Sentences with phrase «government support for»

It's also hard to gain local government support for reforming ADA codes and tort laws, since most politicians are reluctant to seem insensitive toward their disabled constituents.

Without government support for home purchasing and refinancing, the nation's mortgage markets will grind to a halt, throwing the economy back into recession,» said Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

The Mortgage Bankers Association wants to limit government support for market - rate housing.

But government support for the most part, stops there.

government support for, and implementation of, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

It is encouraging to note government support for this principle as evidenced by the Commonwealth Attorney - General's submission to the Inquiry into ILUAs conducted by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund:

That campaign — to ban both direct and «indirect» government support for abortion — was conceived almost before the ink was fully dry on the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Strategies: Service providers integrate customary activities into the curriculum and community planning processes; encourage and support community activities which recognise the importance of law, culture and language; support intellectual property rights; Indigenous languages be included as core curriculum in schools and universities; advocate government support for the collection of cultural information and material from institutions.

Strategies: Negotiate state government support for capacity building and draft policy; need to demonstrate achievement of agreed outcomes to secure on - going funding; encourage relevant government agencies to work with resource agencies in raising management capacity; formulate / implement common CDEP operational policies and procedures across region.

It is exciting to see government support for the hard work of Aboriginal community organisations who, like Jean Puketapu, have worked tirelessly to encourage and facilitate learning at the grass roots — within families and communities.

Ultimately, the NACC did not have the capacity to develop into an independent, agenda - setting policy organisation due to a lack of government support for such a function and the NACC's unmet need to develop coherent policy position regarding its functions and structure.

There has been a lack of government support for a strong independent agenda setting policy organisation, as opposed to a mere advisory body.

Marie McInerney, who will cover the symposium for the Croakey Conference Reporting Service, reports below that the event is timely given the recent news of Federal Government support for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan.

Underlying this has been a lack of government support for a strong independent agenda setting policy organisation, as opposed to a mere advisory body.

Indeed without government support for human rights and development, company efforts in promoting development for impoverished groups is unlikely to be successful.

In a bid for reelection, Seoul's mayor, Park Won - soon, has promised local government support for blockchain startups and even the creation of a new cryptocurrency, the «S Coin», for use in South Korea's capital.

The lack of regulation, and official government support for the currency makes Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as safe as a penny stock — you can invest and make a pile of money, or lose everything, and there's no real way to predict what will happen to your investment.

Conflicting reports suggest Sang - ki did not have unanimous government support for this statement.

These agreements generally provide for reduced or eliminated tariffs between the partners and controls on government support for state - owned entities.

Masich says that government support for entrepreneurism at the provincial and federal level has created numerous «choke points» in the system for new companies, regardless of their line of business, including government resource centres, industry liaison offices at universities aiming to commercialize academic research and early - stage financiers.

The survey shows that given all the benefits associated with teleworking, 88 per cent of Canadian workers agree there should be government support for a nationally recognized day, with 52 per cent strongly agreeing.

And before the complaints start rolling in about Government support for certain industries, let's look at the historical role of Government in spurring technological development in everything from computers to aviation to automobiles.

With the new Energy Bill comes new certainty in government support for renewables.

Without strong government support for energy innovation, the United States will fall further behind in the global race to command the industries of the future.

Sustainable Agriculture Needed to Combat Reduced Land Productivity To combat this trend, the FAO recommends a «paradigm shift» owards sustainable agricultural practices, including government support for small - scale irrigation methods and greenwater technologies to combat land degradation.

Lithium - phosphate battery maker China BAK is getting government support for R&D.

Because of a tightly regulated nuclear power industry and lack of government support for development of new nuclear technologies, most power plants in the US were built between 1970 and 1990 and are based on technology that is just as old.

I was part of the team that discovered government support for fracking, and our research has been extensively reported and validated by the New York Times, Associated Press and a powerful new book by Foreign Affairs editor, Jonathan Tepperman called The Fix.

«My colleagues often criticize government support for renewables.

However, the UNFCCC may have no choice in the matter as one of the declared aims of the Trump administration is to stop US government support for climate finance.

That assumption is so unrealistic that any analysis based upon it is inappropriate and even fraudulent if used as a justification for maintaining or expanding government support for ethanol.

It's interesting turn of events, given that in addition to China's growing auto market, increasing government support for plug - in vehicles, and battery tech advances, Coda is leveraging what McKinsey Quarterly describes as China's «low - cost labor supply, as we've noted before.

Government support for such policies make sit easier to make a buck by gaming the system, which happens constantly, particularly in the emissions reduction field.

«Roaring Forties cancelled two wind farms in South Australia and Tasmania earlier this year over an alleged lack of government support for renewable energy initiatives.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

The only half - hearted consolation on offer is targeted at the distribution companies (DISCOMs) who have been assured government support for implementation of RPO and REC obligations.

When Government Support for Intermittent Renewable Technologies Can Increase Emissions Campbell, Arthur

The Commission has opened an investigation into government support for the project in January and concluded that it was in line with the European Union's environmental and energy targets.

But that support is fleeting as many on the right also negatively equate government support for innovative clean technologies as «picking winners and losers.»

Shell calls for government support for natural gas, because «The Golden Age for natural gas won't happen by itself»

An innovation - based economy requires government support for scientific research, development, and deployment.

C. Technically, it is still possible to solve the climate problem, but there are two essential requirements: (1) a simple across - the - board (all fossil fuels) rising carbon fee [2] collected from fossil fuel companies at the domestic source (mine or port of entry), not a carbon price «scheme,» and the money must go to the public, not to government coffers, otherwise the public will not allow the fee to rise as needed for phase - over to clean energy, (2) honest government support for, rather than strangulation of, RD&D (research, development and demonstration) of clean energy technologies, including advanced generation, safe nuclear power.

Assuming that current and announced climate policies are implemented, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that, despite the extensive, worldwide government support for renewables and increasing energy efficiency, fossil fuels are expected to meet approximately 75 % of primary energy demand in 2040, down marginally from the historic share of around 80 %.

The collapse of Solyndra in the DOE's loan guarantee program provides an important lesson: that even though well over 90 % of the DOE's projects in their loan guarantee portfolio fully repaid their loans, the failure of a single company (i.e Solyndra) had incredibly damaging effects to the public perception of government support for the entire field clean energy.

Government support for biofuel is only one example of a knee - jerk «green» policy that creates lucrative opportunities for a self - interested group of businesses but does very little to help the planet.

A chorus of voices from the left and right argue against continued government support for biofuel.

Concern is growing that the credit market crisis, and the role governments are playing to bail out banks, could have a devastating effect on markets for carbon and on government support for renewable energy.

In any case, a more important analysis was the agency's fresh look at trends in government support for research, development and demonstration of low - carbon energy technologies and ways for countries to collaborate to accelerate energy innovation.

Here's one of the centerpiece graphs, showing how the long slide in government support for energy research appeared over, for the moment at least (click on the image to enlarge):

• Leads global sector public financing towards cleaner energy by calling for the end of U.S. government support for public financing of new coal - fired powers plants overseas, except for the most efficient coal technology available in the world's poorest countries, or facilities deploying carbon capture and sequestration technologies; and