Sentences with phrase «of environmental left»

While it may appear as simply a matter of writing off these impacts as the concerns of environmental left - wingers, even a cursory look shows that climate change affects everyone — and in ways that many of us don't realize.

Yes I am polemical, yes I can be abusive, but that's because I think righteous rage is a useful weapon in a war where so much is at stake: ultimately the freedom for us all to live our lives as WE choose rather than as the fascistic control freaks of the environmental left would prefer us to live.

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Its primary use is for festivals, in order to counter the environmental impact of leaving tents behind once the party is over.

New York Times Washington correspondent David Sanger called Trump's climate decision a «strategic gift to the Chinese, who are eager to fill the void that Washington is leaving around the world on everything from setting the rules of trade and environmental standards to financing the infrastructure projects that give Beijing vast influence.»

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agency.

She argues that by not taking tourism seriously, governments are both failing to fully capitalize on a booming industry and leaving their countries exposed to the destructive elements that accompany foreign travel: environmental degradation, lowered living standards for the poor, sex tourism, and all the subtler injustices and annoyances that materialize when droves of foreigners arrive on your shores demanding authentic cultural experiences.

At Rizzo Associates, an engineering and environmental services company, four of the first seven employees had to leave because they could not grow with the company.

Still, the demise of Energy East left oil - producing Alberta and Saskatchewan bruised, raising the political stakes as Carr promises, sometime in the coming months, to overhaul the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, and the National Energy Board Act, along with the Fisheries Act and the Navigation Protection Act.

And the Premier of Alberta, Alison Redford, left jaws dropped across the continent this week when she proudly described Keystone XL as «responsible energy development» despite her province's skyrocketing emissions and record of environmental destruction.

The Mariana Mining disaster, considered the largest environmental disaster in Brazil's history, left unforgettable memories of devastated landscape and lives.

Stoll believes that the lack of religious faith in today's environmental movement has left it weak and divided: «Presbyterianism wilts and environmentalism droops.»

With today's environmentalist standard - bearers hailing from Hollywood and the political left, it is tempting to see the environmental movement as a Trojan Horse for liberalism, pantheism, and all manner of threats to orthodoxy.

From year to year I have observed the loss of cropland in places like Niger and Kenya where the demands of relentless commercial cash - cropping with no regard for environmental conservation have left the land bare and, for the foreseeable future, useless for agricultural production.

There are plenty of left - wing evangelicals, deeply committed to social and environmental justice.

We can detect the reality of this Spirit most vividly in present social, political, environmental, and religious movements that seek the full inclusion and unity of those beings and persons who have been left out by our restrictive social, political, economic, environmental, and religious practices.

Perhaps this is another reason why many Church people are ignorant of, or hostile to, Green and environmental matters - they perceive them as extreme left - wing issues.

Preston (1991), who values the economic efficiency of the market, nevertheless acknowledges that left to itself the market leads to great inequalities of wealth and is unable to cope with environmental degradation such as is caused by industrial pollution.

«This sale of allocations has reduced the amount of Commonwealth environmental water available in the Gwydir by around six percent in 2017 - 18, leaving sufficient water to be carried over to support future environmental watering priorities.

We continuously work to improve our environmental footprint and that of our supply chain as we strive to leave a happy world to future generations.

The space was designed by Xan Creative, a Denver - based interior design and environmental branding firm founded by Melissa Friday in 2001, that has left a lasting mark on the Denver hospitality community through its interior branding of local restaurants like D Bar, Atomic Cowboy, Los Chingones, Racca's Pizzeria Neapolitana, and Snooze restaurants.

One of our favorite resources is Coyote Point Environmental Museum just down the road here, as their camps get very creative w / same, using «bandannas» that the kids can also use for hikes and such, playing into the «no trails, no trash left behind» tred lightly earth ethics...

But a gas station that once stood there left behind its underground storage tanks and an environmental cleanup that the Park District wasn't interested in assuming, according to Edward Uhlir, director of research and planning for the Chicago Park District.

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As of January 1, I left my day job at the National Environmental Trust to devote my time to helping a diverse array of advocacy groups, companies and campaigns use the «net to help spread their messages and achieve their political and communications goals.

US Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt made his international debut on Sunday at a climate conference in Bologna, Italy, but left halfway through the first day of the two - day event.

The left should get over its fixation on high taxation of labour income and put more emphasis on taxing unearned wealth and environmental bads.

EMR is vital to attracting low - carbon technologies, as there's little doubt that if left alone, the market would veer towards a short - term approach — building more gas generation — at the expense of our long - term environmental and energy security responsibilities.

Crain's reports that the $ 2.5 billion project has been left out of the Economic Development Corporation's budget, thus meaning that preliminary design work and an environmental study have no funding to move forward with.

State Senator Espaillat led a visit by local residents and environmental activists, including Vera Scruggins (left), to Pennsylvania to learn about effects of hydro - fracking.

As of January 1, I left my day job at the National Environmental Trust to devote my time to helping a diverse array of advocacy groups...

New York should not spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a process that could leave New York with less environmental protections, less funding for our schools, etc..

Many environmental groups were disappointed after Governor Cuomo's State of the State address, which talked about dealing with climate change but left out many of their other concerns.

De Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.

The party shares in the mission of many of the worldwide Green Parties and generally supports a left - leaning, liberal platform on the American political spectrum with an emphasis on the core tenets of environmental protection, social justice, grassroots democracy, and pacifism.

There's word that the commissioner of the state's environmental agency is leaving, just two days after Joe Martens issued the final environmental impact statement banning hydrofracking in New York.

Fearing New York will face the same fate as federal environmental regulations, advocates have also raised concerns about the permanency of Cuomo's executive orders should he leave office.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about water quality at Emerson Park Pavilion as, from left, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill, Owasco Town Supervisor Ed Wagner, Cayuga County Legislature Chairman Keith Batman and state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos applaud.

While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did an emergency removal of contaminants after the factory closed in 2000, more remediation will be needed including the removal of underground storage tanks and liquids left in trenches and pits, and assessing an area that had a former mercury spill.

Appealing to the north of England, working class voters and ethnic minorities with an aspirational agenda was at the heart of this launch, with a focus on «bread and butter issues such as the cost of living,» as well as ensuring environmental problems aren't merely seen as a concern of the left.

«Andrew Cuomo has given into the radical environmental Luddites in his own party to leave New York as the only one of 35 states with extractable natural gas to be missing out on the hydro - boom,» said Cox.

Senator Kathy Marchione promotes bill to extend the statute of limitations to sue for toxic contamination, with, right to left, Hoosick Falls resident Michele Baker, Assembly sponsor John McDonald, and Environmental Advocates» Liz Moran

Still, Environmental Advocates of New York executive director Peter Iwanowicz on Wednesday called on Cuomo to leave politics out of the fracking health study as he gets closer to a decision.

Siddiq said she had real concerns about giving the government the nod to proceed with leaving the EU without guarantees on membership of security agencies, environmental or employment rights.

New York Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced this week that he is leaving that position, just two days after he issued the final environmental impact statement banning hydrofracking Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced this week that he is leaving that position, just two days after he issued the final environmental impact statement banning hydrofracking environmental impact statement banning hydrofracking in the state.

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

The fellow who left 40 containers of human waste at the Department of Environmental Conservation's headquarters building has pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and is on probation.

The teenager says she thought that going away to California for college (at Santa Clara University, where she is an environmental studies major) would help her leave her troubles behind, but instead, her use of alcohol and marijuana only intensified.

«Every year of Senator Dilan's tenure in the Senate he has stood with our members and been a dedicated advocate for everything from the $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave and healthcare, to greater environmental protections and election reforms,» said Helen Schaub, 1199SEIU vice president for policy and legislation.

Sullivan, 52, offers a background in business development, environmental activism and healthcare, while projecting a left - of - center profile similar to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.