Sentences with phrase «rules against pollution»

The government dictates all kinds of things including speed limits, rules against pollution of your water, air and food.

Not exact matches

Client Earth previously won a case against Government in the Supreme Court last year, which ruled that it must come up with plans to combat air pollution «as soon as possible».

Connecticut's legal conflicts with the federal government over air quality issues escalated again last weekwhen the state joined New York in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce ozone pollution rules.

These are classified in three groups, one Issues involving the global community are global warming, biodiversity and ecosystem losses, fisheries depletion, deforestation, water deficits, maritime safety and pollution, second Issues requiring a global commitments are massive step - up in the fight against poverty, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism, Education for all, Global infectious diseases, digital divide, natural disaster prevention and mitigation and third Issues needing a global regulatory approach are reinventing taxation for the twenty - first century, biotechnology rules, global financial architecture, Illegal drugs, Trade, investment, and competition rules, Intellectual property rights, E-commerce rules, International labor and migration

While the recent moratorium on new coal leases on federal land will not directly impact the Colorado Roadless Rule decision, advocates are hopeful it signals that the Obama Administration will use this opportunity to take another stand against coal and climate pollution.

The funds went to building a network of thinktanks and activist groups that worked to defeat climate bills in Congress and mobilized against Environmental Protection Agency rules to reduce carbon pollution from power plants due to be finalised in the summer of 2015.

On the same day the Center filed comments against the proposed standards, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an administration request to revisit the court's November 2007 ruling in our case against the Department of Transportation, once again affirming that fuel economy standards must be set at the maximum feasible level to save oil, reduce greenhouse gas pollution and protect consumers.

Competitive Enterprise Institute (co-authors ALEC reports against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution rules)

In 2013, Obama declared the fight against climate change one of the top priorities of his second term and began using his executive powers far more aggressively to reduce US emissions, including rules cutting pollution from power plants.

To illustrate this point, Mayerson relates how his understanding of the «renewal rule» helped protect a corporate client against a sudden - and - accidental pollution exclusion added to a policy a year after it was purchased — but 20 years before the claim at issue.

He points to examples elsewhere where courts have successfully changed policy on environmental issues, such as cases against deforestation in the Philippines and a supreme court ruling in India that paved the way for Delhi's buses to switch from diesel to compressed natural gas (CNG) to cut air pollution.