Sentence examples for rain regulations from inspiring English sources

A New York judge threw out the state's tough new acid rain regulations yesterday on a technicality, providing a reprieve to owners of 10 old coal-fired power plants and derailing, at least temporarily, measures that were to have been a high point of Gov. George E. Pataki's environmental record.

Although New York officials insisted that their efforts to reduce air pollution were continuing to move forward, the ruling yesterday was a setback for Governor Pataki, who promised in 1999 that New York would have the country's strictest acid rain regulations.

First he curbed acid rain, tightened regulations on automobile emissions, and targeted products damaging the ozone layer.

Then there was his series of amendments to the Clean Air Act, which initially curbed acid rain, tightened regulations on automobile emissions, and targeted products damaging the ozone layer.

The increased media attention and new regulations raining down on institutions from local, state and federal policymakers necessitate that colleges and universities better realize the prevalence of the issue on their campuses.

Cars driven entirely by computers are popping up all over Kirkland, Washington's suburban hills, negotiating residential roads and powering through Pacific Northwest rains, all without regulation from the city or state.

The company has launched several law suits to try to beat back regulations on acid rain, mercury, and other pollutants, and it has led the broad industry pushback against Barack Obama's climate agenda and the Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) rules on carbon pollution that are at the heart of his plan.

Formula One regulations require two kinds of rain tires, one with thin grooves for a damp track and one with thick grooves for heavy rain.

Much of this is due to a long history of corporations fighting regulations, for instance against acid rain and chlorofluorocarbons.

Hillslopes provide critical watershed ecosystem services such as soil erosion control and storm flow regulation through collecting, storing, and releasing rain water.

These services include, for example, nutrient reduction that leads to water quality improvements in some wetlands and climatic regulation through recycling of precipitation in rain forests.