green state

green state

1. An American state where the Green Party of the US is favored or carries influence. Primarily heard in US. In this green state, Democrats and Republicans have to battle more fiercely than ever for a majority of votes.
2. A state that is or is perceived to be environmentally friendly. Primarily heard in US. While campaigning in the green states, the presidential hopeful highlighted his plans for a decreased dependence on oil and coal.
3. A country or sovereign state in which environmental concerns dictate policy or are of the utmost importance. Environmentalists are hopeful that that the country might emerge as a green state and lead the rest of the world in environmental agendas.
See also: green, state
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • rub of the green
  • the rub of the green
  • be green about the gills
  • green about the gills
  • green as grass
  • (as) green as grass
  • Where on God’s green earth?
  • be green around the gills
  • green indigo
  • green
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This manuscript summarizes an institutional research study carried out at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) concerning factors affecting time to bachelor's degree attainment.
Time to Bachelor's Degree Attainment: An Application of Descriptive, Bivariate, and Multiple Regression Techniques. IR Applications, Volume 2, September 8, 2004
Neil Reid, associate professor of geography and planning at the University of Toledo, and Mike Carrol, assistant professor of economics at Bowling Green State University now plan to take back practical tips from the Black Country on the implementation of cluster-based economic development.
Tips from the Black Country
This year, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., are also joining the fray.
Getting manic about recycling. (Back Page)
Havranek, Ed.D., CRC Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling Bowling Green State University
The Rehabilitation of People with Spinal Cord Injury (2nd Ed.)
Piper earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from Ashland University.
People in the News
Lomasky (llomask@opie.bgsu.edu) is a professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University.
Against Liberalism
This collection of essays, the result of a conference at Bowling Green State University in 1988, contributes to that clarification.
Violence, Terrorism, and Justice
in psychology from University of California Santa Cruz, a master's in school and applied psychology from Fairfield University and a bachelor's in liberal studies from Bowling Green State University.
California's Rancho Santiago Community College District Board of Trustees
In addition to entertaining and well-researched introductory material, this reference handbook, prepared by Hoffman (criminal justice, Michigan State U.) and McGinley (Bowling Green State U.), provides a chronology of events, biographical sketches, and the actual text of legislation related to the issue.
Identity theft; a reference handbook
S P Bansal, Director of the Institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies (IIHS), Himachal Pradesh said a committee would be constituted to make Himachal a 'Green State'.
Himalayan environment conference in Shimla
Immediately after, she enrolled for her master's in French at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Grady joins The Item
That's the daunting task that confronts Jim Elsasser, Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Affairs at Bowling Green State University, for every away football game.
You can get here from there; an expert itinerary for team travel
In March of last year, the Bowling Green State University bookstore moved into the new Bowen-Thompson Student Union building, in the heart of the campus in Bowling Green, OH.
Selling for fun & profit: in tough times, the `customer-focused' campus bookstore is becoming one heckuva revenue generator
Garske, Ph.D., CRC, Division of Intervention Services, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
Stigmatic and Mythical Thinking: Barriers to Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Persons with Severe Mental Illness