Sentences with phrase «as citizens concerned»

As citizens concerned about climate change, we often focus on the negative impacts of industry — which in the case of fossil fuels are presently many, varied, and growing.

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«As an American citizen,» Conway added, «we should be concerned that intelligence officials leaked to the press» this report, as Meyers reminded her that the press was reporting Trump being briefed about the issuAs an American citizen,» Conway added, «we should be concerned that intelligence officials leaked to the press» this report, as Meyers reminded her that the press was reporting Trump being briefed about the issuas Meyers reminded her that the press was reporting Trump being briefed about the issue.

But as the practical reality of repeal began to sink in for the millions of Americans who stand to lose coverage, the voices of concerned, angry citizens soon took center stage at town halls across the country.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

Never before had the treatment of the citizens of a state been recognized as an international authority's legal concern.

The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.

Chapter 5 concerns the unique ways in which the scientist, both as citizen and as specialist, can express the vocation to work for a better society.

In the first place such education, now as always, is concerned with the nurture of men and women whose business in life it will be to help men to see their immediate perplexities, joys and sufferings in the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign Power.

My basic concern is to throw some light on what it means to live as a morally responsible citizen in this complicated world.

What you do as a citizen is no concern of mine as long as it is legal, ethical, and doesn't infringe on my rights.

The policy statement's case does not rest on socioeconomic grounds alone, insisting that energy issues involve ethical choices and therefore concern us not only as citizens but also as Christians.

Diplomats in New York whose job it is to monitor the welfare of their citizens here say that as detentions of foreigners for investigations into terrorism drag on into the fourth month, they are frustrated by the dearth of information available to them on many cases and concerned by reports of mistreatment of some detainees.

The only people that concern me are the ones that say «My personal relationship with God has never changed»... because what worked for them in 5th grade still works as a senior citizen?

I happen to live in Britain where the welfare state, despite its obvious failings and inadequacies (to which reactionaries are always calling attention), has had and still does have as its chief concern the provision to everyone of those absolute necessities that are required if the citizens are to lead better, healthier, and more satisfying lives because they have been delivered from nagging fears and worries about illness and old age and much else that can be so dreadfully threatening to them.

To whatever degree «atheists» were involved, they were absolutely right to do so - as loyal citizens of the US concerned for the equity and welfare of ALL, not just the religious beliefs of some.

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

«As mayor, I am very concerned about the health and wellness of our Clarksdale citizens,» said Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett.

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Let's stop ignoring the calls for help of concerned citizens such as Don Reese before it's too late.

As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.&raquAs with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.&raquas on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.&raquas «safety champions.»

As a global citizen concerned with infant health, I noted with great appreciation your statement on the occasion of the 2005 World Breastfeeding Week indicating UNICEF's continued commitment to the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.

In fact, because of citizen science efforts at Mass Audubon, the eastern whip - poor - will, one of the inaugural Birds to Watch, was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts, affording it more protection.

Based in large part on data provided by Mass Audubon's citizen scientists, the Eastern Whip - poor - will was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts.

Perhaps the most important information to dwell on — as a supporter of Aja, as a mother, and as a concerned citizen — are your human rights in childbirth and how this case has the potential to clearly delineate that boundary between protection of mother and baby and your family's right to self determination and privacy.

An interesting point was raised in a recent meeting I had for the need for both protest groups and concerned citizens such as ourselves be prepared at future demonstrations of this magnitude for both the police spin and that parts of the media who will just pick up police press releases as undisputed fact.

But beyond electoral processes, it is just as vital to the health of a democracy that ordinary citizens are meaningfully involved in the discourse concerning issues affecting their lives and country.

If you support a traitor like Rump and you turn your back on the citizens of your state to provide tax cuts for the wealthy that virtually assure that after November the Pubs will be going after Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as being too expensive you should be concerned about a negative response form voters.

In effect, this is an example of something Princeton political scientist Rory Truex calls «representation within bounds» — when deputies are encouraged to act as genuine citizen representatives, but only regarding areas outside the core concerns of the regime, including political reform.

Cybersecurity has become a major concern for governments, companies and citizens, as some of their most sensitive information is routinely stored and communicated online.

These protest movements also voice a concern that democratic politics has become imbalanced in favour of corporations and the very rich and / or (as with the indignados) that politicians have become a class separate from ordinary citizens: concerns about the loss of genuine popular sovereignty.

«Which is why I expect the Conservative manifesto, and the Queen's Speeches to follow, to be rooted in the concerns of those whom the writer David Goodhart has described as the citizens of Somewhere rather than Anywhere.

«As lawmakers, advocates and concerned citizens we have a moral obligation to build off the bill's resounding passage in the Assembly last year, and move it past the finish line.

Cooperation between the Participants will be based on a mutual understanding of shared issues and concerns of the governments and citizens of California and the People's Republic of China as they relate to research, innovation, and commercialization of clean technologies.

A concern that a new settlement will be a stitch - up amongst the major political parties and the vibrancy of the referendum campaign in Scotland have energised campaigners to call for a convention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convcitizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional ConvCitizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convcitizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convention).

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

We establish alliances with other organizations as well as mobilize members of our group to persuade current officials to address community concerns and broader issues that impact the well - being of our citizens and environment.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by elected officials, business and community leaders, and concerned citizens as he delivered his 2013 State of the County address at the Albright - Knox Art Gallery.

At first sight, it might not seem to be of direct concern to you as a British citizen but this is really another facet of the single market.

Just before the end of the last parliament, and thanks in large measure to an arduous and seemingly hopeless campaign by a small band of concerned citizens, the Liberal Democrats quite bravely called a halt to the intended swift - as - lightning progress through the Commons of Lord Saatchi's medical innovation bill.

«At this stage, there is an entire host of outstanding questions and legal concerns surrounding this project that have not been answered to the satisfaction of anyone, including oversight and expert bodies such as: the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Citizens Advisory Committee of the New York - New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program and the Westchester Municipal Officials Association, not to mention members of the State Legislature and the New York City Council,» Perkins writes.

At 12:30 p.m., Rep. Kathy Hochul will «discuss her efforts to protect and strengthen Medicare as well as other healthcare concerns with members of the Wyoming County Senior Citizens Club.

As it reached the end of its term in office, Labour learnt the hard way that energy policy must engage with the real world concerns of consumers and citizens alike.

The public should be given a real say in issues that concern them, using tools that provide genuine engagement such as Citizens» Juries.

The worry I have is the more we bang on about immigration — and it seems as though that is going to be one of the big themes of the next election — it resonates with what we understand people are concerned about, but the more we bang on about that as the Conservative Party, the more we will seem I fear to people in this country with brown skin, with black skin, people who've come from outside the UK, they will just think «God, Tories somehow see us as being second - class citizens».

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations and unions can be considered individuals as far as their political contributions are concerned and that restricting their ability to donate to candidates amounted to a violation of their First Amendment right of free speech.

My fears that the chaos at the Commission would lead the present young crop of the NDC to self - destruct was confirmed when I discovered on 29th and 31st July 2017 respectively that the author of the second petition for the removal of the two Deputy Commissioners was Emmanuel Korsi Senyo, the concerned citizen, who had acted in the past as an NDC surrogate commencing action against the General Legal Council in the Supreme Court in defence of Francis Sosu, who had contested the primaries in my constituency, Madina, for the NDC.

It is becoming very worrisome that these mischiefs are almost becoming almost the rule rather than the exceptions as concerned citizens read or hear about the condemnable acts on a daily basis.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by elected officials, business and community leaders, and concerned citizens as he delivered his 2014 State of the County address at the Mason O. Damon Auditorium in the Central (Downtown) branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Library.

«As a concerned citizen of Erie County, I ask that the New York State Authorities Budget Office conduct a performance audit of the Erie County Water Authority (ECWA) under Title 2 of New York's Public Authorities law,» said Schoeneman in her letter to the ABO.

The group was created by a «coalition of concerned citizens» and the page shows support for other political - themed groups on the social network such as Ruben Diaz Jr. for Mayor in 2013 and Albany County Young Democrats.