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NYS Comptroller DiNapoli to Join Big Push for Top Environmental Priorities on 22nd Annual Earth Day Lobby Day Monday April 23, 2012 at 10:39 am

NYS Comptroller DiNapoli to Join Big Push for Top Environmental Priorities on 22nd Annual Earth Day Lobby Day Wednesday April 25, 2012 at 07:30 am

Not exact matches

ECU's focus on identifying opportunities in priority or high growth areas such as nursing, education, communications, environmental studies, law and security and entertainment and culture is also unique, Professor Poole says.

The memo was obtained by The Canadian Press and it criticizes the Trudeau government in several areas: For too quickly rejecting U.S. proposals, for insisting on negotiating alongside Mexico, and for promoting progressive priorities like labour, gender, aboriginal and environmental issues.

«We've got enormous gravel demand on the horizon for the Gateway Project and other public building priorities moving forward,» said Mike Proudfoot, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, who expects the Pitt River Bridge / South Perimeter Road to enter Environmental Assessment as soon as this summer.

Feeding an estimated 9.8 billion people by 2050 on a rapidly shrinking area of arable land can only be accomplished through a radical transformation that includes a wholesale reinvention of our global environmental priorities, as well as our social ones.

For example, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority and Basin states will be seeking local input on the identification of state and Basin - scale annual priorities, as well as on the development of the Basin - wide environmental watering strategy and long - term environmental watering plans.

Origin Energy's first major brand refresh since its spin - off from Boral in 2000 will boost emphasis on the affordability of energy in response to research showing that price is the No. 1 priority for customers, even as rivals focus more on environmental credentials.

The Portfolio Management Plan for the northern unregulated rivers therefore focuses on the opportunities for active management of flows and event - based mechanisms, including water purchase and use on - farm and in - stream infrastructure, and where this could be employed strategically to contribute to the objectives and outcomes of the Murray - Darling Basin Plan and Basin - wide environmental watering strategy and Basin annual environmental watering priorities.

«We care deeply about our industry's impact on the environment; our operations reflect the priority and longstanding commitment we have to a clean environment,» said Kate Krebs, ABA senior environmental policy advisor.

Recognizing that towns and cities may have different environmental priorities, industry has worked as a partner on a range of initiatives, including:

«On America Recycles Day and every day, environmental responsibility is a top priority for our industry, from the design of our packaging to water use to the way we ship our products,» said Susan Neely, American Beverage Association (ABA) president and CEO.

Guardian's focus on environmental sustainability is driven by both the priorities of our businesses and the passion and commitment of our employees.

All three give editorial priority to environmental issues, all three have invested heavily in different language sites or country - specific sites, and all three are «digital natives» with a strong interest in which format works on which platforms.

One immediate priority is the upcoming decision by members of Stephen Harper's cabinet on how to conduct an environmental review for aproposal to develop the Izok Corridor in Nunavut.

«(5) SUPERFUND SITE - The term «Superfund site» means a site included on the National Priorities List developed by the President in accordance with section 105 (a)(8)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605 (a)(8)(B)-RRB-.

The League's Environmental Progress Report grades progress on its priority issues from A to C.

The New York League of Conservation Voters has issued its «Environmental Progress Report» grading the legislature on its priority issues for the recently adjourned legislative session.

The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Health released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) addition of the McCaffery Street plant site to the National Priorities List.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a statement Wednesday commending the EPA for «finally acting» on the request to add the site to the federal National Priorities List of polluted sites.

With a new legislative session in New York, environmental groups are calling on state officials to make clean water a priority in 2017.

Actions on this priority will be in many directions ranging from environmental protection, saving farmland, public transit, bikeways, attracting sustainable jobs from non-polluting industries, increasing recycling, finding a better solution to sending our trash 240 miles away for disposal and more.

Marshall's decision to «realign» CSIRO's priorities could see 350 jobs go over the next 2 years and comes on top of cuts of more than $ 15 million to climate and environmental science in the 2014 — 15 federal budget.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Chief Executive Larry «Marshall's decision to «realign» CSIRO's priorities could see 350 jobs go over the next 2 years and comes on top of cuts of more than $ 15 million to climate and environmental science in the 2014 - 15 federal budget.

He lingered on the issue in a speech filled with snap references to national priorities, devoting more time to the interwoven policies of climate, energy and environmental hazards than to war, deficits and immigration.

«Restoration priorities are typically based on the evidence for environmental degradation without explicitly accounting for the benefits people receive from ecosystems, which include recreational opportunities,» said lead researcher David Allan, professor emeritus of aquatic sciences at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment.

A lot will depend, she says, on the government considering children's environmental health as a priority area in the future.

Trump also this week signed an executive order to the Council on Environmental Quality to identify «high priority» infrastructure projects and find ways to speed them (Climatewire, Jan. 25).

Though he came into office as a centrist who sometimes referred to climate change as a debate, he has spent the last several years tacking to the left on a number of issues and has increasingly made environmental issues a priority.

The EU «could decide to adjust their research programmes or environmental priorities to focus on certain hot spots Southeast Asia,» Moran said.

Gary Geernaert, director of DOE's Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, states that «it is critical that federal investments to advance climate science for use by both public and private stakeholders must place significant priority on incorporating uncertainty quantification methodologies into modeling frameworks.

250 billion ($ 277 billion) Plan for Science and Technology focuses public R&D spending on four priority areas — life sciences, information technology, environmental sciences, and nanotechnology and materials sciences.

Brazil ranks 69th, they add, suggesting that a concerted focus on sustainability as a policy priority will pay dividends — and that the level and pace of development is just one of many factors affecting environmental performance.

The move reflects the low priority placed on environmental protection and science by Australia's conservative government.

Senator James Inhofe immediately announced, on taking up the chair of the committee that oversees environmental policy and research, that one of his top priorities will be to conduct «rigorous oversight» of EPA regulations.

Reducing the prevalence of deer ticks on the Lab site is a top priority for the Environmental Protection Division.

The Portal is an online platform including summaries of the state of knowledge on CEP priority issues, the management of those issues and environmental pressures.

This project, including the Montana Institute on Ecosystems, is a response to the Montana University System Science and Technology Plan, targeting Environmental and Ecosystem Science, one of five major research areas identified as a priority for Montana.

More information on the effects of ocean acidification is a major environmental priority because of the threat it poses to certain processes, organisms and ecosystems.

Similarly, she notes making both environmental science and video and computer game projects a «priority» based on Science Buddies materials.

While reducing your emissions should always be your first priority, offsetting is basically a way to press tare on your environmental impact.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency, by failing to place a high priority on the problem of asbestos in schools, is to blame for the low level of public awareness of the hazards of the substance and the consequent failure of many local school officials to act promptly upon identifying problems, an agency management team has concluded.

Whether environmental responsibility is your top priority or you just want to save money on fuel costs, the Spark can make anyone on your Christmas list smile.

Intelligence Squared U.S. energy and environment debates shine a critical light on the most pressing issues spurred by climate change and 21st century environmental priorities, including clean energy, fracking, organic and genetically modified foods, and whether or not global warming poses an immediate threat.

Restoration of our degraded reefs and coastal habitats on a scale that makes a difference must be an active environmental priority for local businesses and not an afterthought.

In case you've been wondering lately if this whole tree - hugging nonsense has its priorities straight, wondering if those of us in the environmental movement are focusing on the right areas of greatest ecological impact,

Major public investments on the order of $ 30 to $ 80 billion a year have never been a priority for environmental groups.

by Michael Bielawski Vermont Watchdog President Donald Trump's proposal to cut the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 31 percent would mean an easing up on the EPA's notoriously heavy - handed enforcement and push environmental groups to reset theiEnvironmental Protection Agency's budget by 31 percent would mean an easing up on the EPA's notoriously heavy - handed enforcement and push environmental groups to reset theienvironmental groups to reset their priorities.

Humans naturally place a higher priority on necessities rather than less immediate needs such as environmental protection.

Currently the Director of Environmental and Climate Justice at the NAACP, Jacqui Patterson, MSW, MPH, has served as a trainer, organizer, researcher, program manager, and policy analyst on international and domestic issues including women's rights, HIV&AIDS, violence against women, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Environmental and Climate Justice at the NAACP, Jacqui Patterson, MSW, MPH, has served as a trainer, organizer, researcher, program manager, and policy analyst on international and domestic issues including women's rights, HIV&AIDS, violence against women, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color United.