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In the News (Tue 10 Nov 09)

  
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  Enlibra
Enlibra is a new term (from the Latin word for balance) created by the Western Governor's Association to describe their approach to environmental stewardship.
The term enlibra achieved national prominence when Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, who helped originate the phrase, was nominated by President Bush to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Leavitt's claim that the term represents the productive middle of the environmental debate seems borne out by the fire it is drawing from both the Right and Left.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/en/enlibra.html   (119 words)

  
 Tucson Weekly: Enthralled with Enlibra (February 1 - February 7, 2001)
Literally, enlibra means "in balance." But realistically, it's a strategy to allow federally subsidized ranchers and other "stakeholders" to screw with endangered species and habitat protection measures, he said.
"Enlibra, if I understand it correctly, is an effort by the Western governors to say each individual state has the right to make those decisions," she said.
As stated by Chilton, enlibra was coined by governors Mike Leavitt of Utah and John Kitzhaber of Oregon, and first rose to prominence during the Environmental Summit on the West.
www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/2001-02-01/curr3.html   (1518 words)

  
 WY: Governor Geringer Addresses National Water Policy Forum on New Environmental Doctrine -19-Sep-00
Enlibra is a shared doctrine seeking to resolve issues by relying on greater participation in decision-making, focusing on outcomes rather than just programs and recognizing the need for a variety of tools beyond regulation to improve environmental and natural resource management.
"Enlibra is a new way to develop policies that protect the heritage and the traditions of our country, particularly, the West, and still allow the kind of development that will maintain our region's extraordinary quality of life," Geringer said.
Core to both the ICWP National Water Policy Charter and the Enlibra Principles is a base foundation for protection water resources and shaping the collective roles of federal, state, regional, and local organizations for the 21st Century.
www.waterchat.com /News/State/00/Q3/state_000930-01.htm   (827 words)

  
 Enlibra
Enlibra is the name of a set of principles for protecting air, land and water.
The word Enlibra was coined by the Western Governors to symbolize balance and stewardship.
Utah Governor Mike Leavitt (R) and former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber (D) took the lead in developing this shared set of principles that were agreed upon as policy of the Western Governors' Association.
www.westgov.org /wga/initiatives/enlibra/default.htm   (864 words)

  
 Oquirrh Institute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Enlibra is a Latin word: En, meaning "to move toward," and Libra, meaning "balance." It is a shared environmental doctrine, a philosophy that people relate to and subscribe to.
There is an appetite on the part of most people to believe in and attach themselves to an ethic that cares for the earth and demonstrates the stewardship thatís inherent in the human psyche.
I see Enlibra as a set of principles, a doctrine that can be applied to any logical process to increase velocity and expand the capacity to come to a productive conclusion.
www.oquirrhinstitute.com /em_leavitt.html   (1298 words)

  
 State of Utah Governor Mike O. Leavitt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Enlibra is a Latin word: En, meaning “to move toward,” and Libra, meaning “balance.”; It is a shared environmental doctrine, a philosophy that people relate to and subscribe to.
Enlibra is for those who choose problem-solving instead of politics, litigation and obstructionism.
We anticipate the formal adoption of Enlibra principles by agencies and decisionmakers.
www.utah.gov /governorleavitt/enlibra_conversation.html   (1307 words)

  
 Diverse Group Seeks Better Way To Settle Environmental Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Enlibra's principles include using national standards but trying to find local solutions, rewarding results, replacing mandates with incentives, increasing environmental understanding and crossing political boundaries when problems transcend them.
Enlibra is a word is pulled from the Latin words "en" and "libra," meaning to move toward balance.
Leavitt and others said the concepts in enlibra aren't new but that it can be a symbol to focus public attention on the idea that there are better ways than costly court fights and bruising public-relations wars to find solutions to complex issues.
www.livestockweekly.com /papers/98/12/10/whlconfab.asp   (578 words)

  
 Word Spy - enlibra
Is "enlibra" just a fancy name for coming down on the side of industry, or is it truly a collaboration that lends equal weight to the views of environmentalists and the public —- the folks who can't buy their way into Beltway circles?
"Enlibra is a word we made up," Leavitt explained to a gathering of reporters at the National Press Club — after a full day of talking to reporters for magazines and national newspapers in New York City and Washington about it.
Leavitt, in particular, has been a champion of enlibra, and given that he is currently in line to head the Environmental Protection Agency, his so-called "enlibra principles" are getting much media attention these days.
www.wordspy.com /words/enlibra.asp   (571 words)

  
 WomenMatter - The Environment
“Enlibra" is a word that he created from Latin to mean consulting all sides of an issue and allowing them to collaborate to create a solution.
Western-state governors say that they have adopted the Enlibra approach, recognizing that logging and mining are critical parts of their local economies.
Since Leavitt’s Enlibra approach is all about compromise, he sometimes compromises the environment, leaving it vulnerable to attack from industry.
www.womenmatter.net /enviro_whatsnew20030822.htm   (894 words)

  
 Time for "enlibra" - Editorials
This week, Capitol Hill is awash in "enlibra." The word became an overnight sensation after Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt was nominated to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Enlibra, however, is more than a brilliant form of political marketing.
Though enlibra sounds like some ancient principle derived from Caesar Augustus, its origins can be traced to a meeting a few years ago in the Utah governor's office.
www.duclarion.com /news/2003/09/18/Editorials/Time-For.enlibra-469880.shtml   (336 words)

  
 Enlibra Conference in
The governors returned to their states ready to attach a new mission statement to the enlibra doctrine, one that expresses the need for a streamlined system to resolve environmental problems.
Representatives of major environmental groups fear that if enlibra is instituted by the governors in the form of executive orders and language in legislative measures, "the devil will be in the details," according to Laura Hitchcock of the Environmental Support Center.
Donnelly suggested that enlibra could be used to guide actions by the Lake Mead Water Quality Forum, a group of agencies and citizens concerned about the effects of urban runoff and industrial pollution on the lake, a drinking supply for millions of people in the Southwest.
www.uhuh.com /control/enlibra/encon98.htm   (1365 words)

  
 LAS VEGAS RJ:NEWS: New environmental policy offers me...
The committee rejected a compromise that had been negotiated between water and power agencies and environmentalists to conserve water for endangered wildlife in and along the Colorado River delta and the Gulf of California in Mexico.
      The enlibra doctrine is based on eight principles, embodied in such slogans as: national standards, neighborhood solutions; collaboration not polarization; and markets before mandates.
      Leavitt contends enlibra is not a rejection of the goals and objectives of environmental laws such as the Endangered Species Act or the Clean Water Act.
www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/1998/Nov-23-Mon-1998/news/8541346.html   (1059 words)

  
 The Western Experience
Enlibra outlines their push for strong local leadership to balance development and conservation goals, and resolve environmental conflicts.
The first Enlibra principle is "national standards, neighborhood solutions–assign responsibilities at the right level." Locals understand local conditions.
Enlibra does not hold fast to one tool as the means for effective and accountable local control of natural resources.
bostonreview.net /BR24.5/shogren.html   (1334 words)

  
 ENLIBRA
Enlibra - Enlibra is the name of an evolving set of new principles for environmental management.
Enlibra is based upon principles that have proven effective in resolving environmental and natural resource debates in a more inclusive, faster and less expensive fashion.
In conjunction with its Enlibra Steering and Advisory Committees, WGA shall use its limited resources to promote the doctrine, and to engage and evaluate appropriate projects that seek to advance its principles.
www.propertyrightsresearch.org /articles6/enlibra.htm   (3825 words)

  
 phoenixnewtimes.com - News - Balancing Act
The Enlibra concept was thought out by Leavitt, a Republican, and John Kitzhaber, a Democrat from Oregon.
As Leavitt and Kitzhaber and Geringer describe Enlibra, it's clear that they view regulation and litigation as hurtful to economies, without acknowledging that the regulation came out of abuses and the litigation out of forcing the regulatory agencies to follow the laws.
Enlibra advocates setting federal standards, but without the feds dictating how those standards are to be met.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1998-12-10/news/news3_full.html   (1143 words)

  
 State of Utah Governor Olene S. Walker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Following last December's Environmental Summit on the West, an Enlibra advisory committee was created representing a diverse group representing environmental, business, tribal and state, local and federal government interests.
Enlibra, first introduced by governors Leavitt and Kitzhaber, has been gaining support from many county and local governments and other organizations across the West.
One of the principles of Enlibra is collaboration, not polarization, and stresses the need to use collaborative process to break down barriers and find solutions.
www.utah.gov /governorwalker/newsrels/1999updates/updates_060599.html   (1383 words)

  
 Western Governors Seek Consensus on Enviro Issues
Enlibra, a term coined by the WGA, refers to an evolving set of principles that emphasizes local participation in environmental decisions and mechanisms other than governmental regulation and enforcement of environmental laws.
Among the concepts promoted by Enlibra are voluntary conservation programs, market incentives and performance based rewards for environmental improvements, and cost benefit analyses of all environmental decisions.
Enlibra is a philosophy," said Governor Mike Leavitt of Utah, a Republican.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2002/2002-04-30-07.asp   (1060 words)

  
 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Leavitt's philosophy deserves a chance
In spite of critics, I believe Mike Leavitt's "enlibra" policy is principally sound even if his implementation of it is not.
"Enlibra is not a process; enlibra is a philosophy," claimed Leavitt of the notoriously vague word.
Enlibra correctly asserts that environmental protection exists for the general welfare.
www.dailyutahchronicle.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=b2e66d06-f491-4ddb-9c31-6cb1bb8e0101   (735 words)

  
 Enlibra - Q & A. From Governors Association
Today there is no symbol for the middle, for the majority of citizens who believe that the environment and its natural resources can be protected while at the same time providing recreational and employment opportunities for citizens.
Enlibra will be that symbol for the middle.
Enlibra does not represent a rejection of the goals and objectives of Federal environmental laws such as the Endangered Species Act or Clean Water Act.
www.uhuh.com /control/enlibra/enlib-qa.htm   (916 words)

  
 Rob Cottingham » 2003 » August   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
But the balance has to be genuine and not, say, a smokescreen for a dramatic shift away from environmental protection and toward the short-term interests of polluting industries.
Apparently enlibra also means leaving environmental protection to the market instead of government, performing cost-benefit analyses, and a number of other approaches that you’d also find supported by - please, contain your shock - the wise-use movement.
“Enlibra” sounds like the name of a prescription medication (”side effects may include drowsiness, blurred vision and the disappearance of huge tracts of virgin forest”), and I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
www.robcottingham.ca /?m=200308   (418 words)

  
 Untitled3
Kramer and other citizen group leaders were in Phoenix to express concerns about the new environmental management approach, coined "Enlibra," which has been developed and endorsed by the Western Governors Association, of which Bush is a member.
The governors say that Enlibra offers a collaborative approach to addressing environmental problems that rewards results, emphasizes use of the free market rather than government regulation, promotes good science, evaluates benefits and costs, and emphasizes good stewardship of natural resources.
They want the governors to take action to correct environmental problems and promote citizen rights in their states _ to demonstrate that Enlibra is more than just a public relations ploy to placate the public's strong support for environmental protection.
texas.sierraclub.org /newsletters/scr/Dec11-98/Enlibra1.html   (806 words)

  
 PolicyConsensus.org E-News
This resource explores Enlibra principles in depth and provides readers with case studies, lessons learned, and the tools necessary to solve complex environmental problems.
Enlibra is the term for of a set of environmental management principles adopted by the Western Governors Association.
The word symbolizes balance and stewardship, and was coined by Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, who along with former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, PCI Chair, developed the principles for protecting air, land and water.
www.policyconsensus.org /publications/news/PCI_Newsletter_Dec_03.html   (1323 words)

  
 ESR | September 1, 2003 | "Enlibra": EPA's new wolf in sheep's clothing
Enlibra is based on the United Nations Agenda 21 that would strip local, state and even federal government bodies of the right to represent their constituents whenever environmental restrictions and controls are imposed.
Along with Gov. Leavitt, Enlibra was embraced by the former Governor of Oregon, Dr. John Kitzhaber, who pushed through the Oregon Sustainability Act.
As Stubbs points out, Enlibra is a policy designed "to destroy capitalism, consumption, and the American free enterprise system.
www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0903/0903leavitt.htm   (675 words)

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