Sentences with phrase «based initiatives pushed»

I have never been in favor of faith - based initiatives pushed by Bush and embraced by Obama.

One such effort is Global Population Speak Out, a Web - based initiative pushed by a variegated network of scientists and campaigners.

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In addition, Obama's policies add another layer to the «kludgey» interplay of federal and state responsibilities, pushing states to adopt common standards, which are claimed not to be national standards but wholly the initiative of governors and other state - based actors.

The shelter based campaign pushed the nation's shelters to sign up and then implement five key initiatives to reduce admissions, and increase lives saved:

While the Indians aggressively pushed for REDD + + in negotiations and the Americans argued for an even broader approach to land use - based emissions including the recognition of carbon absorbed by all land use change, African negotiators took a softer approach — pushing for REDD, but willing to take a rain check on AFOLU, even as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) was promoting its «BioCarbon» initiative, which explicitly endorses credits from sustainable agriculture and forestry.