Sentences with phrase «environmental restrictions on»

Over the past eight years, Obama's EPA has slowly ratcheted up environmental restrictions on air and water pollution from coal plants and mining activities.

Yet, most environmental restrictions on the use of land that don't prevent the land owner from using his or her land are not prohibited by property rights in the United States.

As the quality of life is so often defined in terms of material living standards and national income per person, it might seem paradoxical to claim that environmental restrictions on economic growth need not involve sacrificing our quality of life.

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cost of living, crime and safety, English spoken, entertainment, environmental conditions, expat community, health care, infrastructure, recreation, residency options and taxes, as well as real estate affordability and restrictions on foreign ownership.

Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier, as his pick to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and has promised to lift restrictions on fossil fuel companies.

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They must insure that there are minimal restrictions on corporate activity for such purposes as environmental protection.

(CNN)-- Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency is «on the table» in efforts to counter the Obama administration's proposed restrictions on carbon emission from power plants.

Environmental groups that vowed to fight President Donald Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's plans to curb global warming made good on their promise, teaming up with an American Indian tribe to ask a federal court to block an order that lifts restrictions on coal sales from federal lands.

On Monday, Kevin McAllister, the founder of the environmental advocacy group Defend H2O, repeated his call for restrictions on pesticide use in tidal wetlandOn Monday, Kevin McAllister, the founder of the environmental advocacy group Defend H2O, repeated his call for restrictions on pesticide use in tidal wetlandon pesticide use in tidal wetlands.

[18] According to the Legislative Gazette, Killian represented a more centrist wing of the Republican Party; she has called for more restrictions on firearms and environmental protection policies.

Research scientists question whether the order will reduce international collaborations and remain troubled by confusion surrounding communications restrictions placed on employees of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture, two agencies that have played vital roles in the collection of scientific data on climate change.

In an unusual exercise of its authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on December 30 the establishment of a «chemicals of concern» list and action plans that could prompt restrictions on four types of synthetic chemicals used widely in manufacturing and consumer products, including phthalates used to make flexible plastics, often for toys, household products and medical equipment.

Beijing had imposed special restrictions on air pollutants, providing a rare opportunity for researchers to do relatively controlled experiments, says David Rich, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Rochester in New York.

His promises include actions like «canceling» the Paris agreement and dismantling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as repealing restrictions on domestic energy development.

It includes legal barriers, for example, that essentially prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from acquiring toxicity data on chemicals and imposing new restrictions on them — even on highly toxic substances such as asbestos.

By Carey Gillam (Reuters)- The Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval on Wednesday to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that has faced broad opposition, ordering a series of restrictions to address potential environmental and heEnvironmental Protection Agency gave final approval on Wednesday to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that has faced broad opposition, ordering a series of restrictions to address potential environmental and heenvironmental and health hazards.

In February 2009, frustrated by industry restrictions on independent research into genetically modified crops, two dozen scientists representing public research institutions in 17 corn - producing states told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the companies producing genetically modified (GM) seed «inhibit public scientists from pursuing their mandated role on behalf of the public good» and warned that industry influence had made independent analyses of transgenic crops impossible.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Two university researchers say environmental restrictions have become unnecessarily restrictive and expensive — on Mars.

I am certain the overwhelming majority of pet professionals are opposed to this ban, not only because of the restriction it would enact on our collective ability to do profitable business, but also because this bill is a knee - jerk reaction to the environmental problems of one state (Florida) that attempts to impair the rights of the other 49 states.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering increased restrictions on both prescription and over-the-counter spot - on pesticides for flea and tick control.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has increased restrictions and label requirements on both prescription and over-the-counter spot - on pesticides for flea and tick control.

I just was watching your interview with Michael Shellenberger and reading / listening up on this whole «centrist environmentalist» concept and I have to say, I take issue with people claiming the longtime «left» environmental movement was all about being a culture of restriction and somehow not in tune with the idea that this global warming crisis could lead to newer, alternative, healthy economics of another kind.

When an economist at the Environmental Protection Agency rejected the Obama administration's stance on global warming by writing an unsolicited report challenging the scientific consensus on greenhouse dangers, groups fighting restrictions on greenhouse gases hailed him as a courageous maverick.

Among his most contested findings, Nisbet asserts that a huge influx of contributions and grants to environmental campaigners more than eliminated any advantage once enjoyed by fossil fuel industries and conservatives opposed to restrictions on greenhouse gases.

In the meantime, the United States and China, with the world's biggest economies and greenhouse - gas emissions, rejected the pact's mandatory restrictions on the gases and were often portrayed by environmental campaigners as stifling progress.

But the plain result is clear, said Brendan Cummings of the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the lead environmental groups behind the years - long legal push on greenhouse restrictions under existing laws:

Some leading lights in environmental science have been pushing their colleagues, and institutions like the National Academies, to come out swinging against the ongoing barrage of assaults from organized opponents of restrictions on greenhouse gases and climate skeptics / contrarians / denialists / realists (pick your label depending on your worldview).

If Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency does not implement restrictions on pesticides advocated in a recent National Marine Fisheries Services report, environmental activists and commercial fisheries hoping to preserve Pacific Northwest stocks of «salmon, sturgeon, orca and other endangered species»Environmental Protection Agency does not implement restrictions on pesticides advocated in a recent National Marine Fisheries Services report, environmental activists and commercial fisheries hoping to preserve Pacific Northwest stocks of «salmon, sturgeon, orca and other endangered species»environmental activists and commercial fisheries hoping to preserve Pacific Northwest stocks of «salmon, sturgeon, orca and other endangered species» may file...

Environmental activists and government bureaucracies are today shameless as they falsify documents, hide research, mislead and obfuscate as they collude to fabricate a case against glyphosate (the key ingredient in Roundup) and thus subject farmers to further restrictions on their ability to provide food to the tables of the American people.

A series of reports by Friends of the Earth showed that the proposed Long Phu 1 coal plant's climate impact will be worse than claimed and will violate international environmental policies, including restrictions on financing for coal plants abroad.

It seems today that along with government policy initiative on the subject through laws and restrictions, the key to active change taking place in environmental protection belongs to businesses.

The Hill reports, «Republican lawmakers are planning an all - out assault on Obama's environmental agenda, including rules on mercury and other air toxics from power plants, limits on ground - level ozone that causes smog, mountaintop mining restrictions and the EPA's attempt to redefine its jurisdiction over streams and ponds.»

By 1988, environmental pressure groups were already arguing for similar restrictions on the emission of carbon dioxide «to save the climate.»

The Environmental Protection Agency's anti-coal aero - pollution rules, intense opposition to the Keystone pipeline, and looming restrictions on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas are already further impairing electricity and other energy availability and reliability.

So naturally, the Environmental Protection Agency issued another round of draconian restrictions on coal - fired power plants, once again targeting carbon dioxide emissions.

The findings come as Smoky Canyon Mine, run by the J.R. Simplot Company near the Wyoming border, is asking the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to relax restrictions on the amount of selenium that the mine may drain into tributaries of the Snake River, a world - class trout stream.

It describes its goal as to «raise awareness of the costs and implications of policies based on global warming alarmism by conducting a multi-faceted campaign to peel away grassroots political support for carbon restrictions, while simultaneously promoting market - based policies that preserve individual liberty, economic opportunity, and environmental quality.»

Vattenfall 1 concerned environmental restrictions imposed on a water use permit for a coal power plant in Hamburg, resulting in a suit of over 1 billion euros.

If the ECJ ruling ultimately results in revisiting and tightening the environmental restrictions imposed on the 2010 water use permit, this may very well result in a re-opening of the proceedings before the ICSID tribunal.

With the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference behind us, it seems like every front page is still devoting most of its real estate to environmental concerns: battles in the U.S. Senate over the Waxman - Markey bill; CO2 reduction targets for various countries; emissions restrictions on the automotive industry.