Sentences with phrase «earth policy in»

It didn't take long for the person behind the account to adopt a scorched earth policy in its takedown of key art world tropes: conceptual abstract painters showing at Bushwick outposts of Belgian galleries, pedestrian rabble - rousing headlines churned out by art blog sweatshops, people who ask «how the show was» only to hear about «how nice the space is,» Urs Fischer — et cetera.

Jim stepped in as chief news readers again this week as he and Bryan took on news about Kickstarter's pledge change, Amazon's scorched earth policy in Australia, and your new favorite self - publishing metaphor.

President Obama who represents the reasoned Pro Government forces in Washington, DC, has attempted to make reasonable and painful concessions to the «Anti Govs» who are being allowed to blackmail our President with this outrageous and obstructionist scorched earth policy in their war against Pro Gov. forces.

Not exact matches

«The commercialization of LEO (low Earth orbit) is an exciting prospect, but it will be an exercise in determining what ideas are more real than others,» said Phil Larson, a former space policy adviser to President Barack Obama who worked for Elon Musk's SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp..

When you put a policy in place that serves one objective without considering the broader impact, you suffer from axis displacement disorder: That's when you believe the axis of the earth has shifted and now the world revolves around you.

The concept has since been adopted by the United Nations» Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), which grimly reported that two thirds of the earth's ecosystems are in decline and urged governments to adopt policies that «recognize the true value of nature.»

If the Church claims to represent God on earth, then we expect Godlike behaviour, otherwise, as in any viable organization, God should fire them because they are not representative of corporate policy.

«Although this group is portrayed as a minority, those who do not want a winner - take - all, scorched - earth policy, are a majority in Synod,» he said.

And nowhere on earth have conservative Christians been closer to controlling foreign policy than here in the United States.

1 have attempted to elaborate what such a paradigm shift would mean for theology, ethics, spirituality, and public policy in the volume, Earth Community, Earth Ethics (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, and Geneva: WCC Publishing, 1996).

When the church is consumed and possessed by mortgages, capital campaigns, membership numbers, qualifications for membership or deacon or elder, the variety and format of financial reports, redecorating, ordination policies, the proper delineation of committee responsibilities, the aggregation and strengthening and protection of church hierarchical authority, the preference for political associations and prominence instead of being a voice and influence for justice and compassion, seasonal vestment colors, the abandonment and refusal to acknowledge congregations who dare to be excited by their proclaiming and provoking and living and sharing the Good News, the continual choosing and preoccupation with better organization over better outreach, or what styles of worship are to be offered — then it is time for an earth - shaking, stone - rolling, curtain ripping, hurricane - strength, fiery and noisy transformational revolution that will resurrect the Good News in the body and spirit of communities and individuals.

Current policy in Washington puts the U.S. on a collision course with the poor of the earth, both here and abroad.

If we took more of an interest in the making of our foreign policy, usually for the profit of our corporate overlords rather than for the safety of the American people, maybe we would know why, when bringing the lamp of liberty to the darker places of the earth, the United States invariably chooses for its allies the despots who operate their countries on the model of a prison or a jail.

As it seems earth is turning towards religion having discovered that secular policies has made humanity reach it's lowest in every morals known.

Day's scorched - earth policy, under which he has won four tour events in his last six starts by a combined 16 strokes over his closest challengers (six each in his last two), enters the season - ending Tour Championship on the strength of the first five - win campaign since 2013.

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Friends of the Earth's director of policy and campaigns Craig Bennett responds to the public accounts committee's report on flood management in England, which warns of uncertainty about who will pay:

Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.

A multi-pronged legislative package passed in honor of Earth Day aims to make New York State more environmentally friendly by banning the use of dangerous chemicals, setting clearer policies for disposing of hazardous waste and protecting New York's wetlands.

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Martin Powell, head of campaigns at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, was an analytical chemist for the French nuclear industry before working for a range of charities in Latin America and the UK, including Friends of the Earth, the Environmental Investigation Agency, and the World Development Movement, including as co-chair of the Jubilee Debt Campaign.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

Candidate for New York governor Cynthia Nixon poses with supporters at an Earth Day rally against Governor Andrew Cuomo's energy policies outside the state Capitol in Albany Monday.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

Two of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the State Capitol in Albany Monday, where they said the Democrat's energy policies are far from adequate.

A former strategist in Downing Street told the Times that the Prime Minister was exasperated with the dissent over his policy, saying: «Why on earth are the only people who are really committed to our policy me and Theresa May?»

«This correlation tells us this is the same water and that this is what's causing the melting of the glacier, which could influence sea level rise,» said Muenchow, an associate professor of oceanography in UD's School of Marine Science and Policy, which is housed in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

According to Matthew Hourihan, director of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, current legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would reduce support for the National Science Foundation's geosciences directorate by approximately 16 percent in fiscal year 2016, compared with current levels, while NASA's Earth Sciences program would receive a 5 % funding cut.

The failure to diversify the faculties and student populations in most earth and space science departments suggests that there may be prohibitive barriers, inappropriate pedagogical practices, or insensitive policies that make the academic environment unattractive to underrepresented groups.

«The gathering of international scientists, policy - makers, and students will not only explore the knowledge in hand, but consider what else is needed to chart a course over the next century in which humanity sustains and even improves the relationships that underpin life on Earth.»

So in the May issue, Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, he writes an essay in which he raises sort of the specter that potentially, in the decades to come, that if we are not careful, that these problems with maintaining a sufficient food supply could get bad enough that it actually would threaten the state of civilization globally; that it just could cause widespread chaos, cause a large number of failed states and trigger [an] enormous number of problems down the line.

Prior to founding Earth Policy Institute, Brown was well known in environmental and policy circles for his work with the Worldwatch Institute, a pioneering environmental think tank he launched back inPolicy Institute, Brown was well known in environmental and policy circles for his work with the Worldwatch Institute, a pioneering environmental think tank he launched back inpolicy circles for his work with the Worldwatch Institute, a pioneering environmental think tank he launched back in 1974.

Those looking for more up - to - date information on the evolution of the Plan B model and progress toward its goals should tune into the website of the Earth Policy Institute, the think tank started by Brown in 2001 and currently used as a central node in the growing network of thousands of entities and individuals around the globe supportive of making Plan B into reality.

While he has offered few details on policies for biomedical research, Trump said last year that he has heard «terrible» things about the US National Institutes of Health; he has also derided NASA as a «logistics agency for low - Earth orbit activity ``, and said he would expand the role of the commercial space industry in the US space programme.

Over the years Brown, who founded the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute, both in Washington, D.C., has often seemed a gloomy prophet.

Americans are, without much publicity, already moving ahead on their own, changing the face of energy production and consumption, community by community, Brown said in a recent interview in his office at the Earth Policy Institute.

Half a century later most of the wall space in the Earth Policy Institute's small suite of offices is covered with honorary degrees from 23 universities and numerous plaques recording other awards, including a MacArthur Foundation «genius grant,» Italy's Presidential Medal of Honor and a U.N. Environment Prize.

Even as Iran's nuclear program raises the likelihood of yet another conflict in the Middle East, the bigger threat is a potential food crisis in the making, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

Moreover, with Gore now the unexpected vice-presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, Earth in Balance offers an unintended preview of the policies he now must champion as he makes his second bid for national office.

«Based on previous work, we knew that during the summer the sand tiger population formed groups in the Delaware Bay, with male and female adults and juveniles all together in the same places, sometimes very close together,» said Danielle Haulsee, the paper's lead author and a doctoral student in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment's School of Marine Science and Policy.

He is also Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy in Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Visiting Distinguished Scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center.

«It clearly is a trend,» says Lester Brown, president of the nonprofit Earth Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. «I think there are many cities that are ahead on this.

RUSSIA Copy of research paper on uranium and thorium mines in the Chita region of Siberia and their associated environmental and health problems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed November 1996.

Copy of research paper on uranium and thorium mines in the Chita region of Siberia and their associated environmental and health problems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed November 1996.

In the Summary for Policy Makers they are part of, «Figure 4: Simulating the Earth's temperature variations, and comparing the results to measured changes, can provide insight into the underlying causes of the major changes.»

Prior to joining the Obama administration Dr. Holdren was Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, as well as professor in Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the independent, nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center.

Climate change has become mired in politics as many policy makers don't want to admit that humans are to blame for Earth's escalating temperature.

For instance, models with different parameterization strategies give very different estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere necessary to raise Earth's surface temperature by 2 °C — with critical implications for policy decisions.

Before he was appointed to the White House position, Holdren was a professor at Harvard in both the Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, as well as director of the nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center, which focuses on climate change science and policy.

Pointy - toe flat shoes in black or metallic silvery, along with billowy earth - toned handbags and a strict «less is more» policy when it comes to jewelry, complete all of the looks, reinvigorating the collection through their shimmery and sleek materials and getting along pretty well with the few cheerfully colored proposals.