These are jurisdictions that in the view of the federal government have a history of discrimination in their voting policies and can no longer be trusted to continue to change policy
without approval from the federal government.
Carnegie Clean Energy has secured $ 16 million from the state government for a wave energy project at Albany, while also gaining
conditional approval from the federal government to transfer nearly $ 12 million earmarked for its Garden Island project to Albany.
The city argues in a news release that the company should be required to comply with all municipal bylaws, despite its argument they were unconstitutional because they conflicted
with approval from the federal government and the National Energy Board Act.
The city
needs approval from the federal government before it can create the savings program, said John Adler, the director of the Mayor's Office of Pensions and Investments and chief pension investment advisor.
Now they have to
get approval from the Federal government to lease nearly 80,000 acres of ocean off Maryland, and then get some wind developers interested in actually building the turbines... Construction could still be 4 to 7 years away.
In the lawsuit filed today, Planned Parenthood argues that the Rules are not authorized by Chapter 32 of the Texas Human Resources Code, which establishes the Women's Health Program subject to
approval from the federal government.