Sentences with phrase «used environmental rules»

Under the previous president, Barack Obama, the U.S. used environmental rules to encourage the closing or costly upgrade of coal plants because burning the fuel emits almost twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and 28 percent more pollutants than heating oil.

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First, the Board had ruled that it would not consider the environmental and socio - economic effects associated with upstream activities, the development of the Alberta oil sands, and the downstream use of oil transported by the pipeline.

In early 2014, months before the DOH staff member suggested the possible use of PFOA in Petersburgh in the email with colleagues, the federal Environmental Protection Agency already had issued a guideline on the pollutant, ruling that it could be dangerous to humans.

ALBANY — The makers of petrochemicals used in natural gas hydrofracking back proposed new gas drilling rules offered this month by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

As for medical data, supporters of the bill say names and other private information could be scrubbed — but that would likely be expensive and time - intensive, and thus another factor limiting the number of studies the EPA could use to make its environmental protection rules.

A Government Accountability Office report says environmental regulators are failing to adequately enforce rules for wells used to dispose of toxic waste from oil and gas drilling

In a simultaneous announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules for carrying out a 2007 law that requires a threefold increase in the use of renewable fuels, reaching 36 billion gallons by 2022.

Energy In Depth, the communications and research arm of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, published a lengthy response to the Integrity Project's report and criticized it for including diesel use that occurred prior to a 2014 Environmental Protection Agency rule clarifying the types of chemicals considered «diesel fuels.»

«Even assuming an average use frequency, environmental impacts can not be ruled out.»

«Wal - Mart suppliers are scrambling not only to adhere to new rules, but to proactively use the environmental data to design new products and services,» Khan said.

The agency hopes that a large sample of data will provide the science needed to both rule out health and environmental hazards and help establish guidelines to ensure the safe use and handling of chemicals infused with nanosize particles.

I see it as my job to get in there and make use of these new rules or these new positions for environmental justice in decision - making processes, really implementing the fundamental groundwork that's been laid over the past several years.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to finalize its controversial first rule on reducing mercury emissions from power plants this month, and delegates from the United Nations Environment Programme met in late February to discuss an international convention limiting mercury use and emissions.

Environmental activists in California have tried to topple the 12 - second rule before — which would immediately change how retardants are used in the rest of the country — with little success due to supporters» concerns that change would result in more fire deaths.

Carol M. Browner, the new White House coordinator for climate and energy, is a seasoned environmental regulator and campaigner who has focused on cap - and - trade legislation, which would steadily raise the cost of unfettered fossil - fuel use, and rule - making as driving the necessary change (as they did with the 20th - century basket of air pollutants).

After I wrote about the need for methane rules in December, I was contacted by Jonathan Banks of Clean Air Task Force, an environmental organization that has been using infrared videos to help make the case for pollution rules.

However we can only fight this, and promote awareness of the tragedy of the commons problem, and the legitimacy of environmental rules and policies at state level as the most workable solution, along with use of the courts where appropriate.

But several factors have changed grid economics, among them the falling price of both natural gas and renewable energy (fuels that are often used in microgrids), environmental rules and declining use of electricity in the U.S.

Meanwhile, environmental groups see carbon capture as an industry figleaf to shield the EPA from pushback against its climate rules that will still allow the use of fossil fuels, albeit with lower emissions.

Although this strategy is widely used in international environmental law, it is merely a first step in elaborating more precise rules at the international level fleshing out that principle.

SB 1395 (Wagner), a second Rubin Group bill, increases from 100 MW to 150 MW the size of solar or wind projects eligible to use the state's Permit by Rule process, which is overseen by the Department of Environmental Quality.

With the signature of Administrator Gina McCarthy this past Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave final approval of a rule that will allow the use of climate - friendly refrigerants in several end - uses, such as household refrigerators and freezers, stand - alone retail food refrigeration equipment, very low temperature refrigeration, non - mechanical heat transfer, vending machines, and room air conditioning units.

In a statement, the Union of Concerned Scientists called the White House plans «impressive,» particularly given the gridlock in Washington, D.C. Republicans have criticized the White House for bypassing Congress and using its executive authority to have the Environmental Protection Agency establish new power plant emissions rules.

In a case before the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board, the Sierra Club cited a rule that required plants to use the best available technology to control all «regulated» pollutants, as well as the April 2007 Supreme Court ruling.

Because the CDM is used as a reference by many other emerging schemes, it is vitally important that its rules are well - designed and have environmental and social integrity.

The IEA has a longish set of «Golden Rules» that could make fracking a better environmental bet, and McCabe highlights the two most important of them: (1) Eliminate leaks completely from the natural gas production process, and (2) use carbon sequestration to substantially reduce carbon emissions from gas - fired electrical plants.

Under Trump, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to repeal the Clean Power Plan, a key component of Obama's climate legacy that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, and has gutted numerous other rules and regulations aimed at drawing down emissions, reducing our use of fossil fuels, and otherwise protecting the environment.

Brosnan — who was named «Best - Dressed Environmentalist» in 2004 and serves on the board of the Environmental Media Association — has long fought for dolphin - safe tuna rules and protested the U.S. Navy's widespread use of sonar, which can harm whales and other cetaceans.

If the ECJ ruling ultimately results in revisiting and tightening the environmental restrictions imposed on the 2010 water use permit, this may very well result in a re-opening of the proceedings before the ICSID tribunal.

Virginia agricultural law or Ag law focuses on the issues surrounding an agricultural infrastructure; including matters involving plants, animals, land use, environmental rules, and the use of food products.

The Tahoe ruling, upholding land - use protections put in place to save Lake Tahoe, followed a 15 - year period where the Court's conservatives, led by Justice Scalia, had been remarkably inventive in trying to transform the Constitution's Takings Clause into a barrier to environmental laws.

That is the result of: （ 1 ） our lives becoming more technology - dependent, especially electronic records dependent, which requires more legal infrastructure to control the use of that technology; and, （ 2 ） demands that the rule of law be made to apply in many new areas such as, the great expansion of the scope of rights and freedoms caused by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which now produces issues in every field of law, and by environmental, privacy, and electronic commerce laws, and a greatly expanded Criminal Code.

Agricultural Law focuses on issues of agricultural infrastructure, including matters involving plants, animals, land use, environmental rules, and the use of food products.

Representation of client against claim in Connecticut state Superior Court by consumer group appealing the ruling by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection allowing dentists to use mercury fillings.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

Other laws, such as the Social Security Act (including its Medicare and Medicaid provisions), the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Public Health Service Act, Department of Transportation regulations, the Environmental Protection Act and its accompanying regulations, the National Labor Relations Act, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration rules, may also contain provisions that require covered entities or others to use or disclose protected health information for specific purposes.

Though the area is subject to a host of environmental and land - use rules, he explains that the restrictions help keep vistas open and trails clean.