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Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Walter Rauch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Umweltministerin Gewessler sucht Endlager für unseren Atommüll
Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Walter Rauch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend CO2-Emissionen 2020 in der EU gesunken
Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ruth Becher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend "Unnötige Studien für das Heizkostenabrechnungsgesetz – HeizKG"
Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Julia Elisabeth Herr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Ewige Pilotprojekte oder kommt das österreichweite Plastikpfand noch?
Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Elisabeth Feichtinger, BEd BEd, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus betreffend Wiederzulassung von Pestizidwirkstoffen und Pestizidformulierungen auf Grundlage der Artikel 17 und 43 der EU-Pestizidverordnung
Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Christian Lausch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Justiz betreffend Einsatz von Suchtmittel- und Mobiltelefonspürhunden in Justizanstalten
Austria · National Council · 20 May 2021
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Walter Rauch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Glyphosatkennzeichnung für Lebensmittel
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2021
21. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources of funding of the Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project; if he will review the payment rates for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26494/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2021
1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of factory owned feedlots on the beef sector including their effect on prices and the environment. [26906/21]
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Extinction Prevention Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of butterflies and moths in North America; plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; freshwater mussels in the United States; and bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Broadband Permitting Modernization Act This bill modifies, and requires reports about, permitting requirements for broadband activities on federal lands. Specifically, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must report on communication use authorizations (i.e., authorizations to modify or locate communications facilities on public land administered by Interior or National Forest System land). Among other topics, the report must assess barriers to reviewing the authorizations and describe the process for prioritizing reviews. Interior and USDA must also each establish an online portal to manage the Form 299 (used to apply for rights to install, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property) approval process. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration must (1) report to Congress every 60 days on the status of the portals until they are established, and (2) publish links to each established portal on its website. The bill also authorizes the delegation of federal environmental compliance for certain broadband projects to states and Indian tribes. Interior and USDA must establish a voluntary program whereby states or Indian tribes may conduct (subject to specified terms) environmental reviews for broadband projects within an operational right-of-way (i.e., all real property interests acquired for the construction or operation of a project) on land managed by Interior, National Forest System land, or Indian land. USDA and Interior shall also establish broadband permit streamlining teams to coordinate and expedite permitting decisions for broadband projects.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
American Broadband Act This bill addresses broadband and other communications services. The bill limits applicable state and local regulatory authority. Limitations include setting (and providing statutory authority for) deadlines for reviews and decisions related to personal wireless and other telecommunication service facilities, as well as cable franchises and services. Further, a state or locality may not provide broadband services in areas with more than one other commercial provider. The bill exempts certain telecommunications infrastructure projects from environmental and historic preservation reviews, including projects carried out after a declared disaster or emergency (e.g., a wildfire). The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption that a request for a review of the effects of deploying wireless service on historically, culturally, or religiously significant tribal or Native Hawaiian land is complete if the tribe or Native Hawaiian organization receives certain forms. The bill enhances criminal penalties for willful or malicious destruction of a communication facility. Furthermore, the General Services Administration must establish a common fee schedule for deploying wireless facilities that affect federal property. Additionally, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must award grants for expanding high-speed broadband access, facilitate through an interagency strike force timely reviews of telecommunications-related requests that affect federal property (e.g., a request for an easement or right-of-way), and report on certain requests concerning communications facilities on federal real property. The bill also requires collaboration among federal agencies that support broadband deployment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2021 This bill limits the authority of states with respect to water quality certifications. Specifically, the bill limits the authority of states to review federally permitted activities that may result in discharges into navigable waters.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Safe Drinking Water in Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states and municipalities for the replacement of drinking water fountains that were manufactured prior to 2014 and are located in certain playgrounds, parks, or libraries.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investments Act This bill permits fiduciaries of employer-sponsored retirement plans to consider environmental, social, governance, or similar factors when making investment decisions. It also nullifies the rule published by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on November 13, 2020, that requires fiduciaries to select investments and investment courses of action based solely on financial considerations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Arctic Diplomacy Act of 2021 This bill establishes the position of Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs within the Department of State. The ambassador shall facilitate the development and coordination of U.S. foreign policy and activities related to the Arctic region, including policies and activities to (1) meet U.S. national security needs, (2) protect the environment, (3) increase cooperation among Arctic countries, (4) involve Arctic Indigenous people in relevant decisions, and (5) enhance scientific research and monitoring. Furthermore, the ambassador must establish an Arctic Region Security Policy. The policy must assess and implement plans and actions to (1) bolster U.S. diplomatic presence in Arctic countries, (2) enhance the resilience of Arctic countries to environmental change and increased civilian and military activity in the region, and (3) advance principles of good governance in the region.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2021 This bill limits the authority of states with respect to water quality certifications. Specifically, the bill limits the authority of states to review federally permitted activities that may result in discharges into navigable waters.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investments Act This bill permits fiduciaries of employer-sponsored retirement plans to consider environmental, social, governance, or similar factors when making investment decisions. It also nullifies the rule published by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on November 13, 2020, that requires fiduciaries to select investments and investment courses of action based solely on financial considerations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2021
Extinction Prevention Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of butterflies and moths in North America; plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; freshwater mussels in the United States; and bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 May 2021
A Bill to make provision for a public consultation to inform a set of national wellbeing goals; to require public bodies to act in pursuit of the United Kingdom’s environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing by meeting wellbeing objectives, publishing future generations impact assessments and accounting for preventative spending; to establish a futures and forecasting report; to establish a Commission for Future Generations for the United Kingdom; to extend the duty of the Office of Budget Responsibility to consider wellbeing and the future generations principle in their work; to add onto a Minister in each government department's portfolio a duty to promote the future generations principle across government policy; to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Future Generations; and for connected purposes
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Frauen, Familie, Jugend und Integration betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Peter Schmiedlechner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Toxizität der ausgebrachten Pestizide in den USA gefährdet Pflanzen und Insekten
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Peter Wurm, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Reparieren statt Wegwerfen: Österreichweite Förderung von Reparaturen-Umsetzung bis zum 31.12.2021
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Peter Schmiedlechner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus betreffend Toxizität der ausgebrachten Pestizide in den USA gefährdet Pflanzen und Insekten
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Landesverteidigung betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Arbeit betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Justiz betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für EU und Verfassung betreffend E-Mobilität bei Dienstwägen in den Bundesministerien – Umsetzung der Rechnungshofempfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Peter Wurm, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Bundesreparaturbonus
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Beate Meinl-Reisinger, MES, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Zukunftskonvent Österreich
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ruth Becher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Aufbrechen der Oligopolstellung globaler Ablesekonzerne bei der Bereitstellung von Wärme, Kälte und Warmwasser
Austria · National Council · 19 May 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ruth Becher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Kosten- und Abfallvermeidung bei der Wassermengenerfassung
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2021
What steps the Government is taking to promote the growth of green industries in North Wales.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2021
What steps the Government is taking to promote the growth of green industries in North Wales.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of high quality green jobs in Tyne and Wear.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2021
To ask the President of COP26, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (b) officials in that Department and (c) industry bodies on using the COP26 climate change conference to promot
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental benefits of remote working.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 2021
National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021 This bill creates the National Infrastructure Bank to facilitate the long-term financing of infrastructure projects. Specifically, the bank must provide loans to public and private entities for financing, developing, or operating eligible infrastructure projects. An eligible project must have a public sponsor as well as local, regional, or national significance. The bill treats the bank as a government corporation exempt from tax and treats contributions to the bank as charitable contributions. The bill also provides for criteria and preferences for deciding whether to provide a loan, such as whether a project promotes job creation or provides environmental benefits. Projects that receive a loan must (1) pay all laborers and mechanics locally prevailing wages, and (2) use only certain U.S.-produced construction materials unless a waiver is secured from the bank. The bank shall issue stock and may also issue bonds and maintain a discount line of credit with the Federal Reserve System. The bank must apply for a national bank charter and, once chartered, accept deposits from individuals, corporations, and public entities and pay interest on those deposits. The bill imposes requirements related to the bank's operation, such as minimum reserve requirements and requirements for handling loan losses. In addition, the bank must facilitate the organization of at least seven regional economic accelerator planning groups to, among other activities, identify infrastructure needs and priorities. Within five years, the Government Accountability Office must report on the bank's activities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 May 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been made available by his Department for environment projects in the UK Overseas Territories in each of the last five years.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2021
Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2021 This bill provides support for drinking water infrastructure and requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the safety and affordability of drinking water. The bill reauthorizes and establishes several programs for drinking water infrastructure. For example, it reauthorizes through FY2031 the drinking water state revolving fund. In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning the safety of drinking water, including by requiring the EPA to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly known as PFAS), microcystin toxin, and 1,4–dioxane. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing. Microcystin is a toxin that is produced by certain algae. The solvent known as 1,4–dioxane may also have adverse human health effects. It is used in variety of products, such as adhesives, sealants, and printing inks. The EPA must also implement a residential emergency relief program that assists customers of public water systems with paying drinking water bills. Under the program, the EPA must provide payments to public water systems to reimburse them for forgiving their customers' debts or fees for services provided since March 1, 2020. Public water systems that receive payments may not disconnect or interrupt their customer's service because of such debt or fees.