Sentences with phrase «environmental targets for»
China said late last year that it was struggling to meet environmental targets for the 2011 - 2015 period, with energy and carbon intensity targets still behind schedule.
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Even before the push for a scientists» march, many environmental activists said they planned to target Trump with mass protest.
The environmental watchdog has given the green light for BHP Billiton's planned 80 million tonnes per annum South Flank iron ore development, with first ore targeted in 2021.
Also targeted for steep spending rollbacks are the agency's monitoring and enforcement of compliance with environmental laws, as well as regional projects intended to benefit degraded areas such as the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.
Other Trump targets include the Environmental Protection Agency, the IRS, and many grant programs for state and local government.
This environmental regulation for coal companies has been a GOP target since before the election, and Trump singled it out on his website after he became president - elect.
This is having a negative effect on China's competitiveness at the very low end of the value chain, but higher wages are feeding into higher consumption, while the authorities continue to target transportation and environmental infrastructure for investment.
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 U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the first - ever national target for food waste.
Collectively, the results underscore the importance of Commonwealth and other held environmental water for maintaining and improving the ecological condition of these two waterways, and improve our ability to deliver targeted environmental flows into the future.
Up to 6,050 ML of Commonwealth environmental water is available for use in 2016 ‑ 17 as part of the watering action targeting the upper Warrego River system (unregulated).
Up to 10,000 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was available for use in 2015 ‑ 16 as part of this watering action targeting the lower Warrego River system (unregulated).
«We are confident that we can meet all of our planned environmental targets this year and be well prepared for the future years.
Traits targeted for improvement include higher nutritional quality; tolerance of pests, diseases, and environmental stresses, such as flood and drought; and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder must have regard to the water quality and salinity targets for managing flows, when making decisions about the use of environEnvironmental Water Holder must have regard to the water quality and salinity targets for managing flows, when making decisions about the use of environmentalenvironmental water.
DuPont — one of the first companies to publicly establish environmental goals 20 years ago — has broadened its sustainability commitments beyond internal footprint reduction to include market - driven targets for both revenue and research and development investment.
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has legislated responsibility under the Water Act 2007 (Water Act) for decisions relating to use of Commonwealth environmental water across the Murray - Darling Basin in order to maximise environmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterEnvironmental Water Holder has legislated responsibility under the Water Act 2007 (Water Act) for decisions relating to use of Commonwealth environmental water across the Murray - Darling Basin in order to maximise environmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental water across the Murray - Darling Basin in order to maximise environmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental watering strategy.
This involves highly targeted and discrete environmental watering actions such as maintaining low flows to manage water quality by flushing waterholes and directing small volumes of water from the main river channels to providing refuges for plants and animals in wetlands and channel systems.
In 2016 - 17, over 100 GL of water was delivered for environmental outcomes to the Lower Darling - specifically targeting native fish.
A former staffer in the Texas Legislature, and a survivor of the political side of the dot - com boom (he was co-founder of a targeted search engine for politics and policy), Delany was online communications director at the National Environmental Trust and the National Women's Law Center before returning to consulting.
Interestingly, anyone who's joined a cause can suggest fundraising targets — I just added National Environmental Trust to the list of possible Global Warming beneficiaries, for instance.
To support this effort, under Governor Cuomo's leadership, the 2015 - 16 state budget included an additional $ 1 million in the Environmental Protection Fund targeted specifically for combatting aquatic invasive species.
«I call on every Lib Dem who supports a low carbon future to join Labour, businesses and environmental groups and vote for a 2030 decarbonisation target,» he said.
The coalition government's plans for energy security and meeting climate change targets are facing growing concern from environmental groups.
Trump plans on slashing the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by a quarter — targeting enforcement, grants for toxic cleanup efforts, as well as air and water protection programs.
It is ordered and affirmed that the Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Environmental Compliance, and the Department of Public Works, through its various divisions and the Director of Energy Development and Management, by December 31, 2017, prepare a report to the undersigned promulgating an initial energy usage plan for Erie County to implement the United States target contribution plan to the Paris Agreement, including, but not limited to, achieving a county - wide target of reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions by twenty - six to twenty - eight percent (26 - 28 %) below its 2005 level in 2025 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by twenty - eight percent (28 %), as it pertains to the production and / or use of greenhouse gases by Erie County.
«Engagement humanizes science and reinforces the value of science in our public policy,» said Myhre, who recently testified before the Washington State House Environmental Committee on the importance of science informed targets for greenhouse gases.
«These kinds of comparisons could enable investigations into whether locations with high landscape demand should be targeted for environmental preservation or whether farmland could be utilized as a tourism resource,» says Tsutom Hiura.
Further studies and environmental monitoring could help identify the most harmful pollutants, which ones should be targeted for reduction in gasoline formulations and in optimization of engines and exhaust treatment technologies, the researchers conclude.
one targeted for the environmental sector, for use mainly on turf grass and ornamental plants, and the other intended to help commercial growers.
This opens up the possibility for the production and use of sentinel circuits, which produce other bioactive compounds in response to environmental or cellular changes, to target a range of diseases including cancer.»
The Environmental Protection Agency will propose, later on Friday, a new federal target for U.S. biofuel use in 2014, attempting to prevent a projected fuel - blending crunch next year.
The researchers envision future bots that could sense chemicals or light and navigate toward a target for medical or environmental applications.
«The responses of fish species to extreme weather events will need to be considered when planning management strategies to ensure efforts are appropriately targeted to maintain key population segments and critical evacuation routes,» said Dave Secor, the study's co-author at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.
Canada is set to badly miss a 2020 target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, in part because of its failure to regulate the booming oil and gas sector, Parliament's environmental watchdog said
The researchers call for a need to move beyond a sole focus on mitigating the effects of climate change to reach solutions that consider global carbon reduction targets as well as local energy and environmental contexts.
Our studies reveal that AHR is a novel target for treatment of this disease and potentially other diseases that manifest with excessive scarring,» explained lead investigator Richard P. Phipps, PhD, of the Department of Environmental Medicine and Flaum Eye Institute of the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester (Rochester, New York).
The EU's climate policies set binding targets for the region's 27 member states, but Ivanova says the different countries need «a finer spatial dimension of consumption - related and environmental information that moves beyond national averages.»
Local officials, charged with meeting aggressive economic targets for their region's industry, tend to ignore national environmental regulations, covering up spills and building new power plants behind the backs of central government regulators.
«We can use the beryllium - 10 erosion rates as a target for successful resource conservation strategies; they can be used to develop smart environmental policies and regulations that will protect threatened soil and water resources for generations to come.»
One idea environmental groups are starting to float is a hybrid approach in which countries might offer a binding target for 2025 and an «aspirational,» or what some call «indicative,» target for 2030.
«This work adds to the body of evidence pertaining to intraoperative bacterial transmission because it identifies targets for improved frequency and quality of environmental cleaning as well as important periods for hand hygiene compliance, namely induction and emergence from general anesthesia,» state the authors.
BRUSSELS — Toning down its environmental zeal of years past, the European Commission has proposed today to ax binding, national targets for the share of renewable sources in each member state's energy mix after 2020.
Considered inconceivable just a decade ago, achieving the federal target for fine particulates is perhaps one of the nation's greatest environmental success stories.
Wynne was the chief author of a joint report, Biodiversity Challenge, published by environmental groups at the end of last year, which proposed more than 500 targets for the conservation of species and habitats.
Of the more than $ 1.3 billion budgeted for federal nanotech research in fiscal year 2006, only $ 38 million was targeted at investigating environmental, health and safety risks; the rest was earmarked for research and development.
«Because most appeals for pro-environmental action rely on guilt to motivate their target audience, our findings suggest a rethinking of environmental and climate change messaging» to harness the power of positive emotions like pride, Weber said.
NSF's support for the social sciences and its environmental and climate programs have been the target of congressional Republicans.
Hornig says that the goal is to one day have a predictive genetic test that targets a person's potential for neural disorders, such as autism, on which environmental toxins are likely to impinge.
It is not mentioned in any of the 169 targets, yet many people think it is a decisive factor for global environmental change and future human wellbeing,» says IIASA World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz, a study coauthor.