Sentences with phrase «water protection legislation»
Under the leadership (1980 - 1999) of Gerard A. Bertrand, Mass Audubon spearheaded passage of critical land and water protection legislation, while also maintaining focus on local and international bird protection, launching the Coastal Waterbird Program in 1987 and beginning cooperative work with the Belize Audubon Society in 1984, then forming Programme for Belize in 1988.
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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.
Fleming first introduced payday loan legislation in 2007, which provided more protection to borrowers than the current watered - down rules under the Clark government.
State Department of Health Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Public Health Brad Hutton says the legislation expands drinking water protections.
Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said Republicans this year passed legislation requiring water in schools to be tested for lead, secured $ 300 million for the state's Environmental Protection Fund and $ 200 million for environmental infrastructure improvements.
Flanked by early supporters of his draft legislation, County Executive Steve Bellone announced the Water Quality Protection Fee at a press conference Monday in Yaphank.
Two weeks ago, freshman Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski introduced legislation to alter Suffolk's Drinking Water Protection Program to favor farmland preservation over open space.
«This resolution is part of a practice here where any mention of LGBT people is forbidden in legislation we consider,» Hoylman said in saying the GOP resolution also «waters down» a hate crime task force Cuomo has proposed and removes protections for LGBT youths in public schools.
Mr. Amper said a ballot referendum would be the only way to ensure that the funds are paid back, noting that a similar use of Drinking Water Protection Program money in 2011 did not require county legislation.
However, the recent spike in juvenile great white shark sightings means that legislation like the Clean Water Act and the Marine Life Protection Act have proven effective in protecting and boosting marine life off the state's coast.
[85] While this strategy has not yet been finalised, the Indigenous Economic Development Strategy must be developed to enable economic development for as many Indigenous groups as possible, and be linked to streamlining and improving Indigenous rights under legislative arrangements such as native title and land rights, cultural heritage and under various environment protection and conservation legislation, carbon sequestration and climate change, industry development regulation [86], and water legislation.
Legislation governing National Parks already provides a high level of protection and conservation of the natural values over the lands and waters within the park boundaries.
(a) Align the Water Act 2007 with federal and state legislation, particularly those relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights, cultural heritage, environmental protection, the Native Title Act 1993, and climate change legislation when it is drafted.
Sections 5 - 10 of the EPBC Act be amended to include the relationship between the EPBC Act and legislation concerning climate change as well as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) and the Water Act 2007 (Cth).