Sentences with phrase «against policy goals»

Not exact matches

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

At a time when the White House has vowed to act more forcefully against North Korea, Iran and other threats, some officials see the Cuba problem as yet another lesson in the dangers of using intelligence selectively to advance policy goals.

Every policy should be measured against that goal, and the technical expertise of the nation, indeed of the world, should be directed to that end.

In concrete fashion the document advances three values against which energy policies and technologies may be measured for their consistency with the goal of ecological justice: sustainability, equity and participation.

Undeterred Davies pointed out that violence against women and girls could never be entirely eradicated, said he doesn't understand the difference between a goal and a target and demanded a list of concrete policies that the panel would like to see implemented that would help achieve the goal of equality.

These excerpts and outtakes illustrate the early hoping - against - hope tact of Mayor de Blasio; publicly emphasizing their existing relationship and some putative shared policy policy goals.

Nigeria introduced the whistle - blowing policy in December 2016 as part of efforts toward achieving the goals of the fight against corruption.

In a letter, the Green Party said that the parties» leaders «should meet to discuss how we can work together for a united fight against the Cuomo agenda and for the policy goals we share.»

It will take a unified and strategic effort of all countries to enact smart policies, leverage innovative financing and strengthen partnerships to win race against time and achieve these goals.

In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy, articulated through No Child, to set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.

Pushback against the strong federal role, goals perceived as unrealistic, and other perceived flaws in the law resulted in a migration to increased state flexibility and experimentation — with federally established principles and state - driven policies for achieving them governed by waivers from federal law.

Constantly changing tests (or using tests as a convenient scapegoat when political blowback against Common Core gets too strong) is a policy response that undermines the goals of standards - based reform in all the ways I have identified above.

This paper illustrates a methodology to evaluate alternative national traffic growth goals against greenhouse gas reduction goals, considering motor vehicle fleet characteristics and fuel policies.

Inclusion of recreational take in the predator policy goes against the stated goal of modernizing predator management and contradicts current science.

The main goal of EU's climate policy, they claim, is to create a market for the Danish and German renewable technologies and Poland is the only one bravely going against EU's madness about reducing emissions.

Such policy goals are then to be optimized and balanced against other policy goals situated on the same level.

In an administrative order published Monday, the court said that providing electronic access to nonconfidential court records «is a goal of the judicial branch,» but that «unfettered electronic access to all court records without policies in place to protect privacy interests and guard against unintended consequences detrimental to the judicial process can not be allowed.»

A good term policy that is maintained as goals are being pursued by the new family is a proactive measure against loss of income earning potential of both partners in a marriage.

You can then borrow against the cash value in your policy giving you the opportunity to meet your future goals.

This savings portion can build a cash value - against which the policy owner can borrow funds, or in some instances, the owner can withdraw the cash value to help meet future goals, such as paying for a child's college education.

The whole point of life insurance is to provide some financial stability for your loved ones if you pass away unexpectedly; if you borrow too much against your policy, you risk sabotaging that essential goal.

If a financial advantage is your goal, a whole life policy offers options not available in term life, including the ability to withdraw or borrow against the accrued cash value of the policy.

The company declined to identify the exact accounts that would be removed by its newly enacted policy, but it did acknowledge that it would «review» accounts and ban groups that identify as extremist through their goals and engage in or promote violence against civilians.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and individuals.