Sentences with phrase «several environmental projects»

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For the past several years I've worked on environmental projects with American Indian communities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and I've become acquainted with remnants of an Ojibwa religion called Mediwiwin.

More recently, Aquiares has been the site for several ongoing environmental research projects.

The IRRC continues as a partnership mechanism in GRiSP and serves as a platform for several projects, including the Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP).

Jodi brings to the position several years of grants and project management and an educational background in environmental science, planning and sustainable agriculture.

But that was before the Cook County Department of Environmental Control requested additional asbestos inspections and testing at the decades - old shopping center, pushing the project back several weeks.

Moreover, the project would breach several EU environmental Directives, such as Directive on the management of waste from extractive industry and the Water Framework Directive.

«When you look at all the public health impacts and environmental conditions that were systematically ignored there is only one conclusion, that there were other motivations and incentives at play,» said Pramilla Malick of Protect Orange County, a local organization that has been opposing the project for several years.

Creating the problem were several factors: including a formal environmental review process that needed completion after being abandoned by then - governor Eliot Spitzer seven years ago, and a series of carefully wrought but ultimately obtuse statements from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, in charge of the projects, as well as its own expansion plenvironmental review process that needed completion after being abandoned by then - governor Eliot Spitzer seven years ago, and a series of carefully wrought but ultimately obtuse statements from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, in charge of the projects, as well as its own expansion plEnvironmental Conservation, in charge of the projects, as well as its own expansion plan's, review.

The Department of Environmental Conservation has unveiled several projects to create recreational opportunities and restore Onondaga Lake's natural habitats and water quality.

To calculate the impact of these processes, we consulted the results of the Paper Task Force, a joint project of the nonprofit group Environmental Defense, Duke University, and several large corporations.

According to the principal investigator of this research project, Juan Pedro Arrebola, from the Biohealth Research Institute (IBS), «there is currently an increasing tendency in the impact of a diversity of different types of cancer, which can be attributed in part to the influence of several environmental factors, such as exposure to certain chemical pollutants.»

The project also used the expertise of staff and several advanced instruments — environmental transmission and scanning electron microscopes, an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer and a Mössbauer spectrometer — at EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE Office of Science User Facienvironmental transmission and scanning electron microscopes, an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer and a Mössbauer spectrometer — at EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE Office of Science User FaciEnvironmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at PNNL.

Several phases of the project, including the road and the exploration and development (pre-mining), have completed State Environmental Expertizas, but the mining activity may not have as yet.

This educational tour has been designed for teachers and students to collaborate on several protection and environmental projects in Mexico.

Originally staged at the Queens Museum of Art, Reyes's Hammer Project will include a group of sculptures — including Drone Dove and Colloquium — and several paintings on Tyvek that graphically portray political, social, and environmental issues being faced by our world today.

Environmental and citizen groups have launched numerous legal challenges, and successfully stalled development of several coal projects.

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.

A few more projects are expected to be completed in 2014 - 16; however, several other announced projectes have since been cancelled or suspended because of a number of challenges such as environmental impacts on desert wildlife and water resources, cost - competitiveness, and delays in transmission development.

After an in - depth trial that lasted several, Administrative Law Judge Robert E. Meale ruled in favor of Plaintiff Surfrider Foundation and denied the town of Palm Beach a Joint Coastal Permit for the REACH 8 beach fill project because of the potential to harm environmental and recreational resources.

Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Melanie worked on several environmental impact and risk assessments for offshore energy development projects in the United States and worldwide.

From 2006 to 2008, Meridian staff facilitated several meetings of the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP), which brought together a number of individuals representing environmental organizations, foundations, academia, and businesses to develop recommendations for the new Obama Administration...

In the letter, Bate sought PM's support for his anti-malaria project, saying the project would»... afford me, and several colleagues, the opportunity of writing opinion articles and books... about the disparity between the current and correct roles of environmental public health.»

Our recommendation is that we should abandon the sky - is - falling and phantom job loss tactic, and lobby the administration with several «asks,» that could include: MLP / REIT status for solar companies; fast - track permitting; reducing environmental studies; tax - free manufacturing zones in the interest of U.S. national security and to revitalize certain cities; a revision of accounting rules that penalize solar project owners; federal policy allowing net metering for homeowners and community solar projects; including solar in the upcoming infrastructure spending bill; and finally increased PV deployment on federal buildings.

He directs the nonprofit Science and Environmental Policy Project, and also acts as a consultant for several think tanks, such as the Heartland Institute.

Attributing Environmental Damage to Carbon Producers: Richard Heede, co-founder and director of the Climate Accountability Institute, presented a preview of a research project several years in the making, in which he has been quantifying the annual and cumulative global warming emissions attributable to each of the world's major carbon producers....

Several CDM projects, however, have lacked environmental integrity, failed to contribute to sustainable development, and others have had serious social, environmental and human rights consequences.

Instead of paying attention to environmental education in the under - developed west part of China, several experts suggested such education project should be launched in large cities where most natural resources are consumed.

The approval process examined a range of critical elements including environmental, community, and social impacts of the Aurora project, which were assessed by several South Australian Government agencies.

In response to direction from Congress under several federal orders and mandates, including Section 211 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as well as Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy - Related Projects, the Agencies have evaluated how environmentally responsible utility - scale solar energy projects can be facilitated through developing and implementing agency - specific programs or guidance establishing environmental policies and mitigation strategies for solar energy deveProjects, the Agencies have evaluated how environmentally responsible utility - scale solar energy projects can be facilitated through developing and implementing agency - specific programs or guidance establishing environmental policies and mitigation strategies for solar energy deveprojects can be facilitated through developing and implementing agency - specific programs or guidance establishing environmental policies and mitigation strategies for solar energy development.

Dubbed «Environmental impact assessment and review procedure of certain projects,» the draft regulations propose several changes to the existing «Regulation respecting environmental impact assessment and review» that it Environmental impact assessment and review procedure of certain projects,» the draft regulations propose several changes to the existing «Regulation respecting environmental impact assessment and review» that it environmental impact assessment and review» that it will replace.

Calgary - based Martin Ignasiak jointly chairs the practice and is advising Teck Resources on the Aboriginal law aspects of its C$ 15bn Frontier oil sands project — several First Nations and Metis groups have submitted comments on the environmental assessment process.

Represented diversified public corporation undertaking redevelopment projects on several of its business units» campuses, including counsel on related legislation and tax incentives and representation in the environmental and land use permit proceedings required to construct and renovate buildings pursuant to a master plan for creating educational, housing, entertainment, retail, and employment opportunities in a mixed - use development district.

I possess the necessary knowledge to work on several projects focusing on areas such as civil engineer design, sustainable design and management, architectural design, renewable energy, energy and environmental policy, environmental and engineering management, and environmental experiments.

GE is pursuing the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for several buildings at the center, and the Project Frog component will showcase the corporation's commitment to environmental reEnvironmental Design (LEED) certification for several buildings at the center, and the Project Frog component will showcase the corporation's commitment to environmental reenvironmental responsibility.

Real estate and environmental counsel for a portfolio of approximately 130 assisted living and independent care communities situated in 25 states, including several large - scale construction rehabilitation projects of coastal communities, in addition to assisting in the disposition of the portfolio to a leading health care real estate investment trust.