Sentences with phrase «on federal projects»

Obama reverses Bush change to Endangered Species Act Our 44th president put the kibosh on a Bush administration proposal to eliminate the input of independent government scientists on federal projects that could potentially damage threatened or endangered species.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday said more work is needed on the federal project to remove PCB - laden sediment from the Hudson River.

Not exact matches

Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

In a client note on Thursday titled «Yanking down the yields,» the interest - rates strategist projected that bond yields would be much lower than the markets expected because central banks including the Federal Reserve were reluctant to raise interest rates.

Two giant waste - to - energy projects planned for Kwinana and Rockingham could gain extra financial backing after the federal government unveiled a raft of policy initiatives to address problems flowing from China's new restrictions on accepting foreign waste.

Many of my certifications led to being able to bid on and win state and federal projects that bring in millions of dollars for my business.

Those deep cuts are also why CBO projects the bill would, on net, save the federal government $ 321 billion over the next ten years.

Enbridge's Northern Gateway project, in the works since 2005, was likely dealt a fatal blow on June 30th when the Federal Court of Appeal threw out its 2014 conditional approval because the Crown (read: Harper government) failed in its «duty to consult» aboriginals as required by the Constitution.

But the federal government would only invest a maximum of 20 % in these projects, leaving it to the states to find other sources of revenue, like imposing higher tolls on roads.

In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projects.

The federal agency is seeking public comments until Feb. 2 on the project and its potential effects on the environment.

The environmental group trying to stop work on the state government's Roe 8 project has been refused an interim injunction on construction by the Federal Court, but has vowed to keep fighting.

Both Alberta and Canada's federal government have pledged financial support to the project, which would nearly triple capacity on an existing line from Alberta to a B.C. port.

The Obama administration decided to block construction on federal land shortly after a U.S. District Court judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the project.

The GBRMPA, whose board is currently under investigation for its links to the mining industry, added that the strict environmental conditions imposed on the project by the federal government would help protect the reef.

One key to making QA work, Katz says, is effective communication — a challenge on projects like HealthCare.gov, which involved stitching together information from multiple stakeholders, including state health agencies, insurance companies, and the federal government.

Many things under way at Other Lab relate to a DARPA project on programmable matter (DARPA being the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the famous federal government research laboratory in which far - fetched ideas are pursued until they become not - so - far - fetched.

The projected elimination of the federal government deficit — currently exceeding $ 30 billion — relies on the assumption of annual GDP growth of 5.6 % while program spending is held to an average annual growth rate of 2 %.

If the federal government required projected climate conditions to be considered when spending on infrastructure in flood - prone areas, construction practices would change, he added, noting the same pressures would drive chemical plants or other industries to have a wider margin of safety.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who ran a projected $ 56 - billion federal deficit last year, recently softened his stance on stimulus along with his deadline to get back to balance, but even little trims hurt.

Jagmeet Singh, meanwhile, waded into the impasse in Ottawa by proposing that the Trudeau Liberals work with the British Columbia government on a joint reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada, fast - tracking a resolution to what the federal NDP leader calls jurisdictional issues arising from B.C.'s objections to the project.

The plan will include imposing a temporary moratorium on new federal regulations and reviving Transcanada Corp's Keystone pipeline project, according to an outline of his economic speech seen by Reuters.

From the time Enbridge began talking publicly about Northern Gateway almost a decade ago, the oil pipeline project — which is expected to get federal cabinet approval any day now — got off on the wrong foot by the company's lack of a presence in British Columbia.

Major natural gas pipeline projects along the East Coast and Midwest face uncertainty as the federal agency that oversees the work loses a commissioner and will be unable to decide on projects indefinitely under President Donald Trump.

Arafura Resources Ltd has been awarded a $ 3.3 million federal government grant for its NT rare earths - uranium project while biotechnology company Imugene Ltd has secured an $ 880,000 grant to produce and test bird flu vaccines on chickens.

A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition in Europe to any extension in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a federal election.

Between 2017 and 2026, the Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) project, the federal government will collect $ 38 billion in penalty payments from uninsured people.

The Vancouver Board of Trade is calling on the federal government to invest in transit and trade - enabling projects across the Greater Vancouver region, as part of its pre-budget consultations with the Department of Finance Canada.

Now we urge the Federal Government, following its interim review process for pipelines, to respect the science - based regulatory process of the NEB and approve the project based on the expert opinion of Canada's independent regulator.

While federal panjandrums argue that the tar sands may be key to our economic prosperity, our politicians couldn't put aside their partisan views long enough to complete a national report on the project's formidable water liabilities.

Nominal gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the tax base for federal revenue, is projected to be about 6 per cent higher in 2010 than in 2009, which should impact positively on federal revenues.

The bill would also allow state and local governments to issue Build America Bonds that provide a direct payment from the federal government for a part of the interest paid on bonds that finance government works projects.

I should stress that Voser did not wade in on Canadian politics, and did say he supports the federal government's push to streamline environmental approval processes for energy projects.

«It's hard to find the right balance between being able to report on progress of projects and not overburdening them,» says one federal official.

They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's plans to balance the budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected deficit with each successive budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.

All of these benefits, in addition to the federal government's Climate Action Plan, depend on the project going forward.

The federal government is on track to achieve its target debt - to - GDP ratio of 25 per cent by 2021, evidenced by projected surplus budgets in the very short term.

Ten days before Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to speed up the pipeline for federal infrastructure projects.

Those projected surpluses are a bit of a patch job, held together by baling wire and duct tape: they depend on some conveniently timed asset sales (e.g., the divestment of the federal government's GM holdings) a delayed reduction in EI contribution rates — and continued spending restraint.

«All of our plans on disaster recovery are premised with the federal government coming in with a big chunk of short - term FEMA money and then a big chunk of long - term bailout money,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

On the other hand, if the Fed's so - called «dot plot» (a graphic depicting all 16 Federal Open Market Committee members» individual projections of where the policy rate will be) is accurate, there will be 7 more rate hikes, plus the effects of a projected $ 1.25 trillion decrease in the Fed's balance sheet.

Federal regulators are taking comments on a draft environmental statement for the Liberty Project, a proposal by a...

Now we urge the Federal Government, following its interim review process for pipelines, to respect the science - based regulatory process of the NEB and thus approve the project based on the expert opinion of Canada's independent regulator.

-- Member of Parliament David Yurdiga «The federal government thinks that it is acceptable to run a $ 30 billion deficit and spending billions on foreign aid and international climate change projects, as well as on newcomer settlement programs all the while cutting over $ 100 million from the three northern territories over the course of the next five years.

Announced on April 7, 2011, the new museum was expected to cost $ 340 million, including $ 180 million over the first three years of the project which was expected to include $ 30 million in previously committed federal dollars (see below).

Federal Natural Resources Minister James Carr also issued a statement in support of the Trans Mountain expansion project, naming and shaming B.C. Premier John Horgan: «The government of Canada calls on Premier Horgan and the B.C. government to end all threats of delay to the Trans Mountain expansion.

But early in 2017, with new leadership and a new emphasis on domestic U.S. projects, Exxon's fortunes may be improving, in no small measure thanks to its allies in the Federal Government and its growing investment in U.S. shale.

New Democrats have said from the beginning that Christy Clark should not have signed over decision making power on B.C. projects to the federal government for the Enbridge project and Kinder Morgan expansion project.

Statement by the Honourable Doug Black Ottawa, April 8, 2018 — Alberta Elected Senator Doug Black issued the following statement following Kinder Morgan's announcement of their suspension of non-essential spending on Trans Mountain Expansion Project: «I am shocked and deeply disappointed for all Canadians by the lack of action from the Federal Government which has brought us to this brink.

The federal government has tested the public's appetite for a Netflix tax, a new smartphone app for streaming Canadian content and spending on «moonshot» projects like placing a network of balloons on the edge of space to boost Internet access.