Sentences with phrase «environmental agency leaders»

Environmental Council of the States (a non-profit association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders) Phone: [phone] Email Environmental Council of the States 444 North Capital Street NW, Ste. 445 Washington, DC 20001

Now: Garrigan went on to work at the Environmental Council of the States, a «non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders».

There is no clear indication that Gov. Palin is behind these DEC decisions — on the face it looks like all she has done is sign the administrative order creating the Sub-Cabinet, then depended on her environmental agency leaders (Chapple and Hartig) to make the rest of the decisions.

Not exact matches

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, today announced being named by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the inaugural class of the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions.

«With the Trump Administration and their allies in Congress working to gut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and rollback key environmental protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the lEnvironmental Protection Agency and rollback key environmental protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the lenvironmental protections and safeguards that prevent people from getting sick and dying, it is gratifying to know that there are leaders in Washington standing up to prevent such recklessness,» the letter states.

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Westchester County Board of Legislators Majority Leader and Subcommittee Chairman Peter Harckham (D - Katonah) welcomed Raymond Kvalheim, a project director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and Jason C. Denno, from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation and CWNS state coordinator, to discuss necessary wastewater infrastructure improvements and how to document these needs.

The Industrial Development Agency's board of directors voted 14 - 1 in favor of a tax break and capital investment package — despite criticism from residents and elected leaders who complained the local community was shut out of a deal they say poses environmental threats and only a promise of future jobs.

That was the phrasing Adirondack Park Agency Chairwoman Lani Ulrich used last week at a forum during the Adirondack Local Government Conference, but state, local government, environmental and economic development leaders also acknowledge seeing a shift.

Some municipal leaders are asking the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to be the lead agency, and the New Paltz Town Board says it's willing to take on the role itself if the environmental departmEnvironmental Conservation (DEC) to be the lead agency, and the New Paltz Town Board says it's willing to take on the role itself if the environmental departmenvironmental department declines.

Local environmental watchdog and activist agency Riverkeeper adds that dual lead agencies are not the optimal way to set up a review, says Sue Rosenberg, Saugerties CAPP leader.

The Dutchess County Executive and local leaders went to the Poughkeepsie waterfront Monday, calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to require more PCB cleanup of the Hudson River.

«The City of Kingston was quite explicit that the Thruway Authority should not be involved as lead agency for the environmental review of Pilgrim's proposed pipelines, and we voted unanimously to demand the DEC instead,» said Ward 1 Alderman and outgoing Common Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn in a statement posted on the KingstonCitizens.org website.

Many industries are delighted by President - elect Donald Trump's choice of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a leader in the GOP fight against the Clean Power Plan, to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Trump, who has vowed to pull the U.S. out of the Paris pact, has installed vehement climate denialist Myron Ebell as leader of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's transition team and nominated fellow denialist and strident EPA foe Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the aAgency's transition team and nominated fellow denialist and strident EPA foe Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the agencyagency.

The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is the certified Global Leader in Green Racing and is the only motorsports series to comply with the Green Racing protocols developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and SAE International (SAE).

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed a toxic waste site flooded by Hurricane Harvey from a special list of contaminated sites that require the personal attention of the agency's leader, because it says there's been significant progress on a cleanupAgency has removed a toxic waste site flooded by Hurricane Harvey from a special list of contaminated sites that require the personal attention of the agency's leader, because it says there's been significant progress on a cleanupagency's leader, because it says there's been significant progress on a cleanup plan.

On a global level, Crissy Field Center staff attended the last International Conference on Environmental Education in Ahmedabad, India — a gathering of 1,500 delegates from 90 countries, organized by United Nations agencies UNESCO and UNEP — and for the past six years, they have hosted a youth forum for the Goldman Environmental Prize winners to give budding youth leaders a chance to meet and exchange ideas with these courageous activists.

The three - day course on cross-sector collaboration attracted leaders from the National Park Service, Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Ashoka Conservation Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, and others.

Held over three days, the event will be the largest ever gathering of government officials, regional and international tourism authorities, environmental agencies, industry leaders, urban city planners, architects, developers, institutional investors and financiers, airlines and tour operators, green product suppliers, universities and academics to examine this issue.

Allan Thornton, president of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), said, «We appeal to SoftBank leaders Masayoshi Son and Nikesh Arora to protect the elephants for future generations by banning ivory trade on Yahoo! Japan.

When the leader of the government agency tasked with solving environmental problems like the climate crisis won't even acknowledge its true cause.

Socio (s): FAO, IPCC, UNDFS, UNDP, UNFCCC, UNFPA, WB, WFP, World Resources Institute, United States Environmental Protection Agency, International Energy Agency, Climate leaders Programme, UNDFS / ICTS, Un secretariat at Headquarters

On Capitol Hill today, industry leaders and other experts explained why the upcoming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) standards on carbon dioxide emissions can benefit U.S. business and help drive innovation while keeping our air and water clean.

Socio (s): ICAO, IPCC, UNDFS, Issue Management Group on Sustainability Management, Zoï Environment Network, Martineau & Co, World Resources Institute, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Climate leaders Programme, International Energy Agency, Government of Norway

For over 15 years, Winrock has been a global leader in designing and implementing science - based methods to measure, monitor and report GHG emissions reductions in the agriculture, land use and forestry sectors for clients including the United Nations, the World Bank and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

After virtually ignoring the nation's biggest environmental issue for years, Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are planning a major hearing on climate change on Sept. 18 and are inviting leaders of 13 federal agencies to testify.

Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R - Ky., who will preside over the hearing, sent out letters Aug. 6 inviting testimony from leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency; the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, State, and Transportation; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Commerce Department; NASA; the U.S. Agency for International Development; the Export - Import Bank; and the White House Office of Science and Technology.

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

Along with representatives from the Environmental Defence Fund and the Prince of Wales» Corporate Leaders Group, Agency experts detailed how increased energy efficiency, phasing out least - efficient coal - fired power plants, investing more in renewables, ending fossil - fuel subsidies and cutting methane emissions can limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

More than 500 solar industry leaders from hundreds of businesses issued a letter to the White House today, endorsing limits on carbon pollution from power plants and advocating that solar energy become a focal point of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan.

And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called on governors to not comply with the new rules, which would lead to an inevitable confrontation with the Environmental Protection Agency that would then have to devise a plan to force action, notes the Associated Press.

But more troubling in my opinion, and indicative of a deeper problem, was the long knives effort seen just days earlier on the NewsHour to besmirch the character of Trump's Environmental Protection Agency Transition Team leader, Myron Ebell.

Organized by Our Task — a non-profit group dedicated to helping young adults become leaders in creating a more sustainable world — the two - day event featured speakers and representatives from many other organizations as well, including: Climate Progress, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Center for a New American Dream, Population Institute, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Worldwatch Institute.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of HonduEnvironmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduenvironmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of HonduraEnvironmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduraenvironmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)...

(Marketwire — 12/09/09) As world leaders began talks on climate change at the United Nations Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long - awaited finding declaring carbon dioxide (CO2) a dangerous pollutant that must be regulated.

In the US, our Road to Paris campaign will foster public support for the climate efforts already underway — most notably the United States» initial commitment for the COP21 negotiations and the US Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan — and train a new cadre of Climate Reality Leaders.

At the time, I was managing the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Leaders program, working with companies to measure emissions using the GHG Protocol and to set emissions reduction targets.

Geographic Information System Analyst — Duties & Responsibilities Serve as geographic system analyst responsible for major nationwide mapping and assessment projects Recruit, train, and direct junior team members ensuring they understand the brand and corporate protocols Set and strictly adhere to departmental and project budgets and schedules Maintain comprehensive records detailing project schedules, geographic information, and other pertinent data Consistently meet and exceed company goals through strong managerial skills Complete all phases of cartographic mapping and database management on 25 Digital Flood Oversee Insurance Rate Map countywide studies in association with FEMA's map modernization process Enhance PBS&J's Floodmap Desktop version 9.3 with an automated cross-section annotation process Create FMD tools and a nationwide automated public land survey system attribution tool Assist in 2006 Post-Hurricane Katrina flood assessment with the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans Create final project maps portraying environmental impact assessment calculations associated with the Saratoga, Wyoming well field and transmission line environmental assessment Design final project maps for a hydrologic assessment of County Road 204 in Garfield County, Colorado Provide GIS / data analysis services on a sign asset management project for the Colorado Department of Transportation Build and strengthen relationships with key clients, partner agencies, and community leaders Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity

William Reilly, senior advisor of Texas - based private equity company TPG Capital and former leader at both the Environmental Protection Agency and the World Wildlife Fund, remembers helping to push for a more environmentally friendly housing development in Kunming, China.

Mark Henshall, a project manager at the Environmental Protection Agency, is working with NAR, the National Center for Lead - Based Housing, child advocacy groups, and industry leaders to help property managers and owners gain access to workers trained in lead paint issues.