Sentences with phrase «states at least some power»

Not exact matches

One of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's last acts was to halt the EPA's Clean Power Plan, at least temporarily threatening the United States» ability to carry out promises made in Paris on curbing climate change.

SB 284: Filed by state Sen. Lauren Book, D - Plantation, this bill requires nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have generators that can power air conditioning in the event of a loss of power, and requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct an unannounced inspection at least every 15 months to check and make sure the generator is in working order.

My article made note of old claims about the divine right of kings, not because I imagine such claims were true even in their own time, but because they at least offered a theory about why the state is justified in exercising power over life and death.

The U.S. Constitution gives the president the power «to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment,» and at least several of the Founding Fathers thought that such a power was important to the usual and normal order of government....

In games in which Griggs was at least mostly healthy, USM was 5 - 2, with losses only to power conference Kentucky (unlucky) and Florida State (drastically outmanned).

At least one of the power five conferences will be left out of this year's Playoff, and as one of the weaker power conferences, the ACC could be in trouble if its only undefeated team, Florida State, loses.

That pursuit of perfection is what will likely vault Browning to the top of the state's greatest quarterbacks of all time — at least according to the numbers — and keep opposing defenses on their toes as Folsom's offense powers on.

Barkley is more of a power run guy (at least based on Penn State history) and would be best used that way.

Realists make claims about what states should do, at least if they seek to maximize their power, safety, or survival in the long term.

In no short measure, these newcomers — predominantly young and willing to work — helped to propel the United States from geopolitical pygmy in the late 1700s to great power status by at least 1898.

However, at least two of the state's nuclear reactors are in danger of closing within the next few years and would significantly increase air pollution because they would be replaced by fossil - fuel burning power plants in the near future.

Senate Republicans granted at least one of the de Blasio administration's wishes: it joined with Assembly Democrats in rejecting a Cuomo proposal to subject bonds for housing to approval by the state's Public Authorities Control Board, a maneuver that would have given Albany veto power over a significant slice of the city's housing program.

The government mandated filter mufflers for diesel trucks on state jobs then exempted themselves it seems the mufflers reduced power by at least a third and made the trucks burn twice the fuel.

Cuomo will count nuclear power as renewable energy, at least temporarily, when the state issues new rules next year requiring utilities to procure half their power from renewable sources by 2030.

Locally controlled industrial development agencies provided at least $ 22 million in tax abatements to food companies, and discount power programs managed by the state power authority have provided discounted electricity with a minimum estimated value of $ 7.6 million.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the recently - passed New York State budget is a mixture of «simple pros and cons» and vowed that he will lobby Albany on his proposal to impose a new tax on sales of properties worth $ 2 million and to see his administration's power over the city's school system extended at least another year.

To the surprise of almost everyone except insiders, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed last week that more than a third of the obscure New York State Power Authority's 1,600 employees make at least $ 100,000 a state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed last week that more than a third of the obscure New York State Power Authority's 1,600 employees make at least $ 100,000 a State Power Authority's 1,600 employees make at least $ 100,000 a year.

Hawkins wants the state minimum wage raised to at least $ 15 an hour, index it to inflation, and give local governments home rule power to raise it higher to reflect local living costs if they so choose.

Taking the first step to reach this goal, Governor Cuomo, in his 2018 State of the State Address, called for the procurement of at least 800 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power between two solicitations to be issued in 2018 and 2019.

The transportation sector emits at least twice as much carbon as power plants in states like California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington.

But a study out today suggests that the United States could, at least in theory, use new high - voltage power lines to move renewable power across the nation, and essentially eliminate the need to add new storage capacity.

Research from North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University shows that passing wireless power transfer through a magnetic resonance field enhancer (MRFE)-- which can be as simple as a copper loop — can boost the transfer efficiency by at least 100 percent as compared to transferring through air alone.

Baldick estimated that the United States would have to adopt a national climate policy imposing a price of $ 30 per ton of greenhouse gas emissions before wind power can stand on its own economically — a target that appears out of reach politically, at least for now.

Senior Fellow Kyle Aarons said at least 10 percent could come from state progress on cutting carbon emissions from the power sector, assuming the draft rule moves ahead as proposed.

At least six power plants, including Dongfang Electric in the city of Deyang where building collapses killed at least 100 workers and trapped hundreds more, have been damaged by the quake, according to the State Grid Corporation of ChinAt least six power plants, including Dongfang Electric in the city of Deyang where building collapses killed at least 100 workers and trapped hundreds more, have been damaged by the quake, according to the State Grid Corporation of Chinat least 100 workers and trapped hundreds more, have been damaged by the quake, according to the State Grid Corporation of China.

The Power Clean technique requires high skill levels and in most cases a state of non-fatigue (or at least very little fatigue).

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Before your editor tears apart the problematic thinking behind the latest version of the Center for Education Reform's so - called Parent Power Index, let's give the organization credit for at least providing a measure of which states are expanding opportunities for high - quality education.

At stake is the power of public - sector unions like Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to collect forced dues — so - called «agency fees» — from non-members forced to accept their representation in at least 25 stateAt stake is the power of public - sector unions like Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to collect forced dues — so - called «agency fees» — from non-members forced to accept their representation in at least 25 stateat least 25 states.

In at least 20 states, lawmakers have stripped locally elected school board members of their power in impoverished, mostly minority communities, leaving parents without a voice — or a vote — in their children's education, according to a News21 state - by - state analysis of school takeovers.

They keep most of their state in RAM (at least, the current run time data, the config is of course in ROM but will only be changed when explicitly asked by the diagnostic device) which means power cycling them should bring them back to normal.

In the United States at least, the yet unnamed model will be powered by a brand new turbocharged four - cylinder engine, according to Don Swearingen, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Mitsubishi Motors North America.

This is an extraordinary satellite view of the explosive, destructive steamrolling storm front that swept the midsection of the eastern United States on June 29, killing at least 22 people and cutting power to millions for days.

There was no clear path to establishing such a protocol, although those at the meeting appeared to agree that the United Nations Security Council, in its current form at least, would never be the vehicle given the veto power of states dead - set against anything resembling outside interference in internal affairs.

Their primary objective is to close coal power plants in the United States, including at least one - third of the country's more than 500 coal plants by 2020, and to replace them with renewable energy sources.

In 2030, a million solar roofs (or at least 3,000 MW of solar energy capacity) would help the state avoid 11.8 million pounds of smog - forming nitrogen oxide pollution from power plants annually — a reduction of 9 percent below 2012 power plant emission levels.

-- The term «qualified industry organization» means the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a successor organization of such organizations, or a group of owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel - based electricity who collectively represent at least 20 percent of the volume of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered by distribution utilities to consumers in the United States.

Schneiderman noted that each state's laws and powers are different, and said that law enforcement officials preferred not to show their hands, at least for now.

As costs fall and interest in green energy rises, cities across the United States are beginning to make solar power mandatory, at least for new construction.

The DC Circuit today struck down EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the EPA's latest attempt to regulate sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants, using at least somewhat flexible, market - based tools.

But the Supreme Court order will likely tie up the plan for at least another year, said Vicki Arroyo, an expert in environmental law and the executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center, which has counseled dozens of states on the Clean Power Plan.

As such, the Breakthrough analysis reached a conclusion that was, at least at the time, surprising: state - led efforts to deploy nuclear power plants are the only proven way for governments to deliberately and rapidly decarbonize economies.

Hurricane Irma decimating the northern Caribbean, with at least 27 dead, flattening buildings, and leaving many without essential supplies, while in Florida, the hurricane killed at least four, wiped out power for 64 percent of the state and produced record storm surges;

The nine RGGI states will cut power plant pollution by at least another 30 percent through 2030, reaffirming their groundbreaking climate leadership.

Nuclear industry advocates had predicted more than a dozen new reactors worth $ 100 billion or more generating at least 15,000 megawatts of power in the United States by 2020.

A bipartisan coalition of nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states today agreed to a bold plan to cut power plant pollution by at least another 30 percent through 2030, reaffirming the groundbreaking leadership of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the face of the Trump administration's abandonment of climate progress.

The new green power standard in Illinois, unveiled by environmental and consumer groups in the state, is the greenest in the U.S. To qualify, green power in Illinois must be from new renewable sources, must be composed of at least two - thirds wind and solar power, and must create air quality benefits for the state.

In at least two of the top eight states — North Carolina and Utah — projects are being driven by PURPA, a 1978 law which mandates that utilities must buy electricity from independent power producers if they can match the price that the utility would otherwise pay for generation.

ALEC states, however, that federal, state and local subsidies pay for at least 30 % of solar power equipment and «often much more», and that every increment of solar power increases overall taxpayer burdens to pay for the subsidies.

At least eight states — California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont — are considering legislation to dramatically boost their reliance on clean power in the coming decades.