Sentences with phrase «for clean water projects»

State officials are fighting for the right to use $ 256 million in money that had been earmarked for clean water projects — which the Environmental Protection Agency disallowed — to defray the overall cost.

New York Congressman Paul Tonko has introduced a bill that would boost funding for clean water projects.

There's $ 2.5 billion for clean water projects and billions in capital and economic development money, including $ 564 million for access improvements to Kennedy Airport and $ 270 million for changes to the Sheridan Expressway in the Bronx.

Tilwari was chosen by the Global Greengrants Fund to receive a grant for a clean water project after the local regional advisor had visited several projects in the region but picked Tilwari as having the greatest need as well as best qualifications for fulfilling that need.

Not exact matches

For example, Shopify store owner, Ricky Padilla (pictured above) donates $ 1.00 to fund clean water projects every time someone purchases coffee from his ecommerce shop Brown Water Cowater projects every time someone purchases coffee from his ecommerce shop Brown Water CoWater Coffee.

Specific policies include researching methods to improve indoor air quality; instituting a Clean Water Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projWater Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projwater; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projects.

So far, the biggest issuers have been supranational agencies, but corporations are beginning to enter the market to raise funds earmarked for clean energy and water projects.

Rotary and the U.S. Agency for International Development work together to support clean water and sanitation projects.

There she worked to establish schools for local children, built clean water wells, helped create «grazing projects as one solution to long - term conflicts between Nigerian farmers and Fulani herdsmen» and assisted with a local child sponsorship program.

The Rally to Restore Unity already brought in a whopping $ 3,181, which means we've raised 60 % of what is needed to fund a clean water project FOR AN ENTIRE VILLAGE!

It was almost too much to bear: the absolute ordinariness of the scene, which would remind any of us of our own desks and unfinished projects, combined with a fear that she might not be back to finish things up, to clean the dust off the tape dispenser and wash out the water bottle for another use.

One project was to raise money for a Halco Tiger drilling machine which could make available supplies of clean water.

Reflecting our roots in the beverage world, we believe the time has come to create own NPO Wine into Water — the latter's mission is to channel the funds raised annually by the Japan Wine Challenge Charity Auction and related events in Asia into specific projects for providing clean water to communities which did not havWater — the latter's mission is to channel the funds raised annually by the Japan Wine Challenge Charity Auction and related events in Asia into specific projects for providing clean water to communities which did not havwater to communities which did not have it.

We also support humanitarian natural disaster relief projects around the world for those in need of clean water.

This three - year project will determine the economic value of these «ecosystem services» received from conserved land and clean water, and incorporate the information into decision - making for smart land use in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Also at 10 a.m., members of the WNY state legislative delegation and local organizations will discuss the details of $ 2.5 billion for clean water infrastructure projects, which was included in the 2017 - 2018 budget, Canalside Boardwalk, 44 Prime St., Buffalo.

Perhaps most importantly, the counties are pushing for using bank settlement funds for upstate road and water infrastructure projects and have the state invest in clean water infrastructure.

Particularly disturbing is that if Cuomo succeeds in taking — mainly federal — clean water funds for a bridge project, he will open the door for other governors to do the same.

Mr. Cuomo also proposed budgeting an extra $ 1 billion in education funding this year, a $ 2 billion investment in clean - water infrastructure and various other expensive projects, including hundreds of millions of dollars in economic - development for Buffalo ($ 500 million), a life sciences research and development cluster ($ 550 million) and new airports in Syracuse and Plattsburgh.

Tensions between the Obama and Cuomo administrations date back to June, 2014, when Enck put the brakes on Cuomo's plan to use $ 500 million from a revolving loan fund devoted to clean water projects for the construction of the new Tappan Zee bridge.

According to him, the time for the country to continue to rely «on the inexhaustible charity of donor projects to build schools to educate our children, provide adequate health services for a healthy Ghana, provide safe and adequate water, provide sanitation services for a clean Ghana, provide law and order for a good society,» is over.

Perkins said the loan would divert funding from New York City's clean water infrastructure needs for the life of the 30 - year loan, which would mean «an entire generation of projects may be forever sacrificed.»

North Country state lawmakers praised the funding increases for clean water infrastructure projects: both one - house bills accept the governor's $ 2 billion program spread out over five years (the Senate version tacks on a $ 5 billion water infrastructure bond act that would go before the voters in 2018).

The most recent state budget pledged $ 2.5 billion for clean drinking water projects statewide.

I thank Legislature Chairman John Mills and Legislator Pat Burke for co-sponsoring the microbeads legislation and the entire Legislature for its commitment to keeping our water supply clean, not only as it pertains to microbeads but by joining my administration in investing millions of dollars in the Rush Creek Interceptor Clean Water Project to further that water supply clean, not only as it pertains to microbeads but by joining my administration in investing millions of dollars in the Rush Creek Interceptor Clean Water Project to further that clean, not only as it pertains to microbeads but by joining my administration in investing millions of dollars in the Rush Creek Interceptor Clean Water Project to further that Clean Water Project to further that Water Project to further that goal.

The extender legislation included money for major capital and infrastructure projects, including a $ 2.5 billion clean water program.

In a blow to the Cuomo administration — and a big win for the environmental community — the EPA has rejected almost all of the controversial funding approved by the Environmental Facilities Corp. for projects related to building a new Tappan Zee Bridge, deeming them ineligble for funding from revolving loan fund intended to pay for clean water initiatives.

Perkins, a Manhattan lawmaker, doesn't have one of the three votes on the board that can either accept or reject the loan, which is coming from a revolving fund that has traditionally been used to pay for clean - water and sewer projects.

The loan is a controversial one for environmental advocates, who have weighed taking possible legal action, in part because the money for the loan is coming from a fund traditionally earmarked for clean water and sewer projects.

The state had sought a $ 511 million loan from a revolving fund that is traditionally used to pay for clean - water and sewer projects.

The Environmental Facilities Corp., which lends federal money for sewer plants and other clean - water projects, approved a $ 511 million loan to the Thruway Authority for 17 projects that are part of the building of a twin - span replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River.

«The 2017 - 18 Executive Budget seeks to balance spending and revenue and proposes much needed capital investments in clean water projects while increasing funding for education, health care and other programs,» DiNapoli said.

The Senate Republicans want to spend nearly $ 8 billion on clean water and sewer projects, including a $ 5 billion infrastructure bond and creation of an institute to set state standards for unregulated contaminants.

Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Environmental Advocates of New York Monday filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Albany against New York State officials, seeking to ensure that federal Clean Water Act funds will not be used in building the new Tappan Zee Bridge or for future projects.

The project would include a new amphitheater, new housing and improved streetscapes in Solvay, water taxis from the Syracuse Inner Harbor to the lake, money for cleaning up brownfields near the lake for development and more jobs for the community.

A coalition of environmental and advocacy organizations and Assembly members met via conference call on Thursday to express their dismay over the approval by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation to use, for the first time, clean water funds for a transportation project.

Environmentalists are urging a key review board to vote no on a request from the Cuomo administration to help finance the rebuilding of a major Thruway bridge with a fund designed for municipal clean water projects.

A coalition including Environmental Advocates, Riverkeeper, the New York League of Conservation Voters and the Adirondack Council is pushing for lawmakers to earmark $ 800 million from the state's $ 5 billion bank settlement windfall for various clean water projects around the state.

Municipalities also received millions for clean water infrastructure projects, including projects in Crown Point, Saranac Lake, Elizabethtown, St. Armand, Moriah, North Elba, Westport and Wilmington — making the announcement an early Christmas present for local officials.

Environmentalists object to the use of money from the clean water fund for the bridge construction project.

That money was meant for drinking water, sewage, and other clean - water projects.

New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney Thursday announced the Environmental Protection Agency will invest $ 12 million for the first phase of a project to supply clean drinking water to a certain locale in Dutchess County.

The budget also includes the Excelsior Scholarship, which provides free tuition to CUNY and SUNY colleges to families making up to $ 125,00 per year, and $ 2.5 billion for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which will pay for local infrastructure projects.

The money — half of Cuomo's original $ 511 million proposal — comes from a fund typically used to pay for expensive sewer repair projects and other initiatives that protect clean water and mitigate pollution.

Taking money meant for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, such as solar panels for schools and modernizing inefficient buildings, and putting it into the EPF for clean water protection, farmland preservation and recycling programs is a shell game.

State Senate Republicans on Sunday proposed spending nearly $ 8 billion on clean water and sewer projects, including a $ 5 billion infrastructure bond and creation of an institute to set state standards for unregulated contaminants.

«They also benefit from expensive city services, like fire and police protection; public works like snow removal, permitting and code inspections for construction projects; and access to our quality clean water system,» Miner said.

Governor Cuomo's administration wants to use money from a revolving loan fund, designed to help local governments keep their sewer and water treatment systems up to date and their drinking water clean, to instead help pay for the massive Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

Work for the Ship Canal Commons project was performed under the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) authorized by New York state's 1996 Clean Water / Clean Air Bond Act.

He was active in the clean - up effort there, where blocks remained submerged under water for days and large housing projects, where residents depend on elevators, went without power.