Sentences with phrase «federal environmental programs»

That's because federal environmental programs have long been based on EPA setting standards and the states implementing them — «cooperative federalism,» as EPA's supporters call it.

The House appropriations bill would give $ 31.4 billion to federal environmental programs at the EPA, Department of the Interior and other agencies.

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Also at hand were members of the VI - EPSCoR (Virgin Islands Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), VIMAS (Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service); federal agencies (FEMA); local agencies (Department of Planning & Natural Resources (DPNR) Division of Coastal Zone Management, DPNR Division of Environmental Enforcement, and Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority); and other local non-profits.

Disappointingly, the article that followed merely explained that the President required federal agencies to certify that their programs do not inflict unfair environmental harm upon minorities and the poor.

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

Trump's first budget for the federal government is a blueprint that would make deep cuts in the Environmental Protection Agency and other domestic programs while significantly increasing spending on the military.

Earlier in the day, the state departments of Environmental Conservation and Health requested the EPA add the Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. plant and other possible sources of contamination in Hoosick Falls to the National Priorities List under the federal Superfund program and investigate contamination sources.

• The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Environmental Conservation are taking action to eliminate the NY Transient Emissions Short Test program, or NYTEST, a vehicle emissions test that is no longer required by the Federal government.

ELIZABETHTOWN Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) is pushing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to retain funding for a federal program that monitors the impact of acid rain on local bodies of water.

A federal program dedicated to environmental restoration and cleaning up of the Great Lakes has escaped a massive budget cut.

On Monday, Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for air issues, told state environmental officials in a letter that if Texas would not regulate carbon emissions from smokestacks, the federal government would seize control of the state's permitting program on Thursday.

The proposed cuts include $ 269.78 billion from energy programs, including $ 158.7 billion of fossil fuel subsidies; $ 167.09 billion of agricultural subsidies, including $ 89.82 billion of federal crop insurance disaster aid; $ 212.02 billion of transportation subsidies, including $ 125.80 billion of general revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund; $ 101.8 billion of federal flood, crop and nuclear insurance subsidies; and $ 24.99 billion from wasteful or environmental damaging public lands and water projects.

The model produces different jobs and growth projections for a business - as - usual scenario with no technology breakthroughs or major new policies, and then generates different outcomes by factoring in new policies such as a national clean energy standards such as proposed by President Obama; increases in corporate average fuel economy standards; tougher environmental controls on coal - fired power generators; extended investment and production tax credits for clean energy sources and an expanded federal energy loan guarantee program.

President Donald Trump today unveiled a 2019 budget request that — once again — calls for eliminating numerous federal research programs, including a fleet of NASA satellites, energy research efforts, and climate and environmental science programs.

But a number of federal research programs and projects remain in Trump's cross hairs, including five of NASA's Earth science missions and various research, including on climate or environmental science, at the EPA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Dr Schneider said: «Environmental, agricultural and social policies of the Federal Government are supposed to be harmonized, but central government ministries compete against each other, and the Ministry of Environment seems to be the «weakest link» whenever it confronts the agrarian reform program.

She also served as Assistant Scientific Program Director of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, an independent federal agency, where she managed the research program and developed a model of environmental research for monitoring human impacts in AntaProgram Director of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, an independent federal agency, where she managed the research program and developed a model of environmental research for monitoring human impacts in Antaprogram and developed a model of environmental research for monitoring human impacts in Antarctica.

In addition to his public service at NIH, he did his postdoctoral training within the NIH - NIEHS Superfund Research Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kentucky.

It is the product of a long and contentious debate in Congress that included efforts to eliminate the Transportation Enhancements program (TEP), which for about 2 decades has required states to spend a small portion of their federal transport funds on 12 types of activities, including bike and walking paths, but also «archaeological planning & research,» and «environmental mitigation.»

In addition to his commitment to updating federal chemical safety regulations, Dooley has led efforts urging Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the best available science and technology are at the foundation of government science and risk assessment programs.

And, at the federal level, President Trump is actively working to dismantle the EPA's climate science and environmental justice programs.

Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) submits the following comments related to EPA's Federal Register notice of July 13, 2001 regarding the «Waste Characterization Program» at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published today in the Federal Register its plan for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The budget eviscerates Medicaid and other social safety net programs, eliminates federal arts support and slashes environmental programs that are unpopular with the administration and its supporters.

Non-military spending includes federal funding for public education, veterans» care, the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, State Department and other programs means that the resulting balance.

Endocrinologists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, and environmental scientists must work together with federal agencies and legislators to develop comprehensive screening programs for all chemicals and regulations governing EDCs in manufactured products, the food supply, or the environment.

Largely because of the increasing costs of meeting federal mandates on environmental quality, Medicaid, welfare, and other programs, the presidents argued, states have slashed their higher - education budgets.

Green Strides - Webinar Series This webinar series, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools initiative, features experts from the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal programs.

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107; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; 29 C.F.R. Part 1614; Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directives.

On August 4, 2011, the Secretary of Transportation, along with heads of other Federal agencies, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898 (EJ MOU) confirming the continued importance of identifying and addressing EJ considerations in agency programs, policies and activities as required by E.O. 12898.

Executive Order 12898, «Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations (February 11, 1994), (E.O. 12898 or E.O.) requires each Federal agency to «make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies and activities on minority populations and low - income populaEnvironmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations (February 11, 1994), (E.O. 12898 or E.O.) requires each Federal agency to «make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies and activities on minority populations and low - income populaenvironmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies and activities on minority populations and low - income populaenvironmental effects of its programs, policies and activities on minority populations and low - income populations.»

Extensive Federal requirements and guidance call for transportation planners to evaluate potential economic, community, and environmental impacts of transportation programs; examine past trends and future projections for travel demand for people, goods, and information; and address societal issues such as community values and goals.

This track focuses on federal regulations, guidance, and oversight procedures for civil rights programs that require State compliance, such as: Title VI non-discriminatory programs, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, Limited English Proficiency, Environmental Justice, and Accessibility for People with Disabilities.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced this week that it is accepting nominations for the 2017 Environmental Excellence Awards (EEAs), a biennial program that recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship in transportation planning and projectEnvironmental Excellence Awards (EEAs), a biennial program that recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship in transportation planning and projectenvironmental stewardship in transportation planning and project development.

Executive Order (EO) 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations (February 11, 1994), requires each Federal agency to «make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low - income populaEnvironmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations (February 11, 1994), requires each Federal agency to «make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low - income populaenvironmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low - income populaenvironmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low - income populations.»

The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to cooperate with Federal, tribal, State, and local officers and entities responsible for other types of planning activities that are affected by transportation in the relevant area (including planned growth, economic development, infrastructure services, housing, other public services, nonmotorized users, environmental protection, airport operations, high - speed and intercity passenger rail, freight rail, port access, and freight movements), to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that the metropolitan transportation planning process, metropolitan transportation plans, and transportation improvement programs are developed in cooperation with other related planning activities in the area.

A particularly powerful thread, the importance of the Pentagon as a driver of innovation and market for effective energy technology, emerged in an earlier discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Defense.

They promote spending $ 22 billion just in federal money during FY - 2014 on climate change studies; costly solar projects of every description; wind turbines that blight scenic vistas and slaughter millions of birds and bats annually, while wind energy developers are exempted from endangered species and other environmental laws that apply to all other industries; and ethanol programs that require millions of acres of farmland and vast quantities of water, fertilizer, pesticides and fossil fuel energy to produce a gasoline additive that reduces mileage, harms engines, drives up food prices... and increases CO2 emissions.

-- Consistent with its authorities under other laws and with Federal trust responsibilities with respect to Indian lands, each Federal department or agency with representation on the National Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall consider the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and integrate the elements of the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, programs, and activities related to the conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources.

The proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and stipulations for the leasing program under this subtitle shall require compliance with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and shall also require the following:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies and programs relevant to the hydroelectric power sector all see funding cuts in the federal budget proposal released yesterday by President Donald Trump.

Our programs and services provide a vehicle for the State to work collaboratively with businesses, academia, industry, the federal government, the environmental community, public interest groups, and energy market participants.

The letter asked the White House to direct the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to make such information available as a criterion for consideration in policy decisions, grants and other energy efficiency programs.

The Obama administration this week announced a moratorium on new coal leases on federal land while it conducts a sweeping review of the coal program administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, examining the terms under which the coal is sold and environmental impacts associated with extracting and burning it.

On the same panel, Mark Brownstein, chief counsel of the Energy Program at the Environmental Defense Fund, noted that fracking is already subject to federal clean air and water rules, but a lot of regulation has to come from the states themselves.

Subtitle C: Coal and Related Programs -(Sec. 431) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to implement a financial assistance program to facilitate production and generation of coal - based power through the deployment of clean coal electric generating equipment and processes that improve energy efficiency or environmental performance consistent with relevant federal and state clean air requirements.

The funds are part of the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Development and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, a federal program to support coal - reliant communities in states like Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky where mines are shuttering and coal - fired power plants are closing due to rocky market conditions and tougher environmental regulations.