Sentences with phrase «federal climate grant»

The 2014 Form 990 (Schedule I) shows IGES paid a $ 100,000 grant using federal climate grant money to the Institute for Global Education Equality of Opportunity and Prosperity, Inc. (IGEP), which was incorporated in 2006 by Anastasia «Anne» Shukla at the residence address of the Shukla family in Rockville, Maryland.

Roger Pielke Jr recently made the remarkable discovery that, in addition to his university salary from George Mason University (reported by Pielke as $ 250,000), Jagadish Shukla, the leader of the #RICO20, together with his wife, had received a further $ 500,000 more in 2014 alone from federal climate grants funnelled through a Shukla - controlled «non-profit» (Institute for Global Environment and Security, Inc.), yielding total income in 2014 of approximately $ 750,000.

In light of Shukla's authority over federal climate grants to both IGES and GMU, his double dipping indeed has the appearance of a conflict of interest and a climate change profiteer.

Not exact matches

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«If we are to use that authority arbitrarily or to withhold these certifications where we should be granting them, what then can happen... is there is an opportunity for the federal government to just take that process over from us and then we no longer have that authority,» Snyder said at a roundtable discussion on climate change Monday sponsored by the state Assembly.

Third, technical expertise is largely ignored or bypassed, while expert communities such as climate scientists are falsely and recklessly derided by the Wall Street Journal as a conspiratorial interest group chasing federal grants.

«The bias is just so extreme» Others seriously questioned whether the world's community of climate scientists is caught in a cyclone of self - promotion, driven by the pressure to validate past findings and to receive federal grants.

Rodney Weber, an atmospheric scientist, is being questioned by Rep. Lamar Smith (R - Texas), who wants to know why Weber's climate - change - related research deserved a federal grant in 2012.

All of their climate research funding comes from federal and state grants or contracts.

The third special report, Changing the School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and MiClimate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and MiFederal Improvement Grants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and MicGrants, examines the positive changes in school climate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Miclimate experienced by six case study schools that received the federal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Mifederal grants in Idaho, Maryland, and Micgrants in Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan.

Changing the School Climate is the First Step to Reform in Many Schools with Federal Improvement Grants (PDF format, 180 KB)

These programs are supported by $ 12.7 million in federal grants awarded in 2014 to address mental health and «school climate,» or ensuring students feel safe to learn in a supportive environment.

A gold - standard study funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the federal Centers for Disease Control, and the W.T. Grant Foundation has demonstrated that The 4Rs Program has a significant positive effect on children's social, emotional, and academic competency, and on classroom climate.

In the heated political climate surrounding government - subsidized green energy initiatives, the company was quick to point out the that ATVM loans were initiated and approved under the Bush administration, and were completely separate from the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, as well as being the smallest of the ATVM loans granted, the others being Ford at $ 5.9 billion, Nissan at $ 1.4 billion, and Fisker at $ 529 million.

Mr. Monckton, Mr. Morano and others complain that environmental groups, the media and scientists dependent on federal grants have a vested interest in portraying climate change as a catastrophe.

The President will direct federal agencies to identify and remove barriers to making climate - resilient investments; identify and remove counterproductive policies that increase vulnerabilities; and encourage and support smarter, more resilient investments, including through agency grants, technical assistance, and other programs, in sectors from transportation and water management to conservation and disaster relief.

The particular anecdotes I have heard about political influence on the federal grant making process go in the other direction, where people are told that they should not pubish findings supporting large climate sensitvity, at least until after some election.

«The particular anecdotes I have heard about political influence on the federal grant making process go in the other direction, where people are told that they should pubish findings supporting large climate sensitvity, at least until after some election.»

Polar Bear Protection: A federal judge upheld the decision by the George W. Bush administration to grant polar bears threatened status under the Endangered Species Act, but did not pass judgment on environmentalists» argument that the bear should get the act's more protective «endangered» designation, or the argument that the bear's status justified restricting greenhouse gases warming the climate.

Wilburforce Foundation grant for «Linking climate change adaptation and mitigation on federal lands especially in the Pacific Northwest»

«Purdue Wins $ 5M Global Warming Crop - Research Grant --» Purdue University scientists have won a $ 5 million federal grant to help corn and soybean farmers adapt to the various climate change scenarios global warming is forecast to bring in the coming decades.»&rGrant --» Purdue University scientists have won a $ 5 million federal grant to help corn and soybean farmers adapt to the various climate change scenarios global warming is forecast to bring in the coming decades.»&rgrant to help corn and soybean farmers adapt to the various climate change scenarios global warming is forecast to bring in the coming decades.»»

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

Through the program the Secretary will make grants to public and private institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use; potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits; the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through changes in energy consumption habits; increase public awareness of Federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs; and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

These city - led efforts to catalyze local clean energy economic development are important to watch as federal grants sunset, especially in the absence of a comprehensive national energy or climate policy.

If IGES and COLA are now part of George Mason, the question arises why IGES still obtains climate change profiteer federal grants and files its own Form 990s.

Since its founding, IGES has been supported almost entirely by federal grants (over 99.5 % in 2014) * Shukla has been a climate professor at Washington, D.C.'s George Mason University since 1994.

• $ 500 million to create a «Climate Prosperity» demonstration grant program that directs several federal entities to support economic development for green jobs

The survey was commissioned by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and funded by the federal government's Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency's Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants program.

The federal judge overseeing two climate liability lawsuits in California hosted a tutorial on climate science in his courtroom Wednesday, granting climate activists something they've long desired — «a trial on climate science.»

He's suppposed to be a teacher of chemistry, what he actually is, is a grant whore and general purpose federal grants for climate research SPECIALIST.

H more than $ 7 billion annually in federal government grants, may have influenced the climate research focus and findings that have produced a «scientific consensus» at research institutions and universities;

A gold - standard study funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the federal Centers for Disease Control, and the W.T. Grant Foundation has demonstrated that The 4Rs Program has a significant positive effect on children's social, emotional, and academic competency, and on classroom climate.