Sentences with phrase «change legislation at»

Peabody, which operates three coal mines in the Powder River Basin, has argued against climate change legislation at the national and international level, pushing instead for coal gasification and carbon sequestration technologies, under the name clean coal.

Roundtable Discussion at ELECTRIC POWER 2008 Listen to what American Electric Power Chairman, President, and CEO Michael Morris had to say about the likely effects of climate change legislation at the 2008 ELECTRIC POWER Conference's Power Industry CEO Roundtable.

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Congress can change this legislation at any time.

Congress may change this legislation at any time.

Congress may change the legislation at any time.

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Whereas large companies can probably handle big shocks better because they have more and bigger resources, small companies have the advantage of being in a better position to understand legislation changes and being faster at adapting to a new framework, he noted.

Senate legislation on climate change is still being drafted, and a vote is not going to occur at least until April.

Under current legislation, employee premium rates can not change by more the 10 cents a year until the Account achieves a «surplus» of at least $ 2 billion.

Both budgets, however, were followed by massive Budget Omnibus Bills, which contained major changes to a large amount of legislation either vaguely referred to, or not referred to at all, in the budgets.

Progress in corporate restructuring has proved harder: changes have been made to bankruptcy legislation, but corporate debt restructuring is proceeding only at a slow pace.

Yet even if federal and provincial finance ministers agree to enhance the CPP at their meeting this December, it would take at least until 2016 to implement the requisite legislation and begin phasing in the premium rate changes.

This legislation can change at any time.

If you could manage to set aside your anger and condescension and read both of our posts at whatever speed you like, you will see that you did indeed say that at 11:22 you said (verbatim) that America is a «two party system which only legislation is likely to change.»

Some legislation, a Const.itutional Amendment, proper regulations in the right places, and a great number of vicious criminals put behind bars, and you'd be amazed at the changes we could see within a week, month, or year.

We will introduce legislation to enable accredited supporters trusts to appoint and remove at least two of the directors of a football club and to purchase shares when the club changes hands.

Whilst we are waiting for legislation to change, we will be looking to consult with fans to understand what we should do if and when we have the choice to introduce safe standing at Villa Park.

As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.»

I consider my work «radical» because, although «radical» or «activist» work at large is perceived as protests and / or changing legislation, I believe that the emotional labor, relationship building, and advocacy are important (and overlooked) parts of justice work.

At present there is no legislation on the age limit of any tyres fitted to vehicles in the UK, so Frances has enlisted the help of Maria Eagle MP and they have met with Patrick McLoughlin, The Secretary of State for Transport to try to change the law on this important matter.

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) refused to confirm what would be in the Queen's speech - which sets out legislation for the coming year - but said ministers were looking at «all the options» on climate change.

At 11:45 a.m., state Sen. Sue Serino and advocates hold a news conference to urge the passage of legislation prohibiting insurance plans and pharmacy benefit managers from changing drug coverages in the middle of a coverage year, outside the Senate Chambers, third floor, state Capitol, Albany.

I don't have the time at the moment to provide cited evidence for this; but, whenever legislation is passed, it typically receives some resistance to change.

Prosecutors say they expect some unspecified «changes» in the testimony, while Silver's defense team says that ambiguity remains at the core of their strategy — to try to convince jurors that Silver's receipt of legal outside income was separate, and his official behavior was based on the merits of legislation and grants rather than a «quid pro quo» for a bribe.

The legislation to reduce political interference and patronage at the Port Authority won unanimous approval in Albany and Trenton following the Bridgegate scandal and toll hikes, but the governors rejected the bills, and instead endorsed the changes recommended by the special bi-state panel they appointed, Langford reported.

There will be further changes to the way the House does business when the Backbench Business Committee is able to look at both Government legislation and Back - Bench business, and we are told that that will not start until the third year of this Parliament — another recipe for delay.

The CCPA is a landmark piece of legislation that would put New York at the forefront of the fight against climate change by creating individualized plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and direct energy funding to communities like the 20th state senate district that are most impacted by climate change.

Three others received between 28 and 33 votes — not enough to establish a minority position — on the excessively revolutionary issues of gaps in anti-discrimination legislation, increasing numbers of parent governors at academy schools, changing balloting arrangements for school selections, and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

While he's no fan of the bill, he expects the Senate to make major changes to the legislation — if it even passes at all.

If he thinks something needs to change let him introduce general legislation, not target his criticism at a specific political (now defeated) rival.

Moreover, the reason why gay weddings could not take place there at the moment is because it is a Church of England chapel and the Church of England has been exempted by the Government from current gay marriage legislation - that is why Mr Bryant is seeking to change its status to a multi-faith prayer room.

New Jersey state Sen. Bob Gordon, chairman of a powerful oversight committee that has looked closely at the Port Authority after the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal, said he was aghast to learn what changes are included in the draft legislation.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

Police Commissioner William Bratton is opposed to legislation mandating the changes and said at a hearing last year that the bill represents «unprecedented intrusions into the operational management» of the police department.

A Cuomo administration official objected to the characterization that the new legislation would require further changes at SUNY.

According to the Times newspaper, Lord Jones is unhappy at changes to capital gains tax and legislation for «non-doms» - UK residents who are nondomiciled for tax purposes - believes his role would be more suited to a businessmen, rather than a politician.

At 7 p.m., Assembly Members Fahy, John McDonald III and Phil Steck host a town hall forum on comprehensive climate change legislation, St. John's Church of God in Christ, 74 4th Ave., Albany.

Walter says some legislators are looking at legislation to change the whole system and ease the stress on kids.

Challengers hoping to unseat Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) largely agreed that Congress should take a robust role in strengthening environmental safeguards, including passing legislation to combat climate change while bolstering regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Tomorrow's Commons debate on whether to increase the number of dogs allowed to flush out a fox — a relatively technical legal change which would win no press attention at all if it were a normal bit of legislation - is being accompanied by protests outside parliament, frenzied behind - closed - door talks and acres of press coverage.

Kath Checkland, professor of health policy at Manchester University, said the new processes could help address inequality if different groups within the coalition pooled budgets together but, in practice, little would change as legislation remained the same.

Does anyone recall that the Governor came in at the last minute of the SED regulation development process on teacher evaluations and asked the Regents for changes in the proposed regulations to include greater emphasis on test scores than the original legislation prescribed?

At the report stage of bills when the House as a whole has a change to change important legislation, most MPs follow their own Whips into the lobby and haven't taken the trouble to find out what they're voting for.

In pet - related legislation, the governor vetoed a bill that would have exempted hunting dogs from the definition of pets illegally «running at large,» a change that Cuomo said could create hassles for property owners confronted by hunting dogs on their land and local law enforcement who would have to respond to such cases.

He received payments from Goldberg & Iryami, a firm specializing in property tax appeals, and at the same time, allegedly changed state legislation to benefit the developers, Glenwood Management and the Witkoff Group.

Other changes include a shift in the way legislation will be introduced at the council, and the creation of a legislative drafting unit designed to help members speed up the bill writing process.

All of these changes can be made without legislation, as the current system remains wholly at the Prime Minister's discretion.

The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny of delegated legislation is at the heart of the delicate balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».

The analogy to the climate change legislation could be to make a statutory commitment to reduce child poverty (for example, to reach by 2020 a level of child poverty at least 90 % below the 1999 when the commitment to reduce and end child poverty was made) and then to set up an equivalent group to the Low Pay Commission or Monetary Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on track.

«We thought the legislation would have a profound effect and assumed there would be changes in snack behavior at school and at home,» said Professor Elena Serrano, who co-authored the study.