Sentences with phrase «change secretaries called»

Former climate change secretaries called for an urgent rethink.

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The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats presented a united front today when they called on the new environment secretary to join their climate change consensus.

Tories and Lib Dems presented united front in calling on the new environment secretary to join their climate change consensus.

Their letter was sent after the new environment secretary this morning called for a «new environmental contract» on tackling climate change to ensure government, business and individuals all play their part.

The International Secretary General of MSF, Oberreit, illustrated this method when, at the same time as the tweet was issued about «victims of EU policies», he called on European governments to change their priorities: «rather than maximising the number of people they can push back, they must maximise the number they welcome and protect.»

Environment secretary faces calls for his resignation, as Green campaigners warn that a climate change sceptic should not be in post during extreme weather events

Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has also publicly called on the government to use Daesh but it is understood that Downing Street was wary that the name change could confuse the public.

Washington (CNN)- Newt Gingrich is amplifying his call for Secretary of State John Kerry to resign over his comments that climate change represents the biggest challenge «of our generation.»

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Claire McCaskill are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reverse a decision from her department's Office for Civil Rights changing the way it investigates complaints, arguing that the move would hamper investigations into sexual assault on college campuses.

With the latest gross domestic gross domestic product (GDP) figures showing that the economy has contracted further, with sharp falls in manufacturing in particular, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey called again for the government to change course:

The shadow foreign secretary will today seek to build momentum with a call to turn Labour into a «living, breathing movement for change» when he addresses supporters at a Westminster rally.

The debate came after Labour indicated a tougher approach to the EU when the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, called for a change to one of the founding principles of the EU — freedom of movement — to be introduced to prevent EU citizens travelling to Britain in search of a job.

«Some people might be sitting around mad about the name change,» said Christopher McMormick, secretary of Save Our Tappan Zee Inc. «But they can take action and have their voices heard by calling their representative or by joining our movement and signing the petition.»

It called for responsibility for driving through changes to be clarified, said minimum quality standards based on clinical evidence are needed and suggested removing the secretary of state from the reconfiguration process to «depoliticise» it.

«Liberal Democrat sources say that Sir Jeremy Heywood was called in after a series of blazing rows between Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey and Tory Environment Secretary Owen Paterson over Mr Davey's controversial «green'technology.

The business secretary called the switch an example of the «big changes» which are bringing the law «up to date».

To change this I am working with the Health Secretary, on the basis of my conversations with your Chiefs, to establish what needs to be done to stop the police being the first port of call simply because you offer a reliable «out of hours» service that other providers may not.

Speaking on the BBC this morning, the health secretary said while the advice «has not changed» it was «not hard and fast» and called on people to use their own judgement.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague has called on the government to step up its efforts against nuclear proliferation, comparing the issue in importance to climate change.

That changes this morning with David Davis calling on the Tory leadership to hold a «mandate referendum» even though the former Shadow Home Secretary agrees with Mr Cameron that there's no point in having a vote on the now ratified Lisbon Treaty.

Mandelson is caricaturing Ed Miliband's position but the former Climate Change Secretary has certainly called on Labour to tilt more towards its core supporters.

But in a statement from the Nigerian Wailers signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Fasipe Oluyemi, the group has called on the good people of Nigeria to come out en mass for a protest (#OccupyCBN) to stop this impunity of the Fraudulent Forex Trading, Round Tripping and racketeering going on in the Central Bank of Nigeria aided by its Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and bring to an end the Manipulation of Forex, illegally funding Federal Government budget, short - changing the Money Deposit Bank's reserve ratio at the expense of the Masses as the abuse of internal process.

The environment secretary faced calls for his resignation today, as Green campaigners warned that a climate change sceptic should not be left at Cabinet level during extreme weather conditions.

Earlier Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer hinted Labour could change its policy on another Brexit vote by saying the party was «not calling for a referendum at this stage».

Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne's Cabinet future was in doubt last night after sensational details were revealed of a phone call he made to the person he allegedly persuaded to take his speeding points so he could avoid a driving ban.

On Tuesday, Florida GOP Reps. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloAnti - Maduro Venezuelans not unlike anti-Castro Cubans of yore Farm bill revolt could fuel Dreamer push Three Republicans join climate change caucus MORE and Ileana Ros - LehtinenIleana Carmen Ros - LehtinenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or be fired.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke changed his mind about doing a live interview for BBC Two's Daily Politics after he saw Ed Miliband call for his resignation during Prime Minister's Questions.

Environmental charities have welcomed the appointment of Amber Rudd as Energy Secretary, calling it a «hopeful sign» the government is committed to acting on climate change.

We commend Secretary Clinton for calling out climate change deniers and effectively illustrating the urgent need to act on a defining issue of our time.»

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.

Rafe Pomerance, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State for environment and development, called Obama's Arctic platform «the most powerful communications opportunity that exists on climate change.»

U.S. and China called out on global warming United Nations Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon urged the U.S. and China to play «a more constructive role» in combating climate change, punctuating release of this year's fourth and final report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cchange, punctuating release of this year's fourth and final report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeChange.

Trade unions of university professors and researchers called on the new government to make the nomination of a new secretary of state an «occasion for real political change, the one that [Fioraso] failed to bring.»

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, executive secretary of the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change and a director at the Coppe / UFRJ engineering research institute in Rio de Janeiro, calls the targets «plausible.»

As world leaders including President Obama gathered in Paris to discuss climate change last week, Ames, Iowa, Mayor Ann Campbell joined a conference call of U.S. mayors with Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz — all part of the 21

As world leaders prepare to gather for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon's Global Climate Change Summit, this evidence calls for action to be taken to reduce disaster risk and to help communities adapt to changing and more unpredictable weather patterns, without which much more displacement will occur in the future.

As world leaders prepare to gather for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon's Global Climate Change Summit, this evidence calls for

Decades of best practice, cutting edge research in early education including the Head Start Impact Study, expert advice, and The Secretary's Advisory Committee's recommendations all culminate in a call to action for policy changes that ensure all Head Start programs provide a consistently high quality early learning experience that prepares children for Kindergarten and has long - term effects on their academic success and overall health.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan defended those policies in a call with reporters Tuesday, saying that massive changes in schools often lead to a temporary drop in test scores while teachers and students adjust.

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The Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, has set out plans to change what she has called an «outdated, inefficient and unfair» school funding system in England.

At the same time, a lawsuit over inadequate school funding is making its way through the courts, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called for change.

In a conference call with reporters, Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted the changes roiling education nationally: school districts with higher numbers of low - income families, more students who qualify as English language learners, and in some states, the inclusion of children with special needs in the tests.

Under the current administration, the sentiment at USDE has apparently changed, such that in March 2011, in a speech to the American Association of People With Disabilities conference in Washington, D.C, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that he would end the so - called «2 percent rule» because «we can no longer celebrate the success of one group of students if another group of students is still struggling.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told reporters that the pocket - change donation (which she called a «generous gift») will be used to host a camp for kids, focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

In response to a scathing report by the USDA Inspector General (IG), critical of the government's handling of puppy mill investigations, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D - IL) and Senator David Vitter (R - LA) today called for immediate changes at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) and promised to work with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on administrative and legislative reforms.

Nigel Lawson, one of Britain's Chancellors of the Exchequer during the Thatcher Era (Secretary of the Treasury for those needing a US translation) and more recently known as the father of Nigella Lawson (a UK cooking diva), has weighed into the climate debate with a recent broadside calling for the abolition of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).

Yvo de Boer, the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, called the agreement «a first critical step to unlocking the logjam in the climate - change negotiations.&Change, called the agreement «a first critical step to unlocking the logjam in the climate - change negotiations.&change negotiations.»

And in early 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry called climate change «the greatest challenge of our generation,» more so than poverty, terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

DECEMBER 7 2015 - Calling climate change a defining issue of our time, United Nations Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon today told top government officials that the opportunity exists «to define our own destiny» at the UN climate change conference (COP21) in Paris.