Sentences with phrase «by federal environment»

In addition to backing a nuclear phase out, last years «Energiekonzept» review, produced by the Federal Environment Ministry, BMU, looked to renewables supplying 35 % of electricity by 2020, 50 % by 2030, 65 % by 2040, 80 % by 2050.

But this poses a problem since multilateral attempts at coordinated global action are falling short, according to a report by the Federal Environment Office.

Determined to do something to help the neighborhood where I lived (which was later declared a Superfund environmental cleanup site by federal Environment Protection Agency), I worked with my friends to launch our own club.

The organization — administered by the federal Environment Department — oversees Australia's six national parks, including Uluru — also known as Ayers Rock — and Kakadu, as well as the nation's marine reserve network.

An attempt to delay the opening of the inquiry, at Salzgitter, was overridden by the federal environment minister, Klaus Topfer.

Foodbank is one of a small number of organisations tasked by the Federal Environment Minister, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, to assist in the development of Australia's first ever Food Waste Strategy.

Ottawa (11 Sept. 2017)-- There is great concern, apprehension, and suspicion from labour and environment groups following a recent announcement by the federal environment minister, Catherine McKenna, on the creation of a 10 - person advisory council on NAFTA and the environment.

Or, as pointed out by the federal environment minister McKenna in a letter Thursday to B.C. environment Minister George Heyman, that Canada already has a mountain of regulation to ensure a world - leading regime to transport oil and products, including: the Railway Safety Act, the Pipeline Safety Act, the National Energy Board Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Marine Liability Act, the Fisheries Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and that Ottawa has pledged to spend an additional $ 1.5 billion to protect its coasts and marine environment.

Not exact matches

Recent signs in the economy are pointing to late - stage business cycle activity rather than the Goldilocks environment indicated by the Federal Reserve, Ron Insana says.

Feb. 14, 2014: Federal Court finds federal environment and fisheries ministers broke the law by failing to enforce Species at Risk Act in a lawsuit brought in relation to pipelineFederal Court finds federal environment and fisheries ministers broke the law by failing to enforce Species at Risk Act in a lawsuit brought in relation to pipelinefederal environment and fisheries ministers broke the law by failing to enforce Species at Risk Act in a lawsuit brought in relation to pipeline route.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

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Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna have long insisted Ottawa would collect no revenue from the carbon price the federal government is requiring the provinces and territories impose by 2018.

In an environment where balance sheets have become more and more bloated from excess borrowing stoked by the Federal...

SAN DIEGO (AP)-- A grocery store in San Diego subjected Hispanic employees to harassment and a hostile work environment by implementing a no - Spanish language policy, federal officials said Thursday.

The health insurance industry has since been transformed by the federal Affordable Care Act, handing Bertolini and other executives the opportunity to remake the companies they lead while navigating a changed environment.

Faced with such disputes — and Professor Leach is right, the list will be endless absent a constitutionally - entrenched climate framework — it is crucial to understand that jurisdiction over the environment in Canada is shared by the federal and provincial governments.

Powell recognizes the limits of monetary policy when he notes that «ultimately, the only way to get sustainably higher interest rates is to improve the broader environment for growth, by adopting policies designed to increase productivity and potential output over the long term — policies that are mainly outside the scope of our work at the Federal Reserve.»

This problem today is engendered and sustained by virtually every institution responsible for the creation of the built environment: the real estate development industry; the construction industry; federal, state and local regulatory agencies; the rule - of - thumb manuals of transportation engineers; the lending policies of banks; the professions of architecture and planning; the patrons of architecture; and above all the zoning ordinances that regulate where and how buildings get built.

RESOURCES «New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood,» Care2.Com [Swiss] Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology, The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants [PDF] Community Environment Legal Defense Fund Web Site CELDF «Rights of Nature» FAQs Carl Cohen and Tom Regan, chapter by Carl Cohen, «Rights and Interests,» The Animal Rights Debate, (Latham, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001), p. 17 David S. Oderberg, «The Illusion of Animal Rights,» Human Life Review, Spring - Summer 2000, p. 42.

Natural disasters devastate communities and the environment, leaving public water systems compromised in the aftermath, unsafe by both state and federal health standards.

It would block the Federal Government's attempt to reduce by 70 gigalitres the volume of water set aside for the environment in the northern Basin, as recommended by the Murray - Darling Basin Authority in 2016.

I was thrilled that years of hard work by food advocates around the country, maybe even including my own small efforts here on The Lunch Tray, had finally yielded strong federal competitive food rules to create a healthier school environment for my child and his fellow students.

A federal judge ordered shooting to stop at the 27 - acre park in 1998, after a lawsuit by a neighbor raised the possibility that the lead shot was harming the environment.

The status of the balance of N3.7 bn which was outstanding from the initial payment to the Federal Ministry of Environment will also be confirmed by the committee.

The GOP had moved more aggressively into the new Wild West - like campaign cash environment created by federal court decisions striking down spending and fundraising restrictions as unconstitutional infringements on free speech.

The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning (herein referred to as «DEP») indicates many of its programs and services are funded through grants provided by multiple federal departments, including the United States Department of Housing and Urban Renewal (herein after referred to as «HUD»).

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, at the council meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved the Revised National Policy on Environment.

Federal regulators described PFOA as «a chemical or material that is characterized by a perceived, potential, or real threat to human health or the environment or by a lack of published health standards» in the March 2014 document.

Miner says it's important to have experience in that department with potential changes to the federal regulatory environment by the Trump administration.

Amakiri expressed optimism that successful dialogue between Federal Government and the aggrieved groups would end current pollution to the environment partly caused by pipeline vandalism.

The Republican resolution, sponsored by Legislator Michael Anagnostakis, calls on Orange County to urge the state Department of Environmental Conservation to review a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision concerning the Millennium natural gas pipeline and consider all legal options to protect public health and the environment.

The most effective way for scientists across disciplines to stand up for science is by reaching out to elected officials at the local, state and federal levels to offer evidence and findings to advance understanding of pressing issues from human health to the environment, said Holt and Ornstein.

The court dismissed claims by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) that former federal environment minister Greg Hunt's 2014 approval of the Carmichael mine violated international obligations to protect the reef, a UNESCO world heritage site.

The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).

The study, involving 64 wastewater treatment plants across Switzerland, was commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment.

Entire electric grid The research is funded by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment and is aimed at showing that the entire electricity grid could be run on renewable energy.

A report by the union in 2013 found that 86 % of federal scientists felt that they could not publicly share concerns about government policies that could harm public health, safety, or the environment without facing retaliation from their department leaders.

The federal minister for the environment, Greg Hunt, says a series of conditions on the development, including funding for programmes to support the health of the reef, will mean that the water quality will actually improve by 150 per cent.

-- After reviewing the report required by subsection (a), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in concurrence with the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by regulation and after public notice and comment, modify the non-Federal lands portion of the definition of «renewable biomass» in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 in order to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

The work was funded by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA).

A team of researchers from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, used data collected by NASA's Wide - field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft to pinpoint star clusters located in the resource rich environment of the spiral arms, and use them as markers to trace the structure of our galaxy.

If passed, the legislation would substantially increase federal research into threats from hormone - disrupting chemicals and require the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to report to the public every two years on the extent to which hormone disruption by chemicals poses a threat to human health and the environment.

Just as the market for schools is deeply shaped by the political and regulatory environment at the city, state, and federal levels, so too is the market for instructional materials, assessments, and data platforms.

If these cuts were enacted, states would have to either backfill the loss of federal support for out - of - school care by drawing from other limited funding streams or accept that previously served students would now be in unsafe, unsupervised environments outside of school hours.54 Attendance, student achievement, and peer and student - to - teacher relations could suffer.55 States that cut after - school programs would likely have to allocate additional dollars in future years to triage the loss of jobs or depressed student outcomes.

These programs are supported by $ 12.7 million in federal grants awarded in 2014 to address mental health and «school climate,» or ensuring students feel safe to learn in a supportive environment.

Officials said the push to bring students with disabilities back into the public schools allows those children to be educated, as required by federal law, in the «least restrictive environment.»

Nationally: The federal government could exercise leadership here by defining placements over a number, 11 - 12 % for example, as not consistent with placing students in the least restrictive environment possible.

As such, all the elementary schools in his district have the same curriculum driven by the same comprehensive school reform model; the same school environment and discipline policy; and the same way of using Title I and other federal budget dollars.

For more than 75 years, NSBA, a federation of 49 state associations and one territory association, has been working to ensure our public education system is appropriately supported by federal policymakers, so public schools can offer the best possible environment for students to realize their dreams.