Sentences with phrase «over water supplies»

Mote's study was used by the Governor to create a panic over water supplies.

Think about current conflicts over water supplies, especially in the developing world.

Drought has created a standoff over water supplies in the U.S. Midwest between energy producers and farmers, reports Bloomberg.

Municipalities are already fighting over water supplies with the booming biofuels industry: citizens in the Illinois towns of Champaign and Urbana recently opposed a local ethanol plant's petition to withdraw two million gallons a day from the local aquifer to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol a year.

Struggles between nations over water supplies will become more violent.

Not exact matches

But the advising scientists» critique stands to reignite the debate over how to regulate a practice that critics say could contaminate water supplies and exacerbate global warming.

Through her charity, B Strong, she brought with her four chartered planes (and over 10 planes as of Wednesday) packed with tens of thousands of pounds of medical supplies, water, food, baby diapers and wipes, as well as $ 25,000 in cash gift cards, cash, and $ 30,000 in Costco gift cards.

When you can stroll over to a tap whenever you like and help yourself to a glass of clear, cool water, it is hard to believe that one of the biggest business opportunities of the 21st century — and one of the best opportunities for business to give back to society — lies in supplying fresh water.

Protest group Climate Direct Action said the move was in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which has protested the construction of a separate $ 3.7 billion pipeline carrying oil from North Dakota to the U.S. Gulf Coast over fears of potential damage to sacred land and water supplies.

As of September 28, just over a week after Maria struck Puerto Rico, clean water, food, and fuel for generators were still hard to come by, most cell phone sites were out of service, and emergency officials struggled to distribute supplies throughout the island of 3.4 million people.

«Over the past three years, we've been working with the most vulnerable in the community to fix the damage done to homes, water supplies, toilet facilities, and livelihoods.

Violence erupted in Mexicali, Mexico over the construction of Constellation Brands» new brewery as farmers accused the government of corruption and devoting too much of the city's water supply to the brewery, according to the The San Diego Union Tribune.

A major NSW regional council has introduced a supernatant recycling system into the filtration plant in the town water supply, helping to conserve potable water and providing substantial water savings over the long term.

environmental issues directly associated with animal agriculture (such as air pollution and contaminated drainage from factory farming into water supplies) and to help lessen our over consumption of resources including land, water, and fossil fuels

Since water was in short supply in these parts, I scoured out an empty herring tin, filled it with water and set it on the empty grill over the dead firepit.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

With almost 100 waste plants, and over 200 farm plants, the UK has a strong base — the conference is a chance for operators, developers and their suppliers to discuss changes to the RHI mechanisms, farming and waste policy and developments in the water sector.

Florida students reportedly leaned over railings and tried to spit in the Vols» water supply.

Information for the submission was drawn from Baby Milk Action (marketing of breastmilk substitutes, water pumping in São Lourenço, Brazil), International Labor Rights Forum (child slavery and labour in the cocoa supply chain, Labour rights abuses in Colombia), Union of Filipro Employees (Labour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farmers).

I got some in the mail a little and gave it away to needy ppl so they didn't try diluting their formula with water to save money = / I also agree about BM banks, it should be everywhere and over supplying mamas should take part at making more babies healthier.

Nestlé is also criticised over its appropriation of community water supplies and attempts to improve its image by sponsoring events such as the London Marathon and Los Angeles Marathon.

Over two days, many MAM employees joined the team, handing out materials and equipment, tea, water and coffee, and receiving relief supplies and cooked food.

C) The vast majority of fluoride added to water supplies is wasted, since over 99 % of tap water is not actually consumed by a human being.

They start out pin head tiny, grow in water over a few hours, and boom — hello amazing toddler supply.

The EPA does not have jurisdiction over school systems except those few that maintain their own independent water supply.

A British Columbia radio show entitled Deconstructing Dinner recently ran a very informative program focusing on Nestlé's infant formula marketing malpractice, as well as its startling and growing control over the planet's water supply.

There are other reasons to boycott Nestlé, such as concern over its exploitation of water resources (see Council of Canadians boycott call), treatment of dairy and coffee farmers, accusations of child slavery and labour in its cocoa supply chain and other issues (see report to the UN Global Compact office, 2009).

I think the reason I disliked it so much is that you'd get all the bath supplies ready, and that teeny tiny tub all filled up with warm (but not too hot) water and you'd get your baby undressed and wash them up and then into their pajamas AND THEN you did it ALL... OVER... AGAIN.

The Ministry through Community Water and Sanitation Agency will implement Phase 2 of the Sustainable Rural Water Supply Project, which will see to the construction of about 50 small town water pipe schemes and over 300 borehWater and Sanitation Agency will implement Phase 2 of the Sustainable Rural Water Supply Project, which will see to the construction of about 50 small town water pipe schemes and over 300 borehWater Supply Project, which will see to the construction of about 50 small town water pipe schemes and over 300 borehwater pipe schemes and over 300 boreholes.

It is glaringly obvious that Cuomo places his own career over the interests of this New York State, the residents and our water supply.

«The village of Hoosick Falls has incurred unbudgeted expenses over the past two years to address elevated PFOA levels in the village's municipal water supply,» said Dina Silver Pokedoff, a Saint - Gobain spokeswoman.

The proposal came the same week the state Senate released a report revealing the discovery of «potentially dangerous contaminants» in the water supply in Newburgh, Orange County, and as the village of Hoosick Falls weighs a legal settlement with a private company over carcinogenic chemicals in their drinking water.

After tons and tons of food, water, and supplies are sent to the disaster zone, tons and tons of packaging material are left over.

Students at Hoosick Falls are pressuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the village's water supply issues.

Waukesha is not a word heard often in Albany, but the Cuomo administration is in the midst of a long - simmering battle over whether that Wisconsin city just west of Milwaukee should be able to divert water from Lake Michigan, setting a precedent over a compact designed to protect the quality and quantity of the world's largest freshwater supply.

Cuomo is not happy that the City of Newburgh is threatening to sue the state along with federal agencies and two private companies over the toxic chemical that has shut down the city's primary water supply for nearly two years.

A temporary filter on the town's water supply has now been installed, though it will be flushed over the next few days and results will be discussed.

«The pipeline would travel over many of our water supplies and aquifers; it would create a significant health hazard and risk damaging our region's many farms, orchards and tourist attractions.»

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not happy that the City of Newburgh is threatening to sue the state along with federal agencies and two private companies over the toxic chemical that has shut down the city's primary water supply for nearly two years.

Poughkeepsie... The Dutchess County Department of Health (DCDOH) has issued a report summarizing the significant decline in methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) levels in Dutchess County public water supplies over the past decade.

Just over a year ago another water main break in Amherst left 200,000 residents with a limited water supply.

Officials in the Greene County town of Ashland continue talks with FEMA over reimbursement for repairs to their water supply system; Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Dave Lucas has more along with an udate from FEMA regarding flood damage recovery throughout the Catskills.

Neighbors worried over to the environmental impact of a four - story facility over an aquifer and about its impact on a residential neighborhood and water supply.

As Ashland continues working with FEMA over reimbursement for needed repairs to the new water supply system and existing water treatment facility, FEMA Spokesman Matthew Russell says the agency has made significant progress in helping affected communities.

Some industry insiders had told Citi News that there was no need to have established the Teshie Water Desalination plant because around the same time, the Kpong Water Treatment plant was being expanded to supply over 40 million gallons of water to the Accra East ReWater Desalination plant because around the same time, the Kpong Water Treatment plant was being expanded to supply over 40 million gallons of water to the Accra East ReWater Treatment plant was being expanded to supply over 40 million gallons of water to the Accra East Rewater to the Accra East Region.

And the exhibit plays to local concerns over contaminated water supplies, fracking - induced earthquakes, methane leaks, noise, dust and dirt.

Looming over these new demands for the Ogallala's finite water supply is climate change.

Over the two years it has been converting its supply chain over to Bluesign - approved vendors, The North Face has saved 85 Olympic swimming pools worth of water, 38 tanker trucks worth of chemicals, and carbon emissions similar to taking some 1,100 cars off the road for a yOver the two years it has been converting its supply chain over to Bluesign - approved vendors, The North Face has saved 85 Olympic swimming pools worth of water, 38 tanker trucks worth of chemicals, and carbon emissions similar to taking some 1,100 cars off the road for a yover to Bluesign - approved vendors, The North Face has saved 85 Olympic swimming pools worth of water, 38 tanker trucks worth of chemicals, and carbon emissions similar to taking some 1,100 cars off the road for a year.

The existential threats could include species extinctions and major threats to human water and food supplies in addition to the health risks posed by exposing over 7 billion people worldwide to deadly heat.

Public health departments regulate food service establishments, provide disease screening and treatment for communicable disease, offer prenatal care, regulate various aspects of the water supply, provide immunizations, and provide other services that can immediately improve population health, as well as improve population health over the longer term.