"It would be the upset of the election cycle if Paul Clement beats Fred Upton, particularly since Upton handily won this seat in 2012," said one national environmental leader, speaking on background to discuss the race more openly.
More connected by technology than ever, the world's citizens engaged in discussions of pressing issues like human rights and environmental sustainability, speaking to an increased willingness to convert values into action.
Interdisciplinary Connections: American History – When President Bush rejected the Kyoto Protocol, many world and environmental leaders spoke out against his decision.
At the first Companies vs Climate Change conference in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, a succession of company executives, sustainable business experts and environmental activists spoke of the need for corporate America to step up efforts to help guide policy and fight what many see as the biggest threat facing the world today.
During Tuesday's meeting, nine speakers from various neighborhood, business and environmental groups spoke in support of the increase.
The governor's office says political contributions have not influenced his policies, and his environmental record speaks for itself.
The national mainstream environmental groups spoke up against the bill, highlighting the vote as an opportunity for senators to allow something good for the climate to go forward.
Kan, who was in Southern California last week for an environmental symposium, spoke with The Times about Japanese' struggles to recover from "3/11" and find an appropriate balance between supplying the country's energy needs and stavving off another nuclear disaster.
Numerous residents who reside on the Gulf coast; fishermen, sickened citizens, public officials, scientists, oil company officials, industry experts, and leading environmental attorneys speak to the BP spill and both the media's failure to report the story and the government's deliberate cooperation in assisting BP in covering up the true extent of the blowout.
To the extent that such entities are not alive, strictly speaking, environmental holism differs from biocentrism.
