Sentences with phrase «from industry officials»

A bill before the City Council that would put restrictions on the use of flushable wipes is drawing opposition from industry officials who say the legislation is misdirected.

Phil Clapp, the president of the environmental trust, said he obtained the papers from an industry official.

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As much as Australia might benefit from a cut in official interest rates, it would definitely benefit from encouraging a new industry, such as the nuclear - fuel processing facility being championed by the South Australian government, and supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The satellite was funded through a process that received a lesser degree of oversight from Congress compared with similar national security - related satellites, industry officials said.

Though the official prices ranges from $ 25 to $ 300 a month per user, the Sales Cloud's implementation can cost anywhere from $ 5,000 to $ 80,000, depending on your industry.

In the letter, Frerichs said that this has left the legal cannabis industry «with limited confidence it will not face criminal prosecution» from federal officials.

In Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, the vast majority of the counties where fracking is occurring are also suffering from drought, according to an Associated Press analysis of industry - compiled fracking data and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's official drought designations.

A summary of the proposal, seen by Reuters and circulating among auto industry officials based on descriptions from Canadian and Mexican trade negotiators, would require the $ 16 wage on work comprising 40 percent of the value of light - duty passenger vehicles and 45 percent for pickup trucks.

(Officials from the federal government's ministries of finance, industry, and justice did not respond to requests for interviews.)

Industry officials have worried that Trump's travel restrictions from six majority - Muslim countries would hurt tourism, USA Today reports.

But those figures don't include personal donations from industry executives to the super PACs that can collect unlimited amounts of money and spend it independently of a candidate's official campaign.

US technology industry officials said they expected the Trump administration's list to target products that benefit from Beijing's «Made in China 2025» program, which aims to upgrade the country's domestic manufacturing base with more advanced products.

Health officials will take comments from industry stakeholders and the public on the proposed data access rules over the next two months.

Del Duca plans to meet with the officials from the insurance industry at the end of the month to discuss how to move forward with the rollout of driverless cars.

(Officials from the FBI and CIA, for their part, have also pushed for access to decrypted data under court order over the past year and faced resistance from the tech industry, according to the Washington Post.)

It attracted investment from healthcare industry officials and venture capital funds, raising $ 21.2 million, according to database ICO Drops.

Officials from Smithers, Stewart, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, and Terrace were invited to hear from two aluminum industry executives, and a business professor from UBC.

Administration officials said they were tailoring the list to minimize price increases for consumers, who buy large quantities of goods from China, and were focusing in part on strategic industries China is attempting to build up with state support.

After what one environmental NGO called a «five - year siege by Canadian officials and industry lobbyists,» the European Union is proposing to back away from...

With the Department of Labor (DOL) Fiduciary Rule now official, the mood in the wealth management industry has turned from anticipation and uncertainty to a focus on how best to comply.

For all their official production measurements, OPEC uses an average of estimates from six «secondary sources», namely the International Energy Agency (IEA), the oil - pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the oil consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and the industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as an impartial adjudicator as to whether their output quotas and production cuts are being met, to resolve any potential disputes that could arise if each member reported their own figures.

Women business owners had the opportunity to hear from and connect with government officials, industry thought leaders, high level corporate managers, and investors.

President Donald Trump's recent announcement and official order to implement tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has worried American manufacturers and ignited a chorus of warnings from lawmakers, companies, and industry leaders.

Official figures from industry body Wine Australia stated that wine exports increased by 11 per cent to $ 2.11 billion in 2015 - 16.

Food From Finland is the official government - funded programme to promote Finnish foods, drinks and the food industry.

The OFT has received increasing criticism from the dairy industry in recent months, and officials have accused it of blocking developments that could lead to badly needed higher earnings in the sector.

Because most dairy industry professionals come face to face with regulators only when an inspector knocks on their door, the Regulatory RoundUP provides the opportunity for dairy professionals to hear firsthand from the decision - makers and the regulation officials who have direct responsibility for the rules that affect dairy plants, products and personnel.

More than 400 officials, VIPs and exhibitors from the industry attended the ceremony, witnessing the long - awaited winner list for Best Buy China Competition.

Industry leaders presented the results at a press event held at Fort Mason in San Francisco, attended by the media, government officials, members of the wine community from throughout the state and other key stakeholders.

We were honored to receive our official sustainability certification from the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), the industry - leading program that audits sustainable practices and continuous improvement among California wineries and vineyards.

Guided by five bottom lines — Sustaining our Business, our Brands, our People, our Community and the Planet — Matthew works with state and federal officials, academia, ingredient suppliers, farmers within Clif agriculture supply chain and the organic industry to improve the success of the rural communities from which we source our food.

A Calgary native and professional cooking graduate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Chef Sean MacDonald has cooked up his share of industry accolades, all before the age of 26: 2015 winner of the Alberta Regional Competition for Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship; San Pellegrino's Canadian leg Young Chef Competition; title of Official Chef for Diner en Blanc Calgary.

In 1976, ACF forever changed the culinary industry by elevating the position of the executive chef from service status to the professional category in the U.S. Department of Labor's Dictionary of Official Titles.

These changes saw the winding up of ARMCANZ (and SCARM) and the establishment of a new Council, the Primary Industries Ministerial Council, its primary source of advice will flow from a committee of senior officials, the Primary Industries Standing Committee (PISC).

Smalley and other officials have pointed out that the Art Institute of Chicago, the Field Museum and other major cultural facilities routinely appoint directors from the highest ranks of industry and society whose sole function is to produce donations.

But public outcry from consumers, parents and school district officials, triggered by YouTube videos and online petitions, drove industry and government to respond.

Officials with the Milk Processor Education Program, a trade group for the dairy industry, said they did not know how many school districts pulled flavored milk from their cafeterias.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating allegations from former officials that Carmona was blocked from participating in the breast - feeding advocacy effort and that those designing the ad campaign were overruled by superiors at the formula industry's insistence.

School districts faced several challenges implementing the new lunch requirements in school year 2012 - 2013, according to the eight districts GAO visited and food service and industry officials GAO interviewed from across the country; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) response to some of these challenges has been limited.

Since I am (as you now know from last week's Civil Eats post) more of a realist than an idealist, I'm not especially hopeful that our elected officials will suddenly find the courage to defy Big Food — and forgo its campaign contributions — nor am I hopeful that industry will change its ways voluntarily on a widespread basis.

He veered away from that topic and returned to the issue of the push to reform the financial industry, saying: «You've got to be sympathetic with some of the legislators,» pointing out that elected officials have to navigate a complex minefield of regulations and politics when trying to craft policy.

The event, designed to recognise the effort of players in the industry, was attended by industry players and senior officials from the Aviation Ministry.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Help may soon be on the way to the struggling U.S. auto industry after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed off her opposition to using funds from a fuel - efficiency research program for a bailout, two congressional officials said Friday.

Officials from the company, AbTech Industry, testified under non-prosecution agreements that they felt pressured to raise Adam Skelos» salary as a consultant from $ 4,000 per month to $ 10,000 per month, in order to position the company for future state contracts related to Hurricane Sandy and hydraulic fracturing.

Local tourism officials have embarked on several recent trips to Europe to sell organizers on Lake Placid — a delegation featuring Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism CEO James McKenna returned from Lithuania earlier this month — and have said large - scale events would be a boon for the region's tourism industry.

«Money from megadonors from multibillion dollar fossil fuel industry should be rejected by all Long Island elected officials,» said Diane Goins of Hempstead, chairwoman of the Long Island Chapter of New York Communities for Change, a nonprofit coalition of working families in low and moderate income communities.

But the Observer did open up this year's list to elected officials, a departure from 2014, to take stock of some of the rising and falling stars whose names you might know, sizing them up against the strategists, lobbyists and industry types shaping the city in the shadows.

This was attended by five officials from the real estate industry, three of whom were employed by Glenwood: Dorego, Gary Jacob, and Litwin himself.

Carl H. McCall will chair a commission composed of experts from the financial services industry, consumer advocates, public officials and State regulators to study available options for the creation of a state - administered retirement savings program for workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan.

Federal aviation officials, battered by complaints that bureaucratic hurdles are preventing industry from realizing the economic benefits of drones, announced they are streamlining rules to expedite permits to fly small, commercial unmanned aircraft.