Sentences with phrase «environmental rules such»

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The manual is highly technical and outlines concerns specific to the industry, including accounting rules for oil reserves, how to review engineering reports, environmental issues such as potential oil spills and other risks.

On the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concern.

The Office intends to develop a specific briefing paper that helps explain to intermediaries the implications of key trading frameworks and rules, such as the Commonwealth Environmental Water trading framework, Commonwealth Procurement Rules and Basin Plan Trading Rrules, such as the Commonwealth Environmental Water trading framework, Commonwealth Procurement Rules and Basin Plan Trading RRules and Basin Plan Trading RulesRules.

Others have experienced environmental risk factors, such as fetal alcohol exposure, that rule out a simple genetic explanation.

In its first case confronting global warming, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are air pollutants that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate.

By curbing such permitting, the administration is following the lead of U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia, who in March ruled that the Army Corps improperly issued such permits without preparing environmental impact assessments.

Multiple national level influences, such as rule of law, environmental governance, land tenure or policy are potentially influencing PADDD and further national level studies are needed to better understand these mechanics.

«In addition to identifying the impacts of the emissions from this particular coal - fired power plant on fetal health, the usefulness of this study's identification strategy is its potential application to other studies examining the impact of upwind states» power plant emissions, which have been the target of a series of environmental regulations, such as the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,» adds Yang.

For example, in 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a form of air pollution, based on evidence that such emissions were changing Earth's climate.

Commodity prices may be influenced by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes or burdensome production rules and restrictions.

Since October 2017, Hawaii aquarium fishing industry permits have been suspended due to a ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court that such permits require compliance with the Hawaii Environmental Protection Act (HEPA).

Veterinarians can check or rule out factors such as environmental or parasitic causes before testing to see if any vitamin or mineral nutrients are low.

Environmental groups say the ruling adds urgency to their calls for President Obama to erase some rules favorable to those seeking to expand such mining that were written by the outgoing Bush administration.]

Various Updates In a move that environmental campaigners had sought for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified oil and gas wells and other infrastructure anenvironmental campaigners had sought for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified oil and gas wells and other infrastructure anEnvironmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified oil and gas wells and other infrastructure and operations.

The report, «Tomorrow's Investment Rules 2.0,» also discusses where institutional investors look for non-financial information, such as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) information, and which ESG issues are most concerning for investors.

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.

However, many states are making progress toward Clean Power Plan targets as they work to comply with other environmental mandates, such as the Regional Haze Rule, the new ozone air quality standard, and new rules regarding toxic wastewater from power plants.

In the AEO2015 Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations — but not pending rules, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan — this percentage is projected to increase to 18 % by 2040.

While the original Directive allows for linking the EU ETS with other industrialised countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the new rules allow for linking with any country or administrative entity (such as a state or group of states under a federal system) which has established a compatible mandatory cap - and - trade system whose design elements would not undermine the environmental integrity of the EU ETS.

It will be important to watch how these new leaders and their policy decisions affect environmental protections, such as ozone and methane emissions standards, renewable energy fuel and energy efficiency standards and the clean water rule.

-- Not later than 2025 and at 5 - year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

And yet, wind operators receive exemptions from environmental review, biodiversity and endangered species laws that traditional energy companies must follow — on the ground that such rules would raise costs and delay construction of «eco-friendly» projects.

With the signature of Administrator Gina McCarthy this past Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave final approval of a rule that will allow the use of climate - friendly refrigerants in several end - uses, such as household refrigerators and freezers, stand - alone retail food refrigeration equipment, very low temperature refrigeration, non - mechanical heat transfer, vending machines, and room air conditioning units.

'' [Children] have a deeper concern for following environmental rules (such as not carving names into trees or not stepping on flowers) than for following social rules (such as not picking your nose or being a messy eater).

Though Congress could theoretically overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule to regulate existing utilities under the Clean Air Act, Democrats have the votes they need in the Senate to block such an effort.

Others, such as the agriculture and agri - foods scheme and the new federal environmental AMPs, expressly rule it out.

It can not be ruled out that, even where there is no such impossibility, the transfer of water may be regarded as satisfying the conditions mentioned in the preceding paragraph and, in particular, (i) the condition that it serves a general interest and / or the benefits to the environment and society linked to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 4 (1) of that directive are outweighed by the benefits to human health, to the maintenance of human safety or to sustainable development resulting from the transfer of water and (ii) the condition that the beneficial objectives pursued by that transfer can not, for reasons of technical feasibility or disproportionate cost, be achieved by other means which would be a significantly better environmental option.

That is the result of: （ 1 ） our lives becoming more technology - dependent, especially electronic records dependent, which requires more legal infrastructure to control the use of that technology; and, （ 2 ） demands that the rule of law be made to apply in many new areas such as, the great expansion of the scope of rights and freedoms caused by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which now produces issues in every field of law, and by environmental, privacy, and electronic commerce laws, and a greatly expanded Criminal Code.

The EC has also liberalised the rules around state support to address market failures in areas such as research, development and innovation, growth of SMEs and environmental protection.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

Other laws, such as the Social Security Act (including its Medicare and Medicaid provisions), the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Public Health Service Act, Department of Transportation regulations, the Environmental Protection Act and its accompanying regulations, the National Labor Relations Act, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration rules, may also contain provisions that require covered entities or others to use or disclose protected health information for specific purposes.

He points to examples elsewhere where courts have successfully changed policy on environmental issues, such as cases against deforestation in the Philippines and a supreme court ruling in India that paved the way for Delhi's buses to switch from diesel to compressed natural gas (CNG) to cut air pollution.

Idaho Governor C.L. «Butch» Otter signed Executive Order 2018 - 01 on January 2, 2018 to create the Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Testing and Deployment Committee to identify relevant state agencies to support the testing and deployment of autonomous and connected vehicles, discuss how best to administer the testing of autonomous and connected vehicles in relation to issues such as vehicle registration, licensing, insurance, traffic regulations, and vehicle owner or operator responsibilities and liabilities under current law, review existing state statutes and administrative rules and identify existing laws or rules that impede the testing and deployment of autonomous and connected vehicles on roads and identify strategic partnerships to leverage the social, economic, and environmental benefits of autonomous and connected vehicles.