Sentences with phrase «dramatic change of policy»

The relentless rise of U.S. shale growth could soon spark another dramatic change of policy from leading oil producers, according to the latest monthly report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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«The ability to tolerate a bit of an overshoot on inflation, perhaps there is a dovish tilt, but there is no dramatic change in policy here.»

Jean - Pierre Blais» term as CRTC chair was marked by dramatic changes in how policies were developed and in the substance of the policies themselves.

Bad policies that systematically disadvantage one or another sector of society can impair solidarity, as can dramatic social changes.

Of course, as our convictions persist and mature, we begin to see the ways in which we are complicit in global wealth disparity and injustice, and we begin to think more seriously about policy, about sustainability, about making more dramatic attitude and lifestyle changes, and about problems within some of our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than gooOf course, as our convictions persist and mature, we begin to see the ways in which we are complicit in global wealth disparity and injustice, and we begin to think more seriously about policy, about sustainability, about making more dramatic attitude and lifestyle changes, and about problems within some of our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than gooof our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than good.

This change in FCC policy did not have an immediately dramatic effect on the nature of religious programming; however, it effectively changed the structure within which religious programming was to be considered by releasing stations from any regulatory obligation to provide free air - time for the broadcast of religious programs.

When his personal doctor is shot down on a mercy mission over Syria, President Bartlet threatens a dramatic military strike on that country, and aficionados believe the show's title refers to the president's attitude to foreign policy changing because of the death of his physician.

The union is proposing a wide range of changes to restore balance to the city's system of school governance, including dramatic changes to the composition of the Panel for Educational Policy that will eliminate the mayor's majority.

Edmund J. McMahon, director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative group, said, «The hype and the rhetoric was all about tremendous, dramatic, earthshaking change, and it's hard to find any evidence of that.»

While Bratton has signaled few dramatic changes in policy from his predecessor, he is, it appears, focusing his efforts on boosting the department's image in the eyes of the City Council — many members of which joined the de Blasio administration in criticizing the previous administration's police policies.

The legislative session ended with a thud earlier this month, as lawmakers settled on a budget plan that didn't have the dramatic policy changes and spending reductions Paterson was looking for to put the state on a more sound fiscal footing after he leaves office — and presumably politics — at the end of this year.

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

«There needs to be dramatic reforms implemented to avoid mistakes of the past, otherwise this is a game of musical chairs where we are changing people and not the policies,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of good government group Citizens Union.

It was one of the defining policies of Margaret Thatcher's premiership and had dramatic changes on British society.

Collins says that because NIH has already allowed some of the original paused studies to proceed, the new policy isn't «a dramatic change... but now we have a policy that is much more transparent and clear.»

«My research shows that a rushed policy process, without thorough consultation with communities or key stakeholders, may have dramatic implications for the success of the law change.

With dramatic changes occurring in models of health care delivery and payment, research funding, and ACGME policies, AECD offers up an opportunity for leaders in academic Endocrinology to support and learn from each other.

Horn agrees that the factory - model structure of American education must change, but he puts stock in the inexorable pull of technological innovation rather than in the push of dramatic policy reform.

The Boston school board is unlikely to make any dramatic changes to the district's student - assignment plan until the 2006 - 07 school year, a decision that comes after months of heated community meetings that explored ways to retool the policy.

With many schools becoming independent entities and local authorities rapidly being replaced by academy clusters as key players in the delivery of education, Chris Wilford, REC Education senior policy advisor, takes stock of this seismic transformation and examines how the dramatic expansion of the academy model will change current resourcing needs

These changes reduced the choices that students could make in their course selections and thus marked a dramatic shift away from the policies of the previous half - century.

The reports show educators at all levels struggling to implement a dramatic and extremely complex change in federal education policy, which radically alters the role of federal and state governments while imposing unprecedented responsibilities and accountability for test score gains.

He said funding and policy changes to the college's «core business» of post-16 education were «dramatic and disruptive».

She provides thought leadership and oversight to Public Impact's work on teacher and leader policy, organizational change, parental choice of schools, and emerging opportunities for dramatic improvement in U.S. education.

She provides thought leadership and oversight to Public Impact's work on teacher and leader policy, organizational change, parental choice of schools, and emerging opportunities for dramatic improvement in pre — K to grade 12 education.

Researchers will be looking at this data for years to come, but for now, one thing is clear: This time period also saw one of the most dramatic changes in education policy agendas this nation has ever seen.

Replicating Quality: Policy Recommendations to Support the Replication and Growth of High - Performing Charter Schools and Networks, a new report by Public Impact for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) and the Charter School Growth Fund, argues that these changes could pave the way for a dramatic shift in K — 12 quality, creating excellent opportunities for a million more students over the next decade.

Because of these two factors, in the absence of a dramatic change in the balance of federal, state, and local revenues for education, any policy discussion around improving funding equity must focus on the state and local levels.

Dramatic changes may be necessary for principalships since schools need principals who value learning and who implement policies and practices that positively impact a school's performance, especially when new initiatives may take an average of five years to come to full implementation.

In response to the dramatic changes in our economy and in public policy since last year's annual meeting, CEOs and senior executives of NFCC Agencies came together for a midyear Leadership Summit in March and updated the NFCC agenda by identifying a trio of top strategic priorities.

Ryan started Fix Austin, a public and political advocacy group with the aim of forcing changes in policy and practices at Austin's Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) by pressuring the city council and exposing the dramatic shortcoming of TLAC and its then director.

Adopting a no - kill policy created a dramatic change in the management of animals arriving at the shelter.

For the evening, the President of Iceland, Guðni Jóhannesson, invited some Icelandic government members (including Prime Minister Sigurður Jóhannsson and Foreign Minister Lilja Alfreðsdóttir) and a handful of scientists to his mansion for a dinner in honor of Ban Ki - moon, where we further discussed the dramatic climate changes in the Arctic and the progress of climate policy.

Major institutional changes will have to take place as well, including either dramatic changes within or the dismantling of the I.P.C.C., in order to improve prospects for the restoration of trust in science and for its pertinence for policy.

The risk of «straight - line syndrome» hints at the biggest remaining energy modelling challenge, which is to understand system transformations, i.e. dramatic changes in policy or technology which cause non-linear change in trends.

I start (and started) from the premise that the dramatic decline in crude oil prices that took place from August, 2014 ($ 96 / barrel), to March, 2015 ($ 44 / barrel), was due — on the one hand — to decreased demand, a function of slow economic growth in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, endogenous, price - driven technological change leading to greater fuel efficiency, and policy - driven technological change that also has been leading to greater fuel efficiency, such as more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States; and — on the other hand — was due to increased supply, partly a function of the growth of unconventional (tight) U.S. oil production (a product of the combination of two technologies — horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing).

Its powerful combination of strong international leadership, progressive thinking and forward - looking policies are reflected in its calls for dramatic cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions and for mechanisms to help vulnerable countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Different economic models, based on different underlying economic worldviews, can have a dramatic impact on the size and direction of economic change due to climate policy.

«Im somewhat skeptical, given the history of some of the companies involved in this, that it represents a dramatic change in their resistance to aggressive federal and state policy action on the issue,» said Alden M. Meyer, director of government relations for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The US media has utterly failed to communicate to the American people about five essential aspects of climate change that they need to understand to know why climate change is a civilization challenging problem that requires dramatic, aggressive, and urgent policy action to avoid harsh impacts to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

But PJM proposed «rapid, dramatic changes» within a matter of weeks that would not have given states time to work out new policies and methods for demand response providers to work with load serving entities.

The implications of the dramatic changes now in train have yet to be fully explored but one of them, if the Bar pursues the policy propounded by its leaders, is to remove the justification for the two branches of the profession remaining separate.

There are some changes made recently in the structure of the policy itself but these would not have any dramatic effect on the term life insurance buyer.