmental and labor side agreements negotiated by our administration will make this agreement a force for social progress as well as economic growth.»

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We have no shortage of entrepreneurs who are finding innovative ways to push social progress or tackle environmental problems while making profits, but there was a gap in the market for early - stage funding.

While retail giants are not popularly associated with sustainable development, UK - based Marks & Spencer and Tesco, and US giant Walmart, have made progress in meeting ambitious environmental and social goals throughout their supply chains.1

«Through Governor Cuomo's leadership, we continue to make significant progress in protecting and managing the Adirondack Park from various environmental threats, and we can not allow the storage of these railcars to set back our efforts,» he said.

Represents the most progress made since plans for the new bridge began over 10 years ago New York State Press Release New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Joan McDonald and New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) Executive Director Thomas Madison today announced that NYSDOT and NYSTA have completed and released the Draft Environmental -LSB-...]

Your passion on issues such as environmental protection built a legacy... We pledge to continue the progress you made in these critically important areas.»

Poor environmental conditions can thwart academic progress by making it harder for students to concentrate, causing or exacerbating illness in students and staff, increasing absences and lost work days, and diverting school funds to pay for costly repair and remediation projects.

«Eco-minded drivers looking for a new «green» vehicle with low CO2 emissions don't have to look further than the fun - to - drive and fuel - efficient Accord Hybrid,» said Steven Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «Recognition from the trusted editors at Kelley Blue Book is proof positive of the progress Honda has made developing increasingly cleaner vehicles over the last 40 years.»

He worked to combat corporate greed, terrorism, and environmental irresponsibility while making huge progress toward human rights reform and economic expansion.

Even though considerable progress has been made in addressing the environmental impact of tourism in our destination, we can not rest on our laurels.

We believe that making progress on environmental issues comes, in part, from developing working models that provide examples to follow.

My purpose has long been to help people make sense of the momentous environmental and social changes under way on this «pale blue dot» called Earth, the forces behind those changes, and what policies and practices can foster human progress while limiting regrets.

(To my mind, there's enormous potential for progress testing new ways to share and shape ideas, and far slimmer prospects for using environmental treaty - making and other tools of global governance.)

But we're in total sync on most points, particularly in the value of focusing less on the «woe is me, shame on you» approach to pursuing environmental progress and more on building environmental understanding, engagement and the capacity to make a difference.

The tone and sophistication of popular media coverage of environmental issues has made absolutely ZERO progress.

For more on the potential to use new approaches to communication to make progress on climate and energy, explore the Twitter feed below — generated during a mini-course on climate, the Web and communication that I'm teaching this week at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management of the University of California, Santa Barbara:

And while progress is clearly being made on identifying the cause, or most likely causes, of the problem — we'd do well to keep supporting pollinators, pollinator research, conservation and environmental regeneration any way we can.

For more on the potential to use new approaches to communication to make progress on climate and energy, explore the Twitter feed below — generated during a mini-course on climate, the Web and communication that I'm teaching this week at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management of the University of California, Santa Barbara: Read more...

This was an all out assault on much of the environmental progress that's been made so far.

However, many states are making progress toward Clean Power Plan targets as they work to comply with other environmental mandates, such as the Regional Haze Rule, the new ozone air quality standard, and new rules regarding toxic wastewater from power plants.

Over the last year, Environmental Progress discovered that major environmental organizations including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) have accepted contributions from, or made investments in, fossil fuel and renewable enerEnvironmental Progress discovered that major environmental organizations including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) have accepted contributions from, or made investments in, fossil fuel and renewable enerenvironmental organizations including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) have accepted contributions from, or made investments in, fossil fuel and renewable enerEnvironmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) have accepted contributions from, or made investments in, fossil fuel and renewable energy companies.

It notices that in the space of three years, capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD + from a little - known concept to one which is recognized, discussed and on the agenda of the Government of Viet Nam and that alongside awareness raising at a national level, substantial progress has been made in capacity building for policy development and environmental safeguards.

The document also provides a review of their understanding on associated challenges and opportunities as well as the progress made in integrating environmental and social challenges into their strategies and activities.

It notices that in the space of three years, capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD + from a little - known concept to one which is recognized, discussed and on the agenda of the Royal Government of Cambodia and that alongside awareness raising at a national level, substantial progress has been made in capacity building for policy development and environmental safeguards.

Although we have made progress, scientific breakthroughs are still needed so biofuels can be scaled up economically and produced in a way that brings environmental benefits.

We need to make real climate progress, strengthen environmental and natural resource...

This activity report shares information on the progress made over the last three years across key areas of ICAO's environmental protection activities.

Her legacy truly lives on through the Movement which to date remains in the frontline of advocating for environmental conservation in Kenya, and making great progress on reclaiming and restoring forest land.

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 essay was mostly about the failure of the environmental movement to make much progress on its agenda over the previous decade, but we could just as well have written it about any of the other liberal interest groups over that period.

If we try to predict what the situation might be in California two years from now by looking at a time - traveled progress report published in the summer of 2017 concerning the impacts the Governor's order actually had on the process of managing state government — we might conclude than anything under the sun can and will happen, including the possibility that the processes state agencies use in making their decisions are gummed up to such an extent that all of California's regulatory and planning activities which affect environmental issues slow to a crawl or even stop altogether.

Nearly three years have passed since the CGF resolution; and the world's largest retailer, with revenue of more than $ 460 billion in 2012 and a notable environmental track record greening its supply chain, has failed to make any substantial progress towards keeping its commitment to phase - down HFCs.

I've documented it on our website Environmental Progress, lots of accusations get made.

Thus, it is not just a waste of time but is actually detrimental to making any real environmental progress.

Yes, the environmental movement has taken some big hits recently on climate change, but progress is being made.

Turkey has made much progress over the last two decades in setting up infrastructure for addressing its environmental problems — an Environment Law was enacted in 1983 and the Ministry of Environment was created in 1991.

Former critics of the company have admitted that Apple is making significant progress, with environmental group Greenpeace giving Apple high marks for its efforts in promoting clean energy.

Cynthia Giles, the EPA assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance wrote in the memo «While the (supplemental draft environmental impact statement) has made progress in responding to EPA's comments on the (draft EIS) and providing information necessary for making an informed decision, EPA believes additional analysis is necessary to fully respond to our earlier comments and to ensure a full evaluation of the potential impacts of proposed Project, and to identify potential means to mitigate those impacts.»

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) filed a petition yesterday calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to end the use of powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in a number of applications, building on the significant progress made in two recent rulemakings under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program.

LONDON - As the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC70) meeting came to a close today [1], the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a member of the Clean Arctic Alliance, welcomed the progress made by member countries towards a phase out of the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by vessels operating in the Arctic.

So far, environmental alarmists have been able to avoid reaching the peak because they have been able to locate new trends, and invent new ways of telling stories about the progress of little blue lines which, for that season, appear to make sense.

With one exception — stabilization of the ozone layer through strict regulation of ozone - depleting chemicals — they found that not enough progress has been made to avert the massive environmental problems apparent in the late 20th century.

Competitive forces and industry innovation continue to drive technological advances and produce clean - burning natural gas, which has led to reducing carbon emissions from power generation to their lowest level in more than 20 years, making it clear that environmental progress and energy production are not mutually exclusive.

If you're not up on the latest environmental news of Mongolia, UNEP explains the progress being made there:

The Sierra Club, like other big environmental organizations, has made mistakes when it comes to workers and front - line communities, but we are learning quickly what it looks like when workers and communities both lead and benefit from the clean energy transition — and we're ready to fight for that progress.

(06/07/2012) Scientists warn that the Earth may be reaching a planetary tipping point due to a unsustainable human pressures, while the UN releases a new report that finds global society has made significant progress on only four environmental issues out of ninety in the last twenty years.

Unfortunately the publication gives progress on all three treaties an «F», highlighting how little progress has been made on the global environmental crisis.