Sentences with phrase «in environmental resources»

So, which countries are rich in environmental resources and don't have large ecological footprints?

Debtor countries found themselves cashing in their environmental resources to foot the repayment bills.

Pamela joined E&E News in 2011 while working toward a master's degree in environmental resource policy at George Washington University.

This year's recipient is Claire Nasike Akello, a student at the Technical University of Kenya pursuing a degree in Environmental Resource Management.

He graduated from George Washington University with a Masters in Environmental Resource Policy.

A 2013 paper in Environmental Resource Letters used recent observations to argue that some of the highest sensitivity models may be inconsistent with the observational record.

Dr. Shaun Watmough, an Associate Professor in the Environmental Resource Science Program at Trent University in Peterborough will present.

Not exact matches

I should also note a thrust of my Leadership and the Environment keynote is that although I support science, education, innovation, and the approaches to reducing pollution, resource depletion, overpopulation, global warming, and our other environmental problems, I believe we need leadership in the style of Martin Luther King Junior, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Mohandas Gandhi, and so on.

The Conservatives» single - minded focus on the export of raw resources — combined with their failure to internalize environmental costs — has contributed to an artificial rise in the value of the Canadian dollar that is hollowing out our other export industries — from forestry to fisheries, from manufacturing to agriculture.

Within a framework of sustainable development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.

In a briefing in Santa Rosa, officials asked them to ease red tape that will make it easier to erect temporary housing and to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency has the resources it needs to clean up any hazardous material before it infiltrates the water supplIn a briefing in Santa Rosa, officials asked them to ease red tape that will make it easier to erect temporary housing and to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency has the resources it needs to clean up any hazardous material before it infiltrates the water supplin Santa Rosa, officials asked them to ease red tape that will make it easier to erect temporary housing and to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency has the resources it needs to clean up any hazardous material before it infiltrates the water supply.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval of global miner Cliffs Natural Resources» plans to extend its Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, as Mineral Resources continues to seek approval for its own expansion plans in the same region.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that Rutila Resources» proposed 205 - kilometre railway and conveyor line in the Pilbara, which will be used to support new iron ore mines, should gain ministerial approval.

Lab - grown meat or wine requires far fewer resources, and could be the solution to environmental concerns in many categories.

Perth - based gold producer Troy Resources has received an environmental permit for the construction and operation of its Karouni gold project in Guyana.

The premier recognizes the need to reduce dependence on non-renewable resource revenues, diversify markets, invest in renewable energy, reduce environmental footprints and mitigate labour shortages.

Over 2,500 initiatives and innovations have been honoured by the AEF since its inception in 1992 (they receive over 100 nominations every year), raising public awareness of environmental preservation as a necessary goal alongside economic growth and natural resource development.

That jump in height is largely attributed to an increase in agricultural production, urban sanitation, and an overall improvement in nutritional and environmental resources.

Here in the United States we're catching all the heat and pressure on the environmental issues — and we obviously want to take care of our natural resources and our environment — but there's absolutely none on China.

The unanimous vote by the California Air Resources Board has the support of a number of top politicians in the state, including Gov. Jerry Brown and several mayors, all of whom have pledged to resist the President's potentially damaging environmental policies, the New York Times reports.

In an environmental report... the U.S. State Department says the Keystone XL pipeline poses «no significant impacts to most resources,» and risk of potential environmental impacts are low.

Ten environmental groups including the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council are involved in the lawsuit, which claims that Trump doesn't have the authority to reduce the size of Grand Staircase - Escalante under the Antiquities Act of 1906.

The budding number of sensors will detect and act on environmental and other contextual factors, such as weather; will be aware of who and how many people are around in its vicinity to change levels of input and output; and adjust to save resources and improve safety.

In March the budget featured, for the first time, a chapter on natural - resource development and included language about reducing environmental protection, penalizing environmental groups that tried to meddle in resource extraction, and speeding the approval of big resource projectIn March the budget featured, for the first time, a chapter on natural - resource development and included language about reducing environmental protection, penalizing environmental groups that tried to meddle in resource extraction, and speeding the approval of big resource projectin resource extraction, and speeding the approval of big resource projects.

Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government debt is being sensibly restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline in China's consumption of coal.

He has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of British Columbia in Resource Management and a Master's Degree in Environmental Management from Royal Roads University.

Tell us where you position yourself now on Canada's resource sector oil / gas / mining and how we can deliver these resources in an environmental prudent and safe way and help Canada become more successful in delivering these resources to the world.

Most recently, KabadiExpress raised Rs 1 crore (about $ 147,000) from a Delhi - based investor in June this year while e-waste management startup Karma Recycling raised an undisclosed amount in June last year from Infuse Ventures and Low Carbon Enterprise Fund, a fund managed by Environmental Resources Management Foundation.

I suggest the appreciation of the loonie is due to a multiplicity of reasons including Canada's important successes in restructuring the Cdn economy for the past 20 years under three govts: Mulroney, Chretien and now Harper — from NAFTA to replacement of PST with GST, elimination of the deficit, GST harmonization, Open Skies, FTAs under way with Europe, India, South Korea, Japan, TPP, tax code restructuring, regulatory streamlining, environmental streamlining, red tape streamlining and yes investments in resource industries.

«Canadians should be very apprehensive about the long - term economic and environmental consequences,» Peter Julian, the NDP's natural resources critic, said in a release.

We should also recognise that, in an era of high resource prices, better operating efficiency, improved resource management and products with a more sustainable environmental footprint make commercial and social sense.

Alberta premier Alison Redford is in Washington, DC today to speak about her province's energy resources and environmental policies as the Obama administration continues to review the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Before joining our team, he served as a technical analyst with the Pembina Institute and completed a master's degree in Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

«Indigenous peoples are being forced into long and costly court battles to defend their traditions and ways of life because governments in Canada still refuse to accept the need to work collaboratively with Indigenous peoples on important decisions about environmental protection and resource development,» said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.

This award promotes and recognises outstanding environmental achievement in the Western Australian resources industry.

Vietnam's has recently jumped from low to lower - middle income, and policy makers are now facing questions about avoiding the «middle - income trap» and generating economic growth without increased exploitation of natural resources and cheap labour that would result in deteriorating environmental and social standards.

This was the first application for a resource consent under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act, Public Act 2012 No 72 (the EEZ Act) and, like the Northern Gateway project, it promised economic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environEnvironmental Effects) Act, Public Act 2012 No 72 (the EEZ Act) and, like the Northern Gateway project, it promised economic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environmentalenvironmental risks.

The EEZ Act was enacted in 2013 to provide a regulatory framework to manage the environmental effects of offshore resource development such as oil exploration and seabed mining.

Oil sands development is a matter of provincial government policy: in a government policy paper (the Mineable Oil Sands Strategy) issued a few years ago (and since recalled), the core area of the oil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization of the significant economic benefits such development promised.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto: Chinese Firm Sequoia Resources Exits Oil Sites in Need of Environmental Cleanup

Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.

All of these cuts to environmental protection have a common objective, explicitly laid out in the Harper government's Economic Action Plan: «to make Canada the most attractive country in the world for resource investment and development.»

The then - NDP opposition Environment critic Rachel Notley said in a press release that «the Redford government isn't doing itself any favours with this embarrassing post — it unravels the entire yarn they've been trying to sell the world about their commitment to responsible resource development and environmental protection.

Amending the Responsible Energy Development Act to include a requirement that the regulator must consider whether resource development applications are in the public interest, and reinstate the right of landowners to appeal environmental decisions affecting their land to an independent Environmental Aenvironmental decisions affecting their land to an independent Environmental AEnvironmental Appeals Board.

In fact, the Commissioner has stated that he is «concerned that the resource boom is outpacing environmental safeguards.»

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citieIn environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citiein the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citiein the vicinity of cities.

The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop plans for implementing the requirements of this memorandum, providing technical assistance to nonfederal actors engaged in predevelopment activities, and educating grantees and the public on the benefits of predevelopment and the Federal resources available for these activities.

The Vision of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is excellence in the management of Outer Continental Shelf energy and mineral resources for environmental sustainability, economic development, and national security.

In 2004, it was recognized as the top environmental education organization in North America, for its innovative year - round programs and educational resources, by the Washington - based North American Association for Environmental Education, the world's largest association of environmental educatorIn 2004, it was recognized as the top environmental education organization in North America, for its innovative year - round programs and educational resources, by the Washington - based North American Association for Environmental Education, the world's largest association of environmentenvironmental education organization in North America, for its innovative year - round programs and educational resources, by the Washington - based North American Association for Environmental Education, the world's largest association of environmental educatorin North America, for its innovative year - round programs and educational resources, by the Washington - based North American Association for Environmental Education, the world's largest association of environmentEnvironmental Education, the world's largest association of environmentalenvironmental educators.

I spent most of my time in the resources industry where I worked on computer simulations of environmental processes, particularly hydrology.