Greenport adopted a pro-environment stance in a village resolution two years ago, but not before Mr. Keating of Rainforest Relief said he and local environmentalists protested the first phase of the Greenport waterfront plan.
The "why" of this has to do in large part with the cynicism and generally anti-environment stance of the Bush administration and its eagerness to make industry-friendly deals.
For instance, when the chairman says he does not care at all about either harming or helping the environment, people attribute to him a deeply anti-environment stance.
Between March and today, with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill intervening, Americans' preferences for prioritizing between environmental protection and energy production have shifted from a somewhat pro-energy production at all costs stance to an even stronger pro-environment stance.
Portman's record shows a pattern of anti-environment stances promoted by GOP leadership.
Vidar Helgesen, the country's minister of climate and environment defended the stance.
But in the current environment, such a stance might, in fact, be deeply procompetition.
For voters concerned about the environment, Malcolm Turnbull's stance on climate change was one of his initial selling points.
When asked about this, Kingsberry repeated Environment Canada's stance from last summer, but in past tense: "Canada opposed this examination because at the time the request was made, there was an ongoing court case on the matter in Canada," reads his emailed statement.
Amber Rudd as environment secretary has a stance I admire on renewables (as well as abortion, as an aside), but climate change is not really a women's issue – unless, you know, "the future" is a female thing.
China Faces Olympic Spotlight Pressures With the 2008 Olympics nearing, China takes heat for its environment setbacks and divisive stance in war-torn Darfur.
