* Guide managers and employees on program and performance management, the National Environmental Policy Act, and socioeconomic analysis.

Environmental managers have become more and more concerned about measuring anthropogenic nutrient inputs into estuaries because excess in nutrients can lead to eutrophication and hypoxic events, eliminating organisms from an area entirely.

* Environmental Stewardship Scheme ( introduced in March 2005 ): Provides funding to farmers and other land managers in England who deliver effective environmental management on their land.

* Countryside Stewardship Scheme ( closed to new applicants and superseded by the Environmental Stewardship Scheme ): Made payments to farmers and other land managers to enhance and conserve English landscapes, their wildlife and history and to help people to enjoy them.

The BC Environmental Management Act recognizes airsheds and notes that managers under the Act " may give consideration " to them, but their full legal status is uncertain.

Environmental noise arises from the surroundings of the analytical instrument.

Environmental challenges on the Refuge include abandoned military debris from World War II and illegal fishing offshore.

Nowadays, the agencies that are responsible for the biotechnology regulation are: US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) that regulates plant pests and medical preparation from living organisms, Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) that regulates pesticides and herbicides, and the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) which ensures that the food and drug products are safe and effective

In 2001, Bt176 varieties were voluntarily withdrawn from the list of approved varieties by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) when it was found to have little or no Bt expression in the ears and was not found to be effective against second generation corn borers.

Environmental concerns regarding dust from the Trade Center are a continuing source of concern for many residents, scientists, and elected officials.

in Environmental Sciences and a 1987 Ph. D. in Climatology from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia.

In terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranking, Costa Rica is 5th in the world, up from the 15th place in 2006.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) includes discarded CRT monitors in its category of " hazardous household waste " but considers CRTs that have been set aside for testing to be commodities if they are not discarded, speculatively accumulated, or left unprotected from weather and other damage.

Micro was used to manage very large data sets by the US Department of Labor, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, and researchers from the University of Alberta, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.

Environmental law draws from and is influenced by principles of environmentalism, including ecology, conservation, stewardship, responsibility and sustainability.

Groups such as the Sierra Club shifted focus from local issues to becoming a lobby in Washington and new groups, for example, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense, arose to influence politics as well.

Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives.

Environmental changes resulting from modernization — such as more intellectually demanding work, greater use of technology and smaller families — have meant that a much larger proportion of people are more accustomed to manipulating abstract concepts such as hypotheses and categories than a century ago.

In February 2010, Environment Canada determined that Enviropigs are in compliance with the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and can be produced outside of the research context in controlled facilities where they are segregated from other animals.

With the exception of a single gray whale killed in 1999, the Makah people have been prevented from hunting by a series of legal challenges, culminating in a United States federal appeals court decision in December 2002 that required the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1979 and became Norway's first, and to date only, female Prime Minister.

The study from which the report was based was conducted jointly by researchers at the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory and Indiana University.

It was found by investigators from the Environmental Investigation Agency ( EIA ) that CITES sales of stockpiles from Singapore and Burundi ( 270 tonnes and 89. 5 tonnes respectively ) had created a system which increased the value of ivory on the international market, rewarded international smugglers and gave them the ability to control the trade and continue smuggling new ivory.

* Environmental liability insurance protects the insured from bodily injury, property damage and cleanup costs as a result of the dispersal, release or escape of pollutants.

These include MIL-S-901D – High Shock ( Sea Vessels ), MIL-STD-167B – Vibration ( Sea Vessels ), MIL-STD-810F – Field Environmental Conditions ( Ground Vehicles and Systems ), MIL-STD 461E / F – EMI / RFI ( Electromagnetic Interference / Radio Frequency Interference ), MIL-STD-740B – Airborne / Structureborne Noise, and TEMPEST – Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions.

Environmental issues can include erosion, formation of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, and contamination of soil, groundwater and surface water by chemicals from mining processes.

Air pollutant control technology that is commonly available can limit emissions from Orimulsion to levels considered " Best Available Control Technology ", as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

According to an Environmental Working Group analysis of USDA and FDA pesticide residue tests performed from 2000 through 2008, 84 % of the 2, 216 tested potato samples contained detectable traces of at least one pesticide.

TOXMAP uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's ( EPA ) Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund Basic Research Programs.

The Science & Environmental Policy Project ( SEPP ) is a research and advocacy group financed by private contributions based in Arlington, Virginia in the United States.

In addition, LLNL conducts work-for-others research and development for various Defense Department sponsors, other federal agencies, including NASA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ), National Institutes of Health, and Environmental Protection Agency, a number of California State agencies, and private industry.

Citywide trash removal is contracted by the city with a private contractor, currently Veolia Environmental Service, and is mandatory for all residents or property owners.

The Center has promoted policies that would reduce the influence of unions in both the private and public sector ; supported alternatives to conventional public schools ; recommended reducing the authority of state regulatory agencies including the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality ; and recommended cutting state spending.

Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act ( CEPA 1999 ) ( R. S., 1999, c. 33 ), Environment Canada became the lead federal department to ensure the cleanup of hazardous waste and oil spills for which the government is responsible, and to provide technical assistance to other jurisdictions and the private sector as required.

The European Academy for Environmental Affairs ( also known as: European Academy of Environmental Affairs, is a private organization which gave its label for the Leipzig Declaration on Global Climate Change, a SEPP-initiated document in which some scientists argue against global warming theories.

The Center for Environmental Systems ( CES ) develops environmental technologies through collaboration between faculty in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, the Department of Defense, and private enterprise.

Many students are also funded as lab researchers by faculty who have been funded by private foundations or by the NSF, National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), or federal " mission agencies " such as the Department of Defense or the Environmental Protection Agency.

Although individual water meters have often been considered impractical in homes with private wells or in multifamily buildings, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that metering alone can reduce consumption by 20 to 40 percent.

Because the permit is issued by a federal agency to a private party, it is a federal action-which means other federal laws can apply, such as the National Environmental Policy Act or NEPA.

Growing scientific recognition of the role of private lands for endangered species recovery and the landmark 1981 court decision in Palila v. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources both contributed to making Habitat Conservation Plans / Incidental Take Permits " a major force for wildlife conservation and a major headache to the development community ", wrote Robert D. Thornton in the 1991 Environmental Law article, Searching for Consensus and Predictability: Habitat Conservation Planning under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

These seminars, held primarily at resorts and private ranches in Montana, with good access to recreational activities such as trout streams and golf courses, have included such topics as " Environmental Protection: The Role of Community-Based Solutions to Environmental Problems ", " The Environment: A CEO's Perspective ", and " Liberty and the Environment: A Case for Judicial Activism ".

Large federal and state agencies, such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) as well as private companies often maintain OEMs as discrete departments responsible for handling organizational emergency preparations and response plans.

The Georgia 4-H Program is a branch of Georgia Cooperative Extension, which is part of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, and is funded by the University System of Georgia and private partners.

The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has established the Clean School Bus USA initiative in an effort to unite private and public organizations in curbing student exposures.

Started as a physical education college, it is a private university with 35 departments for both day and night sessions in the six colleges: Martial Art, Physical Science, Culture and Art, Business Administration, Environmental Science and Health and Welfare.

Started as a physical education college, it is a private university with total 35 departments for both day and night sessions in the 6 colleges: Martial Art, Physical Science, Culture & Art, Business Administration, Environmental Science and Health & Welfare.

Environmental resource management undertaken by the private sectors varies dependent upon the resource type, that being renewable or non-renewable and private and common resources ( also see Tragedy of the Commons ).

The construction was financed by the EU Phare program, Enterprise Estonia, the Estonian government, Environmental Investment Centre, private supporters and the budget of the parish.

Investigations ongoing throughout the year indicated that the waste likely originated from “ New York City ’ s marine transfer stations … and the Southwest Brooklyn Incinerator and Transfer Station in particular …” The then-assistant commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection stated his belief that the cause of pollution was intentional rather than accidental ; “ sealed plastic garbage bags, he said, were cut at the top, so their contents could disperse through the ocean .” Such a deliberate action may have arisen given the high cost (~$ 1500 / ton ) associated with the legal disposal of the waste, thus incentivizing private waste contractors to dump illegally to avoid high fees.