Sentences with phrase «based water policies»

Sessions highlighted examples of actionable scientific research that is contributing to human rights - based water policies.

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U.S. - based firms made up a fifth of those in a 2017 «A list» of 159 companies judged to have ambitious policies on limiting climate change and protecting water resources and forests, according to London - based non-profit CDP.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

A hydrologist named Chen Xing objected to this policy on the basis that it would lead to water logging and alkalinization of farm land due to a high water table produced by the dams.

in the context of the present government policy of high - tech development based on the global free market, the dalits, the tribals and the fisherfolk are increasingly getting alienated from the Land, the Forest and the Water - sources respectively which have been giving them their living, and are also getting uprooted from their habitat and culture; and women are commoditized and their sexuality, fertility and labour are increasingly commercialized.

National policies should be created to incentivize producers to change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention measures used in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.

With almost 100 waste plants, and over 200 farm plants, the UK has a strong base — the conference is a chance for operators, developers and their suppliers to discuss changes to the RHI mechanisms, farming and waste policy and developments in the water sector.

Questions - future of the euro, House of Lords size, council tax freeze in Wales Debate - changing world of employment Debate - government policies on family budgets Short debate - transforming water from source of conflict into basis for cooperation in Middle East

That's in part because the identity of the chemicals used by the gas industry for drilling and fracturing are protected as trade secrets, and because the EPA, based on an exemption passed under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, does not have authority to investigate the fracturing process under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Based on a survey he conducted of 864 Kansans, Ternes discovered that well owners were significantly more aware of water supplies and water - related policies and agencies, including the Kansas Water Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in Kawater supplies and water - related policies and agencies, including the Kansas Water Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in Kawater - related policies and agencies, including the Kansas Water Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in KaWater Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in KaWater Supply in Kansas.

Join a core business area — such as Environmental Protection or Water Management — at a policy (Head Office) or operational (field - based) level

But water backup is not covered under the base renters insurance policy.

The base policy does not cover earthquake or other earth movement (mudslide, landslide) damage, sewer back - up, rising water, and does not cover damage from continuous or repeated seepage or leakage of water ie.

It is our policy not to allow our CEOs to make arrangements on your behalf for water based activities that are not accompanied by guide (s).

Prior to coming to Synapse, Jenny worked as deputy editor of Singapore - based eco-business.com, where she managed online content and wrote news articles about Asian and global sustainability issues including energy, carbon policy, corporate social responsibility, clean technology, green buildings, water and waste management and livable cities.

This policy document represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the issue of water - based adaptation to climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog prpolicy document represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the issue of water - based adaptation to climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog prPolicy Dialog process.

Before joining NIDIS, she served as the Global Uptake Coordinator at the CGIAR's International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka, where she led the Institute's engagement strategies that supported evidence - based policies and investments in 11 countries.

Such policies led to the first zero energy house being built in 1975, in Copenhagen, based primarily on energy conservation and seasonal solar water heating.

That finding was the basis for the Halliburton loopole in the Energy Policy Act, which exempted fracking from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Charles Feinstein EAP Sector Manager, Energy and Water PSLO Seminar November 6, 2013 Agenda Focal areas Institutional capacity building and policy advice Introducing new financing mechanisms and market - based approaches including trade in energy saving certificates Energy efficient cities and green infrastructure Policy and regulatory framework (feed - in - tariff) Resource assessment and pre-investment activities Financing RE (hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar PV) Supportingpolicy advice Introducing new financing mechanisms and market - based approaches including trade in energy saving certificates Energy efficient cities and green infrastructure Policy and regulatory framework (feed - in - tariff) Resource assessment and pre-investment activities Financing RE (hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar PV) SupportingPolicy and regulatory framework (feed - in - tariff) Resource assessment and pre-investment activities Financing RE (hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar PV) Supporting T&D /

(11/15/07) «Ban the Bulb: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal - Fired Power Plants» (5/9/07) «Massive Diversion of U.S. Grain to Fuel Cars is Raising World Food Prices» (3/21/07) «Distillery Demand for Grain to Fuel Cars Vastly Understated: World May Be Facing Highest Grain Prices in History» (1/4/07) «Santa Claus is Chinese OR Why China is Rising and the United States is Declining» (12/14/06) «Exploding U.S. Grain Demand for Automotive Fuel Threatens World Food Security and Political Stability» (11/3/06) «The Earth is Shrinking: Advancing Deserts and Rising Seas Squeezing Civilization» (11/15/06) «U.S. Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading for 400 Million: No Cause for Celebration» (10/4/06) «Supermarkets and Service Stations Now Competing for Grain» (7/13/06) «Let's Raise Gas Taxes and Lower Income Taxes» (5/12/06) «Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in U.S. Shift to Renewable Energy» (3/22/06) «Learning From China: Why the Western Economic Model Will not Work for the World» (3/9/05) «China Replacing the United States and World's Leading Consumer» (2/16/05)» Foreign Policy Damaging U.S. Economy» (10/27/04) «A Short Path to Oil Independence» (10/13/04) «World Food Security Deteriorating: Food Crunch In 2005 Now Likely» (05/05/04) «World Food Prices Rising: Decades of Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries» (04/28/04) «Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel: Shifting Terms of Trade Between Grain and Oil» (4/14/04) «Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy» (4/8/04) «China's Shrinking Grain Harvest: How Its Growing Grain Imports Will Affect World Food Prices» (3/10/04) «U.S. Leading World Away From Cigarettes» (2/18/04) «Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees» (1/28/04) «Wakeup Call on the Food Front» (12/16/03) «Coal: U.S. Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond» (12/3/03) «World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall» (9/17/03) «Record Temperatures Shrinking World Grain Harvest» (8/27/03) «China Losing War with Advancing Deserts» (8/4/03) «Wind Power Set to Become World's Leading Energy Source» (6/25/03) «World Creating Food Bubble Economy Based on Unsustainable Use of Water» (3/13/03) «Global Temperature Near Record for 2002: Takes Toll in Deadly Heat Waves, Withered Harvests, & Melting Ice» (12/11/02) «Rising Temperatures & Falling Water Tables Raising Food Prices» (8/21/02) «Water Deficits Growing in Many Countries» (8/6/02) «World Turning to Bicycle for Mobility and Exercise» (7/17/02) «New York: Garbage Capital of the World» (4/17/02) «Earth's Ice Melting Faster Than Projected» (3/12/02) «World's Rangelands Deteriorating Under Mounting Pressure» (2/5/02) «World Wind Generating Capacity Jumps 31 Percent in 2001» (1/8/02) «This Year May be Second Warmest on Record» (12/18/01) «World Grain Harvest Falling Short by 54 Million Tons: Water Shortages Contributing to Shortfall» (11/21/01) «Rising Sea Level Forcing Evacuation of Island Country» (11/15/01) «Worsening Water Shortages Threaten China's Food Security» (10/4/01) «Wind Power: The Missing Link in the Bush Energy Plan» (5/31/01) «Dust Bowl Threatening China's Future» (5/23/01) «Paving the Planet: Cars and Crops Competing for Land» (2/14/01) «Obesity Epidemic Threatens Health in Exercise - Deprived Societies» (12/19/00) «HIV Epidemic Restructuring Africa's Population» (10/31/00) «Fish Farming May Overtake Cattle Ranching As a Food Source» (10/3/00) «OPEC Has World Over a Barrel Again» (9/8/00) «Climate Change Has World Skating on Thin Ice» (8/29/00) «The Rise and Fall of the Global Climate Coalition» (7/25/00) «HIV Epidemic Undermining sub-Saharan Africa» (7/18/00) «Population Growth and Hydrological Poverty» (6/21/00) «U.S. Farmers Double Cropping Corn And Wind Energy» (6/7/00) «World Kicking the Cigarette Habit» (5/10/00) «Falling Water Tables in China» (5/2/00) Top of page

PRI is based out of California, and has been involved in the water policy debate in that state.

These equity concerns include: the regressive impact of potential energy price increases on low - income households; the potential for carbon pricing policies to allow some fossil fuel - fired power plants or refineries to continue to operate and emit air and water pollutants in neighborhoods already burdened by pollution; and the economic hardship to workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries for livelihoods or for their tax base as we transition away from these resources.

Historically, they have watered down strong equity based policy and lacked serious ambition.

The last thing we need is more laws, regulations and policies based on misrepresentations and fabrications from outfits like Food & Water Watch.

«Environmental scientists have been saying for some time that the global economy is being slowly undermined by environmental trends of human origin, including shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, eroding soils, collapsing fisheries, rising temperatures, melting ice, rising seas, and increasingly destructive storms,» says Brown, President and Founder of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. - based independent environmental research organization.

Specifically, the City of Vaughan («the City») argued that it did not owe a duty of care to the plaintiffs on the basis that its decision not to replace the incident water main was an issue of policy.

2) Privacy policies and terms of services for websites, businesses and governmental entities are more than likely drafted by lawyers, paid to cover all the bases in terms of privacy, liability and as such are legally water - tight (as much as possible) to protect both the entity and the user, like you.

While there's no doubt that land and water - based recreational vehicles are a lot of fun, they can also be incredibly costly if you don't have the proper insurance in place and fully understand your policy.

The endorsement forms a key part of the Aviva Water Protection package, which combines base policy water protection (broken water pipes and more), sewer back - up protection (the backing up or escape of water or sewage) and overland water protection (from water entering the propeWater Protection package, which combines base policy water protection (broken water pipes and more), sewer back - up protection (the backing up or escape of water or sewage) and overland water protection (from water entering the propewater protection (broken water pipes and more), sewer back - up protection (the backing up or escape of water or sewage) and overland water protection (from water entering the propewater pipes and more), sewer back - up protection (the backing up or escape of water or sewage) and overland water protection (from water entering the propewater or sewage) and overland water protection (from water entering the propewater protection (from water entering the propewater entering the property).

The downside to attaching your boat to an existing policy is that you will find that most water based incidents aren't covered under this type of policy.

provide policy advice to its members based on research on water reform initiatives as they affect Indigenous communities and land holdings