Sentences with phrase «environmental efforts involving»

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The state Department of Environmental Conservation and Empire State Development are both involved in efforts to redevelop the property.

Given developing efforts to mine deep - sea hydrothermal vent fields for precious metals, the scientists involved in this research suggest that conservationists and management agencies need to consider a broader range of factors in their efforts to predict the environmental impacts and the resiliency of affected communities.

In a collaboration involving the University of Exeter, University College London and several other national and international partners, researchers from the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and Oxford Martin School have investigated the geophysical likelihood of limiting global warming to «well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.»

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

This study was a collaborative effort involving researchers from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Princeton University, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Transforming our nation's economic, energy, and environmental systems to move towards a green economy will require a level of expertise, innovation, and cooperative effort unseen since the 1940s to meet the challenges involved.

One project announced at the meeting is the Energy Efficient Schools Initiative, whose partners plan to install super-efficient windows, digital environmental sensors and smart thermostats in 500 schools by 2012, involving students and teachers in the effort.

«We decided to incorporate the MetLife EcoChallenge into the Our Green Impact program to create a fun and collaborative way to encourage more associates to get involved in our environmental sustainability efforts.

After distributed computing efforts such as SETI at home, and Climate Project came GLOBE, a world wide effort to involve students in gathering ground truth for environmental and climate studies and Weather Bug, a distributed set of weather stations available to classes, media, and on your Blackberry.

As part of the Solar PEIS, the BLM conducted a thorough environmental review of the proposed SEZs so that future reviews of applications within SEZs would involve limited additional effort in terms of project - specific NEPA analyses.

«In our effort to select the best, we also seek to avoid those companies that are resisting the changes that are reshaping the economy; those that are involved in business activities that entail what we believe are unacceptable risks in environmental, social, or governance areas.

In other words, that means recognizing that a drought isn't just an environmental issue, but rather a fundamental business risk involving processes such as raw materials procurement or sales efforts in impacted markets.

The university's efforts in this area are of special benefit to Bren students, whose research often involves understanding and solving inherently multidisciplinary environmental problems.

Intergovernmental organizations [edit] Worldwide [edit] Regional [edit] Local governments [edit] ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Government organizations [edit] The governments of many countries have ministries or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment: Non-governmental organizations [edit] These non-governmental organizations are involved in environmental management, lobbying, advocacy, and / or conservation efforts: Children's organizations [edit] Project Green Oman.

If you are interested in supporting the schools efforts to bring more environmental education to their community, give us a call and we will help you get involved.

Josh Wiener, MetLife's Global Sustainability Director, shared: «We decided to incorporate the MetLife EcoChallenge into the Our Green Impact program to create a fun and collaborative way to encourage more associates to get involved in our environmental sustainability efforts.

Delivering the project required a significant brownfield redevelopment effort involving razing decades - old industrial and commercial factories, residential apartments, and commercial condominiums and drafting agreements to fund the project's demolition, environmental remediation, and ultimate construction.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

A track record of investigating complaints involving fire, environmental and sanitation issues and educating the public in fire safety, infection control and food handling and sanitation efforts, as a licensed New York State Health and Safety Surveyor.

Our efforts to achieve stability and harmony at the community level in a negotiated outcome on land use involving pastoralists, Aborigines and environmental groups were recognised as a practical step towards reconciliation in Cape York.