Sentences with phrase «for public climate»

Bob Carter, one of four scientists who has recently questioned the justification for the proposed Australian emissions trading scheme, says that this paper has significant consequences for public climate policy.

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Survey shows majority support for an effective climate plan and minimum carbon price, even if some provinces disagree OTTAWA — New public opinion research shows that two - thirds of Canadians believe it is more important to have a plan to meet Canada's climate change targets than to have all provincial and territorial premiers agree with that...

The region checks off most of the boxes that Amazon is looking for: It has good public transportation, some of the best museums in the country, a progressive political climate, and elite schools and universities.

But given the existential threat of climate change, or for that matter, the general state of our public goods, I find it awfully hard to accept the contention that there's nothing productive in which to invest the excess savings surplus countries continue to send our way.

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

The companies include Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips Co., BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Peabody Energy Corp. «The American people deserve answers from the fossil fuel corporations about their actions to massively deceive the public in regards to climate science,» Lieu and Welch wrote in a letter to their House colleagues asking for their support.

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Update 3 January 2018: The public consultation for Climate Bonds Standard Water Criteria Phase 2 is closed.

This book explores the political economy of transition cost mitigation strategies in a wide variety of policy contexts including public pensions, U.S. home mortgage interest deductions, immigration, trade liberalization, agricultural supply management, and climate change, providing tested examples and realistic strategies for genuine policy reform.

The pope insists, as part of his demand for truth, that the Church «has a public role over and above her charitable and educational activities: all the energy she brings to the advancement of humanity and of universal fraternity is manifested when she is able to operate in a climate of freedom.

True believers in the dominant model tell us that the solution of our problems is to reduce taxes on corporations and the rich, reduce government services to the poor and middle class, improve the climate for business by reducing work place and environmental protections and minimum wage requirements, privatizing public services, and facilitating the investment of capital overseas.

So great is the change in the political climate that it seems likely we will have to pay more attention to the danger of uncritical enthusiasm for religion in public, especially when religion is promoted as an instrumental good for the achievement of sundry purposes public and personal.

Dr. Hayhoe is the co-author of the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith - Based Decisions and describes herself as «a spokesperson with one principal goal — to bring public awareness to the simple truth that the scientific debate is over, and now it's time for all of us to take action.»

Not so for some items under communications (e.g., funding for public television), domestic and social development (social security and health care proposals), and international justice and peace (Kyoto climate control, funding the UN).

Our Mission: To improve the business climate for members by playing a proactive role with the legislative process, public safety entities and the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, as well as implement innovative and useful membership services to promote the moral, social and intellectual advancement of members of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association.

Terminator technologies for synthetic biology, GM crops for agrofuels, geoengineering and all of the other false solutions to the energy, climate and food crises enclose vast genetic resources and agrobiodiversity, taking them out of the public realm and into the control of TNCs, especially the US Big Biotech giants Monsanto, Dupont and Arborgen.

• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions based on policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.

«Not only will EPA actions to curb carbon pollution through the Clean Power Plan and new fuel standards combat climate change, they will encourage economic growth, spur innovation in our energy sector, and improve public health for all of our communities.»

David was also the producer of «An Inconvenient Truth,» and just as that film served as a wake - up call for climate change, «Fed Up» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal government.

Additionally, a reform of the corrupt public sector; a depoliticization of employment and the business climate; and an open enquiry in past privatizations can open doors for an economic reform and the establishment of a free market.

They agreed to the «G8 Action Plan for Climate Change to Enhance the Engagement of Private and Public Financial Institutions.»

We concluded that the three digital players were beneficial for public debate about climate change, as they had found new ways of covering the «old», sometimes boring, often remote, theme of climate change.

In a surprising victory for former President Barack Obama's environmental legacy, the U.S. Senate voted to uphold an Obama - era climate change regulation to control the release of methane from oil and gas wells on public land.

For example, those who think that the only valid ways in which the public should participate in climate discussions are found in the top - right quadrant will interpret any participation in other quadrants as hostile.

Warren Pearce's new «Making Climate Social» project seeks to investigate the «contributors, content, connections and contexts of social media climate change communications» in order to determine «what the social media revolution might mean for the tricky relationship between science, politics, and publics.Climate Social» project seeks to investigate the «contributors, content, connections and contexts of social media climate change communications» in order to determine «what the social media revolution might mean for the tricky relationship between science, politics, and publics.climate change communications» in order to determine «what the social media revolution might mean for the tricky relationship between science, politics, and publics.»

Carol M. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Board Chair of the League of Conservation Voters said: «By building victories in different states and on multiple policies, we can demonstrate strong public support for climate action, demonstrate success that others will want to replicate, and drive down the costs of clean energy».

«Now, because the climate of the school is going to be public, their incentive is to clean it up, actually fix the problem,» Gillibrand said — which may cause the most headaches for colleges under the proposed bill.

Our state can be an inspiring example of full employment at living wages, health care for all, affordable housing, quality public education, and 100 percent clean, climate - stabilizing energy.

Regardless of how the WFP pyschodrama plays out, the Green Party will remain the choice this November for progressives who support a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, living wage jobs, climate action, strong public schools, and an end to corruption at the State Capitol.»

In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

The White House's public schedule of events for Thursday does not include a press briefing or any public events for President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE a day after a mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

When I signed my Executive Order last June calling on the Departments of Public Works and Environment and Planning to prepare a plan for the County to implement the United States» target contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement, reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas inventory by twenty - six percent below 2005 levels by 2025, some people laughed.

While she acknowledges that «in today's climate it would be crazy not to think about running for office,» she also is concerned about what a return to public life might do to her professional career: «I have clients, a team and regulations that demand my time.»

Yilin Hou, a public administration and international affairs professor at Syracuse University, said legislators have over-promised the amount of money that can be allotted to the state, which has created an unsustainable climate in New York for many years, not just recently.

He also had made public statements during a 2012 run as a Republican for U.S. Senate, in which he staked out conservative positions on issues such as abortion, climate change and same - sex marriage.

The Business Council of New York State tweeted that the proposal was «disappointing» because public employee unions often lobby for more spending that the Business Council said hurts the state's business climate.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

It states: «For the government to deliver its overall climate objectives, a retrofit programme for all housing will need to be implemented, with public and private sector investment totalling somewhere between # 3.5 billion and # 6.5 billion per year every year until 2050.&raqFor the government to deliver its overall climate objectives, a retrofit programme for all housing will need to be implemented, with public and private sector investment totalling somewhere between # 3.5 billion and # 6.5 billion per year every year until 2050.&raqfor all housing will need to be implemented, with public and private sector investment totalling somewhere between # 3.5 billion and # 6.5 billion per year every year until 2050.»

As thousands of people from across the UK prepare to march in London this Saturday for jobs, justice and climate as part of a global «Put People First» campaign, PCS and War on Want are drawing attention to the tax gap and the missing billions of pounds which would help to fund public services and stabilise the economy.

Farron has said the three issues he wants to own are housing, civil liberties and climate change — touchstone issues for Lib Dem activists, but there's an open question about how far they will resonate with the wider public, especially an ageing electorate, with over-55s expected to comprise a majority of voters by 2020.

In this new climate, where politicians are either calling for direct interference in corporate affairs, or running campaigns that put extreme public pressure on businesses to change their operations, businesses will increasingly have to find ways to defend themselves.

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

«Working together, California and the UK commit to build upon current efforts, share experiences, find new solutions and work to educate the public on the need for aggressive action to address climate change and promote energy diversity.»

«Chief executives often find third terms difficult, and the current economic climate is not making it any easier for Bloomberg,» Lee M. Miringoff, director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, said in a statement.

The Texas - based company is among the worst emitters of greenhouse gases, and is currently being investigated by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for possibly concealing its knowledge of climate change for decades from the public.