Sentences with phrase «on clean air»

7 Focus on clean air As the weather gets cooler and you keep windows open less often, your home will be getting less and less fresh air from outside.

Finally, one small point for any environmental lawyers: in addition to evidence and securities fraud, we have a great section on the Clean Air Act.

She advises utilities and manufacturers on the Clean Air Act...

112th Congress begins, so begin attempts to legislate delays on clean air protections from harmful pollution

«Literally and figuratively, this is a scorched earth budget that represents an all out assault on clean air, water, and land,» Gina McCarthy, who served as EPA administrator during the final years of the Obama administration, said in a statement.

Too many cars, not enough green space, and not enough time away to breathe deeply and fill up on clean air and green foliage.

While Obama and Reid stood firm against attacks on the Clean Air Act, they clearly caved to pressure from special interest groups on this matter.

The cap and trade rule mirrored the Bush Administration's absurdly - titled «Clear Skies Initiative» in Congress, a legislative assault on clean air laws designed under Holmstead's lead.

It's Official: EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Endanger Public Health US Chamber of Commerce to Fight EPA on Clean Air ACt CO2 Regulation

But there are some coincidences: Sloppy wording by the Congress on the Clean Air Act unlocked the door.

Between 2000 and 2013, EPA also paid the American Lung Association well over $ 20 million, and lavished over $ 180 million on its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee members, to support agency positions.

As Senator, he ascended to Chair the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, where he has championed offshore wind energy development and positioned Delaware to be a leader in this technology, which has the capacity to create thousands of new jobs.

In opposition, the The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) wrote that the bill was «one of the most irresponsible compilations of attacks on Clean Air Act health standards ever to be introduced in Congress.»

The committee held the hearing to discuss The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 and its effect on the Clean Air Act's regulation of greenhouse gases.

As the head of the firm's global Climate Change Practice, his focus is on the Clean Air Act and climate change issues.

But even if a protracted legislative attack on the Clean Air Act isn't as likely, the CPP probably won't be the only regulation on the chopping block, Holmstead said.

What Senator Mitch McConnell (R - KY) meant, Krupp explained, is that for «the first time in 40 years, there is an attack on the Clean Air Act» and an aggressive effort to «strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to regulate greenhouse gases.»

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) wrote a letter of opposition, calling the bill «one of the most irresponsible compilations of attacks on Clean Air Act health standards ever to be introduced in Congress.»

«We've warned Scott Pruitt that any attack on our clean air or water would be met by resistance in the streets and in the courtroom,» said Sierra Club chief climate lawyer Joanne Spalding.

We are initiating this assignment based on requests from Senator James M. Inhofe, Ranking Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works, who asked that we review EPA's management of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (ACCACA).»

«Examining the Threats Posted by Climate Change: The Effects of Unchecked Climate Change on Communities and the Economy» (PDF), The Senate EWP Committee, Subcommittee on Clean air and Nuclear Safety.

The Senate majority leader faced off with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on Clean Air Act rules.

Delivering on that will be very important for the president, said Ned Helme, president of the Washington, D.C. - based think tank, the Center on Clean Air Policy.

For decades it has troubled economists and policy makers that most consumers put no price on clean air — it is regarded as a free good.

Fourth paragraph: Think «valley» and «inversion,» plus do some homework on the Clean Air Act (aka «the somewhat less dirty» Air Act) and on aerosol effects (you got it wrong).

Shortly after, on June 27, 2011, the AP reported that AEP spent $ 2 million lobbying on clean air and clean water rules in the 1st quarter of 2011, according to a disclosure report.

For instance, fossil fuel companies, such as Koch Industries and Peabody Energy, worked through ALEC to develop state - based legislation opposing federal standards on clean air and climate change.

and Senator Jeff Bingaman, (D - N.M.), have introduced a bipartisan bill focusing on clean air technology.

«Taking bold steps to reduce black carbon emissions is a win - win situation because it will lessen the threat of global warming and improve global public health,» Sen. Carper, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, said.

The report overturns the conventional wisdom that relying on the Clean Air Act to address climate change has to be expensive and won't have much impact.

I have been hoping that the Chinese situation will refocus people on the multiplicitous invasions on clean air, water, etc. and our complicity in not moving forward to solve these problems, resulting in an unprecedented number of world climate - related disasters, not only direct, but indirect in the form of health / disease and socioeconomic conflicts.

In fact, the biggest thing that Bush has succeeded in doing in his attack on the Clean Air Act is to allow the older dirty plants to continue operating while remaining «grandfathered» so that they do not need to install the anti-pollution equipment that newer plants have.

«Like we lead on the clean air act, like we lead on the microbead act, we need to lead on this.

Iwanowitz says he is going back to lead an organization where he «cut his policy teeth» on clean air and energy issues.

Meanwhile Government launched a consultation on its Clean Air Zone framework last Thursday which looks to help local authorities reduce pollution from vehicles in city centres.

Harriet aka Climate Mama focuses on Keeping our Air Clean and Our Children Safe while shedding some light on the Clean Air Act.

Diesel cars from Volkswagen (VLKAF) and Audi, which is owned by VW, were rigged to cheat on clean air rules with software that made emissions look cleaner than they actually were, according to federal and California regulators.

The Montreal Protocol had no impact on cleaning the air, it stopped the growth of CFCs which are powerful greenhouse gases (in addition to their role in depleting stratospheric ozone), therefore it slowed global warming, rather than increasing it, and we aren't trying to save ground - level ozone.

He sent the following note from a conference in Bangkok on cleaning the air in Asian cities.

Not exact matches

GENEVA, May 2 - India should follow China's example and clean up the air in its cities, which are among the world's worst for outdoor pollution, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

In 2016, Roosegaarde's team partnered with the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection to take the giant air purifier on a tour of four Chinese cities to help clean up the air.

Trader Joe's also agreed to enter a consent decree and pay a $ 500,000 civil fine to resolve claims it violated the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.

Leaders on the West Coast are united in understanding science in the commitment to clean waters and clean air.»

«New business is great, but it shouldn't come at the expense of our water and air,» Clean Wisconsin said on Facebook.

That's how many examples are on a «list of the harmed,» people who have offered personal stories of harm from fracking, as tallied by the advocacy group Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air.

The EPA, a federal agency charged with safeguarding clean, livable air and water, funds and conducts research into the effects of climate change on public health, the environment, and natural disasters.

Another organization may opt to work with an animal - loving actress to celebrate its clean air initiative, educating the public on how air pollution in certain regions has been detrimental to animal species.

All stations need prizes for on - air giveaways, as well as office products and furniture, station vehicles and service for those vehicles, cleaning services, and much more to keep their own operations going, and they're more than willing to trade those out for advertising.

To improve the country's air quality, the Chinese government vows to spend at least $ 360 billion on clean energy projects and create 13 million new renewable energy jobs by 2020.

After devoting a solid 15 pages of his letter on how the U.S. should slash regulations, Dimon made a point to single out a single area of government oversight that has undeniable value: «Some regulations quite clearly create a common good (e.g., clean air and water),» Dimon noted, in a sentence that went on to catalog the ways regulation is otherwise bad for the economy — making it all the more striking that he chose to highlight environmental issues.