And recognition of those consequences is hopefully the first step to reevaluating priorities and finding the kind of balanced approach that should be bipartisan in nature, that has been bipartisan in the past, and that will ultimately deal with our deficit challenges, which is something that both Republicans and Democrats agree we need to do.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

The worldwide recognition that Biosphere status brings will provide opportunities to promote and demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature and as part of a global Biosphere network, to share experience and learn from good practice.

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Any negative effects therefore need to be balanced against these benefits, says Assistant Professor of Entomology John Losey, the lead researcher on the Nature paper.

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And, unfortunately, throughout that process, whenever the possibility of a grand bargain seemed in the offing, a grand bargain that had to be balanced in nature -- because every bipartisan group that looked at this and every reasonable economist who looked at this agreed that a solution had to be balanced in nature.

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