Sentences with phrase «economic change in the name»

In doing so, Stasch used her influence to lead other organizations into a complicated web of progressive foundations, pushing radical economic change in the name of environmental stewardship.

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In late 2002 and early 2003, the global organization — recently spun off from Bass Group — faced bloated overhead costs in the competitive hotel industry, experienced a decline in business and vacation travel because of the worldwide economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh OsmonIn late 2002 and early 2003, the global organization — recently spun off from Bass Group — faced bloated overhead costs in the competitive hotel industry, experienced a decline in business and vacation travel because of the worldwide economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh Osmonin the competitive hotel industry, experienced a decline in business and vacation travel because of the worldwide economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh Osmonin business and vacation travel because of the worldwide economic downturn and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), underwent a brand name change (from Six Continents), and battled a hostile takeover attempt by British entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.

Since a big recession might hit coal - burning utilities» customers more than other utility customers (to name one example) or hit coal - using industries like cement and steel more than others, one has to look carefully not only at CO2 emissions changes but at underlying economic activity or personal activity changes and how those are tied to emissions in a disaggregated way.

Not long ago, reflecting on studies showing that whale watching had become a much bigger economic force than whale killing, I proposed a change in the name to the International Whale Commission, reflecting the shifting nature of most humans» relationships to these remarkable marine mammals.

It seems to me that if humans are capable of sacrificing this much collective benefit in the name of stabilizing an economic system that makes daily life so much more expensive and precarious, then surely humans should be capable of making some important lifestyle changes in the interest of stabilizing the physical systems upon which all of life depends.

«It... raises serious questions about the wisdom of imposing cap - and - trade or other policies that would cripple energy production and economic activity, in the name of preventing catastrophic climate change,» Soon told the executives in a 2009 email.

Economic growth in developing countries was much more important than countering global warming, Mr Howard said, and the West had no right to deny economic development to the rest of the world in the name of climateEconomic growth in developing countries was much more important than countering global warming, Mr Howard said, and the West had no right to deny economic development to the rest of the world in the name of climateeconomic development to the rest of the world in the name of climate change.

«The evidence in my paper is consistent with the hypothesis that the Sun causes climatic change in the Arctic -LSB-...] It invalidates the hypothesis that CO2 is a major cause of observed climate change — and raises serious questions about the wisdom of imposing cap - and - trade or other policies that would cripple energy production and economic activity, in the name of «preventing catastrophic climate change».»

A major tax study currently being sponsored by the U.S. Treasury will give environmental activists a powerful new weapon in their campaign to alter the entire American economic and social landscape in the name of halting «climate change» — including the possible levying of new carbon taxes.»

In this year of potential tax reform and changes to economic policy, 34 % of survey respondents names the flat tax as their top preference among five different hypothetical regimes.

In the last year, we've experienced significant economic change, equity reduction, sales price, distressed properties, lending guidelines, and technology, just to name a few.