Sentences with phrase «support earth policy»

Editor's note: We're proud to support the Earth Policy Institute's online publication of Lester Brown's book Full Planet, Empty Plates by publishing selections from the book.

Now, we're pleased to support Earth Policy Institute's efforts to spread the message of this important book by publishing selections from it.

Editor's note: We're proud to support the Earth Policy Institute's online publication of Lester Brown's most recent book Full Planet, Empty Plates by publishing selections from the book.

Not exact matches

A Friends of the Earth spokesperson said: «It is great to see Tim Farron stepping up to support what is Lib Dem policy.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

According to Matthew Hourihan, director of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, current legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would reduce support for the National Science Foundation's geosciences directorate by approximately 16 percent in fiscal year 2016, compared with current levels, while NASA's Earth Sciences program would receive a 5 % funding cut.

The uncertainties observed in estimates of forest carbon stocks demonstrate the urgent need for improved Earth observation tools to support climate change policy development, say Isabella Bovolo and Daniel Donoghue

I earned my PhD in Environmental Studies and Chemistry from the University of Victoria where I was lucky enough to take a graduate course partially taught by Dr. Andrew Weaver (a man I respect and admire take that as you will) and spent many hours drinking coffee with his and other graduate students from the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and took the opportunity to get educated about the science behind, limitations of, and theories supporting the models being used to make these critical policy decisions.

On 29 April, a federal district court in San Francisco will hear a case (Friends of the Earth v. Peter Watson) about whether the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) should apply to projects supported by the Export - Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

For additional data on the world's energy resources, visit Earth Policy Institute's Data Center and see the Supporting Data from World on the Edge by Lester R. Brown at www.earth-policy.org.

IPL advocates for energy policies that reduce greenhouse gas pollution, protect the health, beauty, and integrity of earth, support the health of human communities, and promote the use of clean energy.

These activities can be grouped under the following areas: improve our knowledge of Earth's past and present climate variability and change; improve our understanding of natural and human forces of climate change; improve our capability to model and predict future conditions and impacts; assess the Nation's vulnerability to current and anticipated impacts of climate change; and improve the Nation's ability to respond to climate change by providing climate information and decision support tools that are useful to policy makers and the general public.»

Policy: The AIP supports a reduction of the green house gas emissions that are leading to increased global temperatures, and encourages research that works towards this goal.Reason: Research in Australia and overseas shows that an increase in global temperature will adversely affect the Earth's climate patterns.

As head of energy policy at Friends of the Earth in London, she later managed a comprehensive research project with major universities to support the establishment of the UK Climate Change Act.

VIDEO: US president says science on climate is clear in 2015 Earth Day address, calls for Congress support for clean energy and emission cutting policies

In the face of mounting support for clean coal and the billions being invested in carbon capture and storage, or C.C.S., technology, a new assessment from the University of Toronto's Munk Center for International Studies has a stern warning for policy - makers: there could be dramatic unintended environmental consequences to sequestering huge amounts of carbon dioxide in the earth's mantle.