Sentences with phrase «big cuts in»

Confronting backbenchers in his own party who wanted big cuts in on land wind, Tim Yeo, Tory chair of the all - party energy and climate change select committee, commented «The way to deal with this - and realise the savings the Treasury wants to achieve - is to have more onshore renewable energy, which requires lower levels of subsidy, and less offshore, which requires more.

We pointed out that the Government's GST policy document made no mention whatsoever of the environmental implications of big cuts in the prices of diesel and petrol.

«Once again ignoring the severe climate crisis facing our nation, this administration is turning its back on reality and science, in favor of its polluter buddies,» said Seth Johnson, Earthjustice attorney who is co-counsel for the Sierra Club, «These standards are making big cuts in the carbon pollution that drives climate change, and a detailed technical review confirmed they're workable.

Is greed for carbon - tax revenue a reason why so many environmentalists opposed the most obvious way (nuclear energy) to actually make big cuts in CO2 emissions?

Hydro - electric power, solar power, hydrogen engines and fuel cells could all create big cuts in greenhouse gases if they were to become more common.

2007/04/24: TheAge: Howard undermined on climate The nation's leading scientific body, the CSIRO, has undermined Prime Minister John Howard's position on climate change by advising that big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions appear to be both inevitable and affordable for Australia.

A Bloomberg news article described a variety of unsurprising big cuts in Department of Energy programs on renewable energy and related initiatives.

Given that humans are spending ever more time indoors, with all the heating, cooling and lighting potentially attending such a lifestyle, finding big cuts in energy use in structures can make a big dent in greenhouse - gas emissions and energy appetites.

Peter Baker reports from L'Aquila, Italy, where the Group of 8 industrial powers is holding its annual summit meeting, that no agreement was reached on a concrete global commitment for big cuts in greenhouse - gas emissions.

In recent years, Dr. Pachauri has been a target of some writers, scientists and research groups who challnge the consensus on global warming or who oppose actions to make big cuts in greenhouse gases.

Mr. McCain is clearly trying to woo independents by rejecting the hotter climate - as - calamity and climate - as - hoax messages of the campaigners or lobbyists most aggressively pushing and fighting prompt, big cuts in greenhouse - gas emissions.

Second, and more importantly, if they retire when Louis is 60, they will have to take big cuts in pension income and CPP, Moran notes.

And exactly one year before, in 2010, Amazon also made big cuts in the price of their «previous - generation» Kindle Keyboards to just $ 89.

GM had already warned in its second - quarter financial results last month that it was making big cuts in daily rental unit sales, long a crutch for the automaker and for its domestic rivals.

«That tracks with the budget proposed by the presumptive veep nominee, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, of Wisconsin, which calls for big cuts in domestic discretionary spending, the category that includes education,» explains Shah.

Jon Richards, UNISON head of education said: «There's already been big cuts in support staff in secondary schools.

Senate appropriators begin to step away from big cuts in fiscal 2018 spending and set down investments in the scientific and technology enterprise.

«For months now, we have faced the prospect of big cuts in aid from Albany that would have meant fewer new school seats and more overcrowding,» Walcott said in a statement.

The chancellor has ruled out big cuts in the near future.

Instead, his proposed budget — expected to be released in early February — will include «large reductions in Medicaid and state education spending» and big cuts in the state workforce.

But it is a strange idea of fairness to argue that because private sector staff have seen big cuts in their pensions, then so must the public sector.

Top Democrat warns Murphy he won't stand for big cuts in homestead rebate property tax relief Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has this message for Gov. Phil Murphy: You simply can't slice the popular Homestead property tax credits that go to hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents.

«I supported the formation of the coalition through gritted teeth but I have never voted for big cuts in welfare benefits and I am not going to start now,» he pledged.

Public - school funding is safe so far, according to Paterson, but big cuts in discretionary funding, local government aid, and health care are on the horizon.

The aim was to allow Sir Geoffrey to honour his repeated pledge to switch taxation from «pay - as - you - earn to pay - as - you - spend», allowing the big cuts in income tax which marked Sir Geoffrey's dramatic first budget six weeks after the Tories took office.

This comes after big cuts in SUNY funding and increase in tuition.

«Big cuts in Medicaid would be devastating to our Health and Hospitals Corporation.»

Finally, the Republicans also proposed big cuts in the S.B.A. bureaucracy, sparing only the district offices that deal directly with small business owners.

Big cuts in unnecessary regulations continuing.»

Still, the industry could be more aggressive because consumers will probably accept even bigger cuts in salt, according to Leith Greenslade, head of JustActions, a group that campaigns on health and other issues.

A fightback is now well and truly underway with the Sun, Telegraph, Express and Mail doing (1) a particularly good job at highlighting waste in those councils making the biggest cuts in local government and (2) also the massive inflation in councillor remuneration.

'' «I think we have made the biggest cuts in public spending that any democratically elected government has tried to do in modern times,» said Mr Clarke.

Schools and colleges are experiencing major real terms cuts, with the biggest cut in education spending since the 1950s.

Mr Balls said: «Eric Pickles fell asleep for a quite extended period of time and Ed and I were worried because there might have been some big cut in local government spending coming which he didn't know about.

In a little over a month, voters in most school districts go to the polls to decide yes or know on that district's spending plan and five of them in Erie County have less state aid to work with in the recently approved state budget In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state...

The Republican's obsession with debt (or maybe that's just a convenient excuse) has them calling for more and bigger cuts in government spending.

In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state aid, down 6.34 percent.

Those communities have taken the full force of austerity... Those areas that have the deepest poverty, the highest levels of unemployment have also had the biggest cuts in central government support.»

Memo to Austin you really need to get your resume updated since you will be in the minority soon and take a big cut in salary, maybe you can go back to your old job working for Hank «TAKE THE FIFTH» Sheinkopf.

Some Republicans in Congress are seeking bigger cuts in the food stamp program.

«Eric Pickles fell asleep for a quite extended period of time and Ed [Miliband] and I were worried because, you never know, there might have been some big cut in local government spending coming which he didn't know about so we just politely suggested to Vince Cable that he should wake him up.»

If such mechanisms kick in, even bigger cuts in emissions will be needed to limit warming.

A «soft landing» is predicted: a big cut in the budget for next year to give people time to look for jobs, then the final coup de grâce a year or so later.

With its very big cut in price right now, you'll never regret it.

Four of the five states with the biggest cuts in general school funding since 2008 — Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin — have also cut income tax rates in recent years.

It was the biggest cut in the country, and sent districts reeling.

, the biggest cut in the entire Bridgeport school budget was for the funds needed to support Bridgeport students who require special education services.

The single biggest cut in this year's school budget is for programs intended to support students who need special education services.

Meanwhile, a new report found that Wisconsin schools have suffered the 4th biggest cuts in in the nation through 2014.

Staffing costs were among the biggest cuts in the budget at $ 325 million.