Sentences with phrase «coalition of environmental groups»

A broad coalition of environmental groups, good - government organizations and transit advocates are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to approve new funding for public transportation in New York City.

We've seen a diverse coalition of environmental groups, faith communities, public officials, ranchers, health professionals, businesses, Native Americans, and more come together to fight these proposals.

«We are very concerned by the announcement today that New York State will weaken state environmental protections put in place to protect public health, safety and the environment by exempting medium - size industrial farms from its CAFO permit program,» said a coalition of environmental groups in a prepared statement.

A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to challenge the state's efforts to gain access to more than $ 500 million from a clean - water revolving fund to help pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement.

At 9 a.m., a coalition of environmental groups deliver a letter to the governor opposing the Port Ambrose offshore liquefied natural gas facility, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

A coalition of environmental groups have launched a new website as a clearinghouse for information about why to vote «no» on Prop. 5.

On Monday, a coalition of environmental groups sent a letter to the D.E.C. asking the Cuomo administration to ban propane fracking as well, or conduct a thorough environmental review.

Road salt poses the biggest environmental threat to the Adirondack Park since acid rain, say a coalition of environmental groups, citing emerging scientific data detailing the effects on local watersheds.

The EPA investigation echoes claims of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Albany County and a coalition of environmental groups, which contend Global Companies failed to obtain the proper air permits for its crude - handling facility at the Port of Albany.

As the governor signed the documents, a coalition of environmental groups released a report that finds lands designated wilderness are an economic driver for the Park.

Another coalition of environmental groups has sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to reverse a two - year delay of another methane rule, this one governing emissions from drilling on federal and Indian lands.

A deal this fall to cap carbon emissions from global aviation at 2020 levels must be enforceable and set long - term goals in line with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups said.

[18] A coalition of environmental groups and hikers reached a settlement in 2016 for a public easement through the Bonsall ranch, in return for relocating part of the trail east of Matilija Creek and putting up signs to discourage trespassing off - trail.

A coalition of environmental groups is asking the federal government to require ships traveling through California's marine sanctuaries to slow down to avoid fatal collisions with whales, a problem they say has climbed to «unsustainable levels.»

For more, read my recent piece on «Waste Not: Common Sense Ways to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Natural Gas Industry,» a set of recommendations from a coalition of environmental groups.

(04/21/2014) Plantation giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) continued to source fiber produced by destruction of high conservation value forests in Sumatra right up until it committed to a new forest conservation policy, according to an investigation by Eyes of the Forest, a coalition of environmental groups in Riau.

The case was filed in 2016 by a coalition of environmental groups over a plan by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management to lease federally owned land in the Powder River Basin of eastern Montana and Wyoming.

«Hoagland spoke on a Feb. 7 webinar focused on the ECR hosted by Resources for the Future (RFF) and the Collaborative for RGGI Progress — a coalition of environmental groups and utilities in the region.»

Earlier this week, a coalition of environmental groups called on Cuomo to maintain the ban.

The chart is authored and produced by a coalition of environmental groups, including the Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club, League for Coastal Protection, Coastal Protection Network and the California Coastkeeper Alliance.

A coalition of environmental groups, called Floridians for Solar Choice, has secured more than 250,000 signatures of Florida residents toward proposing a ballot initiative to end this anti-solar law.

She continues questioning Lindzen the next day, then Susan Hedman, an attorney for a coalition of environmental groups prompts Lindzen to say Western Fuels gave him some travel money.

With President - elect Donald Trump pledging to expand offshore drilling, a coalition of environmental groups called on President Obama to permanently protect federal waters from expanded oil leasing.

«A coalition of environmental groups is teaming up for a multi-pronged campaign to try to get Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt fired or to resign.»

A coalition of environmental groups have been pushing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from domestic and foreign aircraft that land at U.S. airports since 2007, and have been struggling, since then, to compel the agency to take action.

It is a twisted example of the legal technicalities and lax regulations that all too often favor oil companies, but a coalition of environmental groups are working to close the loophole.

In October, a coalition of environmental groups met with the White House Office of Management and Budget and DOI officials and urged them to consider the government's own research before finalizing the rule, warning that the proposed change was «inappropriate, unwise and illegal» (PDF).

Today, a coalition of environmental groups sued the U.S. State Department and Fish & Wildlife Service to stop that work: the clearing of grasslands, the moving of threatened species, and other work they say TransCanada is doing illegally in advance of the proposed $ 7 billion pipeline.Reuters reports that the Center for Biological Diversity, the Western Nebraska Resources Council and Friends of the Earth filed the suit [PDF] in the U.S. District Court in Nebraska.

A Green Scissors report from 2002, a study supported by a coalition of environmental groups, calculated that over the preceding 10 years subsidies for the energy industry totaled $ 33 billion.

In December a coalition of environmental groups filed suit to stop the leases and in January a temporary restraining order was issued to prevent the BLM from moving forward with the leases.

Ecojustice is leading a coalition of environmental groups in a court challenge against the Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, which granted an extension of an exploration licence in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near the Magdalen Islands.

A coalition of environmental groups are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for not listing an isolated population of Greater Sage Grouse on the CA - NV border as endangered.

A coalition of environmental groups are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for not listing an isolated population of Greater...