Sentences with phrase «environmental integrity of»

«It is ultimately very satisfying to bring these companies to justice and protect the environmental integrity of our water supplies.»

Ambitious economy - wide mitigation targets are central to ensuring that international emissions trading supports the goals of the Agreement, as they provide strong incentives for countries to ensure the environmental integrity of units they transfer to others.

And it is the root of freedom, of independence from companies like Apple that happily erode the environmental integrity of products and try so diligently to strip self - reliance from makers.

«Skillful diplomacy led by the Mexican Presidency provides just enough substance to move the process forward; and does not compromise environmental integrity of reaching a global deal in the future... This scenario provides sufficient movement on key issues and rolls the negotiation process forwards another year, but must contain a high degree of trust and confidence to prevent moving back into Zombie.»

Take references from friends and acquaintances who also care about the environmental integrity of products.

Silva - Chavez, however, fears the Trump team will either complicate it even more or try to «streamline» it, which would undermine the environmental integrity of the system.

This administration includes a number of climate deniers who could try to re-negotiate the Paris Agreement, which could profoundly impact its effectiveness; in a worst - case scenario, these officials would simply try to block any action through the arcane, yet important, United Nations (UN) rules of procedure, or attempt to water down the rules and seriously risk the environmental integrity of the post-2020 world.

However, although the review process achieved those objectives, this is in no way sufficient to ensure the environmental integrity of the reference level approach to forest management accounting.

As a Winrock enterprise, ACR's role is to enhance confidence in the scientific and environmental integrity of offsets and to find innovative ways to achieve development goals with fewer emissions.

So to recap, If we are to preserve any environmental integrity of this regime, provisions for clarification of pledges and proper accounting needs to be strengthened this week.

«As a scientist, I chose to work with the American Carbon Registry because of the team's extensive knowledge of terrestrial carbon sequestration and science - based approach to ensure the environmental integrity of offsets,» said Dr. Sarah Mack, CEO of Tierra Resources.

«(D) make available to the Secretary advice and comments on other ways to improve or safeguard the environmental integrity of the offset practice types listed under section 503 of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; and

«(6) make available to the Administrator its advice and comments on other ways to improve or safeguard the environmental integrity of programs established under this part and part E.

-- In establishing the requirements under this section, the Administrator shall apply conservative assumptions or methods to maximize the certainty that the environmental integrity of the cap established under section 703 is not compromised.

The Secretary shall set activity baselines to reflect a conservative estimate of performance or activities for the relevant type of practice (excluding changes in performance or activities due to the availability of offset credits) such that the baseline provides an adequate margin of safety to ensure the environmental integrity of offset credits calculated in reference to such baseline.

The Advisory Board shall make recommendations to the Administrator for use in promulgating and revising regulations under this part and part E, and for ensuring the overall environmental integrity of the programs established pursuant to those regulations.

-- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Secretary shall establish an independent advisory committee, to be known as the «USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee», to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset program for domestic agricultural and forestry practices that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, or sequester greenhouse gases.

The Administrator shall set activity baselines to reflect a conservative estimate of business - as - usual performance or practices for the relevant type of activity such that the baseline provides an adequate margin of safety to ensure the environmental integrity of offsets calculated in reference to such baseline.

The biodiversity and environmental integrity of the world's food supply is too important to our survival to be put at risk.»

Subtitle B: USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee -(Sec. 531) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an independent USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset program for domestic agriculture and forestry practices that reduce or avoid GHG emissions or sequester GHGs.

While the original Directive allows for linking the EU ETS with other industrialised countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the new rules allow for linking with any country or administrative entity (such as a state or group of states under a federal system) which has established a compatible mandatory cap - and - trade system whose design elements would not undermine the environmental integrity of the EU ETS.

It concluded that doing so could undermine the environmental integrity of the EU ETS, for the following reasons:

Over the past years, Carbon Market Watch together with numerous dedicated organizations in India has worked to improve the social and environmental integrity of carbon market projects in India, and exposed weaknesses where they occurred.

«The ACR team is proud to be recognized by ICROA for the environmental integrity of our standard and the quality of ACR - registered offset projects.

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-- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Secretary shall establish an independent advisory committee, to be known as the «USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee», to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset program for domestic agricultural and forestry practices that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, or sequester greenhouse gases.

Not exact matches

Golfman and his team spent 14 years conducting R&D before arriving at a product, manufactured in India and made primarily of wheat - straw fibre, that achieved the trifecta of high quality, high environmental integrity and affordability.

The objective of the EEZ Act is the familiar sustainability rhetoric — enable economic growth while maintaining ecological integrity — but it is tricky business because these are large capital - intensive projects in remote locations that bring environmental risks that are considered low probability with severe consequences.

ExxonMobil has a track record of being among the best in industry in ensuring safety and operations integrity (our annual Corporate Citizenship Report available on our Web site provides more information on our safety and environmental performance).

The Rio Summit sought to build upon the past with the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among states, key sectors of societies and people, working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, recognizing the integral and interdependent nature of the Earth, our home, some excerpts will help.

I have in mind conditions such as those of health, economic provision, education, cultural richness, environmental integrity, and the general patterns of associational life itself.

The rationale for the Charter is apocalyptic: «The prevailing development patterns in both the South and the North are leading the Planet to an economic, social, and environmental crisis which threatens the existence of human life and the integrity of Nature.»

No effort to help the poor has integrity apart from ecological concerns; conversely, it makes little sense to talk of ecology apart from justice when the plight of the poor has become a major contributing factor to the environmental crisis.

But he has not yet been informed by the inspector general's office of specific charges or questions related to the scientific integrity of his work, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

The Rainforest Alliance is a founding member of the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling Alliance (ISEAL), an organization established to strengthen the integrity of social and environmental certification systems and whose members are international standard - setting, certification, and accreditation oEnvironmental Accreditation and Labeling Alliance (ISEAL), an organization established to strengthen the integrity of social and environmental certification systems and whose members are international standard - setting, certification, and accreditation oenvironmental certification systems and whose members are international standard - setting, certification, and accreditation organizations.

Founded in 1982 with a mission of promoting healthy living through the quality, integrity, and environmental sensibility of the products they create, SunRidge Farms offers a diverse array of more than 1,000 organic and natural trail & snack mixes, confections, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, granolas & cereals, grains, beans, teas, coffees, and spices.

Harvard Forest and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are also project partners in acquiring an additional 108 acres adjacent to the Mass Audubon property, thus linking the renowned research forest and the sanctuary and furthering the region's environmental integrity.

Waldorf schooling also focuses upon nurturing the child's self - confidence and self - reliance, while fostering his or her personal integrity and sense of social and environmental responsibility.

Clean water and wastewater infrastructure is of vital importance to our nation's economic prosperity, public health and environmental integrity.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander «Pete» Grannis was fired last week for having the courage to speak the truth about the impact threatened layoffs would have on the integrity of his department's responsibility to protect the environment and New Yorkers.

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are two agencies whose level of proactivity and integrity in ensuring due diligence have been questioned.

«As I stated in my «Initiatives for a Smart Economy» address, the protection and restoration of the health and integrity of Western New York's fresh water systems is not only sound environmental policy but also represents a smart investment in our economic future,» said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.

Scientists also have voiced concerns that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is paring the ranks of the EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors, which is responsible for advising the agency on the scientific rigor and integrity of its research.

In place of accurate emissions data, Hsu said that China has more control over businesses than democratic governments do, so it can more easily bring them in line and maintain environmental integrity if, for example, allowances are too plentiful and their price crashes, as happened in the E.U.'s system.

Threats to any of these align with more conventional approaches to risk — a health risk, for instance, can be understood as something that threatens to make you sick, and an environmental risk as something that threatens the integrity of the environment.

The research was conducted in collaboration with the Ecological Flows Science Advisory Board that was formed in response to 2010 North Carolina state legislation (NC Session Law 2010 - 143) directing the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to identify the river flows necessary to maintain the ecological integrity of each of the 17 major river basins in the State.

«The sensing skin could be used for a wide range of structures, but the impetus for the work was to help ensure the integrity of critical infrastructure such as nuclear waste storage facilities,» says Dr. Mohammad Pour - Ghaz, an assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at NC State and co-author of a paper describing the work.

The integrity and safety of pipelines and storage tanks is crucial, because ethanol is both flammable and, at certain concentrations, can cause adverse environmental impacts.

Chinese chemical companies» use of offsets has a «total lack of environmental integrity», says Connie Hedegaard

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