Sentences with phrase «additional environmental projects»

It was used by Waste Management to invest in additional environmental projects at other facilities, so that these facilities could also improve their performance over and above regulatory requirements.

Alcoa also paid a $ 1.5 million civil suit and $ 2.5 million on two additional environmental projects in an attempt to offset past emissions.

Not exact matches

Toro Energy has received the environmental watchdog's backing to mine two additional deposits at its Wiluna uranium project, subject to a number of strict conditions.

He also signed three additional actions to expedite environmental reviews for «high priority infrastructure projects,» streamline the permitting process for domestic manufacturing and to insist pipeline companies buy materials from U.S. companies.

«Environmental groups seeking to «keep it in the ground» are fighting to block virtually every project that would bring additional natural gas into in the Northeast,» said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Energy Institute.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

efficiency measure projects to deliver additional environmental water ($ 1.575 billion currently allocated).

But that was before the Cook County Department of Environmental Control requested additional asbestos inspections and testing at the decades - old shopping center, pushing the project back several weeks.

As part of the additional asbestos work, the village agreed to pay its contractor for the project, Environmental Protection Industries, an additional $ 6,120.

Harvard Forest and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are also project partners in acquiring an additional 108 acres adjacent to the Mass Audubon property, thus linking the renowned research forest and the sanctuary and furthering the region's environmental integrity.

Noble Environmental officials also cited development and construction costs in Western New York and the «nature of the market for long - term power purchase agreements» as additional factors that affected the viability of the Noble Allegany project.....

Today Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn announced that state Supreme Court Judge Marcy Friedman has ordered the Empire State Development Corp. to conduct additional environmental review of the project, including a Supplemental Environmental Impaenvironmental review of the project, including a Supplemental Environmental ImpaEnvironmental Impact Statement.

But additional buildup of coal - to - natural - gas projects could also create an environmental nightmare because producing the gas will emit huge amounts of carbon dioxide and worsen the water crisis in China's arid western regions.

Determining which projects are «additional» can be tricky, explains researcher Larry Lohmann of the Corner House, an environmental think tank based in Dorset, England.

In our quest to achieve ambitious carbon targets in Scotland, projects like this take us another good step towards our goals whilst having the additional merit of preparing the next generation to be more aware of the environmental challenges we all face.»

Additional participants included, Environmental Defense Center, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, Aquasports, Channel Islands Outfitters, the Santa Barbara Zoo, Ty Warner Sea Center, California Condor Project, and Four Seasons Hotel.

The topics on which we believe additional information and analysis are necessary include the purpose and need for the project, potential greenhouse gas emissions associated with the project, air pollutant emissions at the receiving refineries, pipeline safety / spill response, potential impacts to environmental justice communities, wetlands and migratory birds.

He hopes this will facilitate further development of the wind project, including supporting the environmental assessments and interconnection studies needed to assess the impact of additional electricity on the grid.

In addition to carbon emissions reduction, our projects yield additional benefits such as improved living conditions and environmental benefits in the project region.

To make up for the missed revenue from the taxes and fire prevention fees, as well as to pay for offsets to counteract additional allowances put on the market if the carbon price hits its upper bound, money will be taken from the cap - and - trade program's revenue, effectively decreasing the amount of discretionary funds remaining for local environmental investments and other greenhouse gas reduction projects.

The Gold Level Award is an additional guarantee of the exceptional social and environmental co-benefits of the project.

TransCanada's Keystone XL plan, and its additional 830,000 barrels a day, snagged on the so - called presidential permit process, in which the State Department conducts environmental and other reviews of infrastructure projects that cross American borders.

As part of the Solar PEIS, the BLM conducted a thorough environmental review of the proposed SEZs so that future reviews of applications within SEZs would involve limited additional effort in terms of project - specific NEPA analyses.

The Ex-Im-funded Sasan coal plant and mine in India have resulted in serious environmental harms and the deaths of at least 19 workers due to unsafe working conditions, with a recently disclosed project monitoring report showing six potential additional deaths.

The International Living Future Institute views the Living Building Challenge as an additional outlet to promote the goals set by the USGBC and CaGBC — it establishes a vision for a project's environmental and social responsibilities from a new vantage point.

Environmental benefits In addition to greenhouse gas mitigation or sequestration, many projects provide a range of additional ecosystem services that enhance biodiversity, preserve natural habitats, control erosion, reduce localized air and water pollution, and more.

Cynthia Giles, the EPA assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance wrote in the memo «While the (supplemental draft environmental impact statement) has made progress in responding to EPA's comments on the (draft EIS) and providing information necessary for making an informed decision, EPA believes additional analysis is necessary to fully respond to our earlier comments and to ensure a full evaluation of the potential impacts of proposed Project, and to identify potential means to mitigate those impacts.»

As far as replacing coal with natural gas resulting in reducing CO2 emissions, the conventional environmental wisdom supports that, but that wisdom was developed without considering the additional greenhouse gas impact of fracking and the projected increase in the proportion of fracked gas as part of the US» overall natural gas supply.

Education Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ) 2004 Master of Science in Management Minor in Project Management Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ) 2003 Graduate Certificate in Project Management Osmania University (Hyderabad, AP India) 1982 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry & Geology Minor in Geography Additional Graduate Level Education in Chemistry, Environmental Science, Accounting, and Management Ongoing Transcripts Available Upon Request