Sentences with phrase «earth policy aimed»
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A multi-pronged legislative package passed in honor of Earth Day aims to make New York State more environmentally friendly by banning the use of dangerous chemicals, setting clearer policies for disposing of hazardous waste and protecting New York's wetlands.
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The decisions the current Government takes on transport to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to: «Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...»
Friends of the Earth announced that the EIB has promised to take emissions into account when evaluating new ventures and to develop a carbon policy, while OPIC will aim to reduce its projects» greenhouse gas emissions 20 % over the next ten years.
There are wide political divides over the consequences of policies aimed at climate change that hold even among those who agree that the Earth has been warming.
By Brad Plumer, NYTimes, Feb 2, 2018 Exxon Mobil's shareholders — concerned that the company's main businesses, oil and natural gas, may be imperiled — had demanded last year that the company give a more detailed accounting of the consequences of global policies aimed at curbing emissions of earth - warming gases.
Friends of the Earth exposed the glaring hole in the proposed new energy policy, which aims to improve the functioning of Europe's energy markets but does not address billions of Euros of subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.
The challenge, which was dismissed on 23 October, (Friends of the Earth and Help the Aged v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Aff airs [2008] EWHC 2518 (Admin)-RRB-, interestingly illuminates both the possibilities and the limitations of judicial review as a mechanism for holding the government to particular policy aims.