Sentences with phrase «environmental quality of programs»

Based out of the Forum's Palm Beach office, the Program Assessment Center uses the Environment Rating Scales (ERS) and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) to provide program assessment services designed to increase the environmental quality of programs for young children and ensure that appropriate services are available to promote their optimal development and prepare them for school success.

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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will begin presenting its draft greenhouse gas program next week to the state's pollution board for approval to create the state's first cap - and - trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Organizations are recognized as good community citizens when they support programs that improve the quality of life in their community, including crime prevention, employment, environmental programs, clean - up and beautification, recycling, and restoration.

Dedicated to growing wine naturally, the winery introduced its natural farming and conservation program with goals of worker health, environmental protection and enhanced grape quality.

«An extensive environmental program is also in place, which helps us monitor the status of our equipment, along with our air and water quality.

As for the AAA Sustainable Quality program, see this post for an overview of the environmental and social requirements for producers in the Nespresso's AAA Sustainable Quality Program, with its low bar for incprogram, see this post for an overview of the environmental and social requirements for producers in the Nespresso's AAA Sustainable Quality Program, with its low bar for incProgram, with its low bar for inclusion.

And as part of the Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality Program, which incorporates Sustainable Agriculture Network standards, the Rainforest Alliance has been working with Nespresso for 10 years to promote environmental and social responsibility on supplier farms and support producers who wish to seek Rainforest Alliance certification.

Several of the state's winegrowing regions and other organizations have sustainable and environmental programs, many of which provided the foundation for the statewide California Sustainable Winegrowing Program and all of which play an important role in the ever - expanding tapestry of the California wine community's efforts to produce high quality wine that is environmentally sound, economically feasible and socially equitable.

During my last 6 years working for the state I managed the Ground Water Protection program for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

Stefanie Covino, Coordinator of the Shaping the Future of Your Community program notes, «Our water resources are increasingly stressed, but conserving and restoring the natural landscape with native plants can offer social, environmental, and economic benefits such as improved air quality, property values, energy savings, and habitat — both locally and downstream.»

DTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom reported yesterday (link requires subscription) that, «Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln on Wednesday unveiled a bill to reauthorize the child nutrition programs that would increase funding for school lunch and other programs by $ 4.5 billion over 10 years, with some of the money coming from the budget for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

Implementation of invasive shrub and vine control has been accomplished on a number of Mass Audubon sanctuaries with the assistance of funding support from the Natural Resources Conservation Service Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, and the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife Landowner Incentive Program.

Farm to School programs can help expand students knowledge about food, health, and environmental issues, and improve the quality and nutrition of school meal options, while supporting the local food economy.

Efforts are being made to monitor the water quality of the Fonteyn Kill, led by Vassar College's Environmental Research Institute and the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Dutchess County Environment Program.

Also included were significant increases in the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and the establishment of a $ 200 million program to assist municipalities in funding water quality infrastructure projects.

Dr. Holloway is a Professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she leads a research program that employs computer models and satellite data to understand links between regional air quality, energy, and climate.

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The ETE comprised different research programs relating to the environment carried out at the NUS faculties of engineering, medicine, and science with research efforts focused on the following six areas: biotreatment technology, membrane technology, adsorption and regeneration, environmental chemistry, environmental catalysis and air pollution control, and air quality management.

These cornerstones of environmental protection have implemented pollution control programs, set water quality standards, and funded waste water treatment facilities in Nevada.

«At its core, the program monitors water quality in the watershed and the bay and also does environment modeling that's required to track progress,» says Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

«Our study shows that Schizochytrium is a high quality candidate for complete substitution of fish oil in juvenile Nile tilapia feeds, providing an innovative means to formulate and optimize the composition of feed while simultaneously raising feed efficiency of tilapia aquaculture,» says Sarker, a research assistant professor in Dartmouth's Environmental Studies Program.

«The Clean Heat Program has made important strides toward improving the air quality in New York City,» says first author Daniel Carrión, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

«While there is information available about counties in the United States that exceed EPA air pollution standards, there has not been a similar source of information about how that air pollution actually affects the health of people living in those areas,» said lead study author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine.

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Jagai and her colleagues used the U.S. EPA's Environmental Quality Index, a county - level measure incorporating more than 200 of these environmental variables and obtained cancer incidence rates from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program State CanEnvironmental Quality Index, a county - level measure incorporating more than 200 of these environmental variables and obtained cancer incidence rates from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program State Canenvironmental variables and obtained cancer incidence rates from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program State Cancer Profiles.

The final measurement in the Chesapeake will come in October following surveys by the Chesapeake Bay Program's partners from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

Lead report author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.»

The mission of the Marine Sciences Program at Savannah State University is to provide research, education, and outreach programs which contribute to a vital, technically qualified, intellectually thoughtful, and ethnically diverse community of individuals capable of creatively solving problems and answering questions related to coastal and ocean ecosystem health, environmental quality, and fisheries sustainability.

«Water Resources and Water Quality,» presented by Chris Shuey before the Water and Environmental Health Training, Navajo Division of Health CHR Outreach Program, revised March 6, 2013.

While programs are still far from being able to meet the feeding needs of the population, supplementing the ration while teaching farming methods, securing land for refugees, and ensuring environmental sustainability continues to contribute to an improved quality of life for the participants through diet and productivity.

Largely because of the increasing costs of meeting federal mandates on environmental quality, Medicaid, welfare, and other programs, the presidents argued, states have slashed their higher - education budgets.

Virginia Naturally Schools is the official environmental education school recognition program of the commonwealth, administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with support from the Department of Education, Department of Environmental Quality and other resouenvironmental education school recognition program of the commonwealth, administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with support from the Department of Education, Department of Environmental Quality and other resouEnvironmental Quality and other resource agencies.

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Back in late 2009, in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Los Angeles — area bird advocacy groups against City of Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS), a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found in favor of the bird groups that LAAS programs in support of trap / neuter / return (TNR) as a community cat management strategy was in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the agency had not conducted an environmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming coEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the agency had not conducted an environmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming coenvironmental impact study regarding the effects on the environment of sterilizing free - roaming community cats.

Given the poor quality of life that feral cats typically lead, as well as broader concerns such as environmental impact and public health, the goal of feral cat management programs should be to gradually eliminate feral cat colonies by a process of «aging out» their members.

Plaintiffs are environmental protection groups with a common goal to prevent defendant City of Los Angeles (the City) from implementing a program to trap, neuter and release feral cats to the outdoors without conducting an adequate environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 etenvironmental protection groups with a common goal to prevent defendant City of Los Angeles (the City) from implementing a program to trap, neuter and release feral cats to the outdoors without conducting an adequate environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 etenvironmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 etEnvironmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (CEQA).

From 2001 to early 2011, the Center has provided over 1.3 million hours of quality environmental programs to nearly 590,000 kids, parents, and community members.

This program seeks to establish community organizations to comprehensively monitor the health quality of the beaches through water supply systems, proper waste disposal, and environmental education.

The push for a cap - and - trade system has fresh momentum in neighboring Oregon, where the state Department of Environmental Quality released a study last week asserting that the program could lower emissions without raising consumers» electric bills.

Our overarching principles call for the implementation of effective air quality programs and standards, transitioning to a clean energy future, with a commitment to promote environmental justice.

DOE program that supports the development and deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and market - based solutions that strengthen U.S. energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality

With this major's flexibility, you can design a program of study tailored to your environmental and natural resource interests, such as water use and quality, soil protection, waste management, ecosystem management or land use.

The Environment Division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with the Government of the Northwest Territories is responsible for the management of hazardous substances and waste, waste reduction and recovery programs, air quality, climate change, energy awareness / alternatives, and environmental assessment for mining and oil and gas projects.

The LEED point - based scoring system includes programs for Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum for new buildings, existing buildings, homes, schools and neighborhood development, and ranges from a minimum of 26 to 69 points measured across the entire lifecycle of a facility, including site sustainability, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials & resources and indoor environmental quality.

Below is a list of webinars offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor airPLUS (IAP) Program, which builds on the ENERGY STAR Certified Homes program, requiring additional indoor air quality (IAQ) protections to deliver a home that minimizes exposure to airborne pollutants and contamProgram, which builds on the ENERGY STAR Certified Homes program, requiring additional indoor air quality (IAQ) protections to deliver a home that minimizes exposure to airborne pollutants and contamprogram, requiring additional indoor air quality (IAQ) protections to deliver a home that minimizes exposure to airborne pollutants and contaminants.

From our experience with the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and our understanding of current administration procedure, we assume that, before being activated, the site had to be politically cleared both by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and at a high level at EPA.

176.1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing programs and other measures for the use of economic and financial instruments and market - based approaches, including without being limited to emissions trading, for the purposes of maintaining or improving existing environmental standards, protecting the environment and achieving environmental quality goals in a cost effective manner.

Areas of Expertise * Environmental Health & Safety * Quality Improvement * Problem Solving * Policy Design * Process Implementation * Risk Assessment * Regulatory Compliance * Data Collection & Analysis * Interdepartmental Collaboration * Safety Programs * Accident Investigation * Staff Training & Leadership * Fraud Investigation * Project Management * Compliance Training

Completed projects in the areas of environmental and hazardous waste sampling; recycling and remediation programs; water and soil quality control; and solid waste disposal.

Work within environmental renewable energy programs because of the demand and growth of a dynamic and relevent industry that will drive the future of our economy and quality of life.