Sentences with phrase «environmental impact study on»

I'm still waiting on the environmental impact study on all those cells put out in the desert of Cali.

The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York is demanding the release of the state's environmental impact study on hydraulic fracturing, and are threatening to take legal action if the state doesn't release the report.

Two weeks ago, the landowners coalition sent a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo demanding the release of the environmental impact study on hydrofracking, known as the SGEIS.

The Cuomo Administration is in the midst of an environmental impact study on the effects of fracking in New York.

The Cuomo Administration is currently reviewing over 40,000 comments submitted by the public about a draft environmental impact study on the effects of fracking on New York.

At that time there was pressure on the World Bank to do environmental impact studies on its projects.

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.

Not exact matches

Academic studies have found that increased environmental regulation doesn't actually have much impact on employment.

Responding to pressure from environmental opponents and fearful residents, shale - rich Quebec, France, New York and New Jersey have all imposed moratoriums on shale gas drilling pending further study of environmental and health impacts.

The National Resources Defense Council and the University of California - Berkeley are teaming up to conduct an environmental study on the impact of ridesharing services Uber and Lyft.

On the other side of the debate, the National Irrigators» Council chairman, Tom Chesson, demanded the government release the overdue CSIRO multiple benefits study, which is supposed to improve the understanding of how environmental benefits can be weighed against the economic impact to irrigation - dependent communities such as the Goulburn Valley in Victoria and the Murrumbidgee region in NSW.

Scientists haven't been able to adequately study GMOs impact on human, animal and environmental health.

An increasing number of studies focused on the analysis of food waste, related environmental impacts and mitigation options

The present study considered only yield differences; Ms Seufert's next project is to analyse existing research on the environmental impacts of organic and conventional agriculture.

An article on the environmental impact of the production and disposal of millions of plastic and cloth diapers reveals the length to which corporations will go to ensure profit margins: couching advertisements in «scientific studies»; funding studies based on controversial methodologies; using unscientific statistical studies to cook the books on cost - benefit analyses of environmental damage; and employing shrewd, manipulative and effective public - relations strategies.

DEC Commissioner Joe Martens estimates the agency has received 40,000 comments in the public comment period which just ended on January 11th on a draft environmental impact study to permit hydro fracking on some private lands in New York State.

Also at 9 a.m., Staten Island Assemblyman - elect Ron Castorina, Jr., NYC Councilman Joe Borelli and Perth Amboy Mayor Wilma Diaz highlight «the need for major improvements to the Outerbridge Crossing» and call on the Port Authority to commence an environmental impact study for the potential project, overpass of Tyrellan Avenue, between Veterans Road West and Boscombe Avenue, Staten Island.

Ulster County residents want New York City to spend more money locally on dealing with flooding and muddy water, and New York State has promised to involve the public in defining the scope of environmental impact studies of the city's turbid water releases into the lower Esopus.

And on Oct. 7 — based solely on materials provided, not surprisingly, by the applicant, United Riverhead Terminal, Inc. — the Riverhead Town Board unanimously resolved that this project needed no environmental impact study.

On Tuesday, about 40 anti-fracking activists with New Yorkers Against Fracking (a coalition of 60 groups) held a rally in front of the Department of Environmental Conservation «s headquarters in Albany, demanding a human health study be added to the department's ongoing environmental Environmental Conservation «s headquarters in Albany, demanding a human health study be added to the department's ongoing environmental environmental impact study.

Environmental groups and city officials denounced the State Legislature's decision saying it would lead to another year of bags contributing to waste and pollution, but state lawmakers argued more time was needed to study the financial impact of the fee on low income residents.

Former Hudson Valley Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey, in his first major public appearance since retiring from office in January, says he just penned a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to wait for the results of a study from the Environmental Protection Agency on the impacts of fracking before deciding whether to allow high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the state.

Neighbors blasted the plan, which is the first individual project to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning, saying the «affordable» income requirement didn't match with those in the area and that there was no environmental impact study to see what effect the building would have on neighboring Fort Tryon Park.

The Department of Environmental Conservation is nearing completion on an environmental impact study and new regulations for gas drilling using horizontal drilling and high - volume frackinEnvironmental Conservation is nearing completion on an environmental impact study and new regulations for gas drilling using horizontal drilling and high - volume frackinenvironmental impact study and new regulations for gas drilling using horizontal drilling and high - volume fracking technology.

ALBANY — Opponents of shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing gathered in Albany on Monday to keep up the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he prepares to decide whether to allow the practice after four years of studying its health and environmental impacts.

Governor Cuomo's environmental commissioner is rejecting calls by environmentalists for an independent health impact study on hydro fracking.

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos promised an air monitoring study will soon begin in the neighborhood, a $ 500,000 DEC environmental improvement program that will evaluate the impact of diesel emissions on Albany's South End.

about Original Avalon Environmental Study, Prepared by Bramson Campaign Donor, Underestimated Impact on Schools

«I called for a ban on fracking for natural gas as the Green gubernatorial candidate in 2010 at a time when most environmentalists urged a moratorium so that the health and environmental impacts of fracking could be studied,» Hawkins wrote.

The public forum was on FERC's draft environmental impact study of the proposed pipeline, and both sides at the meeting were passionate.

The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of environmental impacts of a derailment.

DeFrancisco said Monday that the state should include the tunnel as one of the options in a draft environmental impact study that will compare each option based on cost, the impact on local businesses and the economy, traffic congestion and other factors.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's environmental commissioner is rejecting calls by environmentalists for an independent health impact study on hydrofracking.

The study, published in the online journal Environmental Science & Technology (ACS Publications), determined the impact of intrinsic colloid formation on increased migration of leaked radioactive materials in the environment.

The study, published in this month's issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), is featured in a special section highlighting the impact health and safety programs may have on a company's investment value.

The aim of the study is to understand the impact of environmental factors, lifestyle factors and genes on health.

He emphasises that the precise economic and environmental advantage for an individual household depends on the building's specific thermal conditions, but that the result of the study will under all circumstances have an impact on the construction industry.

This decision is not only based on a current surplus in the country's energy supply, but also on concerns over lack of efficiency in large reservoirs and the environmental impacts of these projects, themes which are central to the study.

«This underlines the glaring problem that many of the chemicals that are most widely used today, including pesticides, are simply not adequately tested and may have serious long - term impacts on health and development,» said Barrett, who studies how environmental chemicals affect human reproduction.

After evaluating data from the field, hydrological models, and Environmental Impact Assessment reports about the small dams, Kibler and Tullos concluded that impacts of the small dams exceeded those of large dams on nine of the 14 characteristics they studied.

Prof Carlos Peres, an author on the study from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, said: «Our analysis shows that even so - called «reduced - impact logging» in tropical forests can rarely be defined as sustainable in terms of forest composition and dynamics in the aftermath of logging — never mind the greater susceptibility of logged forests to catastrophic fires.

Angela Strecker, an environmental science professor at Portland State University and the study's co-lead author, said that species distribution models can help predict all the places where a given species could live based on their environmental preferences, and using these models can help target conservation efforts to areas where they would have the most impact.

A new study linking paleoclimatology — the reconstruction of past global climates — with historical analysis by researchers at Yale and other institutions shows a link between environmental stress and its impact on the economy, political stability, and war - fighting capacity of ancient Egypt.

A study published in ACS» journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that because the newer engines emit higher levels of the climate - warming pollutant black carbon than traditional engines, their impact on the climate is uncertain.

Last year, NSF embarked on an environmental impact study of Arecibo (and one on the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia), the first step in making a decision on the facilities» futures.

Theresa Selfa, a professor at the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, examined the socio - economic impacts of corn ethanol on small communities in Kansas and Iowa in a 2011 study.

Instead, the study suggests that biological differences between these two notorious closely related invasive species that are generally perceived as minor, such as the synthesis rate and attachment strength of the threads used by Dreissena to attach themselves to native unionids, can drive profound differences in environmental impacts on native communities they invade.

They indicate that particulates are the greatest current environmental risk to human health, with the impact on life expectancy in many parts of the world similar to the effects of every man, woman and child smoking cigarettes for several decades,» says study co-author Michael Greenstone, the director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College and the Harris School.

Environmental specialists are in charge of keeping things clean, and monitor and minimise the impacts of operations on wildlife (see Case study: Explosions at sea).

The research, a major step toward bridging the gap between laboratory studies and industrial catalysis, could help improve the design and environmental impact of catalytic reactors, including tiny «lab - on - a-chip» devices, which are used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and other chemical products.