Sentences with phrase «changing political climate made»

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Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal reviewPolitical scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal reviewpolitical agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

As director of the Nathan Cummings Foundation's Corporate & Political Accountability program, Laura employs both grant making and active ownership strategies to address the ways in which corporations can both advance and hinder progress on climate change and inequality.

Theories of global climate change threaten the energy companies so they manipulate the facts to make it look like a «normal» cycle and their political operatives flood the airwaves and Internet with dubious «proof».

Cannadine concludes that throughout her premierships she was the dominant figure in British public life, and she not only made the political weather, but went some way towards changing the political climate, too.

The complex political economy of climate change, he argues, makes a targets - based approach overly rigid and costly.

Miliband is making a concerted effort to push next week's Paris climate change talks up the political agenda, with a Guardian article saying the UK should put in legislation a target to eradicate carbon emissions completely.

Citing the environmental, economic and political ramifications of President Donald Trump's pullout from the Paris climate accord — as well as the perilous effects of inconsistent weather and more intense storms that have already befallen their cities and counties — more than 200 New York officials on Monday called on state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to divest the state Common Retirement Fund of companies that contribute to man - made climate change.

Amid his probe into ExxonMobil, Schneiderman sought out activist businessman Tom Steyer, who has made climate change a major issue in his political giving.

This could have implications for the quality of the political decisions countries and regions make to prevent and adapt to climate change, warn the researchers behind the study from the University of Copenhagen.

These remnants of the Cold War are also an example of an unanticipated political issue that could arise because of the effects of climate change, particularly as countries seek to establish a presence in the Arctic as warming makes it increasingly accessible.

the type and effectiveness of local political leadership and input in larger decision - making questions — northern institutions often lack the time, mandate and funding to address climate change impacts — though emerging leaders in Canada and Alaska are proving to be an exception to this pattern;

Yet the context was hard to miss, as Katrina proved a devastating political event for President George W. Bush, whose administration had made a habit of sowing doubts about climate change.

Lertzman explains that everyone will respond to climate change differently, depending on their temperament, personality, schedule, etc. «Some people will find that it makes sense for them to become involved on a political level; others may be more interested in fashion and want to focus on engaging with sustainable clothes,» she explains.

After listening to eco-warrior Paul Hawken share how we can affect climate change; actor, activist, and best - seller Hill Harper make an important statement about political divisiveness; best - seller Kate Fagan discuss suicide in athletes; and Lisa Merkle give a sobering reminder that yogis get cancer too in the first studio session of the day, I was ready to process all that I'd taken in — and, of course, refuel my body for the afternoon.

The political climate has changed so much, so I've gone back to the types of products I was making back then.

A prime example of how Hollywood reflected the changing political climate: When Lewis Milestone's film was made, the Soviet Union was an ally but after WWII some of its makers removed their name, while others like writer Lilian Hellman were blacklisted.

How do you make a film that speaks to the current political climate when the climate changes by the hour?

Young people learn more about climate change, make a short film to communicate their ideas, and show it to their political representative.

We've had three mayors and city councils that have had the political courage to invest in DCPS, to provide us with the cover, the legislation, and the climate to make tough changes.

Oceans brings together the work of over 20 artists who explore the cultural, political, and biological dimensions of the oceans, examining the effects of human - made issues, such as climate change and rising sea - levels, and reimagining human's relationship to the planet.

The group exhibition «Tidalectics» presents 13 artists whose distinctive works cast oceanic perspectives on the cultural, political and biological dimensions of the oceans, examining the effects of human - made issues, such as climate change and sea - level rise, while reimagining human and «more - than - human» relationships.

In Liquidity inc., Steyerl makes one of her characteristic intellectual leaps and connects extreme financial events to extreme climate events: the jet stream of money changes direction when the Dow Jones collapses, then suddenly a gonzo weather forecaster, masked in black, is gesturing across the most political of politically geographical maps you ever saw — noting failed states and off - shore tax havens, isobars indicating flows of capital rather than weather fronts.

Once the politicians started making grandiose claims and issuing apocalyptic scenarios, climate change became — in the minds of the public — a political excuse for social engineering and taxation.

But when political leaders like Senator Inhofe deny the problem of climate change, they do not make the problem disappear — instead, they compound it by blocking constructive solutions.

The opponents want to prevent climate change laws and regulations from being made for political, philosophical or economic reasons.

None of this is makes it any easier to build the political will to confront a uniquely difficult problem like climate change.

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With vast economic, political, and eco-problems (other than climate change) to ponder, and with the challenges of making a living and raising a family in increasingly daunting circumstances, the attention of many people is on a lot of other things in addition to climate change.

There's no doubt that for us to take on climate change in a serious way would involve making some tough political choices, and you know, understandably, I think the American people right now have been so focused and will continue to be focused on our economy and jobs and growth that, you know, if the message is somehow we're going to ignore jobs and growth simply to address climate change, I don't think anybody's going to go for that.

Talking, rather than acting, remains a political option because the electorates on which the pols rely for their jobs are not sufficiently threatened by climate change, personally, to make it an issue on which politicians have to act.

In his signature manner, he has generally shied away from the careful political - speak adopted by many of his head - of - state contemporaries when discussing climate change solutions, striking an earnest tone on the issue which has made him popular among environmentalists.

As the tit - for - tat attacks from the tail ends of the spectrum on climate change continue unabated, what was once presumed influence on the part of these scientists will likely become real influence on public opinion and political decision - making, and these scientists will be partly responsible.

... China insists in the position to make the framework [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] the political and legal basis for the global regime and we do not see the necessity or need to rewrite or interpret the convention.

Perhaps some climate activists fear that support of adaptation efforts would be akin to recognizing that climate change is, after all, not as dire a crisis as it is being made out to be through polarizing political rhetoric.

That climate change is now an APS focus group topic makes a strong statement, but not a political one: it simply reflects the maturity of the field.

Because the one thing I'm sure of is this: the reality of our current political situation makes it a distinct probability that we don't decarbonize quickly enough to prevent climate change.

But let's make sure the research is not simply «agenda driven», i.e. to support a political agenda, such as the implementation of a direct or indirect «carbon tax», but real scientific studies to clear up the many uncertainties regarding the relative importance of natural and anthropogenic attribution of past climate change, for example.

The political price of asking Americans to make real sacrifices in the service of fighting climate change would be too steep for any Congress to accept and hence would threaten other legislative agendas which progressives hold dear.

The IPCC is a political — not a scientific — organisation that exists to provide politicians with scientific information which can be used to justify actions politicians may want to take by using as justification for the actions the excuse of man - made global climate change.

Nonetheless, the chart does a good job of demonstrating just how hard it is to get people to accept immediate sacrifices in order to protect long - term climate stability: they are not fully exposed to the risks, and they have ample opportunity to fob them off on others, so as to avoid making changes in how they live their own lives and how the political and economic systems in their states operate.

It's been think tanks funded by fossil fuel interests and Republican politicians that have made climate change a political issue.

So what to make of a study from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (backed up by a similar Washington Post-ABC News poll) showing that the majority of Americans, across the political spectrum, support the limiting of carbon pollution from power plants — also known as the very thing that the EPA proposed?

No matter what political committees try to absolve corruption of climate science of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), they can not hide the complete failure of the computer models to make a single accurate predclimate science of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), they can not hide the complete failure of the computer models to make a single accurate predClimate Change (IPCC), they can not hide the complete failure of the computer models to make a single accurate prediction.

At least to those of us who can expect to be made «redundant» as soon as the political - green - climate change complex achieves the power (coincidentally, ALWAYS a critical feature of climate change amelioration strategies) to «make it happen».

As man - made climate fears subside and the scientific, economic, cultural and political case evaporates for climate change «action,» expect more and more green activists to take up the mantle for «laughing gas» as a possible replacement eco-scare.

Getting this context clearly understood as the premise for policy discussion is important now if progress is to be made in shaping the future in ways that avoid potential political pitfalls as the impacts of climate change accelerate.

Chairman Eric Schmidt said the world's biggest Internet search company made a mistake in funding a political group that opposes U.S. action on climate change.

While mayors and local governments can not comprehensively tackle climate change alone, their sizeable political and economic clout may make them an important force in national and global sustainability initiatives.

The advocates have expressed their displeasure with the economic results (IIRC you had it posted here about advocates wanting to change the future value to something unrealistic to make the window 100 to years compared to the 30 to 50 years in current analysis), and are proposing political solutions in the flavor of stopping CO2, not controlling the effects of climate change.

All it would take to make climate alarmism and the political changes it demands legitimate, then, would be for some new scientific discovery.