Sentences with phrase «standards against pollution»
In order for the EPA to make a difference, they must adopt the strictest standards against pollution.
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The signatories of this letter warn against the potential for trade agreements like NAFTA to restrict Canada's ability to enforce its own environmental regulations, maintain labour standards, and keep jobs and pollution from leaking to other states with weaker policies.
On July 12 a coalition filed suit against the EPA for its recently announced delay in the implementation of new public health — based standards for ozone pollution, on grounds similar to the methane challenge.
If just a fraction of the oil, gas and coal from these major climate disrupters was developed, the resulting carbon pollution would cancel out our country's greatest accomplishments in the fight against climate disruption — efforts like the Obama administrations new fuel economy standards.
This bad bill would roll back critical protections against pollution that costs the Great Lakes more than $ 200 million annually, and effectively gives a pass to some ships from ever meeting pollution standards.
By purchasing Gold Standard credits from this project, companies will not only reduce carbon emissions, they will finance a world - leading community - impact project that delivers against a number of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: reducing deforestation, tackling fuel poverty and reducing household air pollution.»
The groups intervened in lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency's climate plan addressing new and existing power plants, countering a group of coal companies, polluting power generators and allied state attorneys general that sued to block the first - ever standards limiting power plant carbon pollution.
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.
Under Phillips» leadership, AFP has campaigned against the Environmental Protection Agency's carbon pollution standards and tax incentives for wind energy, while denying the existence of subsidies for the oil and gas industries.
If just a fraction of the oil, gas and coal from these major climate disrupters was developed, the resulting carbon pollution would cancel out our country's greatest accomplishments in the fight against climate disruption — efforts like the Obama administrations new fuel economy standards (as demonstrated in the chart at the top of this column).