"There are people who peddle the line that during a recession, green issues must take second place, " she said.
However, party members approved a separate amendment criticising Chancellor George Osborne's record on green issues and his "repeated attempts to inhibit growth" in renewables.
Mr Alexander, who backed the amendment along with Mr Clegg and other senior figures, said there should be "no more mixed messages" on green issues.
In Europe as a whole, many of the objections to shale have to do with green issues, though there are plenty of other obstacles too.
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Her record on green issues has also impressed the environmental lobby.
And among other recent announcements from stores on green issues, Tesco has said it plans to follow the Co-Op's lead by making its carrier bags biodegradable.
The young take green issues seriously because it may be them who have no gas in the car one day, even while we think it will see us out.
He said the charges were "more about the trust raising additional income from its staff to address their financial challenge" than any concerns about green issues and staff welfare.
However, Apple's recent decision to highlight its environmental efforts leaves the company's eco-track record open to scrutiny and criticism at a time when green issues are coming to the fore.
However, the party has decided to contest a small number of seats this year to remind people how many major green issues are still under the control of the Westminster parliament.
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The loss of votes to the Greens may encourage Democrats to extend the boundary of their party a little further to the left, which might put more Green issues into the centre of the political stage.
Mr. BASKIND: There's actually some concern within the green community that the issues of climate change are getting out in front of everything else.
After that, peers continue with the report stage of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - here there might be some votes on issues around the Green Investment Bank and on whistleblowers.
The electricity regulator, Stephen Littlechild, told The Economist that the green paper identified a number of issues with which ministers were uncomfortable.
The commission, which aims to make the directive more consumer-friendly, last year laid out in a Green Paper more than a dozen issues for possible reform.
On June 15, CNN launched an online special, "Going Green, " to examine the issues and efforts by countries, businesses and individuals to lower the world's collective carbon emissions.
He may have been a bit green or unsteady on some of the issues, and some thought he needed more seasoning in the Senate before reaching for the brass ring.
Their main objective will be to identify ways of transforming TVET, which is considered a key part of the response to both employment issues and the construction of green economies and societies.
So, nuclear energy is likely to be the "green" solution, despite the safety and waste issues.
The commission, which aims to make the directive more consumer-friendly, laid out more than a dozen issues for possible reform in a"Green Paper"last year.
The Green Room is a series of opinion pieces on environmental issues running weekly on the BBC News website.
The second panel will offer a broader perspective of the challenges that need to be addressed to create green societies and ways in which the youth can address these issues, including engaging youth in policy responses.
Today there are still some copyright issues, and convincing clients to take a responsibility on green and sustainable aspects of construction inside and outside remains difficult.
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He said the main issues raised were "untidy, dull, boring, no green things".
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Other issues raised during the debate included the importance of access to green spaces for people living in urban areas and concerns that some schools still allow junk food to be sold in vending machines.
It was also proposed to devote appropriate attention to the principle of equity, basic education and training, and gender issues, involving young people and women in the process of building green economies and societies.
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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There is also advice on environmental issues, a sales and swaps notice board to try to make the community more "green" and a selection of magazines.
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