But ask any
number of environmentalists what «climate change is real and is happening» actually means, and you will get as many different answers back.
She is part of a growing body
of environmentalists in the research community who suggest that what has traditionally been considered good for mankind may not be good for nature.
Her understanding of the link between human poverty and the quality of the natural environment undoubtedly influenced a
generation of environmentalists and policymakers.
In this example, the students took on the
role of environmentalists and emergency preparation teams to develop emergency kits that could be used in a natural disaster.
And so critics from left, right and the intellectual center gang up on the
handful of environmentalists and other activists who try to get population into national and global discussions.
I appreciate that he is dedicated to making the world a less boring place, which is more than I can say for a
lot of environmentalists.
The
concerns of environmentalists and of social - justice advocates need not be in conflict when it comes to the attack on absolute rural poverty.
The FRAP raised the ire
of some environmentalists who had previously supported the legislation, but included as a way to broaden the bill's appeal to downstate voters, even though the Illinois Coal Association said the provision would do nothing for Illinois coal because the downstate coal plants burn Wyoming coal.
And we are moving — very rapidly — to the era of environmentalism in which environment (or perhaps the irrational
claims of environmentalists) is placed ahead of men and their freedom.
By enshrining in law the anti-GMO
arguments of environmentalists about Bt eggplant, and rejecting science and reason in the process, the Phillipine Court of Appeals has placed in real jeopardy one of the most important potential advances in agriculture and human health since the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 70s.
His text, they said, misrepresented the actual
positions of environmentalists and scientists, and his analysis was marred by invalidating errors that include a narrow, biased reading of the literature, an inadequate understanding of the science, and quotations taken out of context.
During the interview, the good Senator from Oklahoma repeated his belief that a global
conspiracy of environmentalists and scientists (and global temperature readings) are colluding to create the illusion of a changing climate, just to justify taxes.
There's an awkward scene where Evan turns a swarm of birds in his office into a convincing argument for Long's bill, which leads to Long and his colleagues decrying the
work of environmentalists who might frown upon the bill's concept of turning National Park land into building development sites.
But there is a huge list of
examples of environmentalists drumming up huge amounts of fear based on the Precautionary Principle that turned out to not be very scary and big wastes of cash (and it isn't a valid refuatation to say the military wastes money too).
(It amuses me that the largest group of people currently enjoying the benefits of global warming are climatologists and employees
of environmentalist organizations, since their incomes depend upon it.)
Germany — once a global leader in the race for reliance on «alternative» forms of energy — has discovered that no amount
of environmentalist ideology can alter the fundamental laws of economics.
Which is why I don't agree with Ben when he says: «the arguments
[of environmentalists] are more obscene than anything we'd find in the emails».
Whether it's activists protesting luxury green condos after construction has begun (as opposed to during the planning process), or eco-nags indulging in passive aggressive preaching, there seem to be an awful lot
of environmentalists for whom the fight is an end in itself.
«Sex and the City» star and Democratic candidate for New York governor Cynthia Nixon joined
hundreds of environmentalists Monday for a march and rally protesting incumbent Andrew Cuomo's climate change policies.
I think about that scene when I hear the way many
of my environmentalist friends talk about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, an ill - fitting term that has come to stand for plants, animals and other living things whose genes have been directly manipulated in the lab using the techniques of modern biotechnology.
And then to show how mild and reasonable Lovelock is, throw in a
bunch of environmentalists who follow the precautionary principle (the people who've been totally excluded from the CC deabte).
Following a three - issue run in «Dark Horse Presents,» «The Massive» launches as an ongoing series in June from Dark Horse, chronicling the adventures of a
band of environmentalists in a world that has already fallen into ruin and examining how they live when the battle has long since been lost.