Sentences with phrase «citizens groups»

Check out local senior citizens groups for older people who are looking to keep busy.

Climate experts, health professionals, municipal governments and citizens groups have been calling for this ban for years.

Other parties in the suit include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; eight states including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey; and 13 citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ohio Citizen Action, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and the Hoosier Environmental Council.

New York City's third key step is bringing together city decision - makers, infrastructure managers, citizens groups and other key actors with researchers to develop shared understanding of New York's specific climate change vulnerabilities and climate science needs.

The other citizens groups involved in the AEP settlement are the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Environmental Council, Clean Air Council, Environment America, National Wildlife Federation, League of Ohio Sportsmen, Izaak Walton League, and the Indiana Wildlife Federation.

In terms of dealing with the U.S., the focus should shift toward working with cities, states, businesses, and citizens groups.

Climate action from so - called non-state actors — cities, citizens groups, and the private sector — could supplement INDCs, closing the gap by a few gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

There are already a growing number of communities and citizens groups involved in producing renewable energy.

Meanwhile, our sister organization, Probe International, has been working with citizens groups in the Third World who fear for the loss of their livelihoods and their environments as a result of ill - advised climate change policies from the IPCC and other western organizations.

While some elected officials choose to ignore the threat climate impacts pose, cities, businesses, universities and citizens groups across Florida are calling for more aggressive action on climate change, including support for the Clean Power Plan, an open market for renewable energy and investments in resiliency.

Plug - in hybrids are now a solution endorsed by leaders in business, government at every level, environmentalists, citizens groups, policy analysts, academics — and car - makers.

But as the tobacco industry shifts its attentions farther south to Africa, Latin America and Asia — betting that weaker governments or corrupt officials will smooth the path for their product to be sold — it has met surprising resistance from individual nations and citizens groups who refuse to allow their countries to be dumping grounds for what has been called the world's largest preventable epidemic.

I want to believe this strong coalition of citizens groups and educators are prepared for the challenge of governing schools.

One was shut down again due to legal challenges by citizens groups.

There are several other challenges to that decision still pending in federal court, however, from citizens groups, the city of Oneida and the towns of Vernon and Verona.

Other elected officials and heads of environmental and citizens groups joined Appleton in pointing out alternatives.

«The burden now is on the citizens groups and watchdog groups,» he said.

You'll usually have a short intro and a clearly - identified list of links of the documents (which might include press releases, video clips, congressional testimony, letters to Congress from supportive corporate CEOs or grassroots citizens groups, reports, factsheets, etc).

You'll usually have a short intro and a clearly - identified list of links of the documents, which might include press releases, video clips, congressional testimony, letters to Congress from supportive corporate CEOs or grassroots citizens groups, reports, factsheets, etc..

Colin and I also discuss the philosophies in Jaron Lanier's «You Are Not a Gadget» and Kurt Vonnegut's «Player Piano,» and how organizations, from advocacy non-profits to citizens groups like the Tea Party, turn their online networks into offline political influence.

Involve the media and citizens groups in creating social pressure for behavioural change towards supporting breastfeeding and sound infant and young child nutrition.

The global network is called IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network) a network of over 270 citizens groups in more than 160 countries.

Baby Milk Action is the UK member of IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network), a global network of over 270 citizens groups in more than 160 countries that has been working since 1980 to stop misleading marketing by the baby feeding industry.

«specials interests» is just another way of saying «Citizens groups» who get together, pool their money and advocate for their beliefs.

These citizens groups are working to improve care of the mentally ill.

The TPP has also been condemned by respected citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Doctors Without Borders, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Internet advocacy watchdog Open Media, and even Canadian business tycoon Jim Balsillie and the Canadian head of the Ford Motor Company.

A recent survey on corporate reputation conducted by the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA) showed that nearly 50 % of the companies who responded had been targeted by activist citizen groups, and now engage with these non-governmental organizations in order to help improve public perceptions.

Additionally, we anticipate identifying promising technologies through citizen groups, coworking spaces, educational institutions (traditional and non-traditional), industry cluster initiatives and more.

One of the Coalition's first initiatives has been circulating a Pledge for interested citizen groups and organizations to sign.

This open data movement aims to make these datasets available, at no cost, to citizens, citizen groups, non-governmental-organizations (NGOs) and businesses.

A systematic effort to encourage church members to become involved in the activities of the local Mental Health Association, a citizens group which engages in educational and preventive programs on all three levels.

Two important strategies are open to citizen groups.

When citizen groups bring pressure for reform, there should be sympathetic workers inside the structures to respond.

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A citizens group began the drive to disband the Gurnee Park District earlier this year after the group was angered by a series of actions that it feared would drive up property taxes.

Fiddyment «s citizens group was formed last spring to seek the dissolution of the park district after the board approved a bond issue of up to $ 16 million for land purchases and park improvements.

Mass Audubon's Advocacy department works with other organizations, legislators, and citizen groups to shape and strengthen environmental laws and regulations.

Laura Clemons, city liaison to a citizens group working to build a dog park.

The Northfield Township Conservancy, a citizens group concerned about the traffic congestion major development would bring, wants to see at least 300 acres preserved, with office buildings and shopping allowed on no more than 20 percent of the remaining buildable land.

A survey by the Friends of the Park, a citizens group dedicated to upgrading the parks, found that under long - term agreements with the park district the eight clubs have the use of a total of more than four acres.

Satkowski led a citizens group that hounded the board for its decision.

«Right now, this gives them a huge leg up by putting everyone else at bay,» said Michael Fleck, an environmental and land - use attorney hired by the Cary citizens group.

While one citizens group has pushed for renovation of the 86 - year - old building, others are opposed to it.

After a lawsuit and two unsuccessful appeals, a La Grange citizens group is out of options to prevent the sale of a piece of Gordon Park.

The Open Land Association in Downers Grove, a citizens group trying to prevent the development of land at the southwest corner of 59th and Main Streets, apparently has forced the Park District to let voters decide whether $ 7 million in bonds should be sold to fund a new recreation facility.

«Yes, it's interesting to have beavers around, but it's not interesting to have them taking out the trees that are vital» to the park, said Nancy Hays, president of the Jackson Park advisory council, a citizens group that helps the Park District set policy.

David Nelson, who was co-chairman of the citizens group pushing the referendum initiative, supports the proposal being considered by the Park District board.

Prompted by a 2002 report that suggested officials needed to spend millions to keep the current facility in operation for another 30 years, the Park Board formed a citizens group to look at options.

Develop the capacity of health and childcare workers, nutritionists, government officials, social workers, citizen groups and the community in general to understand breastfeeding and sound infant and young child nutrition needs.

Mass Audubon's Advocacy department works with other conservation organizations, legislators, and citizen groups to shape and strengthen environmental laws and regulations.