Sentences with phrase «citizens support funding»

Some good news from this research: Nationally, 77 % of citizens support funding research into renewable energy sources, 74 % support regulating CO2 as a pollutant, and 63 % support strict limits on existing coal - fired power plants.

Rather than encouraging researchers to take on problems that serve the public interest — a basic function of science and the fundamental reason that citizens support funding for science — Edwards believes those «perverse incentives» make researchers cautious and only concerned with their own interests.

Not exact matches

On Saturday, untold numbers of citizens who support the idea of free scientific inquiry, and enough public funding to pursue it, took to the streets to tell everyone else on the planet they did.

She continued: «They just up and announced that I was prohibited from speaking anyway... I feel like the Constitution is important and that taxpayer - supported universities should not be using public funds to violate American citizens» Constitutional rights.»

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

This is a tailwind for our Global Resources Fund (PSPFX), which maintains heavy exposure in the industries that India will increasingly need to support its more than 1.25 billion (and counting) citizens: oil and gas, chemicals, energy services and infrastructure, precious metals and food.

The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund is hitting back at what it calls the «bullying tactics» of the left by calling for advertisers to pull their support for the Ingraham Angle, the Fox News program hosted by popular conservative commentator Laura Ingraham.

That's because outside of the United States, few nations have cultures where citizens are accustomed to financially supporting civil society through private funds.

Commercial enterprises have benefited from their partnership with the Crawford Fund to support training projects for importers in the efficient use of their products, reducing marketing risks, and enhancing their image as good corporate citizens.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

Gotham Gazette is published by Citizens Union Foundation and is made possible by support from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Altman Foundation, the Fund for the City of New York and donors to Citizens Union Foundation. Please consider supporting Citizens Union Foundation's public education programs. Critical early support to Gotham Gazette was provided by the Charles H. Revson Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

As for Citizens Union, Executive Director Dick Dadey said the Education Fund's money supported two reports: one examining the undisclosed spending of New York political clubs, the other pushing publicly funded elections and campaign finance reform.

Revamping property taxes could produce $ 4 billion in funds, according to business - supported watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission.

«I believe that we should put the needs of hardworking, law - abiding citizens who are positively contributing to society first, and I will continue to fight for the reinstatement of TAP funds before I even begin to entertain the idea of supporting this program,» Grisanti said in a statement.

The Alliance provided funds and technical support to a broad coalition of patients, doctors, AIDS organizations, citizen groups, and drug treatment programs that pushed the medical marijuana issue to a successful vote in Albany.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

In a press conference before the start of the session, Horner and leaders from Common Cause and Citizens Union called on lawmakers to sign a «Clean Conscience Pledge» in support of a set of reforms, including a ban on outside income, greater transparency in the allocation of discretionary funds and closure of the LLC loophole.

In collaboration with the Manhattan Borough President's Office and Citizens Committee for New York City, funds earned from these events have been used to support community compost grants.

«Indeed, Cabinet just approved a 0.02 per cent deductions in all imports outside AU as a fund to support the activities of AU, so that AU will not go begging other countries for its citizens,» President Nana Akufo - Addo stated in a speech read on his behalf at the closing ceremony of a five day orientation workshop for newly appointed envoys in Accra.

«Angie pledged to fight for reform, advocated for the public funding of elections, and ran a grassroots campaign with the support of many progressive organizations and local elected officials,» said End Citizens United's Communications Director Adam Bozzi.

«The speaker is going to be interested in gaining the support of the Council and may take that into consideration of her funding of member items,» said Rachael Fauss, a policy expert at Citizens Union, which authored the group's report.

Zephyr will be a strong and persuasive voice for moving the country toward greater equality in earnings for women and the 99 %, increasing the minimum wage, and helping more citizens engage in electoral politics by supporting public funding of elections.

Citizens United Political Victory Fund, the political action committee affiliated with the group Citizens United, said today it will pay for the robocalls in support of Tenney's campaign.

The financial support came from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) training grant that Weir, who was studying the genetics of sex ratios in mice, had won to fund graduate students — a grant, it turned out, that was intended only for American citizens and permanent residents.

«You could end the problem immediately by requiring that research assistantships funded by the federal government only be used to support U.S. citizens.»

This study and related investigations were supported by funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD082373), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R24NS092989), the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (UL1TR000454), and CURE Epilepsy: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.

NYC, MEM, DET, PGH, CLE, DC... About Blog ioby supports citizen - led, neighbor - funded projects.

The Cultural Citizens Programme was first announced by then Prime Minister David Cameron in January 2016 and will be led by Arts Council England, with support from Historic England and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

If I - 884 had passed, the Olympia School District would have received an estimated $ 2.95 million a year in new funding, according to Citizens for the Education Trust Fund, a campaign that supported the measure.

This conflicts with one of the most dearly held principles of religious freedom — the government should not compel any citizen to furnish funds in support of a religion with which he or she disagrees, or even a religion with which he or she does agree.

On Monday, March 5, 2012, members of the broad alliance of Florida education advocacy groups including: Citizens for Strong Schools, 50th No More, Florida PTA, Fund Education Now, Marions United for Public Education, Save Duval Schools and Support Dade Schools traveled to Tallahassee to join a press conference at 9:30 A in Room 301 of the Florida Senate Office Building.

School programs are supported by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education Programs, the Nancy Benson Education Endowment Fund, CenturyLink Endowment, Jim Kelley and Amie Knox Education Endowment Fund, and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

The mission of the DeKalb Library Foundation is to provide support to DeKalb County Public Library beyond public funding and to enrich the lives of DeKalb County citizens through educational, cultural and literary programs and services.

As funds are available and requests are made within the foundation's guideline limits, The Acme Foundation will provide monetary support to qualified low income senior citizens and the disabled in Lake County, California for the treatment of their seriously ill cats and dogs.

The Animal Control Department and Animal Shelter Fund thank the citizens of Ingham County for their great support including passing the animal control millage and donations already made to the project.

Donated funds go directly towards their programs that include working with the community to sterilize stray and feral cats through TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return), rescue, foster, sterilization and adoption for kittens and abandoned domestic cats, assisting low income families with emergency and wellness veterinary care and subsidize adoption fees for senior cats to senior citizens along with other support programs to help people keep their pets.

Throughout the Pittsburgh region, citizens frequently see us at community events finding homes for animals, educating the public, and raising funds to support our cause.

Washington: Northwest Spay & Neuter Center: Tacoma (spay / neuter assistance for owned pets and feral cats) Concern for Animals: Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties (spay / neuter, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Forget Me Not Animal Shelter: Republic (spay / neuter assistance) Humane Society for Seattle / King County: Bellevue (low - income senior citizen's pet food assistance, discounted spay / neuter and microchipping, pet project assistance for individuals disabled by AIDS) Humane Society for Southwest Washington: Clark County / Vancouver (low - cost vaccinations, free & Low - cost microchipping, pet food assistance, low - cost spay / neuter, emergency boarding, low - cost euthanasia / cremation services, pet loss support groups) Olympic Mountain Pet Pals: Jefferson County (spay / neuter assistance for low - income pet owners, TNR for community cats) PAWS of Bainbridge Island: Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap (spay / neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance; additional services for seniors) Seattle Humane Society: Seattle (services for low - income, disabled, and senior pet owners: spay / neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance) Progressive Animal Welfare Society: Lynnwood (spay / neuter assistance, microchip and vaccination assistance, behavior helpline) Spokane Valley Regional Animal Protection Service: Spokane Valley (spay / neuter assistance) Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Good Samaritan Fund (veterinary care assistance) Whatcom Humane Society: Bellingham (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Whidbey Animals» Improvement Foundation (WAIF): Whidbey Island (spay / neuter assistance for owned cats and ferals, crisis care assistance, pet food banks, and temporary foster care)

It is presented with generous support from Vicki and Kent Logan, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

It is presented by Bank of America with generous exhibition funding also provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Vicki and Kent Logan, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

The Denver Art Museum and the Clyfford Still Museum presentation has been made possible by U.S. Bank, Snell & Wilmer, John Brooks Incorporated, the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

It is presented with the generous support of the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

The Arts Action Fund's mission is to mobilize one million citizens in support of the arts and arts education around the country.

Denver metro citizens support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), a unique funding source serving hundreds of metro Denver arts, culture and scientific organizations.

It is generously funded by Merle Chambers; Henry Luce Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; the Ponzio Family; Harmes C. Fishback Foundation Trust; Dedalus Foundation; Joan Mitchell Foundation; Helen Frankenthaler Foundation; the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign; and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

Local support is provided by Christie's, the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

Do Ho Suh: Almost Home is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Altria Group, Asian Pacific American Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Joanne and Richard Brodie Exhibition Endowment, The Coby Foundation, Ltd., the James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Barney A. Ebsworth, the Global Citizens Fund, Dorothy Tapper Goldman, Maureen and Gene Kim, Korea Foundation, the Margery and Edgar Masinter Exhibitions Fund, the Michael A. and Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, and the Share Fund.

Exhibition support is also provided by Wells Fargo, Adolph Coors Foundation Exhibition Endowment Fund, Stockman Family Foundation, Fine Arts Foundation, Larimer Square, William La Bahn, the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

Support is provided by the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and both exhibitions are supported by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Support is provided by the generous donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign and both exhibitions are supported by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

Exhibition Organizers and Sponsors donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign; and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).