The environmental advocates, though, say that it's a lot of words, not enough action.
Some environmental advocates dismissed the decisions as public relations moves in advance of Earth Day.
Environmental advocates who have long called for more recycling in New York City cheered the conservancy's announcement.
It has already attracted criticism from environmental advocates around the world, including the World Wildlife Foundation.
Hollywood can be a place where people who call themselves environmental advocates fly in for Earth Day on private planes from Aspen.
That's an unprecedented change, exceeding the demands of Congress and meeting the most stringent requirements sought by many of the environmental advocates represented here today.
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Meanwhile, progress was mired in a lot of old arguments traded across entrenched political divides: left versus right, management versus labor, business leaders versus environmental advocates.
His comment during a Council of Great Lakes Governors panel discussion on this Lake Huron resort island drew applause from government officials, environmental advocates and others in attendance.
The logical implication of this cost-benefit calculus is that solar energy should receive considerably less support from environmental advocates than more mundane technologies like combined heat-and-power or district energy.
Environmental advocates say the solar industry needs greater transparency, which is getting more complicated as manufacturing moves from the U.S. and Europe to less regulated places such as China and Malaysia.
The proposal sent environmental advocates through the ozone layer.
In a profile of McCarthy published last week, Davenport reported that the EPA air chief has earned a reputation as tough but fair regulator from environmental advocates and industry representatives alike.
The deal would resolve a lengthy dispute between regulators and the company that has drawn interest from state legislators, members of Congress, environmental advocates, maritime history buffs and even a rival ferry service.
Environmental advocates and Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization working to protect the Hudson River and its tributaries, issued a statement based on the reports that Libous should recuse himself from the fracking debate, where he is a leader of supporters.
Here we have today standing behind me, along with Ron Gettlefinger and leadership of the UAW, we have 10 of the world's largest auto manufacturers, we have environmental advocates, as well as elected officials from all across the country.
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Lisa Jackson, who heads the EPA, has issued environmental-justice guidelines to the agency's offices, and Gwen Keyes Fleming, administrator for the EPA in the south-east, recently met Mr Bullard and other environmental-justice advocates.
Lawrence said that with environmental and national security advocates joining forces on climate change, there's a "shot at a coalition" to get a bill through the Senate.
One would expect, therefore, that environmental activists would join free-market advocates opposing government obstruction of natural gas production.
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Chris Graff, of the Environmental Defence Fund in Oakland, notes that advocates of new water projects become much less enthusiastic if it is proposed that the users pay for it.
The industry's advocates point to other benefits: security of supply, environmental benefits, and so on.
And while some national environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club have become staunch wind power advocates in their war against fossils, others who live in proposed wind farm locations have launched strong legal opposition.
Regardless, ocean-based energy advocates seem to be learning the lessons of their renewable energy predecessors, identifying and addressing environmental impact concerns long before full-scale deployment.
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Advocates of corporate social responsibility meaning the explicit adoption by companies of economic, environmental and social goals, as opposed merely to making profits for the company's owners start with a basic failure to understand why capitalism works.
After years of financial uncertainty, a rise in concern levels about multiple social and environmental issues, not to mention a fraying of trust in organizations both public and private, these ultimate brand advocates must do what all smart and successful brand managers do: Ensure that people know what makes their brands different in ways that matter to consumers and other corporate stakeholders.
Advocates from the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance ( www.nailsalonalliance.org) and officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Food and Drug Administration and the Small Business Administration will discuss recommendations on how to improve working conditions for AAPI nail salon workers.
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