Sentences with phrase «for voluntary cuts»

In the end they could only agree to present national plans for voluntary cuts.

While President Bush's recent public statements seem to indicate that he may also be falling for global warming junk science so far, he's only for voluntary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as well as «technology - based solutions.

Not exact matches

«If the situation is very unstable, so that a voluntary production cut can not be enough - then the next step - an obligatory production cut for all farmers would apply.

High sodium consumption is associated with health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease, and the FDA has put out new voluntary guidelines for commercial food producers to cut down on sodium in their products.

And for all the talk of the Big Society and charities stepping into the gap, the brutal truth is that voluntary organisations will face some of the deepest cuts of all.

With a maximum cut of 8.8 %, there is no reason for any council disproportionately to cut the voluntary sector.

You point out that Paterson took a voluntary 10 % pay cut for 2009, but neglect to mention that his wife received a $ 40,000 per year raise in 2009.

ALBANY — A day after Gov. Paterson revoked hefty salary increases for several key aides, he has reneged on his pledge to take a voluntary pay cut.

Justice secretary Ken Clark wants to cut re-offending by allowing voluntary groups and businesses to lobby for work based on rehabilitation rates.

Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, today announced a new fair deal for voluntary and community groups, wrapped up with cutting reams of red tape on local councils.

My council has spent more, in total, on grants to voluntary groups, while cutting spending elsewhere, because we believe the voluntary sector offers value for money.

That's a point that developing nations are particularly keen to see from wealthy ones, given that the emissions cuts for the Paris deal will be voluntary and self - determined by each government.

That pact was abandoned by the U.S. Senate because it imposed emissions cuts on wealthy countries but let developing nations — including China — off the hook by allowing them to make voluntary cuts in exchange for financial support.

Tough but voluntary requirements set by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment have helped cut brain - injury fatalities in all of football from 36 in 1968 to near zero in recent years.

The voluntary buyouts are intended to prepare the lab for a second round of automatic cuts that will occur in 2014 unless Congress agrees on another approach to reducing federal spending, say Oak Ridge Director Thom Mason.

The head of Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Tim Gartside, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he and his governors were considering asking for voluntary contributions of # 30 or # 40 a month from parents if the cuts took place.

The 56 % meeting or exceeding standard for CA's grade 11 E / LA result was an outlier with blinking red lights that defies meaningful interpretation other than a grossly discrepant cut score (to the low side) or some other test development flaw (such as an inadequate item bank for a computer - adaptive test) or an error in the test administration or scoring process, or some weird effect due to the increased number of grade 11 students with scores since EAP moved from voluntary to mandatory in 2015 [which usually would involve a decrease in scores, a reasonable interpretation for the decrease in Math EAP scores this year, rather than an increase in scores].

Under President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the United States has acted under existing laws to cut emissions with sector - specific policies, including: emissions regulations; tax incentives for clean energy technologies; standards for energy - efficient appliances, buildings, and vehicles; and voluntary partnership programs to address market barriers to low - carbon strategies.

This time, they have proposed a formula of «concentric differentiation» that sets out three main bands of responsibility: rich developed nations in the centre with large mandatory emission cuts, poorer nations on the outside with zero obligations and great flexibility, and emerging economies in the middle with a basket of options for significant voluntary reductions.

Bush is expected to promote only voluntary targets for cutting emissions, instead of legally binding targets within a Kyoto - based international agreement.

UPDATED May, 2015: after three years of continued attacks, Koch Industries, Koch's Americans for Prosperity, the Koch - backed Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the state's wind industry lobby cut a deal to weaken the Kansas RPS law by making compliance voluntary.

By any measure, the current California drought is severe, to the degree that Governor Brown made an emergency drought declaration almost a year ago, state and federal water agencies have been forced to greatly cut back deliveries of water to cities and farms from dangerously depleted rivers and reservoirs, and local utilities are asking customers for a mix of voluntary and sometimes mandatory water - use reductions.

The reasonable worry about Japan's actions however is that moving away from a second commitment period for the protocol would signal a move from developed countries altogether away from a system of binding emissions cuts to one of voluntary measures only.

«While the Bush Administration talks up its voluntary efforts to address climate change, these back - room cuts show that this is mostly hollow rhetoric,» noted Steven Nadel, Executive Director of the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

«This is a positive step by Facebook to take the lead to put in place the transparency requirements called for in the Honest Ads Act, but a patchwork of voluntary measures from tech companies isn't going to cut it — we need to pass the Honest Ads Act,» she said in a statement.

A new report by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and Center for American Progress (CAP), offers cutting - edge information about how states have used federal funding to expand voluntary, evidence - based services to young children and their parents.

The results were conclusive: Rigorous trials were demonstrating that programs including preschool, voluntary home visiting, and family - based therapy for juveniles could cut future crime by as much as 50 percent.