Sentences with phrase «environmental agencies playing»

Tidmarsh Farms is described as a unique property and opportunity, with the Town and Massachusetts state environmental agencies playing pivotal roles as partners.

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A Washington consultant who was removed from President Trump's transition team for using his business email address for government work played a central role last year in planning a trip to Australia for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and then took steps to disguise his role, new documents show.

ALBANY — State Department of Environmental Conservation plans for an agency vote Wednesday on rules governing the installation of new outdoor wood boilers has New York Farm Bureau officials concerned that end - of - year politics are at play.

Among those who have been watching closely as the PFOA water contamination problem plays out in the Village of Hoosick Falls, NY is Judith Enck, a long - time Rensselaer County resident and the former regional administrator for the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

It said although it admits that its mandate included ensuring that the gas station where the explosion occurred was complying with environmental safety regulations, other agencies also had various roles to play in ensuring that the operations of the station...

cuomos trying to move money from one state agency to another how slick is that, a governor who wants unsurped power so he can play king and do things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOU.

Research scientists question whether the order will reduce international collaborations and remain troubled by confusion surrounding communications restrictions placed on employees of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture, two agencies that have played vital roles in the collection of scientific data on climate change.

Recreational exposures clearly play a role in causing these illnesses,» says epidemiologist Rebecca Calderon of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

With little data on how much excreted and dumped medicines are in the environment, and even less showing a cause - effect relationship between an active ingredient and an adverse effect, researchers, health and environmental agencies, and water - quality regulators have been playing hot potato with the question for decades.

A coalition of Texas public - interest groups, education organizations, and unions this month called on the Reagan Administration to order the Environmental Protection Agency to play a more active role in the removal of asbestos from school buildings.

The class divided itself into groups to study everything from the source of municipal tap water to the role that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plays in determining water - quality standards.

They also discuss what role U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Betsy Devos plays in the state's school closure discussion, concerns over President Donald Trump's order to freeze all grant programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a move to bring new voting machines to Michigan.

Featuring presentations from a variety of governmental and environmental agencies, OU's Clinton River Water Festival teaches fifth - grade students about the central role that water plays in their lives.

They have previously chalked up the over-optimistic ratings to the poor testing procedures outlined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the agency has admitted their testing played a role in the bad cAgency (EPA); the agency has admitted their testing played a role in the bad cagency has admitted their testing played a role in the bad claims.

In addition, once the flea - killing claim is made, Environmental Protection Agency labeling rules and expenses come into play.

Always wash your hands or use a hand sanitizer after playing in the sand — because children and adults who build castles and dig in the sand at the beach are at greater risk of developing gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea than people who only walk on the shore or swim in the surf, according to research from the University of North Carolina and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Now it's becoming clear that this simple and affordable technology has played a two - pronged role in helping the Environmental Protection Agency, in the face of perpetual industry resistance, move toward clamping down on leaks of methane and other compounds from oil and gas wells, tanks and other facilities.

The email, dated 3 June 2002, reveals how White House officials wanted the CEI's help to play down the impact of a report last summer by the government's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in which the US admitted for the first time that humans are contributing to global warming.

In the US, Republican members of Congress are asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to forestall any effort to regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act until a full, transparent investigation has taken place on allegations that fudged data played a role in establishing the link between industrial CO2 emissions and global warming.

Energy efficiency plays a unique role as building block # 4 in the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed Clean Power Plan, which sets carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rate targets for existing power plants by state.

According to Inside Climate News, the Environmental Protection Agency, which plays an important role in rating the performance of other agencies in performing environmental assessments under NEPA, has repeatedly urged the State Department to focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and how to offset them if Keystone were to get theEnvironmental Protection Agency, which plays an important role in rating the performance of other agencies in performing environmental assessments under NEPA, has repeatedly urged the State Department to focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and how to offset them if Keystone were to get theenvironmental assessments under NEPA, has repeatedly urged the State Department to focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and how to offset them if Keystone were to get the green light.

Inhofe said that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was in the business of «brainwashing our kids» by releasing «propaganda» about climate change and the role that human beings are playing in the destruction of the planet.

Commenting on the release of the emissions figures, Dr Mary Kelly, Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency stated, «the Emissions Trading Scheme is designed to bring about reductions in emissions at least cost, and is seen to play an increasingly important role in assisting European industry implement the type of reductions envisaged in the EU Commission's recent decisions on an overall 20 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 2020... While no doubt some of the reduction reflects the economic downturn which began to have significant impact during 2008, nonetheless the overall picture is one of progressive annual GHG emission reductions.»

In 2001, Holmstead was appointed to Assistant Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, where he played a key role in the George W. Bush administration's efforts to roll back clean air and climate change protections.

So the environmental protection agency plays an enormously valuable role.

Arthur Petersen of the Dutch environmental - assessment agency, PBL, played a leading role in an audit of IPCC claims which last year detected a distinct tendency to cut the caveats and accentuate the negative when summarising its own work, and takes a keen interest in the panel's workings (he was recently appointed to the Dutch government's delegation).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must play a critical role to ensure health protections are met and to fill in when states are stretched thin and working with limited resources.

Speaking with E&E News, Milloy claimed that he had a key role to play in the «secret science» initiative unveiled by Scott Pruitt that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using any studies that do not make the raw data public.