Sentences with phrase «new environmental efforts»

While axing a tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month, oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley on stage when the climate change plan and carbon tax were first announced.

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As well as this global effort, Luntiang Lunes will be launching a new environmental prize for cooking today.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on Maenvironmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on MaEnvironmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon in Queens on Friday unveiled an environmental policy platform that is geared toward shifting the state to 100 percent renewable energy, strengthening the state's efforts against climate change and rejecting new infrastructure for gas pipelines and other fossil fueles.

Governor Cuomo's recent efforts to use $ 511 million in Clean Water funds to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge has been blasted in seven newspaper editorials, as well as by a coalition of environmental and good government groups that includes Reinvent Albany.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has chosen three new sites for solar panel installations in an effort to generate more clean energy in the state.

The state will bolster its environmental efforts in the new year, with a push to expand the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday in an unveiling of his State of the State agenda.

Both ads direct people to go to NYCleanWater.org to sign a petition in support of the effort to amend the Constitution to include a new Environmental Bill of Rights.

«The Environmental Facilities Corp. is pleased to assist New York City and 17 other local governments in their efforts to provide safe and reliable clean water systems, improving the environment and water quality, protecting public health, and creating jobs throughout the state,» said EFC President and CEO Matthew J. Driscoll.

Cuomo said New York «will do everything in our power to prevent environmental disasters and will continue to safeguard our offshore assets and bolster our efforts to support renewable energy development.»

NEW YORK (NEWS10)- A local champion of environmental issues was recognized on the national stage Friday for his efforts in bringing the Hoosick Falls water crisis to light.

As part of their effort on behalf of state legislative candidates this election cycle, the New York League of Conservation Voters has sent out its first mailer knocking Republican Sean Hanna for his environmental record.

«Sadly, this day will go down in history as the one in which New Jersey ceded its standing as a leader in environmental protection efforts.»

If elected, Curran said she would appoint a new «resiliency officer» to coordinate the county's environmental efforts.

He said the country is currently entering a new era of putting efforts in place to formalize the small - scale mining sector «so as to achieve sustainable mining with sound environmental practices.»

Because of your relentless effort and fierce commitment to keep fracking from polluting our water, air and harming our health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York State.

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

«Now we'll redouble our effort to move toward a clean energy economy and more renewables in the future,» said Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

Cornelius Murphy, Jr., co-founder of Consensus and former president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, said Consensus reviewed 12 different governance models, studied past government consolidation efforts and collected public input from about 6,000 people before making its recommendations.

New York state, he said, should be a bulwark against what he said was damaging federal policy and must counter efforts to roll back cuts to health care, environmental protections and safeguards of marginalized populations.

FREDONIA - A local professor who spearheaded the effort to ban the sale of products containing microbeads is one of six New Yorkers being recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency.

We work to support and strengthen the efforts of New York's environmental community and to make our state a national leader.

Green groups are praising New York's Congressional delegation for their efforts to preserve funding for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2018 spending bill.

The Gateway Project, the effort to replace the rail and tunnel system connecting Manhattan with New Jersey, missed an important environmental review deadline.

Indeed, the news comes at a time when the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park, N.C., completes an ambitious, two - year, $ 30 - million effort to evaluate the chemical and launches a new set of cooperative research agreements with independent scientists.

In the January issue of Environmental Science & Technology the researchers described their efforts mapping nearly 5,900 natural gas leaks of varying severity across 1,500 road miles of Washington, D.C. To learn more about the state of the gas pipelines running through several major U.S. cities — in particular those serving New York City — Scientific American interviewed Robert Jackson, professor of environmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study'sEnvironmental Science & Technology the researchers described their efforts mapping nearly 5,900 natural gas leaks of varying severity across 1,500 road miles of Washington, D.C. To learn more about the state of the gas pipelines running through several major U.S. cities — in particular those serving New York City — Scientific American interviewed Robert Jackson, professor of environmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study'senvironmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study's lead author.

Rapid advances in genome sequencing have provided promising new techniques to help researchers conserve endangered species, but efforts to resurrect extinct animals raise complex legal, ethical and environmental questions, experts said at a 4 November event at AAAS.

So they were pleased when President Barack Obama last night pledged a new, long - term effort aimed at repairing what he called «decades of environmental damage» to the region.

Among the new species, Liturgusa algorei, is named for Albert Arnold «Al» Gore Jr., former vice president of the United States of America, to honor his environmental activism and efforts to raise public awareness of global climate change.

The Chinese government recently released a report detailing some of those environmental efforts, including new laws focused on water pollution and treatment and plans to enforce them.

Now, new research from Washington University in St. Louis links the river's increasingly deadly floods to a widespread pattern of human - caused environmental degradation and related flood - mitigation efforts that began changing the river's natural flow nearly 3,000 years ago.

The legislation also includes provisions that would continue efforts to open a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada, prevent the Obama administration from moving ahead with new environmental rules aimed at strengthening protections for small streams and wetlands, and bar adding the sage grouse to the endangered species list.

Including the new logbooks, the Old Weather effort has scanned more than 500,000 handwritten pages from historic ship logs, and Old Weather volunteers have so far transcribed almost 3 million historical weather records for use in climate and environmental research.

Not only do biofouling organisms like mussels threaten to slice open an unlucky swimmer's foot, they have significant economic and environmental costs: the US Navy alone spends ~ $ 1 billion per year on antifouling efforts, and many species are invasive pests that hitch rides to new environments on ships» hulls.

In this issue: Church Rock Chapter Decries NRC Judge's Ruling; Environmental Education in Australia; Volcanoes of Kamchatka — Renewed Efforts to Protect Russian World Heritage Site; New Mexico Says No to High - Level Waste at WIPP; New Mexico - Texas... Nuclear Waste Connection?

October 6, 2011 New data - mining effort launched to study mental disorders Chicago will be home to a new $ 13.75 million project that will apply data mining methods to better understand the genetic and environmental factors behind neuropsychiatric disordeNew data - mining effort launched to study mental disorders Chicago will be home to a new $ 13.75 million project that will apply data mining methods to better understand the genetic and environmental factors behind neuropsychiatric disordenew $ 13.75 million project that will apply data mining methods to better understand the genetic and environmental factors behind neuropsychiatric disorders.

Over two dozen lawmakers who favored efforts to clamp down on heat - trapping emissions were swept away on Tuesday's anti-incumbent wave, ushering in a new class of Republicans who doubt global warming science and want to upend President Barack Obama's environmental and energy policies.

We know that conferences like this — and innovative efforts like yours — are charting new a course toward environmental sustainability.

«The new marketing campaign for the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell is the next step in our effort to advance fuel cell vehicles to the mainstream market,» said Steve Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «This fully integrated marketing campaign also demonstrates our commitment to growing electrified vehicles into a volume pillar for the Honda brand.»

A new study shows that the environmental impact of shopping for stuff, from from food and clothing to CDs and electrical appliances - far outweighs any efforts to save water and power in the home.

I've previously given BP a lot of credit for environmental care, as in my 2009 article and Dot Earth post on the company's remarkable efforts — far beyond those of nearly all competitors — to stanch the flow of methane, the main constituent of natural gas and a potent greenhouse gas, from its wells and pipes in New Mexico.

Today Harvard University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and a range of other partner organizations are launching the Planetary Health Alliance, a new effort to dramatically improve our understanding of the linkages between environmental change and human health across the globe.

That EPA letter certainly played a part — as did sustained grassroots advocacy efforts, exposes on conflicts of interest between State and the pipeline's profiteers, and relentless debunking of false jobs and energy security promises — in the State Department's move to punt the decision for a year, take a fresh look at the proposals, and go back to the drawing board to create a new supplemental environmental impact statement.

Dr. Colin Beier, Associate Professor of Ecology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, said, «As the nation's oldest institution dedicated to the science and stewardship of the environment, ESF is proud to have led the development of the Clearinghouse's interactive map viewer, and to have contributed overall to this important effort to enhance New York's climate resilience, led by NYSERDA.»

I was born during an environmental revolution when new laws to protect air, water, wildlife, and our nation's natural treasures sprung from bi-partisan efforts and were consecrated by the pen of a Republican President.

The EPA's new effort also connects with existing faith - based environmental efforts focused on climate change, renewable energy use, and sustainable agricultural practices.

The goal of the new effort is to remove submerged oil from three areas of the river, where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says oil is still accumulating.

Jo Johnson, Minister for Universities and Science, said: «This new innovation centre will bring together great minds from a variety of disciplines to lead the international effort to tackle environmental change and demonstrate the value of research collaboration in solving some of the greatest challenges of our time.»

California is redoubling its environmental efforts less than three months before world leaders gather in Paris for a United Nations summit to create a new global pact for fighting climate change.