There has not been some massive expansion of social programs, programs that help the poor, environmental programs, education programs.
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As a result, some schools, such as Harvard, are moving forward with their own greenhouse gas reduction policies and environmental programs.
The environmental programs will certainly open up long-standing splits between legislators from industrial states and those from suburban-heavy areas more sympathetic to cracking down on pollution.
Support for Waxman-Markey is tepid in large measure because it's loaded with so much special-interest giveaways for environmental programs and favored companies--which helps explain why the Chamber has emerged as today's punching bag.
Within EPA, the American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian country, with a special emphasis on helping tribes administer their own environmental programs.
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Not all customers need to sign up for advanced pricing schemes for overall savings from operations and lower energy use to exceed the cost of smart meter programs, says Val Jensen, VP of marketing and environmental programs at ComEd.
Dr. Fotouhi is responsible for global sustainability, and Safety and Environmental Engineering Programs at Pall.
At Blackstone, ICF advises and implements energy efficiency and environmental sustainability programs for the company and its portfolio of companies and properties.
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Unable to stop Canadian oil drilling and tar sand extraction programs, environmental groups are now trying to block any pipeline that is proposed out of the oil producing regions.
Mr. Snyder expects applicants to be attracted by the opportunity to study in the U.S., and to take advantage of classes in Yale's top-ranked programs in environmental studies, medicine and other disciplines.
Integrating environmental justice into Federal programs.
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In the spirit of Earth Day last Friday, I did some reading on what companies are doing these days to improve environmental sustainability, curious to see whether such programs are finding their way into incentive plans, and whether they are providing tangible results.
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Given their authorities, programs, and expertise, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have institutional capacities that can contribute significantly to the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and restoration efforts, including scientific and policy expertise as well as experience gained in the Task Force process and other planning efforts in the Gulf area.
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However, they cannot do this by simply doing business as usual with respect to financial results and adding programs having to do with social and environmental improvements.
For over 20 years now, the Foundation has provided thousands of grants to schools and environmental organizations that promote hands-on environmental education such as gardens in schools, recycling programs, restoring wetlands, planting trees, and testing and monitoring water quality.
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As a top environmental official in Massachusetts and Connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy.
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When you look at the environmental and societal concerns of companies today, they have programs to deal with those concerns because it makes good business sense.
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Back-up generators are only a small part of existing demand response programs and those that do participate must meet environmental standards and have limitations placed on the numbers of hours they may operate per year.
Many of them also have signed up for certification programs, which require the farmers to live up to certain environmental and labor standards.
The city would give incentives to developers to clean up the kind of sites that fell in the light to mid-range of the pollution spectrum and thus languished in state and federal clean-up programs for their lack of severity: if developers complied with environmental guidelines and submitted to oversight, they would be spared the specter of future liability.
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As landfills close and environmental awareness grows, many local groups and governments have developed recycling and disposal programs.
Facebook on Thursday announced that it will work with environmental group Greenpeace to encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation while creating programs to help its users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions.
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Nowhere in the peer-reviewed studies or monitoring programs of the past 30 years is there persuasive evidence of health or environmental problems stemming from genetically engineered seeds or crops.
Michael K. Dorsey, a professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth and coauthor of Carbon Trading, says that while pollution trading programs work in the U.S. to control pollutants like sulfur dioxide, it will be hard to track such schemes in developing nations.
Block voluntary programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including Energy Star and Green Lights, both of which enjoy wide support in both the environmental community and U.S. industry, precisely at a time when these programs are beginning to show significant results in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Programs like Energy Star, a joint undertaking of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, have sought to provide such information in the past.
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Michael K. Dorsey, a professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth and coauthor of Carbon Trading, says that while pollution-trading programs work in the U.S. to control pollutants like sulfur dioxide, it will be hard to track such schemes in developing nations.
The Environmental Working Group is a Washington organization that's pushing for changes in the crop subsidy programs.
To this list could be added programs on public health, broadcasting, publishing, transportation, telecommunications, business law, environmental problems and agriculture.
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The Interbrand report commends 3M for first setting up an environmental policy in 1975, offering more eco-friendly brands to its customers and its energy management programs.
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