Sentences with phrase «call for public action»

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As part of the Demo Day, President Obama issued a call to action to both the public and private sector, according to Tom Kalil, deputy director for technology and innovation at the OSTP.

Craig Benjamin of Amnesty International Canada said, «This is one more important voice added to the call for the kind of independent public inquiry that we need to establish a truly comprehensive and effective national plan of action.

In sum, what started last April with a call to action to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent a mega fossil energy project from threatening a primary source of fresh water has grown into a public interest campaign with powerful implications for energy development, the environment, and the rule of law.

«The Prosperity Initiative Report Reflects Public Opinion in Calling for More Joint Public and Private Sector Action,» C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder 7, by David M. Brown (November 13).

The time for public orations is past and the call to action is immediate and real.

It took the public's call for action after the Parkland shooting to shame Scott and the Florida Legislature into passing the state's first new gun restrictions in decades.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats are calling for new and stronger actions from the B.C. Liberals to ensure long - term sustainability and environmental quality, greater public accountability, and best practices in the natural gas industry as the practice of hydraulic fracturing...

(More than 100,000 people signed a petition calling for legal action against Yuri for stirring up public unrest.)

Dewey, who died in 1952 after reigning for more than fifty years as America's most influential public philosopher and educator, appreciated that the churches had not gone out of business, and that they could even be useful in promoting peace, fighting economic injustice, and, more generally, in «stimulating action» for what he called «a divine kingdom on earth.»

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

The UK food and drink industry is innovating to reduce sodium in everyday products, but public health campaigners are calling for further action.

The United Nations recently recognised the threat of these non-communicable diseases as a global public health crisis, and called for decisive preventative action from government leaders.

But amidst the plethora of substantial, legitimate information, there is also a cacophony of foreboding, judgmental voices: «lactivist» blogs that compare formula feeding to child abuse; public message boards with calls to action - «I automatically feel sorry for the baby sitting in the cart in the formula aisle as their parent loads up on cans of the stuff.

The U.S. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding notes that several health organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Nurse - Midwives, American Dietetic Association and American Public Health Association all recommend that most infants be breastfed for a minimum of one year, with the first six months exclusively breast milk.

Consumer groups call for more action after another death from tipping IKEA dressers is made public.

Lawmakers will return to Washington today facing intense public pressure to break their decades - long gridlock on gun control, a demand fortified by a bipartisan group of governors calling for Congress to take action to protect against mass shootings.

Cuomo did call for some things that will be unpopular with public employee unions (freezing pay, creating a Tier VI in the pension fund, reducing the size of state government — a move that will undoubtedly necessitate job cuts, but he makes no mention of that I can find in «The New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action»).

Nixon called out every branch of the government for neglecting public housing, urging them to step up and take immediate action, «These people can't go through another winter without heat or water,» she said.

A premature call for legislative and judicial action in the realm of 3D printing could stifle the public interest of fostering creativity and innovation and the right of manufacturers and content creators to protect their livelihoods.

«I applaud those students for speaking up, I applaud the students for taking action and I think the calls of the students and parents have captured the attention of the administration of the Buffalo Public Schools and the teacher's union and I'm hoping that those two entities can come together in the best interest of the education of the children at City Honors,» he said.

Citizen Action of New York's Karen Scharff agreed, saying his new language» is very much tied into his call for ending the inequality gap and raising the minimum wage... Public funding of elections is not only a way to end corruption but to give ordinary New Yorkers a voice in our elections.»

The report called for more government action to take account of litter and littering behaviour in the design of Britain's public spaces, based on research that an intelligent approach to designing public spaces can reduce littering at no extra cost to taxpayers.

Democratic Long Island Rep. Kathleen Rice called for federal and state action to address perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in public drinking water in New York and in communities across the country.

Also at 11 a.m., Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Hakeem Jeffries and Nydia Velázquez, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and others gather to honor the Orlando victims and call for Congressional action to stop gun violence, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«NYPIRG calls on the Commission on Public Integrity, which has jurisdiction over the lobbying industry, to immediately begin an investigation into the actions of lobbyists and clients identified by the Legislative Ethics Commission and for the Legislative Ethics Commission to fully cooperate with any CPI investigation.»

Supporters of an education tax credit that would benefit those who donate to private and public schools have created a super PAC called «Catholics for Independent Action,» which has raised $ 90,000 so far.

A mental health expert has called for urgent action to discontinue the increasing abuse of the strong pain reliever, Tramadol, which has become very popular among the public, particularly the youth.

Calling for an end to the unfair distribution of teacher quality across New York City public schools, StudentsFirstNY organizers and hundreds of New York City public school parents came together today to demand action to address the disproportionate number of unsatisfactory - rated teachers in schools with the highest needs.

At 1 p.m., environmental activists call for action on unchecked carbon pollution from power plants to protect public health, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 5 p.m., members of the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement hold actions in Ithaca to call on the governor and the Legislature to pass the Humane Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement Act, Tompkins County Public Library, Green Street and Cayuga Street, Ithaca.

«That will not likely happen, but I am on the public record very clearly calling for that action to take place,» Higgins said.

Ramon Jimenez, a Bronx lawyer and Green Party candidate for Attorney General, called on the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics to investigate the actions of a lobbying firm representing FreshDirect in its bid to move to the Bronx.

In concert with PCCC and its partners Democracy for America (DFA) and Credo Action, two freshman Democratic House members, Jared Polis and Chellie Pingree, wrote a letter calling on Reid to include the public option.

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Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, warned the public of rushing to judgment when viewing footage of any police action, specifically calling out the commissioner for publicly commenting on the video of the March 17 arrest of 27 - year - old postal worker Glenn Grays.

Further, given that the report has called for further investigations of the Highway Department such as a review of time cards for the past two years, it is clear that such investigations can not be conducted by Town of Clarkstown personnel now that the public trust in the actions of Town employees and officials has been called into question.

Local MP Jim Fitzpatrick has made his own submission to the NEC calling for disciplinary action against Ken's public show of support for Rahman during the campaign.

The latest edition of this edited volume includes an overview of social justice principles and public health; chapters on social injustice and its effects on the health of specific population groups; and the intersection of social justice and key aspects of public health, such as health care delivery; and a call to action that promotes human rights and social justice advocacy for improving public health.

The church is calling for people to change their personal habits related to fossil fuels and demand action from their public officials.

«However, this may change as the evidence base for these policies grows and changes in public knowledge increase calls for stronger governmental action.

To report annually to the Association, through the Council — and, as appropriate, to other scientific and technological communities and to the general public — the activities of the Committee and its general assessment of significant developments during the year that affect scientific freedom and scientific responsibility and that call for examination, discussion and possible action.

They promise to study the views of public and professional interests before deciding whether action by government is needed on delicate issues such as screening for the condition called fragile X syndrome.

The case for action rests on the realization that for the first time since the beginning of the Enlightenment era in the mid-17th century, the very idea of science as a way to establish a common book of knowledge about the world is being broadly called into question by heavily financed public relations campaigns.

«We are indeed very worried and our article is a call for global action from the scientific community at large and from the public and policymakers to prevent this.»

Having said that, I agree that climate scientists have already learned and communicated far more than enough to justify urgent action to end anthropogenic GHG emissions as quickly as possible — which numerous national and international scientific organizations, and many individual climate scientists, have explicitly called for in public statements.

It's a call to action for those who have become so disconnected to what's going on in the world around them that idealists with defined political agendas have been able to effect great changes, many of them arguably making things worse, capitalizing on the ambivalence of the uncaring public and the ratings - driven media.

«The Governor's Education Action Agenda has been very well received and does call for a major overhaul of our public education system,» says Massachusetts Secretary of Education and HGSE Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.

The class action, filed on behalf of 14 needy Philadelphia students and 12 public - interest organizations, claims the university has not abided by an 1977 city ordinance that the plaintiffs believe requires Penn to provide 125 so - called «Mayor's scholarships» for each entering class.

«We released this poll today to show our support — and what we believe is the public's strong support — for the affirmative action policies called for in Diversity Challenged.

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