Sentences with phrase «environmental developments concerning»

«Green Hops,» our periodic newsy updates of energy and environmental developments concerning China resumes.

Not exact matches

Often, economic and energy development trump environmental and health concerns, leaving public health playing «catch - up.»

Tensions between economic development, energy policy and environmental and health concerns are common in public health's history.

During development of the project, «there were multiple reroutes of the pipeline corridor for various reasons - cultural, environmental, landowner concerns - 140, 150 reroutes,» he said.

It is unlikely, then, that environmental concerns will halt shale gas development.

Some were uneasy lest the statement slight concerns for justice — such as employment, majority / minority rights, or Third World development — in favor of a major stress on environmental or life - style issues related to energy.

«Based on these production issues and our goal to redesign and relaunch all of our packaging in a sustainable manner, with product protection and environmental concerns in mind, we decided on the new MasterBag Pyramid format and a high - barrier, paper - based outer packaging, following a lengthy development and testing phase,» confirms Thomas Holz, Managing Director and Tea Taster at TeeGschwendner.

There is a growing concern that the fast expanding and globalized competitive world market is causing decline in grower returns and expansion of urban development and environmental regulations causing production cost increases and challenging the viability and sustainability of producing these crops.

«Diageo is committed to minimising our environmental impact and we are, like many of our consumers, increasingly concerned about the negative environmental impact associated with the irresponsible disposal of plastic straws,» said David Croft, Diageo's global sustainable development director.

The development of the Trading Framework takes into account stakeholder responses to the Commonwealth Environmental Water — Trading Arrangements discussion paper released in November 2011, and addresses many of the concerns raised.

Innovations addressing health and environmental concerns, the needs of farmers and consumers, combined with the facilitation of their uptake by more farmers in more regions will contribute to the development of organic agriculture.

In Massachusetts, environmental concerns for wind energy development include direct impacts to birds, bats, and forest fragmentation.

Read more about the environmental benefits and concerns related to wind energy development as well as the need for planning and permitting criteria in Mass Audubon's Position Statement on Wind Energy Ddevelopment as well as the need for planning and permitting criteria in Mass Audubon's Position Statement on Wind Energy DevelopmentDevelopment.

The DfT's 2003 White Paper, «The Future of Air Transport», which sought to provide a strategic framework for air travel development over the next 30 years, acknowledged that there were particular environmental concerns about expansion at the main London airports.

Obviously, you're trying to appear rational and pragmatic about all this, talking about following «the science» while balancing economic development with environmental and public health concerns.

Conservation and environmental groups are concerned a convention would impact the «forever wild» clause that protects the Adirondack and Catskills regions from development and environmental degradation.

Some Elmont and Floral Park civic leaders are raising concerns that a development group led by the New York Islanders is paying a Manhattan - based consulting firm to conduct an environmental review before the team constructs an 18,000 - seat arena at Belmont Park.

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

Science policy is an area of public policy which is concerned with the policies that affect the conduct of the science and research enterprise, including the funding of science, often in pursuance of other national policy goals such as technological innovation to promote commercial product development, weapons development, health care and environmental monitoring.

No other area of human concern has drawn a greater diversity of scientific disciplines into the service of a developing field of policy nor offered a greater scope for development of interdisciplinary collaboration as the environmental sciences.

«More worryingly, since low - level chemical exposure poses a threat to human reproductive development, the consumption of products from animals grazing such pastures may be of considerable environmental concern.»

The industry's rapid development created economic opportunities for many, but also brought environmental concerns, and sometimes led to contentious conversations.

They found that, along with environmental concerns, the potential for fiscal savings and attracting development projects were significant factors in motivating sustainability efforts in these communities.

While some environmental leaders now cautiously support development of more nuclear reactors (which are free of fossil fuels) to help stave off climate change, others remain concerned that the risks to human health and the environment are still too high to go down that road.

Their concerns have been sparked by two simultaneous developments: increasing public criticism by key Republicans of research funded by agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a congressional power shift that has placed many vocal so - called climate change sceptics and opponents of environmental regulations in positions of power.

To achieve its objectives, the Circular Economy is primarily concerned with the following topics: 1) product development using easily recyclable materials and non-hazardous; 2) Environmental laws that encourage the sector; 3) the return of solid waste to the production chain; and, 4) Treatment and reuse of waste.

The story touches on everything: the booming economy, the widening gap between rich and poor, rural land rights, environmental concerns, wild west development, and political intrigue.

Administratively, the municipality is composed of 24 parishes, that handle development, in the defense of local social, cultural, recreation and environmental concerns:

Featuring easily - recognizable symbols of nature and development, Megg's paintings and installation of painted parking cones express his growing environmental concerns.

Meanwhile, environmental groups such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace are concerned that devolving decision - making on GM crops will make it more difficult to block their development.

A great recent example is Bolivia: Evo Morales's government has championed the idea of «climate debt» at the UN, but at home Morales has been pursuing development projects that don't match his rhetoric of environmental concern.

The province's sustainable development minister, Isabelle Melançon, made the announcement in Quebec City, saying that the new rules strike a balance between the needs of farmers and environmental concerns, notes CBC.

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To address wildlife concerns, ACCIONA conducted environmental impact studies on birds, bats, and wetland habitat, which were shared during an extensive county permitting and review process during the project development phase.

This analytical document demonstrates that the current global energy system raises a wide array of concerns ranging from resource depletion and technological development to environmental impacts.

Four families of socio - economic scenario (A1, A2, B1 and B2) represent different world futures in two distinct dimensions: a focus on economic versus environmental concerns, and global versus regional development patterns.

The developments are likely to fuel concerns among the many environmental campaigners who oppose nuclear power that the industry has unfair access to the government, as well as benefiting from hidden subsidies.

BSBO and ABC hope that these concerns will be reflected in any future assessments of the environmental impact of Icebreaker and other proposed offshore wind energy development in the Great Lakes.

Dominica sees climate change as an urgent and far - reaching development issue, not just an environmental concern.

I'll start off with this short essay written by University of Oregon Professor Greg Bothun that I think nicely sums up the many reasons we all ought to be concerned with the path of China's economic development and associated energy use and environmental impact:

But there are far broader concerns and opportunities to drive real global development and environmental policy forward this century.

Chirikova was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2012 for her work to prevent a highway from being built through the heart of Khimki Forest by convincing the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank to withdraw their funding for the project, citing environmental, social and financial concerns.

These include the growing concern in commodity markets on the environmental performance of ranchers and farmers; greater investment in fire control mechanisms among owners of fire - sensitive investments; emergence of a carbon market for forest - based offsets; and the establishment of protected areas in regions where development is fast - expanding.

Beyond the rise of compensation for ecosystem services, there are other signs that deforestation can be slowed, including improved fire management by large - scale landholders, growing concern in some commodity markets about the environmental performance of developers, new opportunities for sustainable development and gains in productivity, and establishment of protected areas in regions where development is expanding rapidly.

The very real concerns that civil society organisations around the world continue to raise, both regarding environmental and social integrity as well as overall sustainable development are simply going unaddressed.

The task, from the offices in land - locked New Delhi, included an assessment of current policy concerns and developments with regards to the ban on using organotin compounds in antifouling paints and an assessment of their environmental impacts.

Citing public health and environmental concerns, Quebec Premier Phillipe Couillard announced yesterday that there would be no shale gas development in his province.

They include the difficulty of integrating large amounts of renewable energy into the electricity system; uncertainty on the timeline for meeting Renewables Portfolio Standards goals; environmental concerns with the development of renewable facilities and associated transmission; difficulty in securing project financing; delays and duplication in siting processes; time and expense of new transmission development; the cost of renewable energy in a fluctuating energy market; and maintaining the state's existing baseline of renewable facilities.

While natural gas production from shale formations has significantly increased domestic production, there is ongoing investigation of potential environmental concerns related to shale gas development, including carbon emissions and possible groundwater contamination.