Sentences with phrase «environmental regulators]»

Trader Joe's also agreed to enter a consent decree and pay a $ 500,000 civil fine to resolve claims it violated the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.

Environmental groups have started a new court battle over protections for an imperiled bird on Western U.S. public lands but called a truce in a separate lawsuit involving the bird's smaller cousin.

Trump would also face myriad environmental regulations, objections from private land owners and a legally binding 1970 treaty with Mexico that governs structures along the Rio Grande and Colorado River at the Mexican border.

Environmental advocates have lately been arguing the numbers don't really add up for more pipelines, based on slower growth in Asia and worldwide trends bending the curve downward on oil demand.

Of course, I'm setting aside for now the environmental impact of such a trip.

Apart from the obvious environmental benefits, this made a lot of economic sense pre-2008 when natural gas was expensive and looking to get more so.

In addition, airlines are under increased pressure to reduce carbon emissions by new government mandates like the Environmental Protection Agency's new draft rules announced earlier this month.

«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

«These are things we can repair,» Eric See, the agency's environmental program manager, told The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday.

The sentiment was echoed recently by the outgoing head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, who credited the Obama administration with helping to create thousands of renewable energy jobs.

Business doesn't have to be evil — even in a sector with as bad an environmental rap as oil and gas.

New Gold told Canadian Business it «remains committed to strong environmental practices and social responsibility,» adding that a recent independent review found it to be in substantial compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code.

U.S. President Barack Obama has announced he's rejected TransCanada's application to build the Keystone XL pipeline, capping a seven - year saga that became an environmental flashpoint in both Canada and the United States.

What environmental profile do you and your supply chain have?

In aviation terms, weight translates into fuel, and more fuel burned means a greater environmental impact.

This innovation in materials technology aimed to mitigate two negative environmental impacts common to all competing products in our space: ozone depletion and global warming impact.

Within a framework of sustainable development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.

This time, the conversation often turned to how the world will cope if the U.S. refuses to lead on issues from international trade to human rights to environmental policy.

The Environmental Defense Fund has been doing the most level - headed and intellectually honest work on this issue, and the EPA has been working toward rules that would force the industry to reduce leakage from natural gas infrastructure.

Even if President Donald Trump completely dismantles existing environmental regulations, many of the country's corporate giants say they don't plan to capitalize on that.

It started with customers asking about the labour and environmental conditions in the locations JQI sources from — not only are there regulations to honour, but consumers are increasingly demanding that food brands treat workers fairly and, in the case of produce, not use pesticides excessively.

Exxon and its Canadian partner, Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSE: IMO), outlined a strategy for West Coast Canada LNG, or WCC LNG, in a 141 - page report to the provincial government's Environmental Assessment Office.

Instead, the industries we isolated are roughly ranked from best bets (environmental consulting) to slightly more risky ventures (blood banks and irrigation systems).

The event eventually helped start an environmental movement that led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of a wide range of legislation and regulations designed to protect the environment.

«Fulfilling this growing desire for vehicles with better fuel economy and overall environmental performance is no easy thing,» it noted.

Take the time to learn about your company's environmental impact and then take concrete steps to mitigate it.

Farm fishing doesn't exactly have a great reputation for quality, or for environmental friendliness.

Following the news, Patagonia stuck to its promise, saying on Twitter that it would give «every penny to hundreds of local environmental organizations working around the world,» while thanking its customers for showing up to» #LoveOurPlanet».

In the meantime, air travel's environmental footprint is growing deeper as more people take to the skies.

The Conservatives» single - minded focus on the export of raw resources — combined with their failure to internalize environmental costs — has contributed to an artificial rise in the value of the Canadian dollar that is hollowing out our other export industries — from forestry to fisheries, from manufacturing to agriculture.

In the case of the U.S., our own Supreme Court has already defined greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act as dangerous pollutants that must be regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

So although the air travel industry faces two huge challenges — the rising price of oil, and the environmental impact of the roughly 1.5 billion barrels of jet fuel that the airline industry burns through each year — the solutions are likely to be all but invisible.

And while Boeing's managing director of environmental strategy, Billy Glover, anticipates an eventual portfolio of various plant types — particularly algaes — that will be used to make high - quality fuels, ramping up production will be a daunting short - term challenge for a biofuelled future.

Inadequate protections against cyberattacks and potential environmental disasters stemming from climate change.

One of the pipeline's most vocal opponents, McKibben said the decision gives Obama «new stature as an environmental leader.»

Companies including Apple, Walmart, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Ikea, Nestle, Proctor & Gamble, Levi Strauss, and Best Buy all say they plan to stick to a 2015 environmental pledge they signed during the Obama administration, Bloomberg reports.

It's a pace appropriate to the demands of inexorable environmental catastrophe.

After Trump was elected, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved their Doomsday Clock closer to «midnight,» saying his election brought the world closer to the apocalypse due to Trump's «casual talk about nuclear weapons,» as well as his environmental policies.

Duarte is probably best - known for its work with Al Gore and the environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth, transforming Gore's passion and mounds of research into Oscar - winning storytelling.

Many reported that they were taking note of trends such as locally sourced food and environmental sustainability, as well as some revamps of old favorites like pickling and dessert mashups.

(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is an industry certification system for green buildings.)

The bottled version now features soy protein — as opposed to brown rice protein — and derives its fat energy from farm - free algae sources for maximum environmental sustainability.

However, the first thing we need to be able to do is measure the environmental impact of the food we eat.

American environmental protection has always focused on pollution, particularly Southern California smog — precisely what the NOx emissions from diesels exacerbate.

As the president and CEO of Inmet — a Canadian copper miner with global operations — Jochen Tilk dealt with everything from illegal strikes in Papua New Guinea to runaway costs in Panama and environmental protestors in Spain.

Ecovative's process uses mushrooms to create near - zero environmental impact building materials.

As the world began to learn in September, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a shocking «notice of violation,» the vehicles met emissions standards for dangerous oxides of nitrogen, known collectively as NOx, only when running their paces in an artificial, indoor lab setting.

Democrats and environmental groups latched onto Keystone as emblematic of the type of dirty fossil fuels that must be phased out.

When done well, innovation in environmental sustainability can create market differentiation as well as opportunity.

The environmental groups say that guarantees the plan won't be dragged out for years.