Sentences with phrase «environmental water on»

Using Commonwealth environmental water on the floodplain provides food, habitat and breeding opportunities for native fish, frogs, plants, waterbirds and other wildlife.

Nature Foundation SA has begun pumping Commonwealth environmental water on to the floodplains and wetlands that support vulnerable plant and animal life near the Murray River National Park and downstream of Chowilla floodplain in South Australia's Riverland.

Not exact matches

A coalition of state and national environmental groups have raised concerns about water contamination and other impacts on Western Australia's largest national park.

Andre Niemann, from the University of Duisburg - Essen's Center for Water and Environmental Research, works on the scheme in North - Rhine Westphalia.

On its site, Keurig has also vowed to reduce its other environmental impacts, including greenhouse - gas emissions and water use.

«Raising meat takes a great deal of land and water and has a substantial environmental impact,» Gates wrote on his personal blog, Gatesnotes.com, a few years ago.

After devoting a solid 15 pages of his letter on how the U.S. should slash regulations, Dimon made a point to single out a single area of government oversight that has undeniable value: «Some regulations quite clearly create a common good (e.g., clean air and water),» Dimon noted, in a sentence that went on to catalog the ways regulation is otherwise bad for the economy — making it all the more striking that he chose to highlight environmental issues.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

This environmental protection group works with businesses, elected officials and community groups on issues such as global warming, reviving the oceans, clean water and sustainable communities.

That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs of supplying energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and use of fossil fuels — the waste water (which increases a variety of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.

With more than 200 locations in North America, Clean Harbors has the manpower, equipment and technical expertise to manage any size environmental emergency on land or water.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday in a press release that some Puerto Ricans have been trying to get drinking water from contaminated Superfund sites on the island.

Our mission is to support the growth of public banking in Massachusetts, initially focusing on an infrastructure bank to help cities and towns with the costs of upgrading buildings, roads, and water systems, with environmental remediation and adaption to a changing climate, and with improving city services.

Clean Harbors is the North American leader in providing response services for environmental emergencies of any scale on land or water — from the cleanup and removal of a single mercury bottle to a large - scale multiphase containment and cleanup of a coastal oil spill.

There is a grave environmental crisis in air quality (life expectancy in polluted northern cities is five and a half years lower than in the cleaner south), water and soil (one survey showed that 10 per cent of arable land was unsafe to grow crops on).

A South African environmental group renewed its call for a moratorium on shale - gas fracking, as the government moves closer to a decision on whether to allow the process opponents say imperils water quality.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

This list should include information on the plumbing, electrical, water supply source, environmental conditions like asbestos and any homeowners» association fees and services.

For example, this government has slashed laws on environmental assessments, fisheries and protection of navigable waters (see examples below).

LEED certification Our Toronto home at 121 King St. West was evaluated on sustainability, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality and innovations in operations, achieving LEED Gold Status.

Irena Wosk, the Coordinator of the CII - CIDA partnership on environmental technologies, said that for South India, the focus was on water supply: the depletion of aquifers and contamination of groundwater are the major issues.

When she was called on this claim in a general election debate, Ernst's response was a mess that both praised the federal Clean Water Act and seemed to call for state - based environmental regulation.

@transframer — With all due respect, you didn't really address the issues raised regarding: 1) actual # of extant vertebrate species; 2) the fact that land inverts «breath air» and would have drowned if not accounted for on the ark; 3) that the dino genera identified in the wiki link far exceeds 50; 4) the need to account for extinct land vertebrates in addition to those still around; 5) that many marine fish would have died as their habitat's salinity dropped; 6) that your % allotments for food / water don't reflect the fact that many forms require fresh meat and / or eat disproportionately to their sizes; 7) the specific dietary / environmental constraints involved in the migration to the Ark and the return trips from Mt. Ararat.

Christian environmental groups have criticised the Church of England's stance on fracking, a controversial method of drilling for shale gas that has been linked by some anti-fracking organisations to water contamination.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

A decision to calculate the water footprint of a product is a conscious decision to focus on one environmental issue at a time.

«We have environmental metrics in place to monitor our greenhouse gas, waste and water usage on the operational side,» Taylor says.

Information on the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office's approach to carryover is available under Information on carryover.

Environmental water holders and managers will continue to draw on local knowledge — including through existing bodies established by Basin states — to ensure the successful delivery of environmental water under thEnvironmental water holders and managers will continue to draw on local knowledge — including through existing bodies established by Basin states — to ensure the successful delivery of environmental water under thenvironmental water under the Basin Plan.

It is important to capitalise on good storage volumes and environmental water availability in wetter years in order to build ecological resilience — the ability of river, wetland and floodplain ecosystems to withstand and recover from the impact of future droughts.

In 2011 — 12, environmental water use was focussed on supporting the recovery of the Basin following the long - term drought conditions prior to 2010.

While the majority of environmental water in the Basin is «rules - based» water committed through state water management plans, this report focuses on the smaller subset of «held» and «discretionary» environmental water that can be actively managed to meet environmental objectives in a flexible and responsive way.

Monitoring the ecological response to environmental water delivered in the lower Goulburn River during 2012 - 13 focused on:

Decisions on using Commonwealth environmental water will be made throughout the year based on seasonal, operational and management considerations.

Monitoring the ecological response to environmental water delivered in lower Broken Creek focused on:

Following the completion of the trade, 48 bidders provided valuable feedback on how well the tender was run and what could be done to improve future trades of Commonwealth environmental water.

For example, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority and Basin states will be seeking local input on the identification of state and Basin - scale annual priorities, as well as on the development of the Basin - wide environmental watering strategy and long - term environmental watering plans.

To strengthen and build on the collaborative arrangements already in place, the environmental management framework set out in the Basin Plan's environmental watering plan is intended to:

This statement provides an overview on carp in the Murray - Darling Basin, current efforts to manage the species and the role of the Commonwealth environmental water.

In 2012 — 13, environmental water holders and managers have sought to build on the Basin's positive ecological response to wet conditions over the past two years.

As shown in Figure 1 on the following page, the amount of held and discretionary environmental water delivered in the Basin by environmental water holders since 2005 — 06 has continued to increase over the past few years.

Consultation on the 2017 — 18 plan has occurred with South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups andEnvironmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups andenvironmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individwater use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups andEnvironmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater Advisory Group and various community groups and individuals.

The LCA examined the effects of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.

Ms Beer said proceeding with the recovery of further 450GL environmental water and the Constraint Management Strategy was not based on evidence.

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«Even when flows are restricted to in channel flows, landowners have grave concerns that due to the inability to accurately predict tributary inflows in the steep upper catchments, and overcome flow time lag, the proponents have been forced to propose releasing environmental water from Eildon Weir and piggyback it on high (Goulburn River) tributary flows.

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This statement provides an overview on blue - green algal blooms and how they are managed, including the role of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

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