Sentences with phrase «benefits environmental projects»

That's why the main focus of his organization, founded in 2003, is to demonstrate the benefits environmental projects can yield.

Not exact matches

«Green bonds are a great tool to raise capital for a project with specific environmental benefits,» she said.

The projects — which have been funded as part of the Joint U.K. - China Offshore Renewable Energy program — would also look to maximise the environmental and socio - economic benefits of ORE systems.

And though he says the scientific benefits of supporting space industrialization alone justify the project, Metzger lays out a scenario where major economic and environmental benefits could return to Earth.

Also targeted for steep spending rollbacks are the agency's monitoring and enforcement of compliance with environmental laws, as well as regional projects intended to benefit degraded areas such as the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Province of B.C. is willing to make significant environmental sacrifices for projects that will bring economic benefits to the Province of B.C.. On the other hand, they will block a project needed by a land - locked sister province, a project that would benefit all of Canada, claiming that they are doing so because they must protect the environment, protect the land from damage and reduce global warming.

Green bonds are fixed income securities for which the proceeds will be used for projects with clearly mandated environmental benefits.

Having recently called out the federal government for failing to provide a justification for its decision to approve Shell's Jackpine mine oil sands expansion project (an approach that serves no interest other than the government's, as even industry would stand to benefit from knowing why one project is justified while another, e.g. Taseko's original Prosperity mine, is not), it was reassuring to see that at least this Joint Review Panel (JRP) shares my understanding of this obligation under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19.

Notwithstanding its potential environmental burdens, the JRP ultimately concluded that the NGP is in the public interest, citing various societal benefits including primarily jobs and job - training for Aboriginal communities but also «research, monitoring, and planning initiatives and techniques with relevance beyond the project» and economic benefits, first and foremost the importance of «opening Pacific Basin markets» (NGP Report, Volume II, Chapter 2, s. 2.4.3 and 2.4.4.).

The gas projects have encountered somewhat less opposition, in part because of the perceived lower environmental damage from a gas pipeline or tanker accident, but also because the economic fundamentals of gas exports provide more benefits to the local economy because much of the gas will come from BC fields and the need for construction and operation of LNG facilities on the coast.

B.C.'s Premier Christy Clark, previously opposed to Kinder Morgan's tanker proposal, greenlighted the project based on the same flawed NEB review, which systematically underestimated the environmental and economic costs while relying on industry numbers to overstate the economic benefits.

Moringa's agroforestry projects create economic benefits for investors and local communities while contributing to building environmental and social resilience of land - use.

This CSWA project will field test, evaluate and implement a climate protection incentive system incorporating the DeNitrification DeComposition (DNDC) model and practices that improve air quality, reduce emissions, improve carbon sequestration potential, and promote other environmental benefits.

This could be through culinary innovation, a commitment to social responsibility, sustainability or the economic development of their community; involvement in health or environmental campaigns, the promotion of pioneering cultural projects, or works that benefit society through their positive impact on the food industry.

Mass Audubon, the University of Rhode Island's Coastal Resources Center, and the Natural Capital Project recently received a $ 560,636 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop information on the human benefits provided by the Narragansett Bay watershed.

If you represent a municipal government or non-profit organization in Erie County that has recently completed a project that has environmental benefits, we invite you to nominate your project for consideration in this year's Environmental Excellence Awenvironmental benefits, we invite you to nominate your project for consideration in this year's Environmental Excellence AwEnvironmental Excellence Awards Program.

Prosecutors argued that Skelos exerted political influence to benefit the environmental technology company AbTech, which scored a $ 12 million contract for a stormwater remediation project in Nassau County, and Glenwood Management, the New York City real estate titan with financial and personnel ties to AbTech.

In her follow - up letter dated July 13, she recommends that the civil penalty specified in the Consent Order be increased from $ 1.5 million to no less than $ 10 million, to be used «to finance environmental benefit projects and damage claims of property owners, both public and private.»

If you represent a municipal government or non-profit organization in Erie County and have recently completed a project that has environmental benefits, we invite you to nominate your project for consideration in this year's Environmental Excellence Awenvironmental benefits, we invite you to nominate your project for consideration in this year's Environmental Excellence AwEnvironmental Excellence Awards Program.

Under the New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process, the Town Board is required to review the potential environmental effects of a project, identify the ways to mitigate the unavoidable impacts and balance the environmental impacts with the benefits that will be achieved by the propEnvironmental Quality Review (SEQR) process, the Town Board is required to review the potential environmental effects of a project, identify the ways to mitigate the unavoidable impacts and balance the environmental impacts with the benefits that will be achieved by the propenvironmental effects of a project, identify the ways to mitigate the unavoidable impacts and balance the environmental impacts with the benefits that will be achieved by the propenvironmental impacts with the benefits that will be achieved by the proposed project.

Councilwoman Diane McCord, who will take over as town supervisor next month, said the state Thruway Authority should not be in charge of environmental reviews for a project that would financially benefit the authority.

For example, projects with potential environmental benefits, or start - up companies housed in urban regeneration areas, may be given extra credits in the grant evaluation (these criteria also play a role in some U.K. grant applications).

My strong interest in research, especially in environmental systems analysis and optimization, as well as my strong will to address the water crisis in China, drew me to my current area of research; more than 8 projects I have led or participated in enabled me to appreciate considerable savings benefited from engineering optimization.

Brooke included a «counsel's opinion'that the Water Act of 1989, which established the NRA, requires the authority to consider the option of retreat and the environmental benefits that might follow, whenever it assesses the cost of coastal defence projects.

Poll, head of technology for the British government — funded Omega Project, a division of Manchester Metropolitan University that partners with industry to study the environmental impact of aviation and offer possible solutions, pointed out the need for nonkerosene - powered aircraft «I think nuclear - powered airplanes are the answer beyond 2050,» he said, concluding, «If we want to continue to enjoy the benefits of air travel without hindrance from environmental concerns, we need to explore nuclear power.

The project should bring numerous environmental benefits, including reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 880 to 1111 tonnes per year, cutting chemical fertiliser use and water consumption by 20 % and increasing carbon sequestration in soil by the same amount.

Environmental Practice Award Awarded to the school project that can demonstrate a benefit to the environment and the environmental education of its pupils, this award will be handed to Mellor Primary School, Cheshire; Benenden School, Kent; or King's Ely, CaEnvironmental Practice Award Awarded to the school project that can demonstrate a benefit to the environment and the environmental education of its pupils, this award will be handed to Mellor Primary School, Cheshire; Benenden School, Kent; or King's Ely, Caenvironmental education of its pupils, this award will be handed to Mellor Primary School, Cheshire; Benenden School, Kent; or King's Ely, Cambridgeshire.

AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING The Environmental Building Award is given to the school building project that can demonstrate a benefit to both the learning and local environment through its design.

The benefits of embedding an environmental behaviour change programme into an empowering project for school children are ample and through GAP's experience, we've seen the most successful outcomes delivered where students are encouraged to own the process from beginning to end and develop the necessary tools to reach their goals.

Although soft landings activities were introduced late into the project, Kier Western found that benefits would accrue from the school's facilities staff committing to monitoring the building actively, with the environmental data also feeding into the school curriculum.

Green Apple Day of Service projects focus on making school improvements to benefit students in line with the three pillars of a green school: reduced environmental impact, health and well - being and increased sustainability and environmental literacy.

Project Learning Tree has published a new set of activities designed to engage middle and high school students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as they calculate the economic and environmental benefits of trees.

As one example of a project, a student might ride her bike to school every day, calculate the environmental benefits of not driving and write an article about it for a community newspaper, English teacher Bryn Orum said.

Reviews cost - benefit and environmental project delivery analysis, and provides guidance to operating administration economists on the preparation of such analyses.

The TIGER program was designed to promote innovative, multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional transportation projects that provide significant economic and environmental benefits to an entire metropolitan area, region or the nation.

The project will also create substantial environmental and mobility benefits by diverting an estimated 17,400 daily riders from the roadways by 2035.

It focuses on companies that will benefit from «increased environmental legislation, cultural shifts towards environmentally conscious consumption, and capital investments in environmentally oriented projects.»

Green Planet is a «not for profit» organization focused on the principles of researching projects that are commercially viable whilst providing humanitarian and environmental benefit to a world in need.

Numerous Canadians expressed outrage that the Alberta government would spend taxpayers» money on a disingenuous act of greenwashing to support a project that will largely benefit corporations without creating much in the way of employment or economic activity in America, a project that comes with significant environmental risks that will be borne by Americans (in the case of the inevitable spills) and the rest of the world (in the case of increased greenhouse emissions).

Both biomass and biogas projects have financial benefits for businesses, since the costs associated with waste processing and disposal are reduced, thus improving economic sustainability as well as environmental performance.

Ford Motor Company is leading a $ 3.5 - million (US$ 3.9 - million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle.

Merging the environmental goals with development policies, the project offers a glimpse of the health benefits that flow from improvements in energy efficiency.

«We are proud of this sale to BP Target Neutral, and very happy they are supporting the exceptional environmental and development benefits this project is creating,» says Jason Patrick, Managing Director of BioCarbon Group.

«Investors express a preference for and will pay a premium for projects that demonstrate social and environmental benefits in addition to robust climate benefits,» observes Joanna Durbin, Director of the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) that developed a design standard for climate change mitigation projects to ensure the projects are designed to support sustainable development and biodiversity in addition to their carbon benefits.

The opportunity to apply for carbon credits for cookstove projects creates a source of funding that can be leveraged to promote the «win - win» environmental and development benefits of...

Massachusetts is proud to lead the nation in energy efficiency policies and programs, and over the last year our administration has focused on increasing access for low - and moderate - income ratepayers, while investing in innovative peak demand reduction projects that will provide significant environmental and economic benefits to the Commonwealth.»

FORT COLLINS, CO --(April 1, 2015)-- Environmental Leader, the trusted source of objective news for corporate environmental, sustainability and energy professionals, today announced results of its Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products and projects that provide companies with energy and environmenEnvironmental Leader, the trusted source of objective news for corporate environmental, sustainability and energy professionals, today announced results of its Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products and projects that provide companies with energy and environmenenvironmental, sustainability and energy professionals, today announced results of its Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products and projects that provide companies with energy and environmenEnvironmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products and projects that provide companies with energy and environmentalenvironmental benefits.

FORT COLLINS, CO --(Marketwired — Sep 9, 2014)-- Environmental Leader, the trusted source of objective news for corporate environmental and energy professionals published by Business Sector Media, launches the third annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products / services and projects that provide companies with energy and environmenEnvironmental Leader, the trusted source of objective news for corporate environmental and energy professionals published by Business Sector Media, launches the third annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products / services and projects that provide companies with energy and environmenenvironmental and energy professionals published by Business Sector Media, launches the third annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products / services and projects that provide companies with energy and environmenEnvironmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program recognizing excellence in products / services and projects that provide companies with energy and environmentalenvironmental benefits.

We prioritize renewable energy, energy efficiency and forest conservation projects that are sustainable — resulting in clear socio - economic and environmental benefits.

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