Sentences with phrase «water funds budgets»

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Indeed, Trump's proposed budget cuts funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 %, and specifically eliminates measures designed to preserve clean air and water and ward off climate change — including Obama - era legislation amending the longstanding Clean Air Act and creating what is literally known as the Clean Water water and ward off climate change — including Obama - era legislation amending the longstanding Clean Air Act and creating what is literally known as the Clean Water Water Rule.

Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from water, energy.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

Lawmakers endorsed more funding for clean water programs by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his budget proposal as well as an extension of the state Superfund program.

This executive budget includes critical funding initiatives that will not only preserve New York's world class parks and beaches, but ensure clean water and air for communities statewide.

He's not without his critics, however, who point to a vote by McLaughlin against a budget bill that would have provided funding for environmental and clean - water programs.

After protesting the budget Suffolk County leaders approved last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $ 33 million in funds that were raised through the Drinking Water Protection Program, a self - imposed tax that Suffolk residents have voted to levy upon themselves several times since the late 1980s.

Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk), who voted against the 2014 budget which included dipping into the fund, said «I am certainly encouraged that there is an agreement, and I think we all need to work together on achieving water quality goals.

Mr. Cuomo also proposed budgeting an extra $ 1 billion in education funding this year, a $ 2 billion investment in clean - water infrastructure and various other expensive projects, including hundreds of millions of dollars in economic - development for Buffalo ($ 500 million), a life sciences research and development cluster ($ 550 million) and new airports in Syracuse and Plattsburgh.

Heastie said water infrastructure funding «is probably settled on — but again... I wouldn't say because we have that done we're ready to move on (the larger budget).»

The budget also includes additional state funding for the purchase of land from «willing sellers» in order to help protect drinking water supplies.

He said it was one of the situations that led him to push for a clean water infrastructure fund in this year's budget.

The Legislature unanimously passed Mr. Romaine's proposed budget amendment to use about $ 37,000 from the county's Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, which are funds slated for drinking water and open space preservation, to restore Cornell's pest management proWater Protection Program, which are funds slated for drinking water and open space preservation, to restore Cornell's pest management prowater and open space preservation, to restore Cornell's pest management program.

The mayor raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by a 2007 settlement that promised additional education funds to the city — saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

advocated for funding in the 2016 state budget to assist a city with a significant economic revitalization project and a water project

Those steps should include grants for water infrastructure upgrades and a boost in funding for the Department of Environmental Conservation after years of virtually flat budget increases.

He further used his clout to insert funding in the state budget for water and sewer projects that could help the environmental firm drum up more business.

Cuomo included the funding in the budget after Senate Republicans initially proposed a clean water bond act in the wake of water contamination issues arising in small upstate communities.

After releasing his $ 77.7 billion preliminary budget, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by the 2007 CFE settlement that promised additional education funds to the city, saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

At 10 a.m., Assembly Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health, and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint public hearing to examine water quality issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

«The 2017 - 18 Executive Budget seeks to balance spending and revenue and proposes much needed capital investments in clean water projects while increasing funding for education, health care and other programs,» DiNapoli said.

In drafting that budget, Madden cut out reliance on transfers from the water fund and inclusion of property sales in the spending plan in order to achieve a balance budget.

Even more galling, the Administration's recent budget request would cut funding to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, by another $ 400 million dollars — that means about a $ 40 million cut for New York.

Kellogg said that for her and her running mates, the big challenges facing Hurley are, «Making a change in our local government, protecting the quality of life that we have in Hurley as development pressures move up the Thruway, protecting our water and the beautiful scenic qualities of our town, and maintaining our low tax rates as NYS mandates additional responsibilities to the localities without providing funding (at the same time that they cap our annual budget increases) and as we get additional pressures from New York City to reduce their tax contributions for the reservoir property.»

Senator Schumer is calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to throw the proposed $ 1 billion budget number out the window, urging it to provide more robust funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

Totaling $ 4,445,454 in appropriations, including the General, Highway, Water and Sewer Funds, the proposed town budget would require an additional $ 71,296 in taxes to be raised, an increase of 2.53 percent over 2017.

While the Highway and Water Funds will see significant increases under the new budget, these are partially counterbalanced by a significant drop in Sewer Fund expenditures following the payoff of a bond and a nearly flat General Fund appropriation, up only.13 percent.

While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morning.

Despite its large, publicly funded budget and six figure salaried employees, the ECWA has failed to properly address the water infrastructure issues that have plagued the County and have led to the numerous water main issues over the past several years.

She said that despite its large, publicly funded budget and six - figure salaried employees, the Water Authority has failed to properly address the water infrastructure issues that have plagued the county and have led to numerous water main issues during the past several yWater Authority has failed to properly address the water infrastructure issues that have plagued the county and have led to numerous water main issues during the past several ywater infrastructure issues that have plagued the county and have led to numerous water main issues during the past several ywater main issues during the past several years.

«The Erie County Water Authority (ECWA) must be held accountable and answer to the ratepayers of this County that fund the authority's $ 90 million budget.

The report, by the independent Authorities Budget Office, says the Cuomo Administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million dollars in federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up pollution.

Environmentalists are charging county lawmakers «illegally raided» funds slated for open space preservation and drinking water protection programs to balance next year's budget without getting voter approval in the form of a mandatory referendum.

«From phony budget surpluses to the corruption of his own corruption commission to raiding clean water funds to pay for a bridge, Andrew Cuomo has eschewed substantive policy in favor of playing for positive press - and the results continue to be disastrous for New York.»

Released last week, the initial budget outline envisions dramatic cuts in funds for monitoring air and water quality, climate change and more.

Although the agency's water resources programs would see the smallest funding increases under the proposed budget — just 5 % to $ 222 million — they would remain the agency's single largest spending area.

With school districts struggling to keep their noses above choppy budget waters and voters howling about taxes, should schools really be funding ping - pong and trading - card clubs?

Like last year, his budget is expected to gut funding for environmental protection, decimating our ability to protect safe water and ensure clean air.

The 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, passed on Friday by the House of Representatives, would cut federal energy innovation funding by 12 percent of the levels put in place by the FY11 Continuing Resolution, 37 percent below the White House's FY12 Administration's budget request.

The 2012 budget cut funding for the measure of industrial emissions, closed an oil spill monitoring facility in British Columbia and a global water quality monitoring centre in Ontario, slashed funding for atmospheric research — resulting, among other things, in the partial closure of a vital research station in the High Arctic — and killed the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, which had been created by the Mulroney government.

The fund amounts to only a fraction of 1 percent of the state's budget, but the EPF provides communities much - needed resources for protecting farmland, improving drinking water and creating parks.

Areas receiving modest cuts or level funding in the Energy Department's FY17 budget included solar and wind energy programs aimed at expanding renewable power and lowering costs for these clean energy technologies; work to advance hydrogen and fuel cellElectrochemical device in which electricity is generated by chemically reacting hydrogen with oxygen; electricity, water vapor, and heat are the only products.

Last week, the Obama Administration released the FY2014 budget, and once again it eliminates the EPA's Beach Grant Program that funds recreational water quality monitoring programs to protect swimmer safety.

Furthermore, the budget slashes funding for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program's inland oil spill preparedness program by 80 percent, and cuts another $ 11 million from BLM as the agency aims to limit new cleanup efforts at abandoned coal mines, promising to remediate only the highest threats to clean water and public health.

Post Updated 7/20/2011 The 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, passed on Friday by the House of Representatives, would cut federal energy innovation funding by 12 percent of the levels put in place by the FY11 Continuing Resolution, 37 percent below the White House's FY12 budget request.

The budget included the president's latest call for permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is administered by the Interior and Agriculture departments, and full funding at $ 900 million.