Sentences with phrase «of addressing the environmental issues»

LO: To consider the importance of addressing the environmental issues and the positive and negative impacts of tourism

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Weston's surprise is likely genuine: Loblaw has established considerable corporate social - responsibility (CSR) machinery addressing a wide variety of environmental, labour and social issues.

I'm pleased to have been part of a very constructive discussion on how we can all work together on policies that support a strong and competitive U.S. economy, create jobs and address safety and environmental issues.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber's Global Energy Institute, issued the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's issuance of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking addressing carbon emissions from power plants:

The potential success of these technologies would also involve upgrading certain current known metal resources to economic status while addressing the environmental and social acceptability issues.

Heyman noted that he and New Democrat Leader John Horgan met with members of the Climate Leadership Team, and respect their thoughtful and balanced approach to both the economic and environmental issues involved in a climate change plan, and said New Democrats will put forward a real plan to address climate change in the coming months.

Laudato Si, last week's encyclical from Pope Francis, seeks to address a plethora of problems in the modern world — predominately focusing on environmental issues, distributive justice, and perceived problems with consensus developmental economic theory.

@transframer — With all due respect, you didn't really address the issues raised regarding: 1) actual # of extant vertebrate species; 2) the fact that land inverts «breath air» and would have drowned if not accounted for on the ark; 3) that the dino genera identified in the wiki link far exceeds 50; 4) the need to account for extinct land vertebrates in addition to those still around; 5) that many marine fish would have died as their habitat's salinity dropped; 6) that your % allotments for food / water don't reflect the fact that many forms require fresh meat and / or eat disproportionately to their sizes; 7) the specific dietary / environmental constraints involved in the migration to the Ark and the return trips from Mt. Ararat.

Though some are already addressing environmental issues, they will need to adopt a more urgent theological stance and course of action if we are to avoid the prognosis offered by...

Thus there has been a growing concern, expressed globally, to address the issues of environmental degradation.

The Recent Senate inquiry referred to the Senate Committee under the Murray Darling Basin Plan by Senator Maddigan, into the impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, provided a good opportunity to address a number of issues and concerns raised by members of the community and I would encourage you to have a look at the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder submission, and others made to the Committee.

Since the inception of the sustainability movement, Volcafe has built and operated certified, sustainable supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities.

A specific criterion of the award is dedicated to addressing environmental issues in the emergency action plan.

LINCOLN — In her keynote address before Mass Audubon's Annual Meeting Friday evening, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy exhorted the audience to stand up for a healthy environment as a quality - of - life issue.

And finally, I just learned about the Healthy Schools Campaign, a non-profit organization that addresses not just food but general issues of environmental health and wellness in schools.

Yet the granting of more powers would produce a profound change in the range of mechanisms available to address environmental issues; the country's authorities could then take an integrated approach to governmental and legislative powers.

«It seems that the project has gone over budget because there are some environmental issues that were not initially anticipated that had to be addressed, but I don't believe that that will impede or slow the movement of the project forward,» Brown said.

Professor Connolly will address the history of the Clean Water Act, issues related to environmental case law, and how policy is shaped by those decisions.

Lake Ontario's water level is a primary focus — and principal flaw, some say — of a long - simmering plan to address a range of environmental and economic issues related to the littlest Great Lake.

It's taken Councilmember Margaret Chin five years to address Downtown's worst environmental issue, Canal St., but so much more than the lives of three elderly Chinese residents has been lost in those years — real opportunities for change have been squandered.

«We've addressed a lot of issues in town, considerate of the needs of the townspeople,» he said, noting they'd worked to make the budget process transparent, supported vital environmental initiatives like mandatory boat inspection for invasive species, and accomplished extensive repair of failing sewer infrastructure — while keeping taxes low.

«Erie County and the Town of Hamburg are addressing a serious environmental issue, and the Department of Environmental Conservation is pleased to be part of the solution,» said Acting NYSDEC Commissioner Menvironmental issue, and the Department of Environmental Conservation is pleased to be part of the solution,» said Acting NYSDEC Commissioner MEnvironmental Conservation is pleased to be part of the solution,» said Acting NYSDEC Commissioner Marc Gerstman.

«We have a mission and an obligation, given who we are and the benefits we enjoy as a result of our status as scientists, to address major science - based issues in society,» said Huybers, a professor of earth and planetary sciences and environmental science and engineering at Harvard University.

«The assumption seemed to be that once individuals are led to believe in the urgency of environmental issues and have stronger concerns about sustainability, they will change and act to address the issues,» explains Eom.

This research helps the Agency develop its strategy on endocrine - disrupting substances, a mixture of cost - effective action to reduce the risks of harm to the environment, targeted environmental monitoring, further research to address areas of uncertainty, and work to raise the public's awareness of these issues.

She is a professor of chemistry in the UB College of Arts and Sciences and a member of UB RENEW (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water), an institute that addresses complex environmental issues.

The World Bank has been widely criticised for its failure to assess the dam's environmental impact or to address the issue of resettling the people it will displace.

But it wrote that if the challengers are right, then then «EPA would have to pick one set of health and environmental issues to address, while ignoring another.»

Ramesh Raliya, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher, and Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, both at the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, are addressing this issue by using nanoparticles to boost the nutrient content and growth of tomato plants.

This year Scientific American is delighted to help expand the awards honors by sponsoring a $ 50,000 Science in Action award for a project that addresses a social, environmental or health issue to make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community.

Environmental issues, resource management, and the continual evolution of technology are all issues that aboriginal communities will need to address in the future and, consequently, there will always be a demand for well - trained aboriginal scientists and engineers.

NASA's human exploration missions can be used to address most of the major issues threatening our uncertain world, from energy independence, to economic, national, and environmental security.

We live in convulsed times in terms of environmental depletion, violence and diseases; and we young scientist are called to help to address all these issues and pursue for a better world.

oceanoise2017 format aims at favouring a dynamic exchange of the latest findings in the field of ocean noise in order to assist in providing ocean users with the best scientific knowledge and technical solutions to address operational and environmental issues.

This powerful new BBC miniseries, starring Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), addresses these issues within the context of a drama where oil executives, politicians and environmental activists collide.After the president of Arrow Oil suddenly retires, Tom McConnell is thrown into the hot seat.

As an ardent supporter of environmental issues, DiCaprio addressed climate change in his speech.

Thus, international law has limited value in addressing broader environmental issues, beyond setting an overall framework of principles and norms.

For now, therefore, the main battleground for addressing major environmental issues is, in my view, diplomatic / political and economic, as well as social, in terms of necessary lifestyle changes.

This is then normally followed by designing behavioural interventions and engaging communication activities with the aim of getting the whole school community on board and implementing a tailored plan of action to address the school's key environmental issues.

If we want to improve public schools, we must address the educational issues in concert with the environmental and societal issues we face, never underestimating the importance of the quality of teachers.

3) Environmental education — leveraging social psychological theories to address issues of sustainability, conservation, and climate change especially for adolescents.

Extensive Federal requirements and guidance call for transportation planners to evaluate potential economic, community, and environmental impacts of transportation programs; examine past trends and future projections for travel demand for people, goods, and information; and address societal issues such as community values and goals.

In 2012, the Department issued DOT Order 5610.2 (a), Department of Transportation Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations (DOT EJ Order), updating the original order issued in 1997.

In 2013, when a rise in water temperatures lead to a massive die - off of the local abalone population, Winton saw it as cause to write a play, Signs of Life, that addresses environmental issues.

Organizations like the Green Belt Movement have addressed deforestation and privatization as an environmental and a social justice issue, connecting the dots between colonization and economic inequalities, between the lack of land rights and social oppression.

Millennials are, by nature, much more accepting of various sexualities, belief systems, and ethnicities, and many studies have found that they have a strong desire to address social, environmental and political issues for the greater good.

The environmental impact of paper is significant and businesses around the world are becoming increasingly focused on addressing these issues head on.

Dedicated to addressing the roots of social and environmental issues, Wangari Maathai has been a groundbreaking figure in both her work and in her personal life.

In this lesson, students examine the community organizing / civic action steps that the Green Belt Movement (GBM) took to address Kenya's deforestation and to tackle the issues closely connected to this environmental issue, including women's rights, equitable economic development, political governance and the sustainable management of scarce resources.

We favor investments such as those mitigating the impacts of fossil fuels in energy - intensive industries, promoting energy efficiency, or otherwise addressing environmental and social justice issues.