Sentences with phrase «change committee gave»

The UK's Energy and Climate Change Committee gave «shale gas» the green light in the UK yesterday - with the Chair, Time Yeo, dismissing pollution worries as «hot air».

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And J.C. Penney gave a mom - friendly remix of the 1996 Blackstreet R&B hit «Go Diggity,» changing the lyrics to «Go Ligety,» — that would be 2006 gold medalist alpine skier Ted Ligety — to raise money for the U.S. Olympic Committee.

While the White House has given input on the tax plan, like President Donald Trump did when he urged Congress not to change a retirement savings benefit, the congressional tax - writing committees will ultimately decide the bill's shape.

Johnson must now also give up his chairmanship of the Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, where he has spearheaded a number of changes that have angered some members but also significantly reduced the confounding choices and grievous oversights that once plagued the category.

In the event of a change of control (as defined in the plan), the compensation committee may, in its discretion, provide for any or all of the following actions: (i) awards may be continued, assumed, or substituted with new rights, (ii) awards may be purchased for cash equal to the excess (if any) of the highest price per share of common stock paid in the change in control transaction over the aggregate exercise price of such awards, (iii) outstanding and unexercised stock options and stock appreciation rights may be terminated, prior to the change in control (in which case holders of such unvested awards would be given notice and the opportunity to exercise such awards), or (iv) vesting or lapse of restrictions may be accelerated.

The Tide are given the same chance to make the playoffs as they are to miss, odds that could surely change based on where the committee places them in tonight's rankings.

At the last Houston ISD Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting of the school year, we were given a lot of information about some promising changes ahead in school food for the 2011 - 12 school year.

Maybe they buy more whole foods or read ingredients or join a school wellness committee or give up fast food or advocate for legislative change.

Commission member Ben Weese, who was chairman of the permit committee, said that Park District officials had worked with Logan Square residents over several months on an aesthetically appropriate design and, given that the changes are reversible, said that it was a «noble experiment» worth pursuing.

gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider further amendments (proposals for change) to a Bill which has been examined in committee... Report stage is normally followed immediately by debate on the Bill's third reading.

Experts giving evidence to the Commons» energy and climate change committee urged ministers to shift from the three - year - deadline to focus on what will happen in five to ten years.

Bernard Jenkin, the Conservative chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (Pacac), told Civil Service World that he believed the change had echoes of Tony Blair's decision to allow a small number of Spads — including director of communications Alastair Campbell — to give instructions to officials.

Medina, a community organizer, was given the nod for the 18th Senate district nomination by Make The Road Action, New York Communities for Change and Tenants Political Action Committee.

Incidentally, when he gave evidence to the joint committee on the draft Lords reform bill in February, Clegg insisted that there was no link between the Lib Dems voting for boundary changes and the Tories backing Lords reform.

Upstate Sen. Catharine Young, who chairs the housing committee, told NY1 that the changes Democrats want would amount to «giving special privileges, benefits and enrichments to very wealthy people.»

The UFT school governance committee on March 14 proposed a set of sweeping changes to limit mayoral control of the city's schools and give parents and community more say.

UFT school governance committee on March 14 proposed a set of sweeping changes to limit mayoral control of the city's schools that would give parents and community more say.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, ushered a bill through his chamber during the 2014 session that would change how the Regents are selected, giving the governor and legislative conferences appointment power.

«But through a bipartisan effort, rules changes were adopted that strengthened the committee process, increased transparency and disclosure to give the public greater insight into legislative proceedings, and placed term limits on the length of time legislative leaders and committee chairs can serve, among other reform initiatives.»

The committee faced a very difficult task, in fairness, given that the levels of change being determined by the terms of reference would probably amount to the most dramatic redrawal of local election constituency boundaries in the history of the State.

Commisso: «Last year that was changed by Dan McCoy and Jack Flynn and Kathy Sheehan to be a handpicked committee, that, given the composition of that committee, was to arrive at a pre-determined outcome which was to endorse the incumbents.»

Among other things, the changes make audio and video of committee meetings available online and give lawmakers a greater ability to move bills through the committee process.

We helped shape the new «soft opt - out» system of organ donation in Wales when it was introduced, giving oral evidence to the Welsh Assembly Government Committee Inquiry that led to the change.

Many backbenchers were angered last week when Mr Cameron tried to change the rules of the committee to give himself more influence.

We helped shape the system in Wales when it was introduced, giving oral evidence to the Welsh Assembly Government Committee Inquiry that led to the change.

In a report published this morning, the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee argued Defra must now concentrate on rural communities, given that its climate change brief has been shifted over to the new Department of Energy and Climate Cchange brief has been shifted over to the new Department of Energy and Climate ChangeChange.

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Bernard Jenkin said the change had echoes of Tony Blair's decision to allow a small number of special advisers — including Alastair Campbell — to give instructions to officials.

During the meeting, the newly - formed Bylaws Review Committee gave a presentation about potential changes to the SA elections process.

Back in the Commons political and constitutional reform committee, Nick Clegg has just given a new slant on the Lib Dems» decision not to support the proposed parliamentary boundary changes.

Meanwhile, a wrench has been thrown into the works here because the changes the Senate Republicans had intended to make today, which included creation of the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Committee they had intended to give to Klein, just failed to pass during a Rules Committee meeting.

The state Assembly plans to change its internal rules to allow easier movement of legislation during a full two - year legislative cycle, make audio and video of committee meetings available online and give lawmakers a greater ability to move their legislation through the committee process, among numerous other changes.

As others have argued, it will be challenging for the new committee to scrutinise its new portfolio effectively given the potential scope of the constitutional change that we could see in this Parliament.

But after much societal and political outrage, the composition of the committee was changed to give smaller parties more clout, bringing together opposite interests ranging from the Greens» commitment to proportional representation to the Conservatives» reluctance to change anything.

New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox says the change gives the party a chance to reward loyal supporters in New York, and to make the state's committee members relevant to national presidential campaigns.

Schneiderman's political committee gave $ 500 to Grassroots and another $ 500 to Be the Change when he first ran for the top New York lawyer post in 2010, records show.

At a recent Senate Commerce Committee hearing, Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman gave important testimony about the need to dramatically change how we teach STEM subjects to both students and educators.

«Given our economic challenges and the need to develop an energy strategy, I think attempting to do a climate change bill at the same time is unrealistic and frankly unadvisable,» warned Marc Morano, a spokesman for Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R - Okla.).

Two weeks ago, when science lobbyists were given a 2 - page description of the draft legislation, committee staffers repeated the message that the science board supported the changes.

No part of this Constitution shall be changed without the concurrence of two - thirds of the members and fellows present in a general session of the Southwestern Division, after written notice given at a general session of a preceding general meeting of the Southwestern Division, and all changes to become effective shall require ratification by the Executive Committee of the American Association; changes affecting the status of the Affiliated Socieites shall require an affirmative vote of the Affiliation Committee.

This is from evidence given by Professor Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC, to the UK House of Lords Committee that inquired into The Economics of Climate Change on 8 March 2005:

«This time» refers to the long - awaited opportunity to deliver the PRISM integral fast reactor that has been in development since the early - 1980s — an opportunity that last month saw Loewen visit the UK to give evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee of MPs.

What will be interesting is to see how the rest fills out, particularly given recent procedural changes (i.e., anyone who wants to opt into the committee can vote for nominees, not just members of the short films and feature animation branch).

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act — named for the late chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and signed by President Reagan on Oct. 19 — will give employers the opportunity «to assist educators in their task of modernizing curricula for rapidly changing technologies and to help design programs that equip students for actual job needs,» William H. Kohlberg,...

The committee, whose members will be chosen by the Speaker of the House in January, will operate for four years, «making an assessment of what's happening to children in this nation, given the economic problems and the changes made in federal...

Sally Collier, Ofqual's chief regulator, also urged caution earlier this year when giving evidence to the education select committee on the government's proposed consultation on further changes to primary assessment.

The Senate's education committee decided to delay further action until next week, giving Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D - Alamo, time to consider proposed changes to AB 182.

In response to Packer's overall report outlining changes in federal education policy, committee chairman George McKenna pointed out, «Charters can lobby and have money to give to campaigns and give to board members.

Some state departments of education give review committees inhibiting direction, such as telling them not to change more than 15 percent of the standards because of the creating entirely new tests.

With sufficient participation, CHIC will allow breed health committees to monitor disease prevalence at any given point in time and to track changes in frequency over time, types of data that can also be invaluable to research.

This is from evidence given by Professor Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC, to the UK House of Lords Committee that inquired into The Economics of Climate Change on 8 March 2005: