Sentences with phrase «environmental targets this year»

«We are confident that we can meet all of our planned environmental targets this year and be well prepared for the future years.

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report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

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.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday killed a 3 - year - old proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal 19 miles off Jones Beach amid fears that it could cause an environmental catastrophe or become a terrorist target.

«The amazing achievement of the last going - on - seven years is that citizens at the grassroots level have held off a trillion - dollar payday because we have fought so hard and well to require meaningful regulation of oil - and - gas extraction,» said Walter Hang, president of Toxics Targeting, an environmental database firm.

Cuomo killed a 3 - year - old proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal 19 miles off Jones Beach on Long Island amid fears that it could cause an environmental catastrophe or become a terrorist target.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Project teams are engaged to support the school up to three years post completion to make sure everything works as it should, and that the energy and environmental performance targets, promised at the outset, are actually met.

The state has targeted solar investments at affordable housing properties since the landmark environmental policy year of 2006, when Multifamily Affordable Solar Homes (MASH) program rebates were first offered to the public through the California Solar Incentive (CSI) program.

Last year, the Ivanpah plant was the target of legal action from an environmental group despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

China's draft economic plan for the next five years contains new targets that will need to be met if the country is to solve its environmental crises, reports Liu Qin

Originally projected to take two years, the project targets mechanisms of the U.S. tax code in terms of its impact of its most critical provisions on carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases — a massive and complex campaign in environmental and economic modeling.

But as Green Leap Forward notes, it's been making inroads on the environmental policy front for years, using energy and water intensity targets, promoting electric cars, and providing subsidies for solar installations.

Simon Boyle, Landmark's Environmental Law Director and a contributor to the Landmark Academy said: «With the deadline approaching for the end of the CPD year, time is running out for solicitors to meet their developmental targets.

Baker & McKenzie's expertise and experience on climate change law and policy saw it win the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Team of the Year award, having put together a renewable energy implementation guide to help African economies meet their climate change targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Second, it is more difficult to reduce excessive weight in adolescents and adults once it becomes established; therefore, it may be helpful to initiate obesity prevention interventions during early childhood.16 There is a growing consensus that the appropriate period to target obesity prevention interventions is the early years in a child's life.17 The aim of the present review was, therefore, to examine the evidence for environmental influences on dietary determinants of obesity, focusing on younger children (birth to 8 years).