Sentences with phrase «environmental rules coming»

We should see a lot more environmental rules coming out of China over the next few years.

When the environmental rules came into effect, utilities slowly added filter houses, scrubbers, and chemical reducers to the plants to bring them into compliance.

Not exact matches

The legal challenge comes as Democrats and environmental advocates vow to aggressively challenge the Trump administration's plans to weaken the vehicle rules touted by the Obama administration as one of its biggest climate actions.

Insiders have said the decision could go either way at this point, and whichever way the Department of Environmental Conservation rules could offer a glimpse of its other pipeline decisions to come.

A potential EU directive would not come into effect for some time, and environmental minister David Heath told the Commons yesterday that the government was not aware of any plans to bring in a ruling.

Tuesday's ruling comes as the Cuomo administration challenges Indian Point on a number of fronts, including on coastal habitat certifications it needs to operate as well as its environmental impact on the Hudson River fish.

The role of bull's - eye size in UV protection does not necessarily discount other environmental factors correlated with latitude; for example, ornithologists have argued that Gloger's rule arises because darker pigmentation comes from a compound that protects feathers from bacteria in the wet, humid tropics.

«We're finding that when it comes to natural gas leaks, a 50/5 rule applies: That is, the largest 5 percent of leaks are typically responsible for more than 50 percent of the total volume of leakage,» said study co-author Adam Brandt, an assistant professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

These sorts of loans can be made relatively quickly, and like seller financing, they don't come with the same stringent environmental and appraisal rules that a bank would require.

In addition, once the flea - killing claim is made, Environmental Protection Agency labeling rules and expenses come into play.

The new rules are expected to come as EPA finishes its two year study on the environmental impacts of fracking.

EPA Rules Controlling Greenhouse - gas Emissions — The big day for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy should come sometime in June, when her agency is scheduled to unveil historic standards controlling carbon emissions from the nation's fleet of power plants, which includes nearly 600 coal - fired plants poised to be hit the hardest, because coal emits more carbon than oil or natural gas.

Although U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with electricity generation have fallen from the 2005 level, they are projected to increase in the coming decades, based on analysis in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) that reflects current laws and regulations, and therefore does not include proposed rules such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

The ruling came as a surprise to environmental and indigenous activists around the world who were well aware of corruption in Guatemala's legal system and had been skeptical of the court's ability to see how egregious these violations had been.

Behind this barrage of acronyms is a serious question about who's really in charge when it comes to environmental rules.

The move came after the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in conjunction with Humane Society International (HSI), launched the report Blood e-Commerce on March 18 exposing Rakuten as the world's biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products, and the day after UN International Court of Justice ruled against Japan's fraudulent «scientific» whaling in the Antarctic.

Even environmental journalists follow the old rules when it comes to standard environmental subjects — spotting the most threatened toad or the wickedest oil company.

On the same panel, Mark Brownstein, chief counsel of the Energy Program at the Environmental Defense Fund, noted that fracking is already subject to federal clean air and water rules, but a lot of regulation has to come from the states themselves.

To quote Elizabeth Economy from last August, «Whether we're talking about food and product safety, or environmental implementation of anything China might agree to when it comes to global climate change, or trade and investment barriers and intellectual property rights protection, all of them hinge on China having an effective rule of law.

Now, they are coming for oil and gas development and manufacturing through the just - announced 626 - page ozone regulations, which will require states to dramatically reduce ozone emissions from the current 75 parts per billion (ppb) to a range of 65 to 70 ppb — though environmental groups want a 60 ppb standard, which may be the final rule.

Although every region of the country claims it has adequate generation for even the hottest days of summer, each ISO is also looking forward as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules will take affect in coming years.

«We're finding that when it comes to natural gas leaks, a 50/5 rule applies: That is, the largest 5 percent of leaks are typically responsible for more than 50 percent of the total volume of leakage,» said study co-author Adam Brandt, an assistant professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

The U.S. Coast Guard came out with draft rules this month on ballast water, but some environmental groups say they're wishy - washy.

Those questions are coming to head this week with a ruling over a suit bought by Greenpeace, Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental groups, against the US government.

Rule 2: Know when trouble is coming: the overly technical requisition letter; last minute requests for unreasonable things; cleaning debris; rumours of environmental hazards and therefore environmental clearances; corporate minutes; declarations; etc..