In 2000, when an ambitious state program to acquire environmentally sensitive land was due to expire, Bush set up another one.
Building an economically and environmentally sustainable food system from scratch seems ambitious for a restaurant kitchen, but these chefs put boundless energy and study into the project, one dish at a time.
Whether she is describing Dellarobia's malcontented, ambitious in-laws or the environmentally earnest rubberneckers or Feathertown's rumpled young preacher, she never employs, as she says of one character, the "ordinary tools of contempt".
The past 20 years have seen developments in the science and technology of tin plating, including research into nanostructured deposits, adoption of environmentally friendly methanesulfonic acid baths and more ambitious coatings including multi-layers and composites.
The past 20 years have seen a series of developments in the science and technology of bronze plating, including nanostructured deposits, environmentally friendly baths, such as methanesulfonic acid ones, and more ambitious coatings including multi-layers and composites.
The government recently teamed up with Oslo-based DNV GL on an ambitious plan to develop the world's first environmentally friendly fleet of coastal vessels.
International architecture firm CRG Architects have proposed a highly ambitious, highly innovative project that represents the forefront of environmentally conscious building design.
The state of Washington, about as environmentally progressive a place as there is in the US, rejected an ambitious plan to fight climate change Tuesday night.
"Cathay Pacific has ambitious plans moving forward, and we need to ensure that we have a highly efficient and environmentally friendly fleet to meet those plans," said Tony Tyler, the airline's departing chief executive.
The mayor's "roadmap for a Los Angeles that is environmentally healthy, economically prosperous, and equitable in opportunity for all -- now and over the next 20 years" is ambitious and visionary in many regards.
Nonetheless, the current debate provides a good indication of the sort of horse-trading that will be needed to push a bill through in future.Past bills have foundered either because they seemed too ambitious to Republicans worried about the effects of a cap on American industry, or too feeble to environmentally-minded Democrats.
