Sentences with phrase «of national environmental groups»

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Environmental group WWF Scotland said Friday that analysis of data provided by WeatherEnergy showed the country's wind turbines sent 86,467 megawatt hours of electricity to the National Grid on Monday.

The rest will watch as the prime minister marches «out onto the stage at the National Press [Theatre] with half a dozen representatives of First Nations and environmental groups by his side.

A coalition of state and national environmental groups have raised concerns about water contamination and other impacts on Western Australia's largest national park.

But he nevertheless put his finger on a national interest that needs to be clear: no single group, whether environmental or aboriginal, should be able to stand in the way of the economic prosperity of the country overall.

Adds the former president of a national environmental organization, who has looked in vain for support from religious groups in efforts to protect wilderness and wildlife: «The Unitarians occasionally let us meet in their buildings; that's been our primary contact with churches on this issue.»

This environmental watering event is a collaborative effort between the Commonwealth Environment Water Office, Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Tar - Ru Lands Board of Management, Local Land Services Western Region, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, NSW Department of Primary Industries Water, Moorna Station, SA Water and The Nature Conservancy.

Mayborn Group, proud owner of leading baby essentials brand tommee tippee ®, has been named 2014 National Winner of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association's (BVCA) prestigious Community & Environmental Action Award.

Yesterday the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) AgMag Blog offered a much closer look at those corporate ties, as well as the role of SNA's lobbyists which, in addition to representing SNA, boast a roster of Big Food clients that includes General Mills, Kraft Foods, the North American Meat Association, the National Confectioners Association and the National Frozen Pizza Institute (whose members include Con Agra and Schwan.)

The letter was released by the Environmental Advocates of New York and signed on to by more than 160 groups representing local, state and national organizations.

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.

She has also contributed her expertise and leadership to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, the Executive Committee of the National Association of Manufacturing's State Associations Group, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's High - Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel; the Foundation for Land and Liberty; Rensselaer County Alternatives to Incarceration, Binghamton University's Alumni Association; and the Susan Odell Taylor school.

Elected officials and an environmental group used the occasion to continue their call on the Department of Defense to stop PFOS discharges from Stewart Air National Guard base.

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...

The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals: Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.

Much of the secret money benefiting Democrats in ads has poured through a network of regional and national environmental groups like the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club.

At the same time, the League of Conservation Voters, a national environmental group, singled out Katko as part of a $ 550,000 TV campaign drawing attention to a provision that is expected to be added to the Senate GOP tax bill that opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil dnational environmental group, singled out Katko as part of a $ 550,000 TV campaign drawing attention to a provision that is expected to be added to the Senate GOP tax bill that opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil dNational Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

National environmental groups are trying to focus the spotlight on Governor Andrew Cuomo, over the issue of the growing international oil distribution center, located just blocks from the State Capitol, at the Port of Albany.

National environmental groups are trying to focus the spotlight on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, over the issue of the growing international oil distribution center, located just blocks from the state Capitol, at the Port of Albany.

The national environmental group named Buerkle to its «Flat Earth Five» campaign against five House members who deny the existence of global climate change, which Buerkle has called a myth.

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.»

Washington — A national environmental group today named Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle as one of the top two deniers of climate change in the House of Representatives, and promised to launch an advertising campaign against her re-election.

get involved with and / or donate funds to national environmental advocacy organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of Conservenvironmental advocacy organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of ConservEnvironmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of ConservEnvironmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of Conservation Voters.

The report was released by Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environment America, Environment New York, Environmental Advocates of New York, HealthyPlanet, Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association, National Wildlife Federation, New York Building Congress, New York League of Conservation Voters, New York Public Interest Research Group, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Sierra Club.

The lineup of opposition groups 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.»

And in the House, Republican leaders worked up a proposal to streamline National Environmental Policy Act reviews, blaming lawsuits by environmental groups for slowing the pace of forEnvironmental Policy Act reviews, blaming lawsuits by environmental groups for slowing the pace of forenvironmental groups for slowing the pace of forest thinning.

The groups supporting the agreement include American Electric Power, Conservation International, Duke Energy, El Paso Corp., Environmental Defense Fund, Disney Corp., Marriott International, Mercy Corps, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, PG&E Corp., Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Woods Hole Research Center.

Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up to tighten federal stormwater rules that have been criticized by environmental groups and deemed ineffective by a national panel ofEnvironmental Protection Agency is gearing up to tighten federal stormwater rules that have been criticized by environmental groups and deemed ineffective by a national panel ofenvironmental groups and deemed ineffective by a national panel of researchers.

Conservation groups allege that the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Energy failed to consider the spirit of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and also violated the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

«There is no scientific body of national or international standing that rejects the findings of human - induced effects on climate,» Peter Gleick, a scientist and president of the Pacific Institute, an environmental group, said on a conference call on Wednesday.

The FDA was forced to make its determination as part of a settlement to a lawsuit filed in August by the National Resources Defense Council, an environmental group based in New York.

That's according to a report by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), released earlier this month against the Department of Commerce's wishes by the environmental group Earth Island Institute of San Francisco.

Environmental Working Group's director of research, Renee Sharp, said a national standard is necessary to protect people's health.

Working with EDF gave her easy access to the environmental group's scientists and the support of a national organization.

For this work supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Nagel and colleagues treated groups of pregnant mice with one of four UOG doses or a control substance in their drinking water until their pups were born.

Launched in mid-2010 after 3 years of technical consultation, the Yasuni ITT project was lauded by foreign governments and environmental groups as an innovative way to fight global warming: Not exploiting the Ishpingo - Tambococha - Tiputini (ITT) oilfields in Yasuni National Park will, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), prevent the emissions of around 410 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the annual emissions of France and accounting for 20 % of Ecuador's known oil reserves.

«With or without German support — or even without the [Ecuadorian] government's support — the initiative remains valid and legitimate, not only for the indigenous people that live within the borders of the national park but for Ecuadorian society and for the world as a whole,» said Ivonne Yanez, president of Acción Ecológica, a Quito - based environmental activist group which has been instrumental in raising the initiative's profile.

Sixteen of the twenty EHSCCs funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) joined the working group to review the literature on the potential public health impact of UNGDO and to make recommendations for research.

However, the amount of carbon loss from drought - driven wildfires has remained high, says lead author Dr Luiz Aragão, leader of the tropical ecosystems and environmental sciences group (TREES) at the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil.

The paper was a result of combined efforts of the joint Working Group on Human Risk Perception and Climate Change at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the National Socio - Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) at the University of Maryland.

In addition, the researchers found higher rates of chromosome changes in the white blood cells of the exposed fishermen — changes that have been linked to an increased risk of cancer in other studies, says Gina Solomon, MD, a senior scientist with the National Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental group.

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Previously, Heather was the executive director of Environmental Working Group (EWG), director of education advocacy for National Wildlife Federation, and counsel to U.S. Senator Russ Feingold.

As Executive Director of the Environmental Working Group, Heather leads the national charge to make our modern marketplace safer for consumers.

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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 Park Hill Project was part of a national program called Earth Force, through which groups of students choose an environmental issue to study and then work on sustainable local solutions.

She serves as Co-Chair of the National Environmental Policy Act Committee of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (IWG) and the Rural Committee of the IWG.

According to a recent press release by the Environmental Working Group, excessive amounts of fluoride were found in 8 major national brands of dog and puppy food.

Update on National Companion Animal Focus Group (NCAFG) Documents were supplied by Mark Berry, Chairman of NCAFG, Senior Environmental Health Officer, Stockton - on - Tees local authority.