Sentences with phrase «other local environmental groups»

They survived with the help of outside entities such as Paul Smith College, providing a useful lesson for the CIC, which will be run through a partnership with the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development and several other local environmental groups.

Not exact matches

In June 2009, as a response to widespread calls for bans or other anti-bag measures from environmental groups, the city of Toronto required that all local stores charge 5 cents for every plastic bag they handed out.

The Murray Darling Basin Authority, Basin States, the scientific community, local groups and others have existing environmental water and aquatic health monitoring and evaluation programs and strategies in place.

As summarised below, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office will continue to work with the Murray Darling Basin Authority, state agencies, research organisations, regional organisations, local groups and others, such as landholders to collect and collate relevant monitoring information that facilitates evaluation and reporting of the use of water under the Basin Plan.

Local environmental groups oppose the transport of tar sands crude, which is extremely difficult to clean up, and which they say poses a risk to the Hudson River, Lake Champlain and other areas where railroad tracks run along the shoreline.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

I understand why traditional environmental groups stick with litigation as a lever but I see other approaches, particularly building local support for biological vitality and other environmental assets, as more effective in the long haul.

Keeping these local voices front and center, Wasserman worked with other local community - based organizations to form a strategic alliance with faith, health, labor, and environmental groups and reached out to local policymakers.

It comes amid high food prices and complaints from environmentalists and other groups that crop - based biofuels production in contributing to deforestation abroad and exacerbating local environmental problems, including pollution.

The project's local contractors included: AECOM, Aero Mechanical Inc., AIS Observers, Aladdin Electric, Badd Brothers, Bay Crane New England, Blount Boats, Challenge Electronics, Communication Systems Inc., DiPrete Engineering, Duffy & Shanley, E.W. Audet, Eagle Elevator, ESS Group, Essex Newbury, Fuss & O'Neill, GeoEnvironmental, GZA, Hart Engineering, Hinckley Allen, Inspire Environmental, Keough & Sweeney, Mayforth Group, Meridan Ocean Services, Mott MacDonald, National Grid, Rhode Island Fast Ferry's Atlantic Wind Transfers, Specialty Diving Services, VHB, Waterson Terminal Services, and WF Shea, among others.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with local stakeholders, including local government, environmental groups, and community groups among others

As a student at Middlebury College, May Boeve had already left her mark — she was part of the group that convinced the campus to go carbon neutral and had protested the neighborhood's burning of tires — but before graduating in 2007, she and nine other students teamed up with author and professor Bill McKibben for one final environmental project: Step It Up, a day of local climate change rallies that spread to 1,400 locations in 50 states.

In Costa Rica, where local environmental groups and even some members of government are loudly calling for Watson's release, the Environment Minister René Castro is distancing himself from the proceedings saying «we can not interfere with the work of other government branches.»

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

At a practical level, Aboriginal people are already being closely engaged on environmental and other issues about the River Murray drought response, and in National Parks and Reserves that are managed jointly by the State and local Aboriginal groups.

Or check out Green Drinks, an international collection of local groups that meet in neighborhood bars and other gathering places to discuss environmental issues and make connections with like - minded professionals.