Sentences with phrase «environmental protection measures»

The need for enhanced Arctic search and rescue (SAR) capabilities and environmental protection measures are among the main messages of the proceedings of the 2011 Arctic Futures Symposium, which also highlights...

«Antarctica's environmental protection measures must be strengthened, as more scientists visit the region and tourist numbers continue to increase.»

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WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's plans.

Indeed, Trump's proposed budget cuts funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 %, and specifically eliminates measures designed to preserve clean air and water and ward off climate change — including Obama - era legislation amending the longstanding Clean Air Act and creating what is literally known as the Clean Water Rule.

That now appears to be the case, with measures taken to «guide» them out by using «electricity price, land use, tax, and environmental protection, among other things.»

Along with budget cuts and layoffs, the Harper government has implemented a number of other measures which weaken environmental protection.

They evaluate such things as what kind of tax will do the least harm, or what environmental - protection measures will least impede economic growth.

The «Coffee Growing — Environmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disEnvironmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disenvironmental management, including pest and disease control.

In order to comply with the general environmental duty and protect the environmental values in the Lower Balonne under the Queensland Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act), reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise environmental harm caused by prescribed water contaminants environmental duty and protect the environmental values in the Lower Balonne under the Queensland Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act), reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise environmental harm caused by prescribed water contaminants environmental values in the Lower Balonne under the Queensland Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act), reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise environmental harm caused by prescribed water contaminants Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act), reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise environmental harm caused by prescribed water contaminants environmental harm caused by prescribed water contaminants should occur.

The measure contained the governor's earlier allocation of $ 143 million for a downsized Environmental Protection Fund — far less than the $ 168 million the Assembly is proposing, not to mention the $ 222 million the Senate wants.

Supporters including the New York Bar Association and the New York People's Convention, backed by activist Bill Samuels, say a convention could fix the state's partisan redistricting process, as well as create more environmental protections and measures to close campaign finance loopholes.

The Republican plan includes investments aimed at clean water infrastructure, more funding for environmental protection and strengthening measures designed to monitor chemical contaminations.

The budget includes roughly $ 1 billion in savings for the 2017 fiscal year from measures like reducing office space, refinancing debt and, at the Environmental Protection Department, switching to natural gas from diesel.

Regardless, Iwanowicz said the measure would have included numerous rollbacks of environmental protections.

The plan spells out some measures for China's environmental protection and energy production, but it's unclear how much the measures will differ from what is already underway.

The methods established in the new study can be used in future for applied purposes — for example for local protection measures, for environmental assessments by authorities, or to integrate the long - term effects of road building into scenarios of the World Bank regarding global biodiversity changes.

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.

In a related 2012 study in the journal Remote Sensing of Environment, researchers used three decades of satellite imagery to measure rates and patterns of old - growth deforestation in response to the environmental protection and sustainable development policies.

«Our research suggests that the relationship between feelings of vulnerability, as measured by fear of crime, and women's preference for physically formidable and dominant mates is stable, and does not update according to environmental circumstances or relative level of protection needed.»

Speed limits on ships have been of some help in saving the North Atlantic right whales from being killed in collisions, suggest studies by the US government and independent researchers — and environmental groups are suing to expand the areas where protection measures are in force.

«Currently, the US Environmental Protection Agency only measures risk based on exposures of individual contaminants.

The measure of an antioxidant is not only its superior environmental protection, but its visible anti-aging results.

If your skin looks drier than usual in the winter, for instance, this may be a sign that your skin needs more attention during harsh environmental assaults perhaps with additional coats of moisturizer or protection measures.

To build on this record of good stewardship, Economic Action Plan 2015 includes investments to enhance marine transportation safety in the Arctic as well as to strengthen environmental protection, spill prevention and response measures in Canadian waters.

2016 measure urged the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce animal use, but numbers are rising instead

Such measures include membership in the ATTA, consumer reviews (launches November 2007), and eventually signed commitments to pursue sustainable tourism practices (e.g., cultural, environmental and wildlife conservation and protection) and adherence to best practices.

Economy - wide Measures to reduce other Greenhouse Gases: The Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies are taking actions to cut methane emissions from landfills, coal mining, agriculture, and oil and gas systems through cost - effective voluntary actions and common - sense standards.

In the budget appropriation bill heading to Congress this week, there are no less than 39 different measures that would in one way or another dissolve or weaken environmental protections.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the election, outgoing EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy last week touted her agency's regulation - based approach to environmental protection — perhaps anticipating scrutiny those measures may get from the incoming Trump administration.

10/14/17 — As part of its drive to overturn the Obama - era Clean Power Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency recently released significantly lower estimates of the so - called social cost of carbon dioxide, a measure widely used to weigh the value of actions aimed at stopping climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan already calls for existing power plants to trim emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, and the administration is looking to use the EPA to force further improvements in fuel efficiency in the transportation sector, among other measures.

Long and Iles (1997) point to the US Department of Transportation's Climatic Impact Assessment Program (aimed not at the greenhouse effect but aircraft emissions) for producing, in 1975, «the first assessment to focus on social and economic measures,» (p. 6) and the 1989 US Environmental Protection Agency study as «the first extensive appearance of an economic analysis of impacts.»

The ICAO Council also adopted Strategic Objectives, with high priority given to environmental protection, while the new Business Plan asserts the Organization's status as the leading international organization pursuing unified and coordinated measures to reduce civil aviation's impact on the environment.

«EPA Wants to Monitor Your Hotel Showers --» The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to develop a wireless shower monitoring system that would measure the length of guests» showers and water use... This device will be designed to fit most new and existing hotel shower fixtures and will wirelessly transmit hotel guest water usage data to a central hotel accounting system.»»

(a) Identification of the key sources of marine plastic debris and microplastics; (b) Identification of possible measures and best available techniques and environmental practices to prevent the accumulation and minimize the level of microplastics in the marine environment; (c) Recommendations for the most urgent actions; (d) Specification of areas especially in need of more research, including key impacts on the environment and on human health; (e) Any other relevant priority areas identified in the assessment of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmentaenvironmental practices to prevent the accumulation and minimize the level of microplastics in the marine environment; (c) Recommendations for the most urgent actions; (d) Specification of areas especially in need of more research, including key impacts on the environment and on human health; (e) Any other relevant priority areas identified in the assessment of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine EnvironmentalEnvironmental Protection;

«Measures to develop wind energy in China are conducive to energy conservation and environmental protection as well as an important means of achieving sustainable development, and are consistent with W.T.O. rules.»

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.

Measures for environmental protection: Do not allow material (Aluminum Powder) to be released to the environment without proper governmental permits.

That's just one among many moves by the administration to reduce environmental protection and overturn measures to reduce climate change and shift to a clean energy economy.

Global Witness is calling for a transparent allocation process for the remaining rights, improved environmental and social protection in contracts and laws and greater capacity and political will to implement these measures.

Kroemker, D. and Mosler, H. J. (2002) Human Vulnerability — Factors Influencing the Implementation of Prevention and Protection Measures: An Agent based Approach, Global Environmental Change in Alpine Regions: Recognition, Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 93 - 112.

Led by Sen. James Inhofe, who has called climate change «the greatest hoax» committed against humanity, the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee plans to explore a wide range of measures that would slow or halt Environmental Protection Agency rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

In this 112th Congress alone, oil, gas and coal interests gave over $ 20 million of this «dirty energy money» to our Senators and Representatives, to influence their votes around industry - friendly measures from dismantling the power of regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to approving the Keystone pipeline, to opening up the outer - continental shelf to drilling.

Present at the workshop, aimed to teach Israel how create a system for greenhouse gas measuring and reporting, were Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection Gideon Ezra and a whole host of other officials from the governments of Germany and Mexico, plus some private firms and consultants from around the world.

Sustainability pays off for the entertainment industry Climate change mitigation and limiting the environmental impacts of events is of central importance for the entertainment industry — not only for the sake of the environment, but also for economic reasons: «In addition to the contribution to environmental protection, sustainability measures also have the potential for enormous economic savings,» says Jens Michow, LEA - Chair and Head of the German Federation of the Event Industry.

Often there is no single best option; rather, there are multiple measures available to decision - makers at the municipal level where several technologies may be collectively implemented to reduce GHG emissions and achieve public health, environmental protection and sustainable development objectives.

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.

The Court's judgment is particularly notable for its deferential stance towards measures related to environmental protection based on EU rules which — paradoxically — are very nationally oriented although they tackle the global problem of climate change.

To give just one example, the increased interest in environmental protection has given rise to policy measures that have generated new regulations or been integrated into existing legislation.

Lastly, the Advocate General argues that explicitly acknowledging that distinctly applicable measures can be justified on grounds of environmental protection would confirm the «special» place environmental protection has within the EU legal system (para. 95).