Sentences with phrase «say environmental laws»

The older the surveyed groups got, the less likely they were to say environmental laws are worth it, with 47 percent of those 65 and older saying the laws are worthy.

«Exelon's bill would cost Illinois consumers $ 1.8 billion over 6 years to subsidize three of its eleven nuclear units,» said Environmental Law and Policy Center Executive Director Howard Learner.

Not exact matches

«Instead of working to protect American families, President Trump's plans put the interest of big - money special interests over people,» said Nat Mund, legislative director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, a Virginia - based advocacy group.

Even if the FDA puts its foot down, «companies are always going to be able to find a new synonym or creative marketing term» that doesn't run afoul of regulations, says Margaret Pollan, an assistant professor of environmental food law at Pace Law Scholaw at Pace Law SchoLaw School.

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

ECU's focus on identifying opportunities in priority or high growth areas such as nursing, education, communications, environmental studies, law and security and entertainment and culture is also unique, Professor Poole says.

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental juEnvironmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental juenvironmental justice.»

Nigel Bankes, chair of natural resources law at the University of Calgary, said he believes the province will lose on the validity question because it is targeting a federally approved project, even though the legislation covers broad environmental concerns.

Carroll Muffett, president of the center for International Environmental Law, said the combined interest in pressuring Exxon highlights the gravity of the situation.

While an assessment of the NGP record with respect to ecosystem services will have to await a future post, the least that can be said is that their debut here is a positive development that is bound to alter the way EA is done in Canada going forward (for another potential application of the ecosystem services concept in Canadian environmental law, see here).

At the same time, one - third of evangelicals (35 %) said stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy, compared to 30 percent of all Americans.

Paula - Marie Brown, IET Head of Sector for Transport, said: «A whole range of sectors can benefit from the advancements of UA, from infrastructure development to police and law enforcement, agricultural and environmental monitoring to disaster support.

«As I said during the campaign, I intend to focus on important fiscal and environmental issues, and to make sure we're doing all we can to have safer schools and sensible gun reform laws,» Clements added.

Phillip Musegaas of Riverkeeper, the influential environmental group whose first prosecuting attorney was Cuomo's former brother - in - law Robert Kennedy Jr., said, «Entergy has needlessly fought the cooling tower for 11 years, and could have chosen the easier option if it followed the state's suggestion 11 years ago.

Pilgrim spokesman Paul Nathanson says the state review was proceeding according to environmental laws.

«Our proposal is in accordance with all existing laws governing such projects in terms of planning, consultation with community leaders and elected officials, environmental reviews and local government reviews,» she said.

Seeking donations, Kellner in an email to supporters said he wants to fund a «campaign to educate New Yorkers and our elected officials on the pressing environmental need for the BYOBag law which will drastically reduce the 9 billion plastic bags thrown out every year and end up littering our streets, clogging our sewers and poisoning our city.»

Speaking yesterday, Head of Public Affairs Unit for LASECORPS, Rahmat Alabi, said the arrest was in line with the Environmental Sanitation Law, 2015.

«Most objectionable is that the law was drafted so that merchants keep the five cent fee as profit, instead of the money being used to solve the problem of plastic bags» environmental impact — essentially amounting to a $ 100 million per year windfall to merchants,» he said.

The environmental lobbying group says Hanna has «actively undermined» efforts to get a handle on greenhouse emissions and has backed legislation that would repeal pesticide laws in the state.

«New York State is known as an environmental leader in law, protection, and safety,» Hinchey said.

«We have to rely on science, and we have to rely on the courts... we have the law on our side,» said Enck, speaking before a supportive crowd at an event for the Albany - based lobbying group Environmental Advocates of New York.

The mayor said the law firm was hired in November at the recommendation of the village's attorney, John R. Patterson, Jr., and that the Village Board has «discussed components of the agreement» with a village citizens group, Healthy Hoosick Water, and received suggestions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health.

«If the governor is going to go ahead and green light this anyway, then the Department of Environmental Conservation needs the resources and the staff to oversee the state's laws and regulations,» says Katherine Nadaeu, with Environmental Advocates, who says without the additional staff the new rules would be just «words on paper».

Law said that was because an Orange County casino would have taken too much revenue from existing gambling operations closer to the city — and because many of the contenders faced financial uncertainties and environmental challenges.

It's where our members expect us to be whenever government action runs this far afoul of environmental laws designed to protect the Hudson River,» says Gallay.

Jeff Kuperman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project, said the highest levels found were alarmingly high.

McKay says the DEC «dramatically undercounted» the number of historic resources in the Marcellus Shale region, and says the environmental impact statement «lacked any reference to state and federal historic preservation law» aimed at protecting those resources.

«Worker safety and environmental protection are top priorities and if there was any misconduct or negligence that led to this incident, we will use the fill force of the law to hold the company accountable,» Cuomo said via news release.

«The signing of this bill into law is not only a huge moral and legal victory for Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh residents, but an important step in holding polluters accountable,» said Liz Moran of the Environmental Advocates of New York.

Now, Dr. Kunbuor says that a crucial part of the reason for the unduly long delay in the legitimate disposal of the mortal remains of Capt. Zapata has to do with the fact that the country does not have Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laws that stipulate the process or means by which the remains of foreign nationals whose relatives can not be located are to be disposed of.

She says there's nothing in the state laws that say an environmental review must be completed within a certain time frame.

«There are no timelines written into our environmental review laws, and that's for a reason,» Nadeau said.

«Governor Cuomo has taken bold and decisive action by signing into law legislation that protects the Hudson River from barges and tanker ships that carry dangerous petroleum - based products and other hazardous materials,» Ned Hudson, president of the environmental group Scenic Hudson, said Tuesday in a statement emailed to the media.

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It says the state Department of Environmental Conservation has held up approval of a water quality permit for the pipeline for so long that it is in violation of two federal laws.

Saima Anjam, environmental health director at Environmental Advocates of New York, says activists are hoping for fast - track passage of Local Law L. «Unfortunately we haven't seen any action on the staenvironmental health director at Environmental Advocates of New York, says activists are hoping for fast - track passage of Local Law L. «Unfortunately we haven't seen any action on the staEnvironmental Advocates of New York, says activists are hoping for fast - track passage of Local Law L. «Unfortunately we haven't seen any action on the statewide level.

The judges said the Tyre town board did not follow state environmental review law when it came to providing a clear, written record of why it declared the project would not harm the environment.

«We have the mandate to shut down any industry in the state that violates the environmental law; and now, we have taken it upon ourselves to educate them to ensure compliance,» he said.

The lawyer for the casino opponents who sued, Daniel Spitzer, said the ruling has ripple effects because other related decisions relied on the town's proper implementation of the state environmental review law.

The Environmental Commission «does not make fish and game laws for New York State,» said Chairman Jim Hanson.

Enck said that in her final speech to her staff at EPA, before she resigned to become the visiting scholar at Pace University Law school, she urged them to be respectful — but to «fight back internally» if they are asked to not enforce environmental laws or «turn a blind eye» to evidence of drinking water pollution, and then decide what they should do if their efforts don't succeed.

Enck says in her final speech to her staff at EPA, before she resigned to become the visiting scholar at Pace University Law School, she urged them to be respectful, but to «fight back internally,» if they are asked to not enforce environmental laws or «turn a blind eye» to evidence of drinking water pollution, and then decide what they should do if their efforts don't succeed.

Deputy Environmental Health Officer Edmund Komba says the punishment given to these people isn't stiff enough and says KMA is in the process of restructuring the laws.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office will aggressively enforce environmental protection laws.

David Skeval of Cornell Coorperative Extension of Onondaga County said after an internal review at the DEC, officials realized their process of issuing deer culling permits is cumbersome, and also not following environmental law.

«We're quickly reaching the end of the low - hanging - fruit era, and in the absence of real directed policy, those goals are going to be much more challenging,» said Greg Cunningham, who leads the clean energy and climate change program at the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston - based environmental group.

«Perhaps the Obama policies could drive us away from coal, but I think that's too optimistic,» said Michael Wara, an environmental law professor at Stanford University.

No witness to the committee made an environmental case for leaving, and some said the UK has not gone far enough in implementing EU policies and enforcing its laws.

It will also likely be persuasive to the courts, said Michael Drysdale, an attorney specializing in environmental law with Dorsey & Whitney LLC.