It was established in 1998 to make grants to education, health and environment projects.
Whether it's buying locally, protecting the environment or launching community projects, the new "benefit corporations" have a common mission - to do well by doing good.
The risk for the government is that by trying to slow new projects it is creating an environment where prices may rise because of supply shortages.
The government wants to scrap the current system of EU farm subsidies by taking the money out of food production to fund projects that sustain the rural environment.
It is not the first grant given to the garden from Grantscape, which aims to help fund projects with benefit to the local environment.
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Dedicated to offering the public "powerful experiences with art and the urban environment, " the fund's other projects have included bringing Jeff Koons's topiary-puppy sculpture to Rockefeller Center and Rob Pruitt's statue of Andy Warhol to Union Square.
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These include transmission networks as well as hydroelectric and thermal-power projects which needed clearances mainly from the environment ministry.
In a normalized GDP environment next year (not a given) nobody projects Fed funds even at 2% and 10-year Treasuries above 4%.
But it is ministers, rather than the government's National Commission for the Environment, who have the final say on whether projects should go ahead.
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Details of an immersive video games display system that projects images of the title's environment around a player's room have been revealed in a US patent belonging to Microsoft.
We hope residents will use the new status to get involved with local projects aimed at sustaining the local economy, environment and culture.
Calculate carbon emissions for a road trip or flight and buy offsets to fund worldwide projects that employ those in poverty, such as tree-planting programmes that hire low-income workers, or projects that help both the poor and the environment by distributing fuel-efficient stoves, as opposed to wood-burning ones used in most homes in developing countries.
All construction projects must meet strict rules concerning damage to the environment and aboriginal heritage.
" In essence, that means the Japan that spent billions on landfill projects would spend more to create a better social environment, including turning landfills back into "beautiful wetlands.
Mr. Lieber said a slower-than-anticipated recovery has made for a more-challenging environment, and "the predominant factor" affecting all new projects is that companies are increasingly choosing to renew their leases instead of move.
He added that the Department of Health was working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs "on a range of projects to demonstrate precisely how the buying standards in hospitals can be used in order to deliver better nutrition for patients".
For example, the projects it backs must take pains not to despoil the environment unduly or uproot indigenous peoples unfairly.
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Referendums have prompted public hearings on controversial decisions, a procedure that the construction ministry this week made mandatory for land-reclamation projects, which may have an effect on the wider environment.
The Programme not only provides support for media projects but also seeks an accord to secure a healthy environment for the growth of free and pluralistic media in developing countries.
Is there any attempt to rate power generation projects by relative risk to humans, species, or the environment?
The Programme not only provides support for media projects, but also seeks an accord to secure a healthy environment for the growth of free and pluralistic media.
On 9 February 2011, junior environment minister Richard Benyon said 21 of the new flood and coastal defence projects will provide extra protection to more than 13, 000 households.
The Campaign for Europe's Carnivores aims to challenge the prejudices against these predators and help fund projects that allow humans and predators to live in the same environment.
Echelon Corp (ELON): Visibility stays constrained and compounded by tough comps (wind-down of large projects), as sustained breakeven goals remain difficult in this macro environment.
One reason why these various projects have the locals up in arms is that they may harm the environment.
Part of his plan to make this happen is to cut permitting timelines for major infrastructure projects in half and create incentives for better outcomes for communities and the environment.
Peace Corps staff overseas have been working with Volunteers on a variety of projects in the fields of agriculture, business and information technology, education, environment, and public health.
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The operating environment has certainly improved for Halliburton, as higher crude oil prices and new shale gas drilling projects have brought new opportunities for oil services firms.
It's also likely Democratic leadership will reward Jeffords with the chairmanship of the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee, which handles environmental policy and the building of highways, dams and other public projects.
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