Sentences with phrase «of leading environmental organizations»

In a first of its kind collaboration, a coalition of leading environmental organizations and offshore wind developers has agreed to a series of voluntary measures that will protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, while helping to expedite responsible offshore wind development, in the Mid-Atlantic.

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Dan has a track record of winning advances in energy conservation and environmental protection for leading organizations such as the Maryland Energy Administration, the United Nations Foundation / Energy Future Coalition, and the Sierra Club.

These leading Canadian employers have developed exceptional earth - friendly initiatives and are attracting people to their organizations because of their environmental leadership.

My passion for nature and religion led me, with much trepidation, to start the first national Jewish environmental organization, Shomrei Adamah, «Keepers of the Earth.»

And, we are a member of SFTA, an organization working to drive leading environmental, social and economic practices in the organic food trade.

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is a leading nonpartisan environmental and political organization.

A coalition of groups — led by labor unions, environmental groups and conservative organizations — has formed to oppose the constitutional convention.

Opponents, led by major environmental organizations, claim hydrofracking could damage critical watershed areas, although no such damage has occurred in Pennsylvania or in other regions of the country where it's been used.

The referendum has been opposed by labor unions, environmental groups and other organizations who fear it could lead a stripping of key rights in the existing document.

The federal rejection made temporary allies of Republicans and leading environmental organizations.

Leading the pack in contributions and endorsements are Brad Lander, the director of the Pratt Center for Community Development; Josh Skaller, a leader of grassroots political and neighborhood organizations; and Bob Zuckerman, who runs environmental nonprofits.

Three out of four major candidates for United States president have responded to 20 key science, engineering, technology, health and environmental questions set forth by a coalition of fifty - six leading U.S. nonpartisan organizations, including AAAS.

Small dams in China «often lack sufficient enforcement of environmental regulations» because they are «left to the jurisdiction of the province,» said Guy Ziv, lead scientist for the Natural Capital Project, an organization which develops tools to assess and quantify natural resources, and a researcher for the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.

Exposure to PAHs early in an organism's life cycle can also lead to infertility and a host of developmental problems, says Jeffrey Short, an environmental chemist based in Juneau, Alaska, who works with the marine conservation organization Oceana.

My background — a bachelor's degree in political economy of natural resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology — led to positions first in government and then at an environmental nongovernmental organization.

The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is one of the world's leading independent environmental research organizations.

Frances Beinecke is the former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading nonprofit environmental organization that works to curb global warming, protect...

Here, leading environmental organizations around the world name their top recommendation for how to be an eco-friendly citizen 365 days of the year:

As the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Rhea Suh leads the 500 scientists, attorneys, and policy experts that make the NRDC one of the country's most effective environmental action organizations.

She receives an annual grant to lead workshops at the National Institutes of Health, and is an active member on the Environmental Working Group Board of Directors, one of America's leading health and wellness organizations.

The organization behind the research is the Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme, «a collaboration of 10 leading Australian universities and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, to undertake research to support the recovery of Australia's threatened species.»

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One Night Stand is a benefit in support of Art From Scrap, a leading environmental education and art organization, now in its 20th year ofencouraging creative expression in the arts and promoting a greater understanding of environmental issues.

I've been writing to the Times (through Dot Earth and elsewhere), to some economists, to moral philosophers, to leading schools of journalism, to environmental organizations, and (even) to ExxonMobil.

Edward Loure, Tanzania: Edward Loure led a grassroots organization that pioneered an approach that gives land titles to indigenous communities — instead of individuals — in northern Tanzania, ensuring the environmental stewardship of more than 200,000 acres of land for future generations.

And in this same 2009 essay, Pearce had also cited a «PR operator for one of the world's leading environmental organizations [who] didn't want to be quoted» as saying:

A leading voice in favor of Obama's plan is the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental organization whose own antipollution plan is widely seen as a template for what the administration will propose.

The effort was led by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading U.S. bird conservation group; Fundación ProAves, one of the leading conservation groups in Colombia; and Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez, a Colombian organization that focuses on community, youth, and environmental projects.

We support the Principles of Environmental Justice adopted by the Delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (1991) and recognize the important work of the many organizations and individuals who have led in the struggle for justice and served as guides in our work to confront oppression.

WASHINGTON, D.C. / / / NEWS ADVISORY / / / Four leading organizations in sustainable investing — As You Sow, Boston Common Asset Management, Green Century Capital Management, and the Investor Environmental Health Network — will hold a phone - based news conference at 1:30 p.m. EST on November 7, 2013 to issue a report scoring 24 top oil & gas companies on their disclosure (or lack thereof) to investors of the key risks associated with hydraulic fracturing operations.

He is one of the leading European experts in climate change communications, is a lead advisor to the Welsh Government, and counts major environmental organizations, politicians, faith groups, businesses, and trade unions among his clients.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2014 — The Surfrider Foundation, a leading non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches, is deeply dismayed by the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) released today by the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

In 1997 Global Possibilities and UC Santa Barbara co-hosted the US Solar and Renewable Energy Policy Symposium entitled «The Back Burner Status of Solar» attended by leading experts from government, utilities, business and environmental organizations examining renewable energy markets, the current business climate, including transportation, land use planning and technology development.

Leading environmental organization moves to protect clean water and public health after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management fail to file legal enforenvironmental organization moves to protect clean water and public health after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management fail to file legal enforEnvironmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management fail to file legal enforEnvironmental Management fail to file legal enforcement action

In the midst of it all, I sat down with Jessy Tolkan, who, as one of the founders of the Energy Action Coalition, the coalition of 50 youth - led environmental and social justice organizations behind Power Shift, has had a front - row seat to the evolution of the event — and the youth climate movement.

Bullfrog Power, Canada's leading green energy provider, is announcing that CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, the not - for - profit organization that houses the world's largest collection of self - disclosed corporate environmental data and founder of the global disclosure platform, has accredited Bullfrog Power as its first Canada - focused renewable energy partner.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The three leading environmental advocacy organizations in the Hudson Valley — Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson — applauded today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce spillage of material back into the river and re-suspenenvironmental advocacy organizations in the Hudson Valley — Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson — applauded today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce spillage of material back into the river and re-suspenEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce spillage of material back into the river and re-suspension of PCBs.

The letter begins, «As leading US environmental and science organizations, we write to express our strong opposition to «fast track» trade promotion authority, and to urge you to oppose any legislation that would limit the ability of Congress to ensure that trade pacts deliver benefits for communities, workers, public health, and the environment.»

Singer, a leading scientific skeptic of anthropocentric global warming (AGW), is an atmospheric physicist, and founder of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), an organization that began challenging the published findings of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the 1990s.

Yet scientists who previously worked for environmental organizations still hold leading roles in the creation of the IPCC report.

Our leading diplomats, scientists and environmental organizations have promised that the remaining 155,000 Manhattans of Arctic sea ice are going to melt in the next week or two.

EIA has led a coalition of environmental organizations in an open letter to SoftBank and Yahoo! Japan executives, urging an end to ivory sales on Yahoo! Japan's auction site...

On May 9th, the day after our action in Seattle, Native - led organizations, including Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network and Camp of the Sacred Stones, teamed up with the 121 First Nations and tribes who are part of the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion to launch

In doing so, Stasch used her influence to lead other organizations into a complicated web of progressive foundations, pushing radical economic change in the name of environmental stewardship.

SOA brings together and represents the brightest and most dynamic group of independent professionals, leading utility - scale solar and commercial rooftop solar project developers, photovoltaic module manufacturers, engineering construction firms and leading environmental organizations throughout Ontario.

The exhibition features a curated exhibition of artists whose work challenges us to reflect on our ecological footprint, as well as virtual tours from leading environmental organizations.

Even when you've been the lead scientist of two of the country's most well respected environmental organizations — groups addressing climate change — you may need to see the proof.

In a major break with the administration, a group of the nation's leading environmental organizations announced that it will no longer support Obama's «all of the above» energy policy.

The agreement also has the support of such other leading organizations as the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Oceana, the Sierra Club and the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Edward Loure led a grassroots organization that pioneered an approach that gives land titles to indigenous communities — instead of individuals — in northern Tanzania, ensuring the environmental stewardship of more than 200,000 acres of land for future generations.

EarthEcho International is a leading environmental education organization dedicated to activating a new generation of youth to solve the most critical conservation problems facing the world.