Sentences with phrase «about environmental programs»

For example, monthly conference calls with plant engineering and environmental staff facilitate ongoing conversations about environmental programs and sustainability issues.

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The study, published by the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program, says that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20 % annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011.

In early January, Walden Asset Management, a corporate client who uses Vanguard for their 401 (k) program, wrote Vanguard about its proxy voting practices with respect to social and environmental issues like political spending and climate change.

And Barry Commoner issues a forceful warning about the eventual environmental consequences of the methodological program of resolving biology into physics and chemistry:

My husband and I have been invited to talk about Jesus in unexpected places, including National Public Radio programs, college auditoriums, and environmental conferences.

During the press conference, CSWA board chairman Chris Savage, senior director of environmental affairs at E&J Gallo Winery, moderated a Certification Pilot Panel with panelists speaking about their experiences with the Sustainable Winegrowing Program.

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we're talking to Marcia DeLonge, a senior scientist and agroecologist in the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) about working in environmental science.

Once a farm meets the quality requirements (about 50 criteria) and is accepted into the AAA program, they enter a process to evaluate their social and environmental sustainability efforts.

Today we talk to Henriette Walz, Climate Change & Environmental Expert at UTZ, about the environmental pillar through the lens of our coEnvironmental Expert at UTZ, about the environmental pillar through the lens of our coenvironmental pillar through the lens of our coffee program.

Karl Brooks, a professor in Kansas University's environmental studies program, hasn't researched any scientific studies about the environmental impacts of cloth versus disposable diapers.

Mass Audubon challenges the Baker Administration and the Massachusetts legislature to restore environmental funding to a minimum of 1 % of the total operating budget (currently it is only at about 0.6 %), and to restore full funding for the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, which remains about $ 100,000 too low.

But for more on the GS cookie sale program and the nutritional and environmental concerns it raises, be sure to check out the Spoonfed blog where Christina LeBeau has written extensively about these issues.

Learn more about Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center and its urban environmental education programs

Farm to School programs can help expand students knowledge about food, health, and environmental issues, and improve the quality and nutrition of school meal options, while supporting the local food economy.

The New York Academy of Sciences Environmental Sciences Section and Green Science and Sustainability Program, the Sallan Foundation and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will host an address by a senior member of Governor Spitzer's team about his strategic approach to the environmental, energy and climate challenges facEnvironmental Sciences Section and Green Science and Sustainability Program, the Sallan Foundation and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will host an address by a senior member of Governor Spitzer's team about his strategic approach to the environmental, energy and climate challenges facenvironmental, energy and climate challenges facing New York.

Position Description: The Riverkeeper Ambassador Program is a community - oriented, grassroots, environmental program designed to raise awareness about the needs of the Hudson River and it's tributaries, and the drinking water supply of New York City and the lower Hudson Program is a community - oriented, grassroots, environmental program designed to raise awareness about the needs of the Hudson River and it's tributaries, and the drinking water supply of New York City and the lower Hudson program designed to raise awareness about the needs of the Hudson River and it's tributaries, and the drinking water supply of New York City and the lower Hudson Valley.

State officials say so - called Climate Resilient Farming is a pilot program intended to help mitigate the environmental impact of agriculture, following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signed pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions about 40 percent by 2030.

He also talks about the shortfalls of the recycling program from an environmental standpoint and urges listeners to tighten the balance between that which is discarded in total and that which is recycled.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens, when asked about it in the spring, did not rule out the possibility of pilot type program in communities that desired to begin fracking.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens, when asked about it in the spring, did not rule out the possibility of pilot - type program in communities that desired to begin fracking.

For more information about these programs, or for general information on how to help prevent lead poisoning, contact the ECDOH Environmental Health Division at [phone].

For more information about these programs, or for general information on how to help prevent lead poisoning, contact the ECDOH Environmental Health Division at 716-961-6800.

Green groups have lobbied Stefanik to help retain the funding for the program, and have fretted about the Trump administration's rollbacks on environmental policies, including pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Accord and Pruitt's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama - era policy designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants.

The state Department of Environmental Protection simultaneously released a report yesterday about New Jersey's greenhouse gas emissions, which Christie said showed that the state's emissions already stand below goals for 2020, making the program essentially moot.

A group of researchers at the University of California, Davis, surveyed 162 farmers in Yolo County, Calif., comparing what growers thought about climate change, their willingness to participate in government - led climate programs and their takes on four different environmental regulations passed in the last 25 years.

«The lack of a modern glossary for resistance was recently brought to our attention by an initiative of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking input on definitions of terms about resistance,» said Dr. Mark Whalon, one of the co-authors from Michigan State University, who directs the online Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database and who also serves as the Entomological Society of America's Liaison to the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs.

The findings come as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces opposition from the pesticide industry after expanding its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, which requires testing of about 200 chemicals found in food and drinking water to see if they interfere with estrogen, androgens or thyroid hormones.

Concerns about the permanency of forest carbon stocks, difficulties in quantifying stock changes, and the threat of environmental and socioeconomic impacts of large - scale reforestation programs have limited the uptake of forestry activities in climate policies.

Of the 15 hydrogeologists in the Denver office where Zeiler works, only three have Ph.D. s. That's typical of the field as a whole: AGI estimates that university programs graduate five times as many M.S. students as Ph.D. s. Its figures show that about 18,000 hydrologists and hydrogeologists now work in the environmental industry, a few thousand in the mining and petroleum industries, and about 850 in academia, the only sector for which a doctorate is required.

Between 1992 and 2011, the program fed more than $ 50 million to archeology and environmental research efforts, helping fund about 200 projects.

It is the product of a long and contentious debate in Congress that included efforts to eliminate the Transportation Enhancements program (TEP), which for about 2 decades has required states to spend a small portion of their federal transport funds on 12 types of activities, including bike and walking paths, but also «archaeological planning & research,» and «environmental mitigation.»

When Perera entered graduate school in the environmental health sciences program at Columbia in the mid-1970s, the field had begun to move away from worrying about microbes.

«While there is information available about counties in the United States that exceed EPA air pollution standards, there has not been a similar source of information about how that air pollution actually affects the health of people living in those areas,» said lead study author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine.

For average citizens like Susan, New York City offers only one publicly funded treatment option: the WTC Environmental Health Center (WTC - EHC) at Bellevue Hospital, a new program launched in January 2007 that will expand to treat about 6,000 New Yorkers with 9 / 11 - related health problems.

Veterinary interventions and post mortems have provided substantial information about the captive population and its environmental stresses, and have wider implications for captive invertebrate populations, particularly those involved in conservation programs.

«ACC strongly supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, and we will continue to contribute meaningful, scientifically - validated data to help policymakers make sound decisions about the safety of chemicals in commerce.»

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.

When she wraps up her time in Morotai in April, Koch looks forward to heading back to California for a master's program in marine biodiversity, where she can learn more about how to translate her work into lasting environmental change.

Curious about this controversial practice, we asked Katie Huffling, director of programs of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments — a national network working to integrate environmental health issues into nursing education and care — to answer some of our questions.

Students learn about their interconnectedness to the entire world and not just their neighborhood in environmental education program.

She's also a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Environmental Program and is very active in raising awareness about significant social and environmEnvironmental Program and is very active in raising awareness about significant social and environmentalenvironmental issues.

Westchester and NYC About Blog GreenLaw is the weblog of Pace University School of Law's top - ranked environmental law program and aims to provide information, context, and commentary on current events and developments in the field of environmental law.

San Francisco, CA About Blog SF Environment's mission is to improve, enhance, and preserve the environment, and to promote San Francisco's long - term wellbeing by developing innovative, practical and wide - ranging environmental programs in recycling, toxics reduction, environmental justice, energy efficiency, commute alternatives, and urban forest.

The programs at Muddy Boot Prints offer children an opportunity to experience nature within Vancouvers urban environment, learn how to become environmental stewards as well as to learn about becoming socially responsible to our surrounding communities.

At this site, you can also study the history of the ESA, read about current environmental issues, and obtain overviews of government programs to save endangered species and habitats

Please use this website to gather information about our programs and other environmental link that may help you.

Public reporting requirements so families will know about school environmental testing results and health program offerings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking new participants for its Air Quality Flag Program, which can inform students, staff and parents about the air quality in their communities.

Kids for Tigers is an environmental education program started in India that aims to teach children about the vital connection between the survival of the tiger and our ecological welfare.

Through innovative educational programs in schools and service groups, the ARL can teach individuals about animal safety, environmental sustainability, and encourage them to take action in their community.