Sentences with phrase «water act against»

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed two lawsuits against the EPA this week for failing to enforce the Clean Water Act against stormwater polluters along Dominguez Channel and Los Cerritos Channel in Los Angeles, CA and the Back River in Baltimore, MD..

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed two lawsuits this week against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to enforce the Clean Water Act against stormwater polluters in the Baltimore and Los Angeles areas.

Not exact matches

His act is an outrage against «mama - allpa (Mother Earth)[who] bestows water freely, the same for everyone» (Agua, p. 27) Representing nature in general, water is benign but stern: the same stream that irrigates may also flood; bathing may end in drowning.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Environmental Advocates of New York Monday filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Albany against New York State officials, seeking to ensure that federal Clean Water Act funds will not be used in building the new Tappan Zee Bridge or for future projects.

In May 2004, Riverkeeper filed the lawsuit itself against ExxonMobil for violation of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and NYC Councilmembers David Yassky and Eric Gioia have joined the case as co-plaintiffs.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. ecoWater Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. ecowater protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

According to Dr. Price, neither protein, minerals nor water - soluble vitamins can be utilized by the body without vitamin A from animal sources.6 Vitamin A also acts as an antioxidant, protecting the body against pollutants and free radicals, hence against cancer.

As an extra bonus, coconut oil acts as a safe and natural sunscreen, offering mild protection against the sun's rays that are magnified when in water.

Drove continued change to finishing practices; worked on the MSC assessment and B.C. Water Act; inspired 1,000 Canadian classrooms to plant milkweed to create Monarch butterfly havens; rallied against the Northern Gateway oil pipeline

Goddard's law would otherwise amend Nitro's Law to the extent it would be a crime for anyone to negligently «torture, torment, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal», deprive the companion animal of good, wholesome food and water or deprive the companion animal of adequate shelter from the weather if it can reasonably be expected the animal would become sick or suffer.

The participating artists appropriate mass - media technologies towards various ends: Paper Tiger Television establishes independent public access television as a critique against the commercial media industry, Guillermo Gómez - Peña stars in a guerilla television performance piece in an act of electronic civil disobedience and Danielle Dean uses the language of over 50 years of water and toothpaste company advertisements to explore the rhetoric around purity and whiteness.

In a final act, Minaya douses herself in water and rolls her body against the wall, destroying the tropical image.

Humboldt Pulp Mill Victory (1991)- The Surfrider Foundation won the second largest Clean Water Act lawsuit in United States history against two pulp mills in Humboldt County, California.

Kelly manages several campaigns, including Clean Water Act - related legal actions against the government and polluters.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reported that «it is more appropriately dubbed the «R.I.P. Act,» as it would kill a nearly - complete public rulemaking process to restore Clean Water Act safeguards against pollution and destruction for a majority of the nation's waterways.»

On March 2, 2010 the EPA announced that it had granted a Clean Water Act permit for the Hobet 45 mine in Lincoln County, West Virginia after Hobet Mining LLC, a company owned by Patriot Coal, had agreed to additional «significant protections» against environmental impacts.

... the same kind of arguments they used against acid rain, they used against the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act.

In response to the disruptions caused by recent extreme weather, Senator Cardin has introduced the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act, which will enable communities to strengthen their water systems against these new challeWater Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act, which will enable communities to strengthen their water systems against these new challewater systems against these new challenges.

What weakens the trees against the beetles is that without sufficient water, trees can't produce enough sticky resin that acts as a defense mechanism.

Among other areas, our litigation experience in the environmental area includes governmental and private - party actions under CERCLA (including serving as lead counsel for PRP groups at major Superfund sites throughout the United States), citizen suits under RCRA, the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, claims for property damage and personal injury arising from industrial emissions or environmental contamination, and defending clients against state and federal governmental enforcement actions.

Reported cases include: Gill v Meyers (reasonableness and UCTA), Films Rover v Cannon Film Sales (test for grant of mandatory interlocutory injunction), Standard Chartered Bank v PNSC and others (for SGS); Mattis v Toussaint (acted for defendant in successfully resisting claim for finder's fee in respect of stolen painting), Yukong Lines v Rendsburg — The Rialto (tortious conspiracy and ancillary injunctive relief against controller of corporation), REC v Thames Water (test for grant of interlocutory injunction in field of electricity supply), De Molestina and Others v Ponton (acted for defendant in successfully rescission of share distribution agreements), and Marubeni Corporation v Government of Mongolia (claim on state guarantee)

acting for the Environment Agency (with Gerry Facenna QC) in an appeal against its refusal to issue water abstraction licences for sites near to Special Areas of Conservation protected by the EU Habitats Directive

Acting for a Saudi based utility company for water and energy services against its Chinese joint venture partners.

Those who wish to honour and preserve life on the planet are up against government and private sector players who view actions to protect the land, air and water as terrorist acts.

Here are some of the events you can protect your personal property against in your policy: theft, vandalism, falling objects, electrical surge, hail damage, water main break, and terrorist acts.

The kinds of events you are guarding your property against are: theft, falling objects, vandalism, fire, water main break, terroristic acts, and lightning damage, just to name a few.

When you purchase Killeen renters insurance, you are covered against: water main breaks, lightning damages, hail damages, falling object damages, electrical surge damages, theft, terroristic acts, and vandalism.

If, after the commencement of the RDA in 1975, the Crown has enacted or amended legislation, granted or varied licences, created or extinguished any interest in relation to land or waters or created a contract or trust in relation to land or waters [9] and this act discriminates against native title rights and interests under the RDA, these acts would be invalid.

Because if that happens, their track record (no compensation provisions in either the Clean Water Act or the Endangered Species Act) pretty well forces them to come out and say — à la Paul Martin — that they are against the concept.

Layering a vintage kilim over a natural sisal rug acts as an attractive barrier against water, sand, and other elements.