Sentences with phrase «significant environmental rules»
While far from perfect, the proposal is one of the most significant environmental rules proposed by the United States in recent history and is seen by many as a step in the right direction, as coal - fired power plants account for nearly 40 % of all US carbon emissions.
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Lodi Rules ™ is California's first 3rd - party - certified sustainable winegrowing program and has received significant recognition over the years, having been awarded the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) in 2006 and again in 2014.
Created in 2005, LODI RULES ™ is California's first 3rd - party - certified sustainable winegrowing program and has received significant recognition over the years, having been awarded the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) in 2006 and again in 2014.
«The fact that you could challenge one of the biggest multinational corporations on their home turf, and get the judges to rule that they were not disclosing appropriate information on environmental impacts and exposures, and to de-certify what the city of Richmond had already approved,» he said, «was a significant victory.»
Preliminary findings of an investigational trial by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted in the Florida Keys region ruled that the genetically modified mosquitoes will not have a significant impact on the environment, effectively agreeing with an environmental assessment submitted by Oxitec.
The Environmental Protection Agency will move ahead Friday with a rule requiring cleaner gasoline and lower - pollution vehicles nationwide, amounting to one of President Obama's most significant air pollution initiatives, according to people briefed on the decision.
In a significant win for access to justice in environmental matters, the Court's Grand Chamber found that Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (the right to an effective remedy), read together with the Aarhus Convention, precluded the application of national procedural rules allowing for swift decision - making at the expense of rights granted to environmental NGOs.
Indigenous communities have also been dealing with significant changes to the rules that govern Indigenous corporations being phased in, as well as changes to native title laws, issues relating to water rights, environmental protection and climate change, and so forth.
Some communities have to deal with changes to local government, regionalisation of their representative structures, as well as changes to CDEP, Welfare to Work and other welfare programs, reforms to indigenous education assistance, having significant changes to the rules that govern Indigenous corporations being phased in, as well as changes to native title laws, dealing with issues relating to water rights, environmental protection and climate change, and so forth.
In a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) raised concerns that the proposed rule «Definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act» would have «direct, significant effects» on small businesses.