Sentences with phrase «environment protection legislation»

India, for instance, wails over pollution in the Preamble to its Environment Protection legislation.

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The event eventually helped start an environmental movement that led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of a wide range of legislation and regulations designed to protect the environment.

A so - called conscience protection bill in Arkansas died in the Judiciary Committee in February a day after Arkansas - based Wal - Mart said the legislation would send «the wrong message about Arkansas, as well as the diverse environment which exists in the state.»

The briefing covers information on: The meaning of delegated acts Anti-tampering (article 18) On board diagnostics (article 19) Functional safety (article 20) Environment (article 21) Carbon dioxide (article 22) Aftermarket parts (article 52) Repair and maintenance information (article 60) The BMF have also had discussions with the chair of the EU's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) dealing with the proposed legislation, Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour, who said: «Most of the concerns riders have expressed with the original Commission draft and some of the amendments adopted by the IMCO Committee, are being addressed in the current negotiations between representatives of EU governments, MEPs and the Commission.

A bill introduced in Congress this week to «save uranium mining,» the Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011, would undo that protection from new uranium mining claims.Despite all the talk about energy independence, «a significant percentage of these mining claims and pending operations are controlled by foreign interests, which pay no royalties for the mineral wealth they extract from U.S. public lands,» said Jane Danowitz of the Pew Environment Group, in response to the legislation.

The US Environment Protection Agency had one of its employees, Alan Carlin, critique the supporting technical documentation for the legislation.

In our follow up interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered Disease in bees, Artificial insemination versus natural breeding and Self medicating to maintain healthy immune systems in the colonies, and in this final interview we conclude with protection of bees (legislation), biodiversity and healthy environments for bees and creation -LSB-...]

That «cap - and - trade» legislation contained so many special - interest giveaways that it would have fleeced American consumers without helping the environment, even while driving industry overseas to countries with less environmental protections.

The current legislation in Australia protecting the environment is the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservatioenvironment is the Environment Protection and Biodiversity ConservatioEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Despite the legal protections that have been put in place to protect employees from workplace harassment, including those found in human rights and occupational health and safety legislation, which require employers to provide employees with a safe and respectful working environment, systemic barriers to reporting these incidents remain.

This term was introduced by Maria Lee and refers to legislation that essentially provides for a procedure to be followed, rather than setting a certain level of environmental protection whenever decisions are taken that may affect the environment.

The proposed legislation would also modify the unionized work environment with respect to union certification, successor rights, the structure of bargaining units, return - to - work rights and procedures, «just cause» protection and fines.

[85] While this strategy has not yet been finalised, the Indigenous Economic Development Strategy must be developed to enable economic development for as many Indigenous groups as possible, and be linked to streamlining and improving Indigenous rights under legislative arrangements such as native title and land rights, cultural heritage and under various environment protection and conservation legislation, carbon sequestration and climate change, industry development regulation [86], and water legislation.

Native Title and Indigenous Land Services (NT&ILS) officers and the Cape York Partnerships negotiating teams maintain ongoing liaison with the Cape York Co-ordination Unit, and with other government agencies with related responsibilities in the Cape, such as the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) which administers the key Queensland legislation dealing with the environment.