Sentences with phrase «public regard environmental»

Arthur D. Little, a firm of consultants found that 83 per cent of the British public regard environmental damage as a serious crime, but only 67 per cent of executives agree.

As a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization, the group aims to educate the public regarding environmental legislation and support what the group considers to be pro-environmental public policies and political candidates.

Not exact matches

Principle 16, so necessary for immediate application, reads: «National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution, with due regard to the public interest and without distorting international trade and investment».

Well - regarded experts will discuss public perception combined with environmental and socioeconomic impact of dairy at the IDF Symposium on the Role of Dairy in Sustainable Diets...

«Mass Audubon congratulates the legislature on passing important environmental legislation regarding Community Preservation and stopping a repeal of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act last session,» added Jack Clarke, Mass Audubon's director of public policy and government relations.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

ALBANY - Officials with the state Department of Environmental Conservation will host three legislative public hearings this week regarding a proposed natural gas pipeline that will run through nearby Erie and Cattaraugus Counties.

A Message from Empire State Development (ESD) regarding the April 30th public hearing on the Atlantic Yards Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement:

The group's affiliated 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, seeks to encourage participation in the political process and educate the public and policymakers regarding what the group considers to be significant environmental issues.

«Under Administrator Pruitt, commonsense public health and environmental protections are being slated for elimination with no regard for scientific evidence and little justification beyond the wishes of regulated entities,» Tonko said in his opening remarks.

Comments by Howie Hawkins at the Public Hearing held by the New York State Energy Planning Board regarding its draft 2014 NYS Energy Plan at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse on Thursday, March 7, 2014.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he learned about the federal request for documents regarding potentially dangerous environmental conditions at the city's public housing through...

«Public opinion regarding climate change is likely to remain divided as long as the political elites send out conflicting messages on this issue,» lead researcher Robert Brulle, a professor of sociology and environmental science at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said in a statement.

Another beef environmentalists have with the bill is that it would exempt decisions made or actions taken with regard to hunting and fishing on federal lands from federal environmental review and public disclosure regulations established under 1969's National Environmental Policenvironmental review and public disclosure regulations established under 1969's National Environmental PolicEnvironmental Policy Act (NEPA).

«We also hope that the Administration will regard Earth Hour as a way to inform and engage the public on climate change, just as the federal government has traditionally used Earth Day to educate the public about general environmental issues.»

«The 2018 EPI confirms that success with regard to sustainable development requires both economic progress that generates the resources to invest in environmental infrastructure and careful management of industrialization and urbanization that can lead to pollution that threatens both public health and ecosystems.»

Reservoirs release climate - changing methane, inundate ecosystems and obstruct rivers that salmon and other wildlife use for migration and hunting, leading to public opposition and environmental clearance hurdles that many regard as insurmountable.

If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.

However, as Reimers warned in an interview for Usable Knowledge, «If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.»

Other activities include: • pushing for stricter environmental standards for offshore oil and gas projects • engaging a local energy company regarding their operations • running a public campaign to raise awareness regarding the threats posed by the Sakhalin offshore oil and gas projects

Environmental Issues 2012 - He is given a monetary prize in a national forum granted by Eletrobras / Eletronorte (national public energy distribution company) for actions regarding the Act of Agreement with IBAMA \ Prevfogo (national public department for environmental preservation issues), especially for the work at Pacaraima indigenous brigadEnvironmental Issues 2012 - He is given a monetary prize in a national forum granted by Eletrobras / Eletronorte (national public energy distribution company) for actions regarding the Act of Agreement with IBAMA \ Prevfogo (national public department for environmental preservation issues), especially for the work at Pacaraima indigenous brigadenvironmental preservation issues), especially for the work at Pacaraima indigenous brigade in Roraima.

This means we're putting a man who has written an entire book calling climate change a hoax, who has used scripture to refute climate science, who truly seems to believe that environmental groups are a «political machine» dedicated to «misleading the American public regarding their purely politically partisan agenda under the guise of environmental protection» and who has insisted, with a straight face, that CO2 is not a «real pollutant,» in charge of solving climate change.

The «Public Outreach» award is given for an effective program of involvement with the community regarding energy efficiency and related environmental impact activities.

The overall objective of the consultation was to enable key regional stakeholders to assess and, through consensus, prioritize research needs regarding public health adaptation to social, environmental and climate change impacts on vector - borne diseases in Africa.

This unlikely circumstance has happened with virtually no public debate and is driven by geopolitical forces now converging on the place many regard as the birthplace of the environmental movement.

Despite a long history of blatant environmental and human rights abuses in Nigeria, Shell denied in a Dutch public hearing this week allegations of using «nontransparent, inconsistent and misleading figures» regarding the causes of oil

Regarding «tighter public disclosure requirements as well as studies of the health and environmental consequences of the chemicals used in natural gas drilling,» 49 % of people surveyed would strongly support this and 29 % somewhat support this.

For example, the NEB has much more restrictive rules regarding public participation than does the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, and also tends to impose a narrower focus on reviews.

In that regard, it has already been established, in paragraphs 32 and 36 of the present judgment, that Directive 85/337 confers on the individuals concerned a right to have the effects on the environment of the project under examination assessed by the competent services, and that pecuniary damage, in so far as it is a direct economic consequence of the environmental effects of a public or private project, is covered by the objective of protection pursued by Directive 85/337.

The complaint originated from Friends of the Earth (FoE), an environmental campaigning community, which noted that the withdrawal bill breached the Aarhus Convention, an agreement that establishes the rights of the public regarding the environment.

The firm is involved in an appeal proceeding before the Supreme Court of Canada on the fundamental issue regarding the possibility for a Quebec court to order the expropriation of a land being taken by public authority in virtue of its urban planning and environmental statutory powers.

Consults with and provides technical assistance to the public and other state or federal agencies regarding environmental toxicology and contamination.