Sentences with phrase «of environmental targets»

From day one of the lease negotiations all parties should be committed to achieving something by way of environmental targets.

Not exact matches

Also targeted for steep spending rollbacks are the agency's monitoring and enforcement of compliance with environmental laws, as well as regional projects intended to benefit degraded areas such as the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused the carmaker of illegally using hidden software to allow excess diesel emissions on Thursday but CEO Sergio Marchionne said the news would not affect the company's financial targets, according to reports in Italy.

Greenpeace has targeted Volkswagen with a new website and set of spoof ads that send up the automaker's award - winning, Force - inspired Super Bowl ad, accusing the company of opposing key environmental laws in Europe relating to CO2 emissions.

Although its strong economic growth means overall emissions are still increasing, China has reached its 2020 «carbon intensity» targets ahead of time by implementing serious environmental policies and technological innovation.

This process enables Carlyle professionals to more effectively evaluate the operations of a target company, identify the most promising environmental management opportunities and incorporate them into the post-investment management, governance and reporting plans of our portfolio companies.

Nigel Bankes, chair of natural resources law at the University of Calgary, said he believes the province will lose on the validity question because it is targeting a federally approved project, even though the legislation covers broad environmental concerns.

Greenpeace considers this a major victory: two months ago, the environmental group targeted Nestle's use of palm oil with a purposely unsettling video that compared eating Kit - Kat bars to snacking on the bloodied appendages of orangutans.

This is having a negative effect on China's competitiveness at the very low end of the value chain, but higher wages are feeding into higher consumption, while the authorities continue to target transportation and environmental infrastructure for investment.

To spice things up, they'd include promises of a new pipeline training facility, a new school curriculum, a new relationship with Ottawa, new greenhouse gas emissions targets and better bitumen sands environmental performance.

On the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concern.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the first - ever national target for food waste.

Collectively, the results underscore the importance of Commonwealth and other held environmental water for maintaining and improving the ecological condition of these two waterways, and improve our ability to deliver targeted environmental flows into the future.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, contributed to whole - of - system watering in the River Murray, providing benefits along the length of the River Murray in 2016 - 17 and contributing to flows and targeting outcomes from Hume Dam through to the Coorong.

Between September 2016 and January 2017, environmental water (from The Living Murray and Commonwealth) was delivered down the Lower Darling River, targeting spawning, recruitment and movement of Murray cod, and improving water quality.

Up to 6,050 ML of Commonwealth environmental water is available for use in 2016 ‑ 17 as part of the watering action targeting the upper Warrego River system (unregulated).

Up to 10,000 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was available for use in 2015 ‑ 16 as part of this watering action targeting the lower Warrego River system (unregulated).

A: A critical element of Target's efforts to combat food waste is prioritizing strategies based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Food Recovery Hierarchy.

«We are confident that we can meet all of our planned environmental targets this year and be well prepared for the future years.

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

Traits targeted for improvement include higher nutritional quality; tolerance of pests, diseases, and environmental stresses, such as flood and drought; and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

There is a broad consensus that agroecology can be instrumental in achieving a wide range of policy, environmental and food security targets, from sustainability related goals to the reduction of rural poverty.The 2nd International... more

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder must have regard to the water quality and salinity targets for managing flows, when making decisions about the use of environEnvironmental Water Holder must have regard to the water quality and salinity targets for managing flows, when making decisions about the use of environmentalenvironmental water.

DuPont — one of the first companies to publicly establish environmental goals 20 years ago — has broadened its sustainability commitments beyond internal footprint reduction to include market - driven targets for both revenue and research and development investment.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has legislated responsibility under the Water Act 2007 (Water Act) for decisions relating to use of Commonwealth environmental water across the Murray - Darling Basin in order to maximise environmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterEnvironmental Water Holder has legislated responsibility under the Water Act 2007 (Water Act) for decisions relating to use of Commonwealth environmental water across the Murray - Darling Basin in order to maximise environmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental water across the Murray - Darling Basin in order to maximise environmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental outcomes over time, consistent with the objectives of the Basin Plan and the environmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental watering objectives and targets prescribed in the Basin - wide environmental waterenvironmental watering strategy.

QAI is dedicated to conformance with the requirements of ISO 14001, and to the continual improvement of its environmental management system by establishing and meeting environmental targets and objectives.

A copy and video of all presentations from the conference, including my overview of the management of environmental water, the environmental targets all water managers are working towards with a brief reflection on achievements to date, is available on the ABARES website.

Commonwealth environmental water, along with a number of other sources of environmental water, is being delivered to provide benefits along the length of the River Murray in 2017 - 18, contributing to flows and targeting outcomes from Hume Dam through to the Coorong.

This involves highly targeted and discrete environmental watering actions such as maintaining low flows to manage water quality by flushing waterholes and directing small volumes of water from the main river channels to providing refuges for plants and animals in wetlands and channel systems.

In 2016 - 17, over 100 GL of water was delivered for environmental outcomes to the Lower Darling - specifically targeting native fish.

In 2016 - 17, over 100 GL of environmental water was delivered to the Lower Darling targeting native fish outcomes.

A commitment to environmental sustainability lies at the heart of the Scotch Whisky industry which has now unveiled even more ambitious green targets, from responsible water use to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

CGF is urging all consumer goods companies to phase out harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) focusing on four key points; the installation of new refrigeration equipment in markets where viable, engagement with stakeholders to overcome barriers in markets where installation is not currently viable, reduction of the environmental impact of existing refrigeration systems and the development of individual targets and action plans to measure the first three points.

This ongoing effort comes as an anti-pesticide push from environmental and public health groups has taken hold recently, targeting the negative side effects of synthetic chemicals.

Starting in the 1980s, the throwaway diaper briefly became a target of environmental groups as they sought to cut the flow of waste to landfills.

A former staffer in the Texas Legislature, and a survivor of the political side of the dot - com boom (he was co-founder of a targeted search engine for politics and policy), Delany was online communications director at the National Environmental Trust and the National Women's Law Center before returning to consulting.

Interestingly, anyone who's joined a cause can suggest fundraising targets — I just added National Environmental Trust to the list of possible Global Warming beneficiaries, for instance.

New Outdoor Tourism Promotion: Cuomo said the state will launch a new campaign specifically targeted to promote outdoor tourism, including a partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to launch the Official NY State Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife App; Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation with an early camping discount program; and a partnership with the Campground Owners of NY, which will represent I LOVE NEW YORK at RV shows nationwide.

Strict minimum water quality and environmental impact targets are set and interventions of this kind, through periodically upgraded standards, have improved services.

Without descending into the detail of policy appraisal or the delivery of operational targets — both things that my environmental audit committee will scrutinise — the best snapshot of effort will come from the big policy packages that define the government's agenda, and which have the greatest environmental impact.

Williams suggested a number of new taxes or fees targeting the state's wealthiest residents to generate an estimated $ 20 billion in new revenue to fund education, transportation, environmental remediation, public housing and health care.

Environmental Commission chair Jen Metzger, a Democrat who has often been the target of Hassett's ire at Town Board meetings, was elected councilwoman with 1,162 votes.

«The amazing achievement of the last going - on - seven years is that citizens at the grassroots level have held off a trillion - dollar payday because we have fought so hard and well to require meaningful regulation of oil - and - gas extraction,» said Walter Hang, president of Toxics Targeting, an environmental database firm.

Trump plans on slashing the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by a quarter — targeting enforcement, grants for toxic cleanup efforts, as well as air and water protection programs.

Civil servants advised ministers to seek alternative «statistical interpretations of the target» - prompting environmental campaigners to accuse the government of «wriggling» out of its obligations.

It is ordered and affirmed that the Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Environmental Compliance, and the Department of Public Works, through its various divisions and the Director of Energy Development and Management, by December 31, 2017, prepare a report to the undersigned promulgating an initial energy usage plan for Erie County to implement the United States target contribution plan to the Paris Agreement, including, but not limited to, achieving a county - wide target of reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions by twenty - six to twenty - eight percent (26 - 28 %) below its 2005 level in 2025 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by twenty - eight percent (28 %), as it pertains to the production and / or use of greenhouse gases by Erie County.

WHEREAS, the people of Orleans County derive economic and environmental benefits from all safe forms of recreation involving firearms, including, but not limited to, hunting and target shooting while utilizing all types of firearms available under the Constitution of the United States; and

Worst of all, Osborne made his view known brutally that the government wasn't going to throw any more money at environmental targets which were unaffordable in austerity (of his own making of course).

«Engagement humanizes science and reinforces the value of science in our public policy,» said Myhre, who recently testified before the Washington State House Environmental Committee on the importance of science informed targets for greenhouse gases.

Kopp is also a co-author of another study, led by Tufts University researcher Klaus Bittermann and published today in Environmental Research Letters, assessing the sea - level rise benefits of achieving the Paris Agreement's more ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) temperature target rather than its headline 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) target.