Sentences with phrase «conservation committee»

Lawrence Seaway Flood Relief and Recovery Grant Program is a giant step in helping people rebuild, it is critical that we hear from stakeholders and regulatory bodies to understand what happened, why it happened and what steps we need to take to make sure it never happens again,» said Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chairman Tom O'Mara.

«I think that the rails and the trails program, the Empire Trail program that the governor is talking about is great,» said Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chairman Tom O'Mara, a Republican from Chemung County, which wouldn't directly be served by the trail.»

For example, figures from the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee suggest the British breeding population of herring gulls has halved since the late 1970s.

Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Mark Grisanti, a Buffalo area Republican, is not advocating for a ban, but he says he «shares many of the concerns» about the gas drilling process.

«Farley's bad record stretches all the way back to when he was Chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee in the 1980s, when he sponsored bills not because he supported them, but to control them to ensure that they did not come up for a vote in his committee!»

Although there is not yet a comprehensive Climate Change Bill in China, Congressman Wang Guangtao (Chair of the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress) made the announcement, on 7 November 2010 at the GLOBE International legislators» forum in Tianjin, that China would begin work on a comprehensive climate change law.

These bills were briefly discussed during a Senate Conservation Committee meeting on Thursday, two days after Cuomo said he wanted to allow crossbow hunting.

The extraordinary mix of business leaders and environmentalists involved in organizing the event included attorney Tom Twomey of East Hampton, who has specialized in environmental law, and George Proios, former Brookhaven Town director of environmental protection and currently chairman of the state's Soil & Water Conservation Committee.

«The Chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee makes extra money by working at a law firm that lobbies on conservation issues.

Written testimony, Joint Senate Health and Environmental Conservation Committee Hearing on Drinking Water Contamination at Hoosick Falls, August 2016 (and cover letter)

The Senate Environmental Conservation Committee passed a bill authorizing a moose and elk hunting season, but there's one problem — elk have been extinct in New York State since 1877.

The chairman of the Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee urged the state to join Suffolk's water authority in suing manufacturers of harmful contaminants found in the county's public wells.

Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Randolph Hurst, Ramapo / Catskill Group Conservation Committee Chairman

The hearings will be conducted by the Democratic - led Assembly Health and Environmental Conservation committees as well as their counterpart panels in the Republican - controlled Senate.

Nirmal Chandra Dev, a manager of the tea plantation next to the Rema - Kalenga preserve, serves on a local conservation committee that he says is helping spawn a new appreciation for vultures.

In 1929, she founded the Emergency Conservation Committee in order to bring to light the ineffectiveness of species preservation.

Animal Emergency Service, chairman of the education committee of the American College of Surgeons, and the NYS Veterinary Medical Society Wildlife Conservation committee.

A joint IWC Scientific Committee and Conservation Committee workshop on marine debris was approved.

Whether you teach at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts or volunteer on the Desert Lands Conservation committee, you want a sound way to compare insurance options.

He replied that the government is now drawing up a management plan for the island, in consultation with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the Governor of Pitcairn and the Pitcairn islanders.

Joan Millman relinquished the gavel at the Assembly Aging Committee, and Robert Sweeney, the longtime Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee chair, has also departed.

Meanwhile, departing Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee chairman Robert Sweeney (D - Lindenhurst) has asked for a new state probe of illegal dumping.

The bill was discussed recently but held back during a Senate Conservation Committee meeting earlier in the week.

The plan will be implemented by the New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation, Agriculture and Markets, Public Service, and the Energy Research and Development Authority, in conjunction with the Soil and Water Conservation Committee.

The group also includes Buffalo Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti and Long Island Democratic Assemblyman Bob Sweeney, both of whom chair their respective Environmental Conservation committees in the Senate and Assembly.

The hearing at Hoosick Falls High School is to be held jointly by the Senate Health and Environmental Conservation committees chaired respectively by Sens. Kemp Hannon and Tom O'Mara.

Prinz, conservation committee chairman of the Rogers Park Community Council, led the campaign to keep the beaches from being developed by getting the city of Chicago to purchase them.

Sen. Todd Kaminsky, the ranking member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, also received a perfect score.

The report released by the Senate Health and Senate Environmental Conservation committees, comes more than a year after state officials responded to cases of chemical contamination of water in rural communities like Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh — the result of the area's industrial past.

The idea of issuing subpoenas was raised publicly by Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat and the ranking minority member on the chamber's Environmental Conservation Committee, earlier this month.

«As chair of the environmental conservation committee, he fought for environmental justice for the Bronx and the entire state.

But the bill did not make it out of the state Assembly's environmental conservation committee, government officials said.

Steve Englebright (D - East Setauket), who is the chairman of the Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee, said other municipalities in New York State should take note.

Assemblyman Steve Englebright, a Democrat from Long Island who chairs the Environmental Conservation Committee, agreed with Horner's testimony.

From 2007 through 2008, Senator Johnson served as the Ranking Member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.

The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

On Monday, May 2, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Environmental Conservation Committee Chair -LSB-...]

Also at 1 p.m., Sen. Tom O'Mara, chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, will host a roundtable featuring experts from the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) on strategies to protect the state's honeybee and native pollinator populations, Room 711A, LOB, Albany.

Steve Englebright (D - Setauket), chair of the Assembly's Environmental Conservation committee, appeared earlier this week at a news conference Bellone held to announce the surcharge plan.

One name repeated throughout the forum was that of Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (D - Lindenhurst), who was blamed repeatedly for allowing legislation that would relax hunting regulations in Suffolk County and across the state to stall in the Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee, which he chairs.

He was formerly the Chairman of the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee.

The committee consisted of members of the planning board, zoning board, town board; the highway, recreation and town building departments; the economic development committee, the Highland School District, Ulster County Planning Board, Lloyd Development Association and the environmental conservation committee.

O'Mara otherwise would have received a $ 12,500 stipend as the Environmental Conservation Committee chairman.

Grisanti, chairman of Senate's Environmental Conservation Committee, said in an interview he did not read the full report before issuing his statement.

Grisanti is the outgoing Senate Environmental Conservation Committee chairman and is seen as especially close with the Cuomo administration.

«As a member of the Senate, and chair of its key Environmental Conservation Committee, Senator Grisanti has championed the extension of the Brownfield Cleanup program, a critical tool that encourages private investment in communities to get vacant and abandoned properties cleaned up and back on the tax rolls,» said Ms. Briccetti.

Sen. David Valesky will hold a vice chairmanship of the Senate Health Committee, while Avella will also be vice chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee.

The League's main goal is to defend allies who advance its agenda in the Senate's Environmental Conservation Committee, which Grisanti chairs.

Sen. Tom O'Mara, a Southern Tier lawmaker and proponent of hydrofracking, will chair the Environmental Conservation Committee, which became open after Sen. Mark Grisanti lost his race against Democrat Marc Panepinto.