Sentences with phrase «while local environmentalists»

While local environmentalists have been pushing the government to adopt greener policies for years (with limited success), the government's newfound enthusiasm for climate change policies is apparently the result of external pressure, namely the Copenhagen summit and the environmental requirements of the OECD, which Israel seeks to join.

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WHILE it may be true to say that «We are all environmentalists now», the great majority of Australians have little or no say in the environmental policies being put to governments — federal, state or local.