Sentences with phrase «head of the environmental justice»

The head of the environmental justice program at the EPA has stepped down, departing the government with a lengthy letter to Pruitt, urging him not to kill the agency's programs.

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Council member Annabel Palma, the head of the Bronx Council delegation, joined up with other Council members and environmental justice advocates at City Hall today to rail against Mayor Bloomberg's plan to shelve the building of four new waste transfer stations — three Manhattan and one Brooklyn.

In a new study published in the journal PLOS One, Jennifer Horney, PhD, associate professor and head of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Texas A&M School of Public Health, along with researchers from Texas A&M and the Pacific Northwest National Lab, examined concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) before and after Hurricane Harvey in the Houston environmental justice neighborhood of Manchester.

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.

In the Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898 (EJ MOU), signed by the Secretary of Transportation and the heads of other Federal agencies on August 4, 2011, DOT agreed to periodically review and update its EJ Strategy.

«rbG: b» confronts head - on the question of collective responsibility and environmental justice in a time of dramatic climate change.

Economic reforms began to tackle Brazil's foreign and domestic debt head - on, address the problems of poverty and social justice, put the country on a firm economic footing, and finally, strive towards a responsible environmental policy — the latter being hailed as being among the most progressive in the world.

This year, we're particularly interested in finding and honoring films (we'll only give one award, but may give «shout - outs» of some kind to other worthies) that inspire and empower everyday individuals, especially people not traditionally thought of as part of the environmental movement, as well as those that eschew the clichà © s of the genre: talking heads, doom - «n - gloom, and what I call the «Care Bear Ending»: if we all just felt right about environmental problem X, and joined hands, and were kind to each other, and recited inspirational quotes, and signed petitions, green justice and mercy would surely follow.

Arivudai Nambi Appadurai, India Adaptation Strategy Head for the Climate Resilience Practice and WRI India, distills how they can adapt, with a focus on the dynamics of environmental justice and sustainable development.

In 2000, Mike became the Staff Judge Advocate at Naval Air Station Brunswick, ME, where he advised the commanding officer, executive officer, and all department heads on a myriad of legal issues, including environmental law, labor relations, military justice, and government procurement activities.