Sentences with phrase «several environmental groups»

But with several environmental groups already saying they would file lawsuits to challenge those regulations, look for drilling to be delayed well past next summer.

Several environmental groups including Greenpeace, Earthsight and Rainforest Foundation UK contend that much of the land designated for the plantation is primary forest, which is home to chimpanzees and gorillas and, in some places, abuts the Ntokou - Pikounda National Park.

Several environmental groups across Wales are set to lose funding following an announcement that the Welsh Labour Government are withdrawing grants previously available through Environment Wales, a voluntary sector partnership.

Observers from several environmental groups flashed e-mail alerts earlier this afternoon saying that the deal came around 2 a.m. local time.

On October 20 1999 several environmental groups ran a full page ad in The New York Times that said if the government did not breach the Snake River dams, the endangered Chinook salmon in the river would go extinct by 2017.

For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National Climate Assessment process.

Reaching a major compromise, the agreement essentially ends a long battle between several environmental groups and the companies signing on, all members of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC).

On June 17, 2014, several environmental groups in New Brunswick circulated for comment a draft environmental bill of rights for children.

Several environmental groups took the federal ministers of oceans and fisheries and the environment to Federal Court seeking a declaration that they must act to protect endangered species.

It had the support of several environmental groups, including Greenpeace.

A City Hall press release from September 29 includes plenty of quotes in support of the idea from likes of council members, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Comptroller Scott Stringer, along with several environmental groups and an administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Ned Sullivan is president of Scenic Hudson, one of several environmental groups and lawmakers calling for more dredging.

Last week, House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R - Texas) subpoenaed the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, who are each investigating if Exxon Mobil Corp. misled investors and the public about climate change threats, and several environmental groups (ClimateWire, July 14).

The water tests are expected to be harmless, but several environmental groups have criticized the plan — and geoengineering in general.

Several environmental groups, meanwhile, say this is the wrong time to shake things up.

The plaintiffs in the case, which include several environmental groups and four western U.S. municipalities, argue that the federally supported projects — including oil drilling, pipelines, and commercial power plants — contribute to global warming, which in turn affects U.S. economic interests and its citizens.

But several environmental groups and marine scientists are raising red flags, while U.S. regulators are asking questions about accountability.

Power Past Coal, a coalition of several environmental groups, is still evaluating whether or not it will appeal, said Jasmine Zimmer - Stucky, organizer with Columbia Riverkeeper.

David Doniger, senior climate lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of several environmental groups that sided with Vermont, said the waiver request was given a big boost by an April 2 U.S. Supreme Court decision saying carbon dioxide was a pollutant worthy of regulation.

The applicants include several First Nations, the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, several environmental groups, and other public interest advocacy organizations who collectively have raised myriad issues including the failure of the Crown to meet its duty to consult and accommodate First Nations, infringement of Aboriginal title, breaches of natural justice by the NEB, inadequate environmental assessment, and a failure to comply with the Species at Risk Act, SC 2002 c 29.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-- Several environmental groups have filed a motion to reconsider the U.S. District for the District of Columbia's order to transfer to Georgia their lawsuit alleging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated environmental policies that affect water supplies in the Apalachicola Chattahoochee - Flint River Basin.