Sentences with phrase «protection at the environment»

«Although there is no substantial difference between the environmental impacts of the three systems studied, it does show where each system can be improved,» said Tricia Henton, director of environmental protection at the Environment Agency.

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While speaking of the Arctic, he said, «We do not doubt for a moment that the rest of the world would find us at fault, and hold us liable, should we fail to ensure adequate protection of that environment from pollution or artificial deterioration.»

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

In this April 26, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt removes his glasses as he testifies at a hearing of the House Appropriations subcommittee for the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on Capitol Hil in Washington.

At that point they were prepared to legislate for the protection of the environment.

According to Mintel's Global New Products Database (GNPD), 52 % of US adults placed taste at the forefront when following a plant - based diet, outranking health (39 % of respondents), the environment (13 %), animal protection (10 %) and concerns over diet (10 %).

The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA Victoria) issued a Corporate Licence to Fonterra in December 2008 to improve environmental sustainability at the Cobden factory.

Flexible packaging is at the forefront of important packaging trends in production protection, packaging design and performance, consumer convenience, and sustainability which positively impacts the environment, consumers and businesses.

Patrick Willink, Chief Technology Officer of James Cropper, said: «Sustainability has to be at the heart of manufacturing for the future, both for cost - effective production and the responsible protection of the environment for future generations.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

At this election we will stand for an economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few; a Britain that's open to the world and the protection of our precious environment.

At 8 a.m., Environmental Advocates of New York hosts former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck as part of its Breakfast Series on Protecting our Environment in the Trump Era, 1199SEIU, 155 Washington Ave., Albany.

Earth Day at GSC An extraordinary Earth Day Extravaganza will be held at the Great Swamp Conservancy, 8375 N. Main St., Canastota to raise awareness of the earth's environment and call for the protection of our planet.

«This has been a remarkable 19 - year journey during which the League has been at the forefront of spurring unprecedented administrative and legislative actions to protect our environment and affirm New York's rightful place at the vanguard of the conservation and environmental protection movement in America,» Bystryn said.

The plant, at present, is improving its methods for treating phosphorous in the water, said Tom Rhoads, commissioner of Onondaga County's Department of Environment and Water Protection.

The disagreement stems from big differences in the perception of risks and benefits among many developed and developing countries, says David Heymann, chairman of the board of UK Health Protection Agency, and former Assistant Director - General for Health Security and Environment at the WHO, where he also oversaw efforts to eradicate polio.

«MT does not occur normally in the environment,» says reproductive toxicologist L. Earl Gray of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who is currently an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University (NC State) in Raleigh.

«Participating in the activity signifies one's support for environmental protection, as well as the campaign to solve or at least mitigate the ill effects of climate change to the environment,» said Lani Cayetano.

Along with Mars 2020, STMD is hard at work, advancing promising technology for potential infusion into these Mars missions including: Heat - shield for Extreme Entry Environment, a tailorable, woven thermal protection system that would reduce entry loads and greatly reduce heat - shield mass; Deep Space Optical Communications, which will improve the data - return capacity from space to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks like GPS.

Fellow co-author Dr Toby Gardner, researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute, said: «There remains a widespread assumption that concentrating conservation efforts on the protection of isolated reserves is the best way we can safeguard biodiversity.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would get a 34 % cut under the fiscal year 2014 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee, while spending at the Smithsonian would drop 19 %.

«We have a mutual interest in maximising the protection of that environment,» Neal Sullivan, the NSF's director of polar programmes, told tour operators at a meeting in Washington last week.

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Such safety limits are based on long - term consumption of these foods, says William McCarthy, deputy director of the radiation protection program within the Environment, Health and Safety Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge.

The adoption of an initial strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships is one of the key items on the agenda of the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72), which is now under way at IMO Headquarters in London (9 - 13 April).

The protection and survival of the natural environment is at the heart of #GoOrganic.

At its core, child protection training is about promoting the health and welfare of children and young people, enabling them to grow up in an environment that nurtures and supports them.

• Body structure weight - optimised and crash - optimised; standard safety features including front and side airbags, side curtain airbags, 3 - point automatic seat belts on all seats, with belt tensioners and belt force limiters at front, ISOFIX children's seat mounting at rear, Run Flat Indicator and partially active engine compartment lid to optimise pedestrian protection; vehicle weight lower than in predecessor models and competitors in the segment in virtually all variants of the new MINI despite extended range of fittings; increased acoustic and vibrational comfort: optimised aerodynamic properties as appropriate to each specific model including active cooling air flaps, underbody trim panel and air ducting elements in the upper section of the C columns; best aerodynamic figures within the competitive environment: Cd value reduced to 0.28 (MINI Cooper, MINI Cooper D).

• Body structure weight - optimised and crash - optimised; standard safety features including front and side airbags, side curtain airbags, 3 - point automatic seat belts on all seats, with belt tensioners and belt force limiters at front, ISOFIX children's seat mounting at rear, Run Flat Indicator and partially active engine compartment lid to optimise pedestrian protection; vehicle weight lower than in predecessor models and competitors in the segment in virtually all variants of the new MINI despite extended range of fittings; increased acoustic and vibrational comfort: optimised aerodynamic properties as appropriate to each specific model including active cooling air flaps, underbody trim panel and air ducting elements in the upper section of the C columns; best aerodynamic figures within the competitive environment: Cd value reduced to 0.28 or 0.31 (MINI Cooper S).

We believe this arrangement will provide downside protection to shareholders who are risk - averse in the current economic environment, and at the same time, this deal will offer NewCo management an opportunity to prove their worth and earn shareholder trust.

Background Medium and large parrots such as cockatoos, Amazons, African grays and macaws are highly intelligent, social animals with complex care requirements that include the opportunity to fly, climb and exercise; social and mental stimulation; at least one bird companion, especially for birds who mate for life; a proper, varied diet; a fume - and toxin - free environment; and protection from harm.

Understanding Feline Origins - online course Understanding Feline Origins is a Cats Protection online course aimed at helping you to make your home or shelter environment cat - friendly.

Understanding Feline Origins is a Cats Protection online course aimed at helping you to make your home or shelter environment cat - friendly.

With an indoor climate controlled environment, scheduled exercise at least 3 times daily, and a 24 - hour monitored security and fire protection system, you will be assured that your family pet will receive quality care and attention.

The Institute at the Golden Gate debuts this fall with the mission of convening dialogue to advance solutions that promote the health, sustainability, and protection of our environment.

As a starting point in reviewing procedures, I encourage leadership at the University of Texas Energy Institute and similar centers focused on energy, the environment and health to consider the structure of the 32 - year - old Health Effects Institute, which was created to conduct independent studies of health impacts of air pollution and is co-funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the worldwide motor vehicle industry.

The George H. W. Bush Administration, which proposed the SO2 allowance trading program and then championed it through an initially resistant Democratic Congress, was (at least in its first two years) «moderate Republican;» and phrases such as «fiscally responsible environmental protection» and «harnessing market forces to protect the environment» do have the sound of quintessential moderate Republican issues.

But the environment was captivating and the work invigorating, affording me a firsthand look at a pristine place in need of protection.

Kadyszewski presented ACR's Climate Leadership award to Joseph Goffman, Associate Assistant Administrator and Senior Counsel in the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of his assiduous pursuit of market solutions to benefit the environment.

Donors were acknowledged on Page 2 of the Summary Document: «This workshop was made possible by the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and the Martin Johnson House at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.»

In 1989, Richard N. Goldman (1920 - 2010) and his wife Rhoda H. Goldman (1924 - 1996) established the Goldman Environmental Prize, stemming from their lifelong commitment to environmental protection, in order to recognize ordinary individuals working at the grassroots level who protect and enhance our environment.

At the same time, the Environment and Public Works committee will question Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

At every step of the way in the 16 - year battle, Rivera Herrera was there to challenge government corruption and advocate for the public's right to demand protection for the environment.

Though «climate denial starts at the top,» the New York Times» Coral Davenport wrote in March, it was trickling down into a variety of high - influence position: Vice President Mike Pence, who once called global warming a «myth» disproved by the fact that his home state once had a cold winter; then - senior advisor Steve Bannon, whose news site Breitbart remains one of the top destinations for climate misinformation; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who believes carbon dioxide is not a «primary contributor» to global warming; and Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who believes the same myth, saying in June, «No, most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.»

At every step of the way in the 16 - year battle to protect the corridor, Rivera Herrera was there to challenge government corruption and advocate for the public's right to demand protection for the environment.

I just blogged that Donald Trump picked Myron Ebell, Director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute and a noted climate change skeptic, to head his transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency.

On 1 June 2007, when the «REACH Regulation» aimed at ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment and enhancing competitiveness and innovation in chemical industry came into force, the honeymoon period for all companies in any way involved in manufacture, supply or distribution of chemicals in Europe ended.

Under Trump, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to repeal the Clean Power Plan, a key component of Obama's climate legacy that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, and has gutted numerous other rules and regulations aimed at drawing down emissions, reducing our use of fossil fuels, and otherwise protecting the environment.

Although there is not yet a comprehensive Climate Change Bill in China, Congressman Wang Guangtao (Chair of the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress) made the announcement, on 7 November 2010 at the GLOBE International legislators» forum in Tianjin, that China would begin work on a comprehensive climate change law.