Sentences with phrase «with local environmentalist»

As the temperature dropped and rain began to fall, the group retired to the porch of a neighboring home for a short Q&A; session, with local environmentalist Filiz Telek, one of the event organizers and the moderator of the Permakultur Istanbul online discussion group, translating Read's comments into Turkish as needed.

Not exact matches

Houston, whose Pictou East riding neighbours the pulp mill, equated the decision to go with a Class 1 assessment with a similar decision for the Alton Gas natural gas storage project near Stewiake, which has been through the courts and has been subject to protests from environmentalists and local Mi» kmaq bands.

The amended bill, which would mandate that the government outline alternative uses for the island, is expected to pass a House committee Thursday, Zeldin said at a news conference in Riverhead with local elected officials and environmentalists.

Environmentalist Majora Carter plans on infusing a Hunts Point apartment building with a fragrance that will make it smell like green grass rather than the local sewage plant.

Environmentalists and residents of Parker County, Texas, were dismayed last year when the EPA dropped an investigation into complaints that fracking by Range Resources was contaminating local water supplies with methane.

Then, this brilliant executive totally loses his equilibrium when a small time environmentalist (Krasinski) shows up and starts charming the locals with his horror stories of fracking.

Inspired by true events, Big Miracle details the media circus that ensues after a small - time reporter (John Krasinski's Adam Carlson) breaks the story of three whales trapped in the ice within the Arctic Circle - with the ensuing efforts to break the animals free eventually involving everyone from a local environmentalist (Drew Barrymore's Rachel Kramer) to a pair of struggling entrepreneurs (James LeGros» Karl and Rob Riggle's Dean) to the President of the United States.

Other bold - faced names with films to celebrate are Tab Hunter, Finola Hughes («General Hospital»), public TV environmentalist Jonathan Bird and local oceanographer and artist Guy Harvey.

Local environmentalists have been denouncing the spoliation for years, with little effect.

We saw substantial growing pains, and some hopeful signs, in three places: • On Ilha Grande — the third busiest island destination for tourists in South America — interviews with business owners and local environmentalists reveal a race between rising popularity, mostly via cruise ships, and the capacity of infrastructure to handle growing crowds.

Why would a think tank chock - full of libertarian expats join with environmentalists and represent local governments in a lawsuit against oil companies?

With the participation of Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations and leading USA environmentalist, author and educator, Bill McKibben, this documentary provides critical information to develop an enduring, local food network in a time of climate change.

I would conclude nearly all of my Everglades talks with this quote I loved by local Miami environmentalist Joe Podgor, «The Everglades is a test.

They have to hold as many workshops with real input from stakeholders in climate change, industries, local government, insurance, farmers, coastal interests, academics, environmentalists, etc., and base their report on their input, like the NCA did.

NWEI's Development Director Kerry Lyles will be teaching an Earth Day lesson to a class of local preschoolers, and will be building terrariums and planting seeds in the school garden with the next generation of 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.

... Smart growth will be a major governmental and legislative battleground on the local, regional, state, and national levels as planners, environmentalists, and other governmental groups find themselves at odds with developers and builders over the extent to which smart growth can be accomplished in free enterprise system.