Sentences with phrase «economy over the environment»

The recession has Americans prioritizing the economy over the environment.
With the economy as bad as it has been in recent memory, Americans» preferences have swung even more strongly in the direction of the economy over the environment.

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He defended the government's carbon - pricing plan as the right approach to ensuring Canada has both a good economy and a healthy environment over the long term.
A policy in which the environment and the economy walk hand - in - hand sounded good on paper, but has fallen apart on the ground over the Trans Mountain pipeline, Tim Harper writes.
«The B.C. Liberals have put the economy and the environment of the coast at risk by signing over control of these projects to Ottawa,» said Chandra Herbert.
For over 50 years, regardless of the political environment or changes in the economy, GLIDE has stood with the most vulnerable, including poor people, those with illness, people of color, immigrants, as well as all families and children fleeing war and oppression.
There are already, new National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) research findings projecting that our priority bills will have an output impact equivalent to an average of 6.87 per cent of GDP over a five - year period on the economy.
Over the course of the election campaign, the economy, environment, tax, health and Europe were the most discussed issues in the Inverness constituency.
According to a deal struck earlier this year, the plant's operations will be phased out over a four - year period and its shutdown and subsequent impact on the regional economy and environment will be the subject of a governor's task force consisting of both state and local lawmakers as well as various officials from Cuomo's administration.
P: I don't think we really have an answer, except that in the large groupings that work, like Britain, America, and China, the need to subdivide the environment gets removed by an economy that provides you with the principal foodstuffs you need and a roof over your head.
The idea behind PP was to create a portfolio in away that investments were made so that the portfolio would maintain its value and grow conservatively over time, with certain parts of the portfolio outperforming other parts of the portfolio at different times, depending upon the economic environment — without having to time the economy.
Morneau has said the Liberals are facing a slower economy and a worse - than - expected fiscal environment handed over from the former Conservative government.
According to Kershaw, the reasons for the significant increase in how long it takes to save a 20 % down payment for a home purchase are: the current weakened economy, the flattening of incomes over the years and a fiscal environment characterized by exorbitant costs.
«Mid-2012 marked a turning point for the U.S. economy as politics cast a long shadow over the business environment, and only now are businesses beginning to recover and look ahead,» said Emmanouil Schizas, an economist for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in a press release accompanying the report.
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In my view (and I've seen energy and environment close up in every election since Pres. Nixon's rather revolutionary Environmental Message of the early 1970s == too bad there was that third rate break in to spoil his record) the tests for all the candidates will be whether they will substiture oil taxes for off - oil subsidies, carbon taxes to level the whole field, and then and only then decide where we need to push or pull a bit (like with the fuel economy standards, long over due, and boy will they take a long time to arrive in full force.)
The first report knew, and commented on, the possibilities of gradual climate change pushing ecosystems or economies over thresholds and triggering abrupt responses, but the new report focuses on such tipping points in our societies and environment.
For instance, the White House Web site on energy and the environment says simply: «Investing in the Next Generation of Energy Technologies: Invest $ 150 billion over 10 years in energy research and development to transition to a clean energy economy
I'm all for being good stewards of our environment, but the notion of handing over the keys to the global economy to a bunch of Marxists over this «science» is monumentally retarded.
Recent EPA actions on climate, air quality, human experiments, the Clean Power Plan, the war on coal, and «waters of the United States» were used to expand its budget, personnel, and powers over the nation's environment, energy, and economy.
Pragya Seeds Nepal is a Nepali NGO created by young Nepali entrepreneur that is concerned with spreading Zero Waste over Nepal, supporting the local economy and the environment through a community - approach of the obvious and worrying waste problem of this country.
Localities have authority over the built environment (e.g. through zoning and building codes); they can implement smart growth initiatives and increase public transportation alternatives; they act as first responders for climate impacts; they deploy green infrastructure such as increasing land for open space and parks; and they drive green economies by offering tax relief and other incentives.
Just over a year ago, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published its Global Green New Deal policy brief — a proposal to save the planet at the same time as rescuing the economy.
«It had to do with an ideological agenda which he tried to, you know, institutionalize through executive order and regulation and President Trump is going to sweep that away and get down to the basic core values and mission of the EPA, which is protecting the environment rather than increasing its control over people and the economy
This fancy term simply means that a steady state economy is dynamic — it changes and develops over time — but it balances with the natural environment.
While the financial crisis of 2009 was bad for economies, it was good for the environment, but the recovery - largely powered by emerging economies like China and India - has seen emissions jump 5 % over the previous record year, 2008, to 30.6 Gigatonnes (Gt).
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Moreover, Africa has great demographic potential, being the home to over one billion people and a number of fast - growing economies, in contrast to the competitive capital environment in developed economies.
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In a sign that the drama in Washington has fully captured the nation's attention, consumers name the political environment there as the greatest threat to the economy over the next six months, according to a Bankrate survey.
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