Sentences with phrase «from a clean water fund»

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

«There is no evidence that borrowing from the Clean Water fund will save money in the long run on the cost of the construction of these two spans across the Hudson River,» says Abinanti.

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

A key oversight board approved half of the amount Governor Cuomo had sought for a loan from a clean water fund to help pay for the construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

An attempt to use $ 511 million from a clean water fund to pay ongoing costs was rejected by the federal Environmental Protection Agency; the Cuomo administration is appealing that denial.

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.

Not liking formula companies is very different, i think, from not having an appreciation for their product, (and for our clean water supply and sufficient funds to pay for it).

Deeply cut the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), whose dollars go toward protecting our drinking water, open space and recycling; Close state parks and campgrounds and slash staffing levels at our environmental enforcement agencies; and Steal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Fund, which was set up to invest in our clean - energy economy, not serve as a piggy bank for politicians.»

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.

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.»

The TU says just because the state might be legally able to lend the Thruway Authority $ 511 million from a revolving clean water fund doesn't mean it should do so.

A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to challenge the state's efforts to gain access to more than $ 500 million from a clean - water revolving fund to help pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement.

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.

Dubbed the Hurricane Emergency Loan Program, the fund would draw from the Drinking Water and Clean Water Revolving Funds, the proposal must still be approved by the Public Authorities Control Board on Sept. 21.

He robs half a billion dollars from an environmental fund that is used to clean up water, to safeguard and strengthen our waste water treatment plants, and he was rebuked by the federal government, who said it was the first time that's ever been requested and it was disallowed.»

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.

Adam, a $ 10,000 - a-month consultant for AbTech, eventually lost his job with the firm when he couldn't help expedite payments to AbTech from the Nassau contract, despite assurances his father was pushing legislation on public - private partnerships and a potential $ 800 million clean water fund that would have helped the company's bottom line.

The state will unlock $ 60 million in grant funding for the initiative's execution, including new monitoring and treatment technologies, with funds coming from the Clean Water Infrastructure Act and the Environmental Protection Fund.

Newspaper editorials from around the state agree with the environmental groups that using the clean water funds to help build the bridge is a bad idea, using terms like «pilfering,» calling it a betrayal of Governor Cuomo's pledge to conduct a transparent process to build the new bridge.

Pete Seeger must have rolled over in his grave Monday when Governor Cuomo announced a half - billion dollars from a state clean water fund will be diverted to the $ 3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project.

In fact, there's a lot to love in the governor's proposals, which range from funding for clean water and airport infrastructure to tax credits for childcare and upstate ridesharing.

The report, by the independent Authorities Budget Office, says the Cuomo Administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million dollars in federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up polluClean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up polluclean up pollution.

On Wednesday, the Thruway Authority is expected to give final approval to accept a $ 256 million loan from the state Environmental Facilities Corporation's clean water loan fund to help finance a new Tappan Zee Bridge.

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.

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.

Money for the bridge loan comes from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which is usually designated for sewer upgrades.

«From phony budget surpluses to the corruption of his own corruption commission to raiding clean water funds to pay for a bridge, Andrew Cuomo has eschewed substantive policy in favor of playing for positive press - and the results continue to be disastrous for New York.»

The board voted to approve a $ 255 million loan from the state clean water fund to pay for parts of the $ 4 billion bridge project.

Funding for the Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program is provided in part through Clean Water Act grants from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Primary funding for the program is provided through a Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

I've struggled with the fact that I could implement ads with the click of a button and make much more money that would help support my family and help fund a charity I've wanted to start for a long time (to provide sustainable food and clean water worldwide and to help distribute leftover food from farmers markets to soup kitchens, schools and food banks), but I've never made the jump because I personally hate ads and feel this would be «selling out.»

This will include: Extending the CERC mandate for an additional five years from 2016 - 2020; Renewing funding for the three existing tracks: building efficiency, clean vehicles, and advanced coal technologies with carbon capture, use and sequestration (CCUS); and Launching a new track on the interaction of energy and water (the energy / water «nexus»).

Five Poverty - Fighting Clean Water Projects and Designs Millions May Gain Access to Clean Water After Clinton Global Initiative «Mega-Commitment» Global Greengrants Fund: Where Green Ideas, from Sustainable Agriculture to Mine Restoration, Sprout Around the World

D.C. families would benefit both economically and environmentally from cleaner air and water, new jobs created in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and carbon rebate funds flowing into family bank accounts.

The town's funding came from its Clean Water and Open Space Protection bond.

This week we received the great news that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Commissioners approved a funding proposal to invest in clean energy to replace the power the city gets from the Navajo Generating Station coal plant.

Then, that money is put toward an existing project that's reducing greenhouse emissions such as saving forests from destruction, funding alternative energy sources, enhancing clean water initiatives, and more.

June 27, 2013 Recyclebank Reduces Carbon Footprint 27 Percent from 2011 to 2012, Funds Native Energy Clean Water Initiative Today Recyclebank ®, the company that rewards people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals, announced a 27 percent reduction in its corporate carbon emissions, down from 830 metric tonnes in 2011 to 602 metric tonnes in 2012.

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.

The groups, ranging from the [Rockefeller Brothers Fund - supported] 350.org, Food and Water Watch, Climate Parents, Moms Clean Air Force, The Nation, Sierra Club and others, have asked DOJ to investigate what ExxonMobil knew about climate change and when the company knew it, juxtaposing that insider knowledge, exposed by both InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times, with the climate change denial campaign it funded both in the past and through to the present.»

Furthermore, the budget slashes funding for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program's inland oil spill preparedness program by 80 percent, and cuts another $ 11 million from BLM as the agency aims to limit new cleanup efforts at abandoned coal mines, promising to remediate only the highest threats to clean water and public health.

Drilling for shale gas raises serious safety concerns and risks polluting water supplies — and it could take vital funding away from the clean energy solutions we know are safe and will work.

Sponsored by Portland Roasting Coffee Company, and with help from Portland State University's Capstone course on Marketing Non-Profit Organizations, the 2012 Walk for Water will raise funds to benefit a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing clean water to families in sub-Saharan AfWater will raise funds to benefit a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing clean water to families in sub-Saharan Afwater to families in sub-Saharan Africa.