With developments such as these, a picture seems to be emerging between the "haves" and the "have-nots" - those who have money to invest in greater efficiency both in environmental and fuel economy terms, and those with major financial problems that prevent them from investing in the future.
The environmental consequences of our economy is only improving because it seems likely to shrink.
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President Obama and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon met today and discussed a wide range of multilateral and regional issues, including security, environmental protection and the economy.
Leaders in the business community are standing with leaders in the environmental community to protect the economy and the planet we leave for our children.
And the grumbling about vehicle fuel economy is getting loud enough that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is coming under pressure to change the way the fuel economy numbers are calculated, something it hasn't done since 1984.
All agreed that as environmental aspects must be integrated into the economy, sound scientific data must underpin policies.
One is that environmental regulations are a burden to the economy and we need to lift those burdens to spur our economic recovery.
President Obama rang in the New Year with important action to protect environmental and public health, and rebuild our economy on a stronger foundation.
"The plan to re-float the hull in one piece gives top priority to minimising environmental impact, to protecting Giglio's economy and tourism industry, and to maximum safety of the work, " Costa Cruises said in a statement.
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In the case of the Mazda3 with SkyActiv and I hereby declare a fatwa on that cheesy bit of marketing the pleasures are threefold: First, the car utterly exceeds expectations, insofar as it actually approaches in the real world the fuel-economy numbers ginned up by the Environmental Protection Agency test cycle.
Although the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) assigns a fuel economy rating to all new vehicles, Consumer Reports magazine conducts its own independent testing.
This will also reduce the financial pressure on working families, improve our environmental health, make us a more competitive global economy, and accelerate our efforts to become more energy independent.
This week, I joined several outdoor industry colleagues at the White House for a Roundtable on the Outdoor Recreation Economy with officials from the Council on Environmental Quality, National Economic Council, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Interior.
Environmental regulation is well established to be good for the economy.
The pending cap and trade tax legislation and Environmental Protection Agency global warming regulation threaten to cripple the economy with high cost and unproven energy, the specter of which is also is already killing jobs.
Although their spending is focused on environmental protection, it also injects millions of dollars into the economy each year, further stimulating migration.
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Inspired by a 2010 book on business and sustainability called The Blue Economy, Shih has also asked Hong to sponsor environmental research.
These two things, I think, done first can help us to avoid having to do cap and trade and other aspects with environmental controls that are going to have negative impacts on our economy.
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Environmental groups suggest the whaling decision may add to pressure on the economy.
However, green economy and sustainable development debates have been largely dominated by environmental and economic concerns, while social issues have consistently received the least attention.
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Almost as soon as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency started mandating, in 1975, that vehicle fuel economy be posted on the stickers of new cars, the agency was hit with complaints from drivers: They weren't getting nearly the fuel economy the stickers suggested they should.
He said Hafren Power needed to show that the project would tackle environmental challenges, work to mitigate the negative impact on the local economy such as Bristol Port and - most importantly - provide evidence the project is affordable and represents good value for electricity consumers.
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The study's salient conclusions include the need for openness, for an improvement in environmental management, and a better quality of governance in an increasingly globalised economy.
It has to become more open and transparent. (At Mexico's insistence, its press officers have been gagged since May 1st.) It is increasingly asked to adjudicate on sensitive issues such as food safety and environmental protection that have become the stuff of trade disputes in a globalising economy.
Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.
"We do need to go back and make sure we don't lose sight of the broad objectives for infrastructure that not only advances the economy but also adheres to the goals of energy independence, environmental sustainability, social inclusion it sounds like a lot to lay on this, but we can do it and get a three-for-one return on our investment, " he says.
Among other things, his administration foisted the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and price controls on an economy already struggling.
The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on legislation that would delay or block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing carbon dioxide restrictions on the U.S. economy.
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Automakers and the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year reached agreement on a plan to improve fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gases that requires cars to get an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2016.
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"Economics dictates that 95% of current U.S. hydrogen is produced by steam-methane re-forming of non-renewable natural gas, " Michael K. Heiman, professor of environmental studies at Dickinson College, wrote in a study of the proposed hydrogen economy last year.
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