Sentences with phrase «public lands and waters»

But the idea that opening up more public lands and waters for fossil fuel production will result in a windfall for America is wrong.

Ending the production of coal, oil and natural gas from public lands and waters could significantly reduce CO2 emissions by the US, according to a new study.

«Any plans to reorganize need to be seen in the wider context of Zinke's crusade to downsize and change Interior's mission by handing over our public lands and waters to oil companies and other special interests,» Alex Taurel, deputy legislative director of the League of Conservation Voters, told Earther in a statement.

Surely it would have been jarring simply to describe that plan's instrumental view of nature, with its firm avowal of «American energy dominance» and suggestion that millions of acres of public lands and waters may soon be auctioned off for oil and gas development.

The U.S. government is providing extensive support for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters offshore, through a combination of direct subsidies, enforcement loopholes, lax royalty collection, stagnant lease rates, and other advantages to the industry, a new report released today finds.

The myth that opening up more public lands and waters for fossil fuel production will result in a windfall for America is dead wrong.

A petition calling for an end to fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters has garnered more than 100,000 signatures on the White House's «We the People» online platform, surpassing the threshold necessary to trigger an official response from the White House.

DOI's efforts are part of President Barack Obama's challenge to the agency to approve an additional 10,000 MW of renewable energy production on public lands and waters by 2020.

Reports indicate that 20 % of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to fossil fuel development from federal public lands and waters.

He argued that public lands and waters offer the easiest target for accelerating the movement away from a carbon - based economy.

«This is yet another example of Trump overreaching in his reckless attempts to give our public lands and waters away to the fossil fuel industry.

Expanding extreme offshore energy development marks a new chapter in Trump's reckless overreach to give away public lands and waters so oil executives can profit.

Put another way, Congress could raise all of the funds needed to support long - term investments in this Energy Security Trust by increasing royalties paid for producing oil and gas from public lands and waters by an amount less than the typical daily fluctuations of oil and gas commodity prices.

Further, despite the federal government = s willingness to make public lands and waters available to energy developers, of the 47.5 million acres of on - shore federal lands that are currently being leased by oil and gas companies, only about 13 million acres are actually Ain production @, or producing oil and gas (Figure 2).

CURWOOD: So, if I hear you correctly, Pat, you're saying perhaps the strong if not the strongest strategy here would be to be suing the federal government for selling off fossil fuels from public lands and waters at a time when the government knows that the combustion of those fuels is in the process of destroying the planet?

Beyond opposing the wind farm in Scotland, Trump has said little about how his administration might change the government's strategy on wind and solar development on public lands and waters.

The proposed cuts include $ 269.78 billion from energy programs, including $ 158.7 billion of fossil fuel subsidies; $ 167.09 billion of agricultural subsidies, including $ 89.82 billion of federal crop insurance disaster aid; $ 212.02 billion of transportation subsidies, including $ 125.80 billion of general revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund; $ 101.8 billion of federal flood, crop and nuclear insurance subsidies; and $ 24.99 billion from wasteful or environmental damaging public lands and water projects.

America has about 279 million acres of public land and waters with potential oil and gas.

Not exact matches

Land is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lLand is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lland - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lend.

Waqfs were established to furnish trousseaux for orphan girls, for paying the debts of imprisoned or bankrupt businessmen, for clothing for the aged, to help pay village and neighborhood taxes, to help the army and the navy, to found trade guilds, to give land for public markets, to build lighthouses, to help orphans and widows and the destitute, to care for the needs of poor school children and to give them picnics, to pay for the funerals of the poor, to provide holiday gifts for poor families, to build seaside cottages for holidays for the people, to distribute ice - cold water during the summer, to create public playing fields, to distribute rice to birds, and to give food and water to animals.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

While there are public concerns about the foreign ownership of land and water, the Greens believe that the debate about the future of the Kidman property goes beyond this.»

Earth Share member organizations strive to reduce the pollution of land, air and water to preserve natural resources, save threatened species, expand recreational opportunities and inform the public about environmental issues — locally, nationally and globally.

The proposal would allocate portions of the cost of engineering services to design and prepare construction plans for public improvements, such as roads, sewer and water lines, sidewalks and streetlights, according to the amount of land owned.

We fight climate change, conserve land and water, and protect public health in New York State through political action.

The DEC has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced.

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Wednesday the county is accepting applications for two public / private grant programs to support projects that improve and protect land and water resources.

Democratic Trustee challengers took aim at their Republican opponents Tuesday on the issues of water pollution and public beach access at a candidates» forum sponsored by The Suffolk Times and hosted by Peconic Landing in Greenport.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced Wednesday.

A thorough scoping process, according to the letter, «will require time - consuming research by municipalities and the public to analyze the proposal and identify potential impacts on local land, water and air resources, cultural, historic and community resources and economic development... broad public input in the SEQR process is vital, given the millions of people potentially impacted by this project.»

The reason the Pine Barrens Society is in this fight is because all land preservation and water protection is paid for by money the public puts up at referenda.»

«The hard work they perform in fighting climate change, conserving land and water, and protecting public health is a testament to their dedication to all residents of this great State.»

In fact, these reports confirm what has been clear for some time now: sensible regulations can ensure safe natural gas development will protect land, water and public health while providing tens of thousands of good jobs throughout the Marcellus Shale.

Through the 12 - question survey, the new group hopes to bring local environmental concerns into the forefront this election year and to force candidates to take a public stance on everything from noise pollution and water quality to land preservation and waste management.

Assembly Environmental Committee Chair Robert Sweeney is sponsoring a bill to create a $ 5 billion environmental bond act to promote clean water, clean air and to preserve public land.

It required many meetings for almost a year with sometimes countless people in the room from: all levels of government; public benefit corporations from ECIDA, to the Power Authority, to the Water Authority, and Empire State Development; our private sector partners like land owners — Tecumseh, Gateway and South Buffalo Railway; from Welded Tube; a lot of help from organizations like the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise and Partnership; and, then about 5 layers of lawyers in between.

But before it happens, the Buffalo Democrat is calling for an easement on the land to prohibit commercial development within 15 feet of the water and ensure public access.

It would increase funding for Interior programs that support «environmentally responsible development of energy on public lands and offshore waters,» the document says.

It does so through regulations spelled out in the Clean Water Act, which include providing tax incentives for selling or giving wetlands to land trusts or other conservation groups, via cooperative efforts with state and local entities, and by acquiring wetlands outright to add acreage to public lands systems.

Every land - owner, the judge ruled, had property rights over clouds and the water they contained passing over their land; and, while men should not play God, if the government decided that cloud seeding was in the public's interest, it should proceed.

«The bottom line is: these rules fail to protect the nation's public lands — home to our last wild places, and sources of drinking water for millions of people — from the risks of fracking,» said Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.

When Kempthorne first proposed opening up the land to uranium mining, several concerned parties — including dozens of elected officials, public utilities and Native American tribes — complained about potential threats to surface and ground water from such activities.

But preserving public space from development has been something Obama can do using his own power, and he had moved to permanently protect more than 265 million acres of land and water even before the expansion in Hawaii.

The incoming administration will have full control over leasing of renewable energy on federal lands and waters, including vast tracts of public lands across the West and the open waters off the East and West coasts.

Beyond that, the blueprint suggests the DOI priorities will include «environmentally responsible development of energy on public lands and offshore waters,» as well as streamlining permits and promoting energy.

Zinke has called for the full and permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program created to protect and purchase public lands and embraced by green groups.

«While he has steered clear of efforts to sell off public lands and supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, far more often Rep. Zinke has advanced policies that favor special interests,» said Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, in a statement.

Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) was founded in 1971 for the purpose of providing information to the public on the effects of energy development and resource exploitation on the people and their cultures, lands, water, and air of New Mexico and the Southwest.

Trained as a community organizer in Guadalajara, Mexico, Cardinali served on a team organizing a «squatter» community of 120,000 to secure land rights, running water and public education.

The Coast Guard, Harbor Police and special patrol vessels will assist in providing safety on the water along with the Harbor Police and the City of San Diego police will assist in traffic coordination and public safety on land.