Sentences with phrase «national environment agencies»

Instead of acknowledging their science was wrong the UNEP, IPCC and national environment agencies simply moved the goalposts to climate change and more recently to climate crisis.

The city - state's Pollutant Standards Index on Monday topped 150, well above the «unhealthy» threshold of 100, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA) web site.

Not exact matches

Canadian businesses, FINTRAC and police and national security agencies all have a role to play in creating a hostile environment for those who seek to abuse our financial system or threaten the safety of Canadians.

Peter Laufer: Yes, except in the environment that we have and the type capitalism we practice the regulatory agency in question which is the USDA, the United States Department of Agriculture; the National Organic Program, the NOP, is serving business at least as much as it's servicing the rest of us and maybe more and it's the position of the USDA that if companies like Trader Joe's or others decide that the origin of their products is a proprietary business tool, then they are successfully able to hide behind that claim and not tell you where something you're going to buy and eat came from.

BASC is among a group of official supporters for the film — including the Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Natural Resources Wales, the Scottish Government, the National Flood Forum, The Woodland Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the Angling Trust.

These were just a few of the questions raised in an open meeting on 10 October 2002 in Washington, D.C. Within the ornate halls of the National Academy of Sciences building, members of the scientific and legal communities, ethicists, and representatives from funding agencies and professional societies discussed a recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct.

«NEPA [the National Environmental Policy Act] says that agencies must consider and analyze any major federal action that may have a significant impact on the human environment,» he said.

- The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)'s short - term positions in research labs, federal agencies, non-profit organizations, and businesses in its Campus to Careers program

History lesson With the advent of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the CEQ was set up to ensure that the federal government adequately conducted the newly required environmental impact statements, resolved disputes on environmental subjects among agencies as well as states, and generally ensured that NEPA's goal of «productive harmony» among human economic pursuits and the natural environment came to pass.

Other agencies that keep an eye on the environment such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are taking hits under the budget as well.

A survey carried out by Japan's Environment Agency shows that the number of asbestos fibres in the air has increased to more than four times the national average, as earthquake - damaged houses are pulled down.

The U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to conduct environmental impact statements on threats or boons to «the quality of the human environment» as well as the natural environment.

Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) all federal agencies must carry out analyses when proposing actions that might affect wildlife or the environment.

Two years ago, the National Rivers Authority, the Environment Agency's predecessor, called for a ban on pouring waste dip into holes in the ground and for new rules to keep sheep dipping away from rivers.

She is talking about Brazil's environmental regulators, including the national park agency, known as the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBIO), and the Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm, known as the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA).

Geoff Brighty works at the National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, one of a number of national centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operationaNational Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, one of a number of national centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operationanational centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operational level.

This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy (ARPA - E), the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (OCI - 1053575), an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and the Fellowships for Young Energy Scientists program of the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, which is part of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

Radiation oncologist Anna Saran at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment in Rome and colleagues studied mice with a mutation in a gene called Patched that makes them susceptible to brain tumors early in life.

When asked by Cruz to define NASA's core mission, Bolden said that the 1958 National Aeronautics and Space Act, in short, directs the agency «to investigate, explore space and the earth environment and help us make this place a better place....

The bill would give U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more time to review and revise National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), ensuring a more certain regulatory environment for state air - quality agencies and businesses.

With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the three - year project will empower developing counties to advocate for universal access to reproductive health as a critical component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in health through increased funding, an improved policy environment and increased visibility for family planning at the local, national and global levels.

Director of International Affairs, French national Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)

The Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on March 6, 2012 on the FY2013 budget requests for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency.

For the more comprehensive fuel economy and environment label that will be mandatory in the U.S. beginning in model year 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two separate fuel economy labels for plug - in hybrids because of their design complexity, as PHEVS can operate in two or three operating modes: all - electric, blended, and gasoline - only.

Environment Agency, National Laboratory Service, Starcross Laboratory, Starcross Exeter, Devon EX6 8PE, UK.

Rx Vitamins is one of the founding members of the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) The NASC was founded in 2001 and its mission has been to work directly with the key regulatory agencies (FDA, CVM) and ensure that there is a coherent and cogent regulatory environment for the animal supplement industry.

I have asked the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, the Environment and Forestry Ministry, the National Police chief and the Indonesian Military commander to resolve this as early as possible before the hot spots spread more widely,» he noted.

My colleague Felicity Barringer, who covers the environment for our National desk, has been tracking developments related to the White House fight with some Environmental Protection Agency officials over the need to restrict carbon dioxide.

Following confirmation of independent research showing neonicotinoid pesticides can hurt bee colonies by the National Agency for Food, Safety and the Environment, France has given Syngenta two weeks to prove their pesticide isn't killing bees.

When President Joko Widodo took office in 2014, he dissolved the REDD + Agency and National Climate Change Council, combining their mandates under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

National Environmental Policy Act establishes the federal Council on Environmental Quality (CEQA) and mandates a process for federal agencies to fully assess and evaluate the impacts of their actions on the environment and disclose those impacts to the public.

Here are just a few... British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Energy Saving Trust (EST) Environmental Change Institute (ECI) European Space Agency (ESA) The Geological Society (GS) Grantham Institute for Climate Change (GICC) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Met Office (MO) National Academy of Sciences (NAS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Oceanography Centre (NOC) The Royal Society (RS) Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (TCCCR) UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Posted in Bhutan, Capacity Development, Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Development and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Energy, Environment, Governance, Hydropower, International Agencies, Land, Lessons, Population, Resilience, River, Vulnerability, Water Comments Off on Bhutan's Picture Of Gross National Happiness Blurs

Posted in Adaptation, Advocacy, Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Development and Climate Change, Disaster and Emergency, Disasters and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Environment, Information and Communication, Lessons, M - 20 CAMPAIGN, Rainfall, Resilience, River, Vulnerability, Water, Weather Comments Off on Undefined Role of Regional And National Agencies In Reducing Disasters

In December last year, he dropped «climate change» as an item in the US national security strategy, and during that year he told the Environment Protection Agency to concentrate on clear air and clean water, not on the supposed threats from carbon dioxide.

She is also responsible for national monitoring programs for Norway and Svalbard on behalf of Norwegian Environment Agency.

Requires the OSTP Director to: (1) report to Congress on current climate products provided by federal agencies and on the needs of users and stakeholders for new climate products and services; and (2) report to Congress and the President on the National Climate Service proposal of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Stephen Leahy, «Atlantic Bluefin Going Way of Northern Cod,» Interpress Service News Agency, 24 August 2007; Ted Williams, «The Last Bluefin Hunt,» in Valerie Harms et al., The National Audubon Society Almanac of the Environment (New York: Grosset / Putnam, 1994), p. 185; Callum Roberts, The Unnatural History of the Sea (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2007), p. 280; Konstantin Volkov, «The Caviar Game Rules,» Reuters - IUCN Environmental Media Award winner, 2001; 2007 quota from UNEP, «2006 Ban on Caviar Lifted,» press release (Geneva: 2 January 2007).

In June 2009, Madagascar National Parks (MNP) with an official mandate of the Ministry of the Environment and Forests contracted Global Witness and the Environmental Investi - gation Agency (EIA) to investigate and monitor the flow of illegally harvested precious wood from the national parks and surrounding areas of Madagascar's SAVANational Parks (MNP) with an official mandate of the Ministry of the Environment and Forests contracted Global Witness and the Environmental Investi - gation Agency (EIA) to investigate and monitor the flow of illegally harvested precious wood from the national parks and surrounding areas of Madagascar's SAVAnational parks and surrounding areas of Madagascar's SAVA Region.

«The Surui Forest Carbon Project is now recognized as a national and international reference, and its concepts and methodological construction are used by Federal Government agencies such as FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio, the National Indian Foundation) and the Ministry of the Environment and other project developers in Brazil and globally,» says Mariano Cenamo, Senior Researcher atnational and international reference, and its concepts and methodological construction are used by Federal Government agencies such as FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio, the National Indian Foundation) and the Ministry of the Environment and other project developers in Brazil and globally,» says Mariano Cenamo, Senior Researcher atNational Indian Foundation) and the Ministry of the Environment and other project developers in Brazil and globally,» says Mariano Cenamo, Senior Researcher at Idesam.

This was partly due to a mostly positive policy environment at the national level and due to widespread support by various executive branch agencies like the EPA and the Department of Energy.

British Council, British Petroleum, Broom's Barn Sugar Beet Research Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Commercial Union, Commission of European CommunitiesCEC, often referred to now as EU), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Department of Energy, Department of the Environment (DETR, now DEFRA), Department of Health, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Eastern Electricity, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Greenpeace International, International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), Irish Electricity Supply Board, KFA Germany, Leverhulme Trust, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), National Power, National Rivers Authority, Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Norwich Union, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Reinsurance Underwriters and Syndicates, Royal Society, Scientific Consultants, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, Shell, Stockholm Environment Agency, Sultanate of Oman, Tate and Lyle, UK Met.

Posted in Adaptation, Carbon, China, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, Information and Communication, International Agencies, Lessons, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy Comments Off on China And India Talk Up Plans For National Climate Action

Climate was essentially ignored by national weather agencies such as Environment Canada.

Without further legislation we still will not fully use efficiency to meet national goals, but these agency actions are strengthening the economy, the environment, and national security.

Few national weather agencies were more involved than Environment Canada (EC), whose Assistant Deputy Minister (the second in command), Gordon McBean, chaired the 1985 IPCC meeting.

C P Weaver (Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, NC), R H Moss (Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD), K L Ebi (Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA), P H Gleick (Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA), P C Stern (Social and Environmental Research Institute, Northampton, MA), C Tebaldi (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO), R S Wilson (School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH) and J L Arvai (School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)

World Energy Council (WEC) International Energy Agency (IEA) EUROSOLAR (European Association for Renewable Energy) Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE, US) Energy Information Administration (EIA, US) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, US) AGORES (A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources, EU) European Commission - DG Energy and Transport CADDET (Centre for Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies, IEA / OECD) Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA, UNEP / GEF) Center For Energy and the Global Environment (CEAGE) World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)

Authors include experts from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Marine Fisheries Service, Humane Society International, the Pew Environment Group and the Environmental Defense Fund.

Socio (s): Climate Change Center of the Kyrgyz Republic, National Agency for Hydrometeorology, State Agency on the Environment al Protection and Forestry, Tian Shan Policy Center of the American University of Central Asia