Sentences with phrase «fund environmental restoration»

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Some examples include restoring funding for the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, restoration of streams and habitat, and successful passage of the 2002, 2009, and 2014 Environmental Bonds, which provide funding for state land protection and other environmenEnvironmental Bonds, which provide funding for state land protection and other environmentalenvironmental programs.

The Trump Administration's proposed budget is out — and it eliminates the $ 300 million in annual funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), which finances environmental projects all over the region.

The President said that it was in furtherance of the country's commitment to environmental sustainability that Nigeria launched the cleanup of Ogoniland, even as he called on development partners and multinationals to contribute to the Ogoniland Restoration Fund.

State officials have said the clean water funds would help environmental projects associated with the bridge, like river dredging and oyster bed restoration, but would also keep tolls low.

This study is part of a research award from NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) to Lodge and the University of Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative with funds provided to the NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research by USEPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

The LDN Fund is being designed as a public private partnership (PPP) for blended finance to be invested in sustainable land management (SLM) and land restoration projects worldwide, within a strict environmental and social safeguard framework.

Working in close partnership with our corporate funders, REF has developed a deep understanding of the challenges facing corporations in committing to major investment in environmental restoration.

Timing: Six - month timeframe $ 50K funding: paid trail crews, volunteers, kiosks, signage Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Cape May, New Jersey Ponderlodge Golf Course Wildlife Habitat Restoration: Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey will partner with the Department of Environmental Protection to carry out the habitat restoration needed at the Ponderlodge site, a property that functioned as a golf course prior to being purchased for open spaRestoration: Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey will partner with the Department of Environmental Protection to carry out the habitat restoration needed at the Ponderlodge site, a property that functioned as a golf course prior to being purchased for open sparestoration needed at the Ponderlodge site, a property that functioned as a golf course prior to being purchased for open space in 2006.

The methodology, developed by Tierra Resources with funding from Entergy's Environmental Initiatives Fund, creates a pathway through the sale of carbon offsets to raise much - needed funds for wetland restoration.

He presented the Reparations Executive Agreement, which offers more than US$ 154.5 million to fund individual compensations, infrastructure, development assistance and environmental restoration.

Using its Environmental Initiatives Fund, Entergy financed Tierra Resources» study of wetland restoration techniques and development of a new blue carbon accounting methodology under ACR.

To date, they have advocated to promote smart growth, reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions, fund ocean restoration, advance the market for alternative transportation fuels and cleaner - operating vehicles, and ensure that initiatives funded by state - issued bonds embody environmental principles.

The study, supported by Entergy Corporation through their Environmental Initiatives Fund, and prepared in partnership by New Orleans - based Tierra Resources and Portland - based nonprofit The Climate Trust, examines existing wetland restoration techniques — river diversions, hydrologic restoration, wetland assimilation, and mangrove plantings — identifying areas for future scientific investigation to support carbon offset programs.

Jan developed recommendations to the Puget Sound Partnership on the use of innovative financial mechanisms for the recovery of the Puget Sound ecosystem, worked with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund to establish a payments for services pilot for nitrogen removal by shellfish in Puget Sound, assisted BC Hydro develop performance measures for their long term environmental goal, and led studies evaluating impacts of flow alteration on aquatic ecosystems for King County.

«With an alliance of environmental NGOs, universities and private businesses, we're developing the capacity to significantly accelerate funding from markets supporting «Payments for Ecological Services», including carbon credits, wetlands banking, biodiversity banking, etc, and to direct that funding to the best ecosystem restoration projects as determined by solid science», he explains.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is starting a sort of Public Works program for the Great Lakes — prioritizing funding for restoration projects that put the

Environmental Defense has also joined the effort, and has provided a carbon calculator to help determine how many tons of CO2 your lifestyle creates each year — the average American household checks in at about 10 tons, according the Environmental Defense — and from there, it's up to you as to which project you want to fund: a solar - irrigation project in Benin; forest restoration in Nicaragua; or helping the Brazilian ceramics industry switch to renewable biomass fuel.

In a strange coincidence, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is getting ready to start taking proposals for funding from a $ 475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which aims to, among other things, address invasive species in the lakes.

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The bill, called the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S. 350, would streamline and make permanent federal cleanup rules, double annual funds for cleanup to $ 150 million, and extend protections against liability to owners who try to clean up sites.