Sentences with phrase «more public land»

Project Learning Tree's Energy module, supported by API's Red Cavaney who wants ANWR opened, opposes the Kyoto Treaty, and wants more public land opened to energy exploration.

Hendrickson is also the health and safety expert of Dog Grounds, a non-profit in Minneapolis that fights for more public land for off - leash play.

It's also giving the fossil fuels sector whiplash from a White House whose energy policies have otherwise been very good to them, from starting to undo greenhouse gas regulations to opening more public land to mining and drilling and tax cuts.

In practice, this meant more public land was set aside for conservation purposes and, in the areas still open to logging, cut blocks — those strategically shorn sections of forest seen in aerial photos — grew smaller.

The myth that opening up more public lands and waters for fossil fuel production will result in a windfall for America is dead wrong.

But the idea that opening up more public lands and waters for fossil fuel production will result in a windfall for America is wrong.

Not exact matches

Countries around the world are encouraging the development of autonomous technologies, and Singapore, with its limited land and workforce, is hoping driverless vehicles will encourage its residents to use more shared vehicles and public transport.

«We'll see where it lands, but I've been in this thing forever, and it's hard to see Uber [go public] for more than 1.5 x at where this lands.

It may be no more (and no less) true that the elimination of poverty is «open to public choice» than that traffic accidents continue to occur in our land only «because we consent to it.»

If they would stop constantly trying to inject their nonsense into public education, politics, television, radio, reproductive laws, the workplace, and on and on and on, everyone else would be more than happy to let you go live in your fantasy land.

In 24 hours on July 11, more than 80,000 volunteers planted 49.3 million tree saplings throughout Northern India on public land and along roads and railways.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

According to state law, Gervais said that if it acquires the land, the Park District could not sell more than 3 acres of it without the public voting for it.

The Park District argued money from the sale of the parcel — a sloped area in the park's northwest corner with trees, grass and a maintenance shed — would benefit the public more than the land itself.

The park district argued that the money from a sale could benefit the public more than the land.

In what ways might communities more equitably tax assets for the public good (e.g., through a land value tax)?

In response, policies are required to capture more land value for the public good, perhaps through alternative forms of taxation or the creation of public land banks, to help minimise speculative investment in an effort to reduce rising inequality.

The next mayor could be using his or her compulsory purchase powers and budgets to take more land in regeneration schemes into public hands, instead of leaving big developers in a controlling position.

Each landowner then received one or more of the 186 building plots according to their share of either the original land value or land area, minus public administration and infrastructure costs.

While the Kingsbridge Armory battle centered on wages at one project, the wage bill seeks to expand the debate to developments across the city that receive public subsidies worth more than $ 100,000, whether in discounted land sales, tax credits or other incentives.

Public reception has been mixed for Columbia's request to use more city land in order to build their new sports complex at Baker Field near Inwood Hill Park.

At the state Adirondack Park Agency's monthly meeting this week, the agency board will vote on sending three state land management plans to public comment that would result in sweeping... more»»

Michigan Rep. John Conyers, 88, has dealt with various ethics investigations and a public corruption case that landed his wife in prison during a U.S. House career spanning more than five decades — longer than any other current member.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

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More is needed including, in due course, looking at public land and the use of pension funds to drive this essential growth.

Mr. Krupski, a farmer himself, is also working on legislation that would permit more activities on land from which the public has purchased the development rights.

«I'm pleased to share the Land Bank's success with the Councilors and continue to discuss operational improvements,» Wright said, «The Land Bank is providing a valuable public service at a scale previously not attempted in Syracuse — maintaining abandoned properties more cost effectively than the City has been able to and returning them to productive use at a faster rate than was previously possible.

The plaza payments were established through a state public lands law that allows any city with 75,000 residents or more to seek payments from the state for property it takes off the tax rolls.

Developing land owned by the New York City Housing Authority has the potential to generate much - needed revenue for the public housing agency while simultaneously creating more affordable housing, but those benefits drop off abruptly in less affluent neighborhoods, according to a report released today by NYU's Furman Center.

And in the wake of Howe's guilty plea to corruption charges, the state's pursuit of multimillion - dollar deals and lucrative land transfers without competition and public scrutiny takes on a more ominous feel.

And yet this is the same government that passed an emergency budget that could put more than a million workers on the scrapheap, that jacks up a VAT that lands heaviest on those who are the most hard - up, that floats shrinking some public services by up to 40 % — that almost gleefully drops the guillotine of cuts on the necks of the poor.

We see it with more fracking and gas drilling on our public lands.

Seeking more public input to develop the next chapter of its 2020 comprehensive plan, Southold Town is hosting seven mobile meetings to discuss land use in each hamlet.

There is a public comment session scheduled for Tuesday evening in a Hudson Valley Hasidic Jewish village concerning the proposed annexation of more than 500 acres of land to the village.

They'll discuss a range of environmental issues including expanding the bottle bill, brownfields, access to public land, global warming and much more.

Katz, who formerly chaired the Council Land Use Committee, also indicated that she needed to learn more about the proposal before making up her mind, especially since other developments are taking place on public parkland and any more greenspace taken for private gain, a process called alienation, is a serious issue.

The move comes as more local officials, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, are calling for NYCHA to develop a long - term policy for the development of public housing land that includes

The land bank is a separate public authority that gives the city some cover to be more aggressive about seizing properties.

What's more, the rest of the crop — the vast black - market portion — is planted on public or tribal lands by people who ignore the environmental consequences of their activity.

Two decades - old pieces of legislation — the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal governLands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal governlands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal governlands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal government.

When Obama emphasized his «all of the above» energy plan, it sparked a combative back - and - forth duel with a subtext about who would create more jobs by permitting the private sector to develop fossil fuels on public land and on the outer continental shelf.

More than 100 USCRN stations now operate across the U.S.. Each sits on public land off - limits for development, and each includes wind gauges and three duplicate thermometers.

The report recommends investing more money in conserving land in buffer zones around public water supplies.

Mulroy capped off the»90s by helping to shape the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, which cleared the way for still more growth.

A new bill making its way through Congress, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (H.R. 2834), aims to make federally managed public lands across millions of acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management property more accessible to hunters and anglers.

More challenging to preserve are species that require a lot of land, like elephants, and species that have highly specific requirements for habitat and prey — and a poor public image — like black - footed ferrets.

«During the 2015 — 16 school year, more than 15,450 students and over 2100 scholars from the six countries targeted in this ban studied and conducted research at U.S. universities,» said Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land - grant Universities in Washington, D.C., in a statement.

The Association of Public and Land - Grant Universities (APLU)-- which comprises more than 230 institutions and university systems from every state, the District of Columbia, Mexico, Canada, Guam, Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands — has formed a task force on laboratory safety.

If McMorris Rodgers is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she would govern the management of more than 500 million acres of federal public lands, including more than 400 national parks.