Sentences with phrase «announced major initiatives»

Governor Murphy has already announced major initiatives on energy and climate issues, including a commitment to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and the issuing of an offshore wind (OSW) executive order committing to 3,500 MW of OSW with a plan to announce a major OSW RFP soon.

Lately, a spate of large companies, including General Mills, Nestle, Kraft Foods and Hershey, announced major initiatives to remove controversial ingredients from popular products.

FROM DA»S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe and Rockland County town supervisors will announce a major initiative designed to eliminate sweeping fraud and abuse of the New York State STAR program.

DENVER / Oct 14, 2015 — Morris Animal Foundation, a global leader in supporting scientific research that advances the health and well - being of animals worldwide, has announced a major initiative to find a cure, treatments and / or vaccine for a disease that kills thousands of cats every year — feline infectious peritonitis.

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This is the second major initiative announced in recent weeks.

This will reduce the likelihood of an executive being blindsided after committing significant resources to an initiative or announcing a major strategy.

Wellsite, a professional network and collaboration platform for the upstream oil and gas industry, today announced a major blockchain initiative for its flagship platform, Wellsite.com, with the launch of a token sale for its cryptocurrency designed for the oilfield services market, Crudecoin.

2016.04.05 University of Toronto and RBC create startup accelerator for young innovators The University of Toronto and RBC today announced a major new initiative to support Canada...

Aside from an array of bilateral free trade deals recently signed including those with Australia and South Korea, China has also announced major financing initiatives for infrastructure development across the Asia Pacific region.

Dubbed Xiong «An Global Blockchain Innovation Fund, the new initiative was announced Monday at the opening ceremony of a new Blockchain Industrial Park in Hangzhou - a Chinese city noted for its support for innovation and which plays host to major companies such as Alibaba.

Several months ago, Nespresso, a division of the giant Swiss multinational food corporation Nestlé, announced a major sustainability initiative they are calling Ecolaboration.

High Brew Coffee, a ready - to - drink cold - brew coffee product, announced three major initiatives during Expo West in Anaheim, California (9 - 12 March).

First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to announce on Monday a major new initiative that would place up to 5,000 salad bars in public schools nationwide, despite uncertainties over how local health inspectors might treat those salad bars and USDA nutrition - tracking rules that could prove a major impediment.

The White House is set to announce on Monday a major new initiative that would place up to 5,000 salad bars in public schools nationwide despite uncertainties over how those salad bars might be treated by local health inspectors and U.S. Department of Agriculture rules that could prove a major impediment.

Earlier this year, on January 26th, 2010, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Stephen Harper, announced his intention to make maternal and child health a development priority for the upcoming G8 Summit, saying that «Canada will champion a major initiative to improve the health of women and children in the world's poorest regions.»

On its face, it appears to announce a major new public health initiative after months of pressure.

While California state lawmakers announced last - minute deals on medical marijuana regulation and a scaled - back climate change proposal, they were likely to adjourn this year's legislative session Friday without completing major initiatives on...

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to announce Thursday a set of awards that could lead to funding for a major initiative at Syracuse University.

Environment secretary Hilary Benn announced today major retailers and energy suppliers have launched a voluntary initiative to phase out high energy light bulbs and replace them with low - energy alternatives.

The government has announced a special initiative called the «Akufo - Addo Program for Economic Transformation (AAPET)», as a major intervention for job creation, infrastructure development and accelerated investment in Agriculture.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, announced the next set of parks added to the Community Parks Initiative portfolio the City's first major parks equity initiative investing $ 318 million to revitalize everyday community parks that have received less than $ 250,000 over the past 20 years.

The Buffalo Billion was a major economic development initiative announced during Cuomo's first term.

Major League Soccer and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman yesterday announced a new initiative to protect players from discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation: Working with the Attorney General's office, the League is... Read

Neil Chalmers, director of the Natural History Museum, and one of the advisers on the initiative, is critical of «the disparity between the magnitude of the initiative as announced by John Major in Rio and the funding on offer».

Last week, 13 months after Major announced the initiative in Rio de Janeiro, the Department of the Environment finally accepted the recommendations of the Advisory committee for the Darwin Initiative.

With less than two months to go before the Rio +20 U.N. conference in Brazil, which many hope will breathe new life into the sustainable development agenda, the two - day Clean Energy Ministerial meeting is being hailed as a major opportunity to set the stage with a range of bilateral initiatives expected to be announced on projects across the renewable energy spectrum.

Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules, announced in early May, is the first major initiative from NIH's new National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS).

The initiative is an effort announced by 20 major countries at the COP 21 negotiations here to significantly accelerate clean - energy improvements.

Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China have all announced major new brain research initiatives as well.

Kessler Foundation recently announced $ 1.6 million in funding for major employment initiatives in four states.

First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to announce on Monday a major new initiative that would place up to 5,000 salad bars in public schools nationwide, despite uncertainties over how local health inspectors might treat those salad bars and USDA nutrition - tracking rules that could prove a major impediment.

In 2008 Unilever announced that it will make a shift to using sustainable palm oil, as soon as the first supplies become available.This major initiative is one that will have a significant impact, not just on climate change but also on the sustainability of the rainforest.Unilever's intention is to move to 100 % certified, sustainable palm oil by 2015, and we will also support an immediate moratorium on any further deforestation in Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivation.

Prince William, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, announced a major new initiative over the weekend to tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness.

They still house 130 employees and are recruiting in new areas, with a «major initiative involving China» to be announced.

Two new initiatives announced last month in South Carolina could result in significant increases in funding and major program changes for the state's public schools.

An initiative spurred by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Common Core State Standards have been adopted by forty - three states, but some have since announced major rewrites or replacements, leaving 30 states, plus the District of Columbia sticking to the standards.

WASHINGTON — «Today Education Secretary Arne Duncan made a major commitment to elevating the teaching profession by announcing the launch of Teach to Lead, a new initiative to advance teacher leadership in partnership with the National Board.

In its place, Vallas announced a major new initiative called the Twilight Program, an «alternative education and credit recovery program» which provides students with the ability to come in a use an E-Leaning computer program to access credit granting classes.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been the initiative's major supporter, is providing the funding for the grants announced today.

New York, NY — The Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC), a national initiative of New Leaders for New Schools, today announced the conclusion of the third year of a major, cross-state analysis of charter school achievement.

In response, officials announced a major new initiative: They are now sending yellow buses to pick up thousands of additional students who live in shelters.

BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of recent success in partnering with publishers to produce sales dashboards and seamless, device - agnostic file integration for ebook consumers, announced at today's DBW event that several industry veterans from across major publishers have joined BookShout's team for its new print distribution initiative.

Well, HTC has formally announced their new commitment to support all future flagship devices with major updates for 2 years after they've been released (US - only initiative).

Windows 8 will also play a major role in the Smart Glass initiative announced this year at E3, which makes this gamer wonder if Smart Glass will launch the same day Windows 8 does.

The massive stock surge video game giant Nintendo saw after announcing two major initiatives with Apple this week didn't last very long, but the Japanese company's shares were still strong Thursday compared to its 52 - week low.

Today the New Museum «s director, Lisa Phillips, announced three major new scholarship opportunities that aim to promote the study of contemporary art and culture.The first initiative, titled the Mellon Grant for Contemporary Scholarship in Contemporary Art, is a $ 500,000 fund that will be... Read More

The Bass, whose reopening has unfortunately been postponed until next spring, has just announced some better news: a 10 - year acquisitions initiative that will add a major piece of contemporary art to the museum's collection each year.

We're delighted to announce that the gallery will launch an initiative to develop major group shows with accompanying publications.

The World Resources Institute has announced an initiative that it says will focus on business and finance models for sustainable, low - carbon economic growth in major markets like the U.S., China, Mexico, India and Brazil.

Major companies which have recently announced initiatives to use carbon offsets for corporate travel include retailer Zappos.com, business software giant SAP and car rental agency Hertz, to name a few.