Sentences with phrase «fighting government efforts»

Indeed, the industry has been fighting government efforts to reduce CO2 for years.

In the past, Sessions has acknowledged that human activity may be warming the planet but has fiercely fought government efforts to curb emissions of warming gases including carbon dioxide and methane.

Not exact matches

The federal government has increased pressure on the private sector to fight the war on drugs, just as public support for the effort has reached a low.

Couple that rising pressure with hard - fought efforts to maintain compliance with the federal government's Affordable Care Act, and some employers have chosen to waive benefits, placing more responsibility onto their employees, who pay more both in premiums and out - of - pocket costs.

OTTAWA — Canada's cities say that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is reducing its efforts to invest in affordable housing and fight poverty despite suggesting earlier that it was ready to take action.

... even if, like Germany's Gerhard Schröder, German Chancellor from 1998 - 2005, you are of the general social democrat mode, you rely on centralized government action too much, and you are not above stoking rabid denunciation of U.S. efforts to fight terrorism and WMD proliferation for your own political gain.

... even if, like Germany's Gerhard Schröder, German Chancellor from 1998 - 2005, you are of the general social democrat mode, you rely on centralized government action too much, and you are not above stoking rabid denunciation of U.S. efforts to fight terrorism and WMD proliferation for....

With our country's pride burning bright thanks to our efforts on behalf of whales, and the International Court of Justice's decision, it's an appropriate moment to reflect on how hard our government fought to stop those killing boats — and what needs to happen in our community for the live export ships to stop, too.

«Spain supports the efforts of the Government of Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism, which has led to so much instability in the region.»

Cuomo is giving a boost to Onondaga County executive Joanie Mahoney — a dutiful Republican ally who is expected at Wednesday's State of the State speech in Syracuse — as she fights to revive an effort to merge her government with the City of Syracuse.

This year, in a speech that included applause for Cuomo's criminal justice reform efforts such as strengthening state oversight of jail and his plan to fight the federal government on the tax law, Cuomo sought to give shootouts to individual members of the Legislature and praise Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as well as DiNapoli.

Leslie, who is leading the fight against Nicholson from the government backbenches, is now focusing her efforts on the apparent cover - up of three reports into the state of the NHS which Nicholson claims he knew nothing about.

«As a government, we are making all efforts to integrate our defence structures properly into the sub-regional cooperation framework by which the needed synergy will be created to enhance our collective chances of success in the fight against terrorism,» he said at the Military Academy Graduation Parade on Friday September 16 in Accra.

Human Rights Organisation, Legal Defence and Assistance Project had called on the federal government to boost its efforts in fighting for Nigerians on death row in foreign countries.

If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to a woman reporter when asked about sexual harassment in state government and his subsequent effort to clarify those remarks turned into a fight between the Democratic and Republican committees by late Wednesday.

The Minister admitted that, despite the efforts by the police in fighting crime, if vigilantism is not dealt with, it has the potential to negatively affect all the good policies of government such as the One District - One Factory policy.

The Minister who addressed a press conference in Lagos on Sunday said Nigerians must understand that IPOB was not set up to fight for the right of anyone or group, but as a tool to destabilize the nation, divert attention from the efforts of the Buhari Administration and obliterate the laudable achievements of the Government.

«I think those who make that suggestion obviously want to trivialise a very important programme of the government, a very important fight against corruption and also the strong effort to recover huge sums of money that have been stolen from Nigeria.»

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that the Federal Government's efforts in fighting corruption and deepening good governance in the nation were being applauded worldwide.

Environmentalists are fighting on several fronts in Cameroon, where the government has pledged to expand palm oil production by more than 26 percent by 2018 as part of an effort to become a top exporter in Africa.

The announcement follows an executive order President Barack Obama issued in Tanzania in July 2013 for the U.S. government to improve its efforts to fight wildlife trafficking.

NEW ORLEANS — Vice President Biden called on the nation's leading cancer researchers to accelerate progress in the fight against the disease by sharply boosting collaborations and data sharing and by giving him advice on how to make the federal government a forceful ally in the anti-cancer effort.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

«Despite tremendous efforts by the government of Liberia and international partners aimed at eradicating the deadly Ebola virus, it seems the fight is becoming difficult to reach an end as new cases of Ebola are again being reported in the country.

And so, brushing right past the fact that Common Core was created by states rather than the federal government and does not impose specific texts or lesson plans, Jindal vowed to fight any efforts to impose a «national curriculum.»

The former governor said the legal effort was about fighting the encroachment of the federal government on states» rights.

PIJAC has fought every effort to introduce humane standards of care to commercial pet breeding at every level of government.

The Chinese government's efforts to fight air pollution and improve the health of its citizens are noteworthy.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

More importantly, the Midwest, in forming their own coalition similar to those in the east and west, puts further pressure on the federal government to match the states» efforts to fight global warming and develop domestic clean technologies.

Similar to Cleveland, Poland's capital city of Warsaw is making efforts to fight climate change despite the national government's overall commitment to coal for the nation's energy future.

In an effort to fight the Caribbean island's obesity epidemic and to change consumer behaviour, the government will put new tax into effect on August 1.

The ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Campaign is designed to bring individuals and organizations together in a nationwide effort to save energy and help fight global warming, starting by encouraging a switch to lighting that has earned the government's ENERGY STAR label for energy efficiency.

«Media Fight Request to Close Parts of Israel Lobbyists» Trial»: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, «Defense lawyers and media organizations are objecting to what they say is a government effort to bar the public from the upcoming trial of two pro-Israel lobbyists charged with violating U.S. espionage laws.»

The statement noted that the government was «committed to developing the vital infrastructure that is critical to Canada's ability to get resources to global markets» in a way that protects the environment, including efforts to fight climate change and protect the coastlines.

Coinbase fought this summons in court in an effort to protect its customers, and the industry as a whole, from unwarranted intrusions from the government.

The proposed law mandates that the government should create an interdepartmental committee to fight unlawful fundraising efforts.