Sentences with phrase «air legislation passed»

When clean - air legislation passed in the U.S. and Europe, the rain band shifted back, and the drought lessened.

Not exact matches

The most that environmentalists have been able to do since then is to beat back efforts to weaken such legislation as the clean air act, the requirement of environmental impact reports, and the endangered species act that were passed at that time.

«A new CEA TV commercial featuring Connecticut students, teachers, and parents is now on the air urging lawmakers to pass legislation ensuring less testing and more learning in our public schools.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

That means, if the legislation passes, Ontario collectors won't lose any points when a new Air Miles five - year expiry rule kicks in on Jan. 1, 2017.

Yes, it's true that our air — especially in smoggy cities like Los Angeles — has gotten cleaner since important environmental legislation was passed back in the early 1970s.

Secondly it magically reverses the cooling trend moment clean air legislation to reduce SO2 emissions is passed, despite the fact that the SO2 emissions have fallen only slowly.

This session we saw legislation passed to bolster protections for mineral and royalty owners, increase fees for stationary sources of air pollution, enforce the state's call - before - you - dig program and ensure safe and orderly processing of certain kinds of naturally occurring radioactive waste — all supported by our industry.

«The administration is engaged with Congress to pass cap - and - trade legislation, which the president believes is far superior to a regulatory approach using the existing Clean Air Act.»

He also makes the good point, paraphrasing from Tom Daschle, that it's not even true that politicians inherently shy away from controversial votes during election years — some of the most divisive legislation (welfare reform, Clean Air amendments, etc) passed during election years.

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