Sentences with phrase «growing public support»

In 1998, following the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, the American Petroleum Institute convened a task force to spend more than $ 5.9 million to discredit climate science and quash growing public support of curbing emissions.

EWS has grown thanks to growing public support for renewable energy in Germany, and the subsequent measures taken by the government, which has encouraged investment in renewable energy projects throughout the country.

There is growing public support and media spin that will go in favour of government action.

Despite the «big tent» image, discourse and dissent is disallowed, despite growing public support for these reforms.

In a new article for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America's Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds Denver's pursuit of this strategy, which has increased school leader autonomy, has produced impressive gains in student achievement, leading to growing public support for the reforms.

At this critical time of tax reform, widening gaps between the rich and poor and growing public support for higher taxes and redistribution to combat inequality, policymakers should consider joint federal tax and redistributive policies to reduce the burden of mortality among Americans,» said Professor Kim.

And we need a clearer idea of how Corbyn's commitment to solidarity would be reconciled with questions of territorial distinctiveness and further devolution to Scotland — not to say growing public support for some form of English devolution.

«Despite growing public support for this measure, the Coalition Government continues to ignore this and any other strategy which involves targeting those whose recklessness and greed caused the financial crisis in the first place.»

The news of growing public support is a relief, though Nadia regrets it took this much turmoil to bring it out.

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Trucking Moves America Forward aims to establish a long - term industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.

With growing interest and support from public markets (including through the incorporation of DanoneWave as the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. and their public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020 as well as Laureate Education's IPO in early 2017), multi-billion dollar companies are following suit and choosing to operate their businesses with purpose and accountability.

Kevin Burch is co-chair of Trucking Moves America Forward which describes itself as an «industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.»

Created to support construction of highways and other public works in China, CDB plays a growing role in its corporate expansion abroad.

Support is growing, but there are public concerns the government will need to address.

The mission of Trucking Moves America Forward is to establish a long - term industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.

To this list could be added many more examples of how the data have grown and grown to support the proposition that the sexual revolution has been resulting in disaster for large swaths of the country — a proposition further honed by whole decades of examination of the relation between public welfare and family dysfunction (particularly in the pages of the decidedly not - Catholic Public Interest magapublic welfare and family dysfunction (particularly in the pages of the decidedly not - Catholic Public Interest magaPublic Interest magazine).

The Brewers Association has signed an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA - ARS) to fund public hop breeding for the purpose of developing and releasing disease resistant aroma hop cultivars into the public domain, in support of hop growing efforts throughout the U.S..

I also wanted to thankyou for your dedication to this wonderful blog which is playing a very crucial and important part in educating and encouraging the general coffee drinking public in supporting coffees that are Bird - Friendly and Shade Grown.

A concerted effort by government and industry will help more Scottish - grown food find its way onto menus in schools, hospitals and other public settings, to support Scotland's food and drink sector.

It's also worth noting that public support for the over continues to grow.

Here are just a few of the many ways that grown - ass men can make their pregnant partner feel totally supported when they're in public.

Hi there, I'm Claudia, I'm from San Antonio, TX and I started a group over a month ago, «Breastfeeding in Public Support Group SA» you can find us on Facebook we are slowly growing, we are 140 members now.

WSDA Farm to School and the Washington School Nutrition Association (WSNA) with support from Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Child Nutrition (OSPI), partner to sponsor Taste Washington Day, an annual celebration of Washington grown foods served in school meals during the fall harvest season.

The support for school breakfast programs in Montana is growing by leaps and bounds — from local teachers and principals all the way to the state Office of Public Instruction.

They hoped for public support, but polling showed the vast majority of the public believe it is fair to increase benefits at least in line with growing prices, as has always been the case in both good times and bad in the past.

The growing support he received from the public convinced him to run for his party's leadership primaries in 2012 and then, successfully, in 2013.

Elsewhere in the housing strategy, the theme of building new homes continues with a # 500 million Growing Places Fund, the release of public sector land for building, a # 400 million Get Britain Building investment fund, a simplified planning system and support for self builders.

Some are calling her support for charter schools, a growing alternative to public education, as a conflict of interest much like Pruitt's.

Jeffrey R. Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the owner of two upstate racinos that are members of the New York Gaming Association, said he had contributed about $ 200,000 last year to the committee, chiefly because he supported Mr. Cuomo's agenda and shared the governor's view that public employees unions had grown too powerful in Albany.

Instead of cuts, we support a plan for public investment and jobs that can get the economy growing.

And meanwhile there is a growing body of evidence to support the case for public ownership, and a range of success stories that highlight its benefits.

The CEO of Kaya Tours Ghana, Ltd, Mr Abeiku Aggrey Santana who facilitated the trip free of charge has assured parents and the general public of his continuous support to grow our tourism through multiple visitor destination approach.

It has now successfully grown to include support from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, WGRZ - Channel 2, Wegmans and Townsquare Media radio stations WBLK and WYRK.

As federal «dysfunction» forces them to step up regulatory efforts, state and local governments need to develop new policies for the growing tech sectors in order to balance the need for protecting public interests and supporting innovation, AG Eric Schneiderman told a NY Tech Meetup event.

However, that support eroded over the last seven days as Senate Democrats raised the issue of Skelos's leadership in a heated public session of the chamber and as upstate Republicans grew restive with him remaining in charge.

In 2017, your contributions will support investigative reporting in the areas of money and politics; national security, environment and public health; business and technology; and a growing list of justice and injustice issues.

However, with the poll revealing the extent of public unease about the plans, Unite is warning that this lack of support will grow as people give greater consideration to how the profits - first ethos could change the nature of policing in England and Wales.

«We have to grow to appreciate the richness that immigration brings, not simply to the Catholic church but to the life of hospitals and many public sector areas where we are now embracing and dependent on people who come to this country willing to give and wanting to support their families back home,» he told the Telegraph.

Long Island school districts lack a reliable funding stream for public pre-K and serve less than one - third of an estimated 28,000 eligible 4 - year - old children, even as support grows for a universal program available to all children.

Bolstered by growing public acceptance and hints of support from Gov. Cuomo, proponents of pot as medicine believe newly re-drafted legislation will be approved in Albany this spring - making New York the 22nd state to legalize medical marijuana.

'' «notes the threats to the future of the Royal Mail and welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that, as part of a plan to place the Royal Mail on a sustainable path for the future, the current six days a week universal service obligation (USO) must be protected, that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain the USO, and that the Government should address the growing pensions deficit; notes that modernisation in the Royal Mail is essential and that investment must be found for it; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions; urges engagement with relevant stakeholders to secure the Government's commitment to a thriving and prosperous Royal Mail, secure in public ownership, that is able to compete and lead internationally and that preserves the universal postal service; further notes the Conservatives» failure to invest in Royal Mail when they were in power in contrast with Labour's support for both Royal Mail and the Post Office; and notes that legislation on these issues will be subject to normal parliamentary procedures.»

Parochial and independent schools provide essential learning opportunities and help students grow just like public schools, and we should be doing everything we can to support them and the families that depend on them.

In September, he joined thousands of Bronx families and advocates like me at the #PathToPossible rally in Prospect Park, giving an inspiring speech about the power of a great public education and supporting our effort to grow New York City's public charter schools to 200,000 students by 2020.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said public support for a «millionaire tax» to avoid more spending cuts is growing and he thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Senate's Republican majority may yet support it.

But Cuomo has softened his stance gradually as more states moved to legalization as public polls showed growing support for the measure among Democrats nationwide.

«MWA's vision for a network of public docks that are available for little or no fee to the users will help restore this community's lost connection to our waterways — connections that are desperately needed to grow the waterfront and foster waterway stewards that can advocate for a healthy estuary,» reads the letter of support.

«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both studies.

But what we need is the support of the public and the government and we need to get those 80 million people invested in trying to, you know, turn that interest into something that'll start growing more birds.

Dewasha says that more organizations are willing to come on board with funding and support as the popularity and size of the career fair grows and as the potential for improving public relations and recruitment is realized.

We're rolling out new workshops and webinars on topics like Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) and computational seismology, providing enhanced support for student and early - career members, and creating a strong network of advocates for geosciences — more important now than ever before — through our public policy programs in Washington, D.C. Membership is an introduction to a growing and global community preparing for our first joint meeting with the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission in April 2018.