Sentences with phrase «more environmental requirements»

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Environmental concerns led President Obama to institute more stringent regulatory requirements, while cheap natural gas created intense competition.

ISO 14001:2015 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system that enables organizations to improve environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

(1) Such submission must contain supporting materials that include statutory authorities, program description, documentation of the environmental conditions or specific production and handling practices particular to the State which necessitate more restrictive requirements than the requirements of this part, and other information as may be required by the Secretary.

The SDAS audit will satisfy Kerry's requirements on quality, food safety and traceability at farm level while the evaluation of performance on sustainability criteria such as environmental management, animal health and welfare, pasture management, and health and safety will ensure more sustainable production.

He is business friendly, supporting an overhaul of environmental quality requirements to make California more job friendly, and supports more funding in schools.

One of the more complex projects Oleksiyenko's office is currently handling is a $ 4.5 million environmental study that has Canada helping China meet requirements set out in the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

«Going forward we will need much more precise constraints on the magnitude of oxygenation and the physiological requirements of early animals to continue testing the impact of oxygenation on Cambrian animal life,» said Erik Sperling, an assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences at Stanford University, and first author on the paper.

CHICAGO — The Environmental Protection Agency reportedly is examining allegations that some makers of Class # 8 truck diesel engines are violating a requirement barring over-promoting last - minute sales of current - technology engines in advance of the Oct 1 deadline for new, more - costly emissions - controlled heavy - duty diesel engines.

In comparison, sled dogs who were more active and exposed to low environmental temperatures had a much higher requirement with MER ranging from 228kcal ⋅ BWkg0.75 to 1,053 ± 192kcal ⋅ BWkg0.75 per day (Orr, 1966; Hinchcliff et al., 1997).

Environmental driver / guide Courtesy Hotel pickup & return National Park Fees 1 hour Daintree River Cruise Morning Tea Guided National Park elevated Boardwalks Small & Personalised tours The 4WD Bloomfield Track Hand Feed Kangaroos A freshwater swim at Emmagen Creek Tropical BBQ Lunch (specify dietary requirements) Walk on Cape Tribulation Beach Cable Ferry Crossing and more...

There is no rational basis for EPA to promulgate mobile source rules that do nothing more than reiterate other, independently effective legal requirements, and that offer no added environmental benefit but impose far - reaching and unintended costs on a source population (stationary sources) not even considered in the Endangerment Finding assessment.

Through voluntary action, ENERGY STAR provides states and local governments with more flexibility and reduced costs towards meeting their air quality requirements and their health and environmental goals.

Participants considered each NPOESS - measured parameter, starting with ones in jeopardy of not meeting Integrated Operational Requirements Document (IORD) specifications, commenting on the relevance of the parameter to climate science and / or long - term climate records, the importance of maintaining the IORD - level value (and potential consequences if it is not met), and noting any additional considerations required to make the NPOESS program's environmental data records (EDRs) more relevant to GCOS ECV climate parameters and to the climate community as a whole (e.g., additional instrument characterization, calibration, overlap reRequirements Document (IORD) specifications, commenting on the relevance of the parameter to climate science and / or long - term climate records, the importance of maintaining the IORD - level value (and potential consequences if it is not met), and noting any additional considerations required to make the NPOESS program's environmental data records (EDRs) more relevant to GCOS ECV climate parameters and to the climate community as a whole (e.g., additional instrument characterization, calibration, overlap requirementsrequirements).

Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislation.

Rising energy costs and concerns about environmental degradation — as well as more and more municipal building code requirements — are transforming what was once a curiosity into a mainstream phenomenon.

The benefits of green homes include: • Lower operational costs than conventional homes due to greater energy and water efficiency, which can result in lower utility bills; • High quality construction, since green label requirements for building materials and techniques often go beyond standard building codes; • More comfortable and stable indoor temperatures; • Healthier indoor air quality; and • Other features that reduce environmental impact such as proximity to parks, shops and transit.