Sentences with phrase «concerted political effort»

But just in the same way that we always say to people «It's important to change your lightbulbs, but it's more important to change the structures of your energy system,» the most important thing that businesses can be doing is to join in a real concerted political effort to cause change — not letting the fossil fuel industry win through letting its vehicles like the Chamber of Commerce dominate the discussion.

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In 1774 another blunder of the British strengthened Puritan suspicions that a concerted effort was under way to repeal the religious and political liberties of the colonies.

Equally so, a civilized society, as one whole and regardless of its particular political orientation, exerts its influence solely in terms of the individual effort of persons, acting either alone or in concert with one another.

If the UK government chooses to pursue pro-development policies, maintain its powerful and varied role on the word stage, and to make a concerted effort to change the tone of the political debate, then opportunities will emerge.

The biggest critique that I have is that in resent political cycles there have been concerted efforts to bring in small donors on the left while the right has relied mostly on the traditional big money contributions.

The American Hotel and Lodging Association, a hotel trade group, has made a concerted effort to kneecap Airbnb with state legislation and political rhetoric, The New York Times reported last year.

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.

Tkaczyk's victory two years ago was attributed in part to a concerted effort by organizations backing the public financing of political campaigns, which launched a paid advertising effort as well as field operation on her behalf.

I want a Ghana where we do not have a political cycle of three and a half years of suffering and three to four months of concerted effort to buy off the memory of pain.

Senator Amosun who lauded the concerted efforts being put together by the region's governors said it is high time to deploy absolute human and capital resources towards the realisation of the southwestern socio - economic and political re-engineering.

In the medium to long term, there should be a concerted effort amongst key election stakeholders to make the Inspector General of Police independent by insulating him / her from political interference by securing his / her tenure across regimes and ensuring such appointments are transparent and consultative.

The MOST initiative produced concrete evidence about the need for concerted efforts by families, community organizations, the school system, businesses and political and cultural institutions in order to provide more and better programs.

In a ground - breaking effort to marshal the political clout of thousands of locally - elected school officials, the California School Boards Association launched this week a concerted effort to have their members actively support two November tax measures to fund education.

JC: I have made a concerted effort over the years to avoid political «messages»; that is not what I am about.

Add in a political and economic revival of rail, and a concerted effort by the private sector to shorten and consolidate supply chains and localize manufacturing where possible, and the pieces of the puzzle start to come together quite nicely.

It will take concerted efforts across financial, educational, health, and political sectors to create equitable school environments for students of color, but educators can begin now by implementing the following practices...

HB 2284 was motivated by political ideology; it is part of a concerted effort to throw more roadblocks in the way of women seeking access to reproductive medical services.