Sentences with phrase «energy agenda for»

«The Energy - Climate Complex: An Energy Agenda for the New Congress.»

ALEC is leading the nationally - coordinated attack on state renewable portfolio standards as part of an ambitious dirty energy agenda for the members of its anti-environmental task force, like Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, Peabody Energy, Duke Energy and other major oil, gas and coal interests.

Not exact matches

In the intended - to - be-secret «internal agenda document» were plans for detailed discussions about economic, energy, security, military and other forms of integration.

However, only 17 per cent of Canadians think Canada should stick with fossil fuels for the long term in light of Mr. Trump's energy agenda.

Earlier in the year, I was excited about Trump's ambitious infrastructure agenda, which would have greatly boosted domestic demand for base metals and energy.

As a key organizer of the World Energy Cities Partnership meetings and a speaker for the Cities and Innovation panel, she will be juggling a busy agenda.

Apart from EV and new energy, NIO Capital is looking for opportunities in self - driving technology - another part of China's national agenda as the country pushes into artificial intelligence in a bid to rival U.S. market leaders such as Google and Microsoft.

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

Conversely, a contemplative religio - cultural and ecclesiastical agenda for theology was preoccupied exclusively with the specificities of the energy that flows from the God - human encounter; it neglected the fertile activity of God in the other realms of the world.

«The rising costs of energy, human - induced environment and land degradation, water scarcity, and extreme weather events all present challenges, some of which have been on the agenda for decades, others of which are new,» said Task Force co-Chair Dan Glickman.

Hammond slammed Cuomo for failing to put forth an agenda for the second four - year term he's seeking, noting that in 2010, candidate Cuomo released seven book - length white papers addressing everything from ethics reform to energy policy.

The DCCC launched radio ads against 13 Republican incumbents today in which an impersonator of President George W. Bush congratulates them for supporting his energy agenda.

As part of Governor Cuomo's 2015 - 16 Opportunity Agenda, the Nonprofit Infrastructure Capital Investment Program provides funding critical for the financing of construction projects that include renovation or expansion of program space, accessibility renovations, energy efficiency modifications, and other technology projects.

«In the Coalition Government, our Energy and Climate Change Minister, Ed Davey, has worked to make sure the environment stays at the top of the agenda, even though it isn't a priority for the Conservatives.

This was a hint at individuals such as George Osborne at the top of the coalition obstructing the energy agenda, indicating a future fight, if necessary, with his right - wing colleagues for the green economy.

The Electronic Town Hall Meeting will produce energy and ideas to help bring our agenda for the future into clearer focus.»

, NYSERDA collected $ 170.5 million from RGGI — which serves, in effect, as a major source of discretionary funding for a range of projects promoted as part of the governor's «clean energy» political agenda.

In fiscal 2016, NYSERDA collected $ 170.5 million from RGGI — which serves, in effect, as a major source of discretionary funding for a range of projects promoted as part of the governor's «clean energy» political agenda.

«I proudly served as the vice chair for over 15 years, but withdrew my name from consideration to devote my energy towards achieving my legislative agenda for my district and the people of New York State,» Klein said in an emailed statement.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is trying to reboot the energy for his agenda at the Democratic National Convention, though hindering that in part is a very early time slot speak.

His agenda for Long Island focused on jobs, infrastructure, lower taxes, renewable energy and combating addiction.

Beginning a carefully orchestrated rollout of his 2016 agenda, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that he will include $ 7 billion in proposals for upstate, including transportation, energy and agriculture projects.

And while Gov. Andrew Cuomo now gets to keep a target he can blame when he fails to accomplish pieces of his agenda, it's a blow for the Democrat who exerted more energy into helping his party win a majority than at any previous point in his tenure.

Miller said that while NARAL NY continues to support the other nine agenda items, her organization needs to marshal its energies for the coming battle.

In addition to the need for ethics reform, Hawkins will discuss Cuomo's education agenda and attacks on teachers; energy; taxes and fiscal relief for local governments; and poverty.

Ralph Nader will rally the campaign supporters and volunteers to get out the vote for Howie Hawkins and will highlight the Green Party's agenda including: acting on climate change and clean energy, banning fracking, raising the minimum wage to $ 15, creating public sector jobs, creating and protecting affordable housing for the working and middle classes, legalizing marijuana, fighting for economic justice and criminal justice reform.

Climate Science • The new Republican House majority provides an opportunity to shape the science agenda for bipartisan efforts to reduce the nation's energy usage and to take steps towards a clean energy — based economy.

WHEN Arab energy ministers met in Cairo in April, there was one thing at the top of their agenda — plans for a regional electricity grid that would stretch more than 5000 kilometres from Morocco in the west to the Gulf states in the east.

Renewable energy is one of the long - term solutions, but I think the missing agenda is adaptation — conservation, for example.

The United States has released an ambitious, climate - and conservation - focused agenda for its 2 - year chairmanship that includes pushing for more research on black carbon, which accelerates melting in the region, and on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the seabed and permafrost, as well as creating a network of marine protected areas in the Arctic and equipping Arctic villages with renewable energy sources.

Abraham lays out an ambitious, detailed agenda for the U.S.'s energy future — a plan that will rely heavily on the contributions of young scientists, today and into the future.

* Do not focus on global warming as a primary vehicle for selling the energy agenda, since voters do not see it as an immediate threat to the United States or to themselves.

The American public is eager for dramatic change in U.S. energy policy, but Democratic efforts to sell their agenda on energy and climate change aren't reaching voters, a prominent Democratic Party polling firm is warning.

So I think the innovation agenda — pursuing climate - risk mitigation, pursuing energy security (not just for us but for everyone), satisfying our social responsibilities to help two billion people get some semblance of appropriate energy services — that's all wrapped up in this innovation agenda.

The mission of the ALCC is to award time for special situations of interest to the Department with an emphasis on high - risk, high - payoff simulations in areas directly related to the Department's energy mission in areas such as advancing the clean energy agenda and understanding the Earth's climate, for national emergencies, or for broadening the community of researchers capable of using leadership computing resources.

After addressing a packed agenda, CMS COP11 adopted 35 resolutions, including, on: the lion, that will work towards an Appendix II listing proposal to be presented at COP12; the Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2015 - 2023; the Programme of Work on Climate Change and Migratory Species; the Central Asian Mammals Initiative; and the Renewable Energy and Migratory Species.

That agenda was acceptable for a few weeks, but as time went on, and I saw what needed to be done, I realized that the likelihood of me being able to devote this amount of time and energy again probably was not realistic.

As my Fordham colleague Chester Finn recently observed, longstanding bipartisan support for the education reform agenda has collapsed: «As Democrats pander to teachers» unions and minority grievances and Republicans focus on social issues and culture wars, little energy remains for school reform.»

For all the True Believer energy and aggressive efforts to push an agenda, it remains difficult to discern the impact of Edutopia, either in winning converts to its vision for public education or changing the classroom practice of individual teacheFor all the True Believer energy and aggressive efforts to push an agenda, it remains difficult to discern the impact of Edutopia, either in winning converts to its vision for public education or changing the classroom practice of individual teachefor public education or changing the classroom practice of individual teachers.

In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove more effective and economical as strategies for boosting pupil achievement.

Rather than scrambling for ways to minimize damage from such sudden and drastic funding cuts, energy would be better spent innovating, experimenting, and rigorously evaluating this half - century old program that still appears to have a valuable place in a modern college completion and career readiness agenda.

On today's program, Host Leslie Thatcher speaks to Park City School Board member, Julie Eihausen and communications manager Molley Miller who have update us on Tuesday's board meeting.Park City Manager Diane Foster and Economic Development Director Jonathan Weidenhammer to discuss the agenda for Thursday's city council meeting, including the revised drawings for a new affordable housing project Woodside Park and Erin Bragg, Summit County Sustainability Specialist has details on the Home Energy Score assessments that will be made available for 100 eligible homeowners.

Both were able to read the group's energies, allowing for a flexible agenda, while being understanding if we needed a break from a class.

Bill Gates added clean energy and climate change to his agenda in 2010 with a TED talk on the need for «energy miracles,» during which he uncapped a jarful of blinking fireflies in place of the mosquitoes he liberated in a malaria talk the year before.

The key agenda item for the US is driving down ASAP our absurd overuse of energy.

But Gates's research and development argument is inevitably just one facet of a much more variegated energy agenda that provides plenty for everyone to pursue.

This past year saw President Obama's aggressive pronouncement of his climate agenda, more of the same for the Keystone XL pipeline, and some of the starkest evidence that America's oil and natural - gas boom is turning on its head almost every bit of conventional wisdom about the global energy landscape.

This morning, Michael Levi, who analyzes energy and the environment for the Council on Foreign Relations, answered my question about the limits of presidential influence in a way that says Obama got it right by insisting that cutting demand through policies aimed at energy efficiency and the next generation of energy technologies had to be part of a long - term American energy (and oil) agenda.

The challenge inherent in getting the governments present in Bali to come to an agreement signals the growing importance of the climate agenda for their broader energy, economy, finance and trade policies.

Sacramento, CA — The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has filed suit under California's Public Records Act (PRA) against the state's Attorney General Xavier Becerraa for withholding all but one email showing or mentioning its work with partisan and environmentalist activists to use law enforcement in going after opponents of the «climate» political agenda».