Torres Strait Regional Authority - Housing and
Environmental Health Infrastructure (reserve topic)
Not exact matches
In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's
health care and increased
environmental standards for damaged national
infrastructure.
cost of living, crime and safety, English spoken, entertainment,
environmental conditions, expat community,
health care,
infrastructure, recreation, residency options and taxes, as well as real estate affordability and restrictions on foreign ownership.
Today the most intense competition in the globally integrated market is not between the gigantic Transnational Corporations, but it is between governments that find themselves competing with one another for investors by offering the cheapest and most compliant labor; the weakest
environmental,
health, and safety standards, the lowest taxes; and the most fully developed
infrastructure.
AFSA has long campaigned for the creation of an inter-departmental Ministerial Food Forum to ensure strategic and coherent policy development and integration of planning in and across departments managing local food and food systems, population
health, transport, land use, education,
environmental sustainability, natural resources,
infrastructure and economic development.
LID and green
infrastructure can help the region plan and prepare for extreme storm events and reduce erosion, flooding, and pollution of waterways while supporting public and
environmental health.
It would also invest in a sustainable economy based on
health care, education,
environmental infrastructure, housing, and regenerative agriculture.
Clean water and wastewater
infrastructure is of vital importance to our nation's economic prosperity, public
health and
environmental integrity.
At 10 a.m., Assembly Standing Committees on
Environmental Conservation and
Health, and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint public hearing to examine water quality issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water
infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.
On Wednesday, October 30, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the state came to Albany to expose Governor Cuomo and the Department of
Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regulations for what they are: fatally flawed, a danger to public
health and our well - being, and supportive of a massive fracking
infrastructure build out.
DiNapoli said the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency estimates it would cost $ 22 billion through 2030 just to maintain the existing water
infrastructure while the state
Health Department projects it could cost as much as $ 39 billion.
Ulster County has great opportunities and challenges facing it on sometimes overlapping issues like public
health,
infrastructure, economic development, job creation and
environmental conservation.
The imposition of a substantial severance tax should be considered in New York State not only to ensure that the state will have some revenue to use for mitigation of
environmental,
health and
infrastructure degradation, but also to ensure some revenue to the state in the likely event that the overall economic impact is not as substantial as is currently being assumed.
A staunch proponent for
environmental protection and how it directly effects the
health of local residents Stratton's most recent advocacy for the residents of his district has been investigating lead concentrations in drinking water due to aging
infrastructure and widespread use of lead in plumbing, even in newer homes.
In addition to a massive transition to renewable energy, the Green New Deal would invest in other public
infrastructure, including mass transit, public housing, and a pubic broadband utility, as well as public services, including education,
health care, and
environmental protection.
invest in other public
infrastructure, including mass transit, public housing, and a pubic broadband utility, as well as public services, including education,
health care, and
environmental protection.
A Cuomo aide said that the eligibility requirements for projects are well - defined by statute and include funding for capital work such as roads,
environmental facilities, municipal owned recreational facilities,
health and safety
infrastructure, storm resiliency, and l economic development undertakings.
To resolve these challenges, the Lancet - Rockefeller commission offered several proposals, including diversifying diets, making hospitals and
health infrastructure more resilient to
environmental shocks like storms, and diverting fossil fuel subsidies toward
health care.
Other governments around the world more successfully manage
infrastructure investments,
health systems and
environmental resources, apparently with greater flexibility, less corruption, lower costs and better outcomes.
«The 2018 EPI confirms that success with regard to sustainable development requires both economic progress that generates the resources to invest in
environmental infrastructure and careful management of industrialization and urbanization that can lead to pollution that threatens both public
health and ecosystems.»
Stuart Shalat, director of the Division of
Environmental Health at Georgia State University's School of Public Health, points out that the nation's aging infrastructure is making it increasingly difficult to protect kids from any number of environmental risks, particularly in poor
Environmental Health at Georgia State University's School of Public
Health, points out that the nation's aging
infrastructure is making it increasingly difficult to protect kids from any number of
environmental risks, particularly in poor
environmental risks, particularly in poor communities.
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan highlights a number of serious problems: a public
health outbreak, inadequate urban
infrastructure,
environmental injustice and political failures.
Both Ash and Roney pointed out the need for full cost accounting for natural gas in order to figure out if it is cost - effective: The industry must measure the price of mining, shipping and
infrastructure for the fuel, as well as the value of natural gas's
environmental and
health consequences.»
She is the PI of a National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)- funded grant to build
infrastructure in community - based participatory research in breast cancer disparities and environment.
They suggest it may be more beneficial to take a lifespan - oriented approach that includes education about known biological, psychosocial and
environmental risk factors, investment in societal programs and
infrastructure that support brain
health, and ensuring proper care for those affected and their caregivers.
Managing and developing NanoMalaysia Centre and other approved Strategic
Infrastructure and Facilities for the NND [National Nanotechnology Directorate Division] Pre-commercialisation and commercialisation of nanotechnology products Education and public awareness programmes Bringing in venture funds and international investments in nanotechnology Building capacity and R&D facilities
Health, safety and
environmental initiatives International linkages and networking
It examines the results of years of neglect of
infrastructure for children and reveals disturbing information about the
environmental health of school occupants....
The DOT Order directs the Department to consider EJ objectives when administering the requirements of NEPA; Title VI and related statutes; the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (URA); Congressional authorized planning requirements; other laws, regulations, and executive orders, that address or affect
infrastructure planning and decisionmaking; social, economic or
environmental matters; public
health; and public involvement.
Low - income and minority communities have historically borne disproportionately high or adverse human
health or
environmental effects of
infrastructure projects.
The DOT EJ Order directs the Department to consider EJ objectives when administering the requirements of NEPA; Title VI and related statutes; the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended; planning statutes in Title 23, U.S. Code and Title 49, U.S. Code; and other statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders that address or affect transportation
infrastructure planning and decision - making; social, economic or
environmental matters; public
health; or public involvement.
Similarly, Trump's
infrastructure plan is nothing more than a scam to roll back
environmental and
health protections.
In addition to reducing flood damages, benefits of green
infrastructure include energy savings, reduced sewer costs, improved public
health, spaces for recreation and
environmental benefits.
We focus on enabling healthy and resilient communities by funding initiatives that address energy,
environmental health, and green
infrastructure.
Like improving productivity, employment,
infrastructure, education,
health and yes, the environment (if it means eliminating poisons, that is, stuff proven to be toxic to humans in its current
environmental concentration).
Climate change has many serious implications for the well being of our country's economy, critical
infrastructure, public
health, energy security,
environmental health and national security.
Lekalakala and McDaid won a landmark legal victory protecting South Africa from the drastic development of nuclear
infrastructure that would have had devastating
environmental,
health, and financial impacts for many generations to come.
Environmental costs of coal combustion:
health; agriculture; industry, transportation, materials, buildings and
infrastructure; water pollution; pollution of heavy metal to soil; solid waste of coal burning and electricity generation.
Extreme weather, climate change,
environmental degradation, related rising demand for food and water, poor policy responses, and inadequate critical
infrastructure will probably exacerbate — and potentially spark — political instability, adverse
health conditions, and humanitarian crises in 2016.
«The purpose of these plans is to provide policy makers and the public with a technically - and economically - feasible pathway toward a sustainable, secure, and reliable energy
infrastructure that eliminates
health and
environmental problems due to air, water, and soil pollution and global warming.
Coal unloads all kind of costs onto the public that coal companies never have to pay for: pollution,
health problems,
environmental damage,
infrastructure wear and tear, etc..
Climate impact concerns include
environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal
infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water /
health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods,
environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical
infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic
infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).
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infrastructure; barriers to entry for foreign companies; criminal,
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environmental liability; sovereign boundary disputes; and relevant energy treaties.
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Environmental Management Logistics Planning and Management Services Sales and Service Transportation Operations Transportation Systems /
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Social and economic disadvantage further reduces the capacity to adapt to rapid
environmental change, and so this problem is compounded on many of the Islands which lack adequate
infrastructure,
health services and employment opportunities.
The South Australian Government, Farmers Federation and Chamber of Commerce are working with native title groups and the representative body, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, to establish a state - wide framework agreement in which an enormous range of issues, including, native title determinations, access agreements, service provision, public
health, heritage protection, intellectual property rights, water management,
environmental management
infrastructure, heritage clearance and notification procedures are on the table.
Housing and
Infrastructure: Partnerships should focus on housing and infrastructure activities that enable access, supply, appropriateness, hosing related environmental health and governance and management of the housing
Infrastructure: Partnerships should focus on housing and
infrastructure activities that enable access, supply, appropriateness, hosing related environmental health and governance and management of the housing
infrastructure activities that enable access, supply, appropriateness, hosing related
environmental health and governance and management of the housing organisations.
The lack of a holistic approach (eg
health,
environmental health, education, employment and training) in relation to the identification, development and implementation of strategies and programs related to housing,
infrastructure and essential services.
Goals: Establishment of a centralised coordinating body to ensure a holistic approach (eg
health,
environmental health, education, employment, training) to the identification, development and implementation of strategies and programs relating to housing
infrastructure and essential services by 2006; individuals families and communities have access to identified and prioritised housing,
infrastructure and essential services that comply with Australian Building Standards and National Indigenous Housing Guidelines (as a minimum); The home ownership rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people increase from 15 % (2001) to 30 % by 2010.
Housing and
infrastructure: Focus on access, supply, appropriateness, housing - related
environmental health; and governance and management of housing organisations.