Other than stopping desertification and erosion, the wall would also provide a catalyst for a multifaceted international economic and environmental program.
In June 2006 a United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there is an average of 46, 000 pieces of plastic debris in every square mile of ocean.
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But the United Nations Environmental Program me (UNEP) has also recently said that population growth in the cities of the developing world "has outpaced the ability to provide vital infrastructure and services".
Environmental Program said the wetlands, which had been regarded as "a key natural habitat for people, wildlife and fisheries, " have bounced back to about 40 percent of the area they covered in the 1970s.
Omega Protein says it recently hired a former state regulator to oversee its environmental compliance program.
He attended Duke's Environmental Leadership Program and worked at Beacon Power, a renewable energy company.
"Property developers in Hong Kong have a very mixed profile, " said professor Richard Welford, deputy director of the Corporate Environmental Governance Program at Hong Kong University.
Apple has just withdrawn its products from the EPEAT environmental evaluation program: this should mean that Apple is no longer an allowable purchase for the Federal Government.
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One of Kuwait's leading environmental scientists, with three decades experience in resource conservation, Asem has played a major role in restoring Kuwait's war-ravaged ecosystems as head of the United Nations Compensation Commission's environmental remediation program.
Opened in 2007, the project is one of several projects -- including the Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training program -- the non-profit organization has promoted.
The Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training program, or BEST, maintained a job placement rate of more than 80 percent, with 10 percent of those going on to college.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency program concedes that not enough has been done to urge people to recycle CFL bulbs and make it easier for them to do so.
Among them: enactment of a national speed limit of 65 miles per hour, freight industry participation in an Environmental Protection Agency program to reduce fuel consumption, and a reduction of highway congestion by raising the fuel tax if necessary.
Uhlmann, director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan Law School.
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While there are no specific industry standards, Smirnow, head of the solar industry association, is spearheading a voluntary program of environmental responsibility.
The interdisciplinary program in environmental studies recently dropped one of three required courses for graduate students because there weren't enough teachers, says Roger Pielke Jr.
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Environmental watchdogs say the program has contributed to a 60% drop in total releases of the 299 core chemicals that it has tracked from the start.
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is program administered by the U.S. Green Building Council that awards points for buildings that incorporate various energy efficiency and water conservation features as well as providing such things as bike racks.
Kennedy "is a leader and an environmental activist and his opinion carries weight, " said Kate Hudson, the watershed program director at the environmental group Riverkeeper, which works with Kennedy on legal action to protect the environment.
Energy Star is a joint program of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.
"You can't be a seafood business and not sell salmon and shrimp, " says Tim Fitzgerald, a scientist in the oceans program at the Environmental Defense Fund.
Full scholarships "UNESCO-ANII Environmental Engineering Master's Program with emphasis on Sanitary Engineering" will allow access to professional training of the highest quality and world level, benefiting from existing capabilities in the extended family of the UNESCO, which centers like UNESCO-IHE - the so-called Category I because of their institutional bond with UNESCO- are central actors.
The program kicks off with environmental consultant Gerardo Pandal from Mexico City talking about the sinking pueblo and the 24-hour broadcast will end with Gore in the Big Apple urging viewers to take action.
Ziploc and RecycleBank are joining forces to launch a new recycling program to help reduce the environmental impact of Ziploc plastic bags.
We brought on board a green adviser, who has a degree in environmental science, and he spearheaded the program and monitored the progress.
We eliminate one program that provides grants to do environmental clean up of abandoned buildings.
Practices, we confirmed that coffee farms enrolled in the program are making valuable contributions to environmental stewardship in globally important areas for conservation.
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And with the cash for clunkers program as well as other recent environmental initiatives, there could be more IPOs in the alternative energy area.
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