Sentences with phrase «failed water policies»

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May 1 (Reuters)- U.S. stock index futures treaded water on Tuesday, as strong earnings failed to excite investors who instead fretted about inflation, rising costs and protectionist policies.

He supports the policy position of Paul Giardina, his running mate on the Republican ticket, of utilizing the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to pay for water - quality remediation efforts including replacement of failing septic systems, rather than the community preservation Water State Revolving Fund to pay for water - quality remediation efforts including replacement of failing septic systems, rather than the community preservation water - quality remediation efforts including replacement of failing septic systems, rather than the community preservation fund.

«The bottom line is: these rules fail to protect the nation's public lands — home to our last wild places, and sources of drinking water for millions of people — from the risks of fracking,» said Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.

The report says global climate change is projected to produce «insufficient water supplies, shifting rainfall patterns, disruptions to agriculture, human migrations, more failing states, increased extremism, and even resource wars,» all of which pose an urgent threat that must be addressed in national security policy.

Although Bak said he still doesn't know yet exactly why the buoy sank, Myke Clark, vice president of policy and public relations for the company, speculated in November that the pump responsible for removing water from the flotation part of the buoy might have failed.

«half the world is vulnerable to social instability and violence due to rising food and energy prices, failing states, falling water tables, climate change, decreasing water - food - energy supply per person, desertification and increasing migrations due to political, environmental and economic conditions... With nearly three billion people making $ 2 or less per day, long - term global social conflict seems inevitable without more serious food policies, useful scientific breakthroughs and dietary changes».

If your sewer backs up or your sump pump fails and water fills your basement, for example, most policies do not cover your resulting expenses.