Sentences with phrase «in national interest»

Not only are the Nari Nari providing a valuable service in the national interest by caring for the ecosystem and rehabilitating the wetlands, they are also conducting management activities which the State Government has a responsibility for.

Further, efforts to tackle climate change have the potential to entrench our economic marginalisation by exploiting Indigenous traditional lands, waters and natural resources «in the national interest».

That is, the significance of the area or object, that the area or object is under serious threat of injury or desecration and, that the protection of the area is in the national interest.

Holocene applied to the Commonwealth Attorney - General under s 42 of the Native Title Act to have him overturn the decision on the basis that it was in the national interest, or in the interests of Western Australia, to do so.

It is in the national interest that we do so, it's the interest of all individual Australians that we do so.

It should be driven by a shared imperative that it's in the national interest ie everyone's interest to close the 17 year gap in life expectancy.

In this context expanding financial support for these programs is in our national interest.

The Commission supports and commends the relevant state governments» and the ACT government's progress in referring constitutional powers to the Commonwealth, enabling water resources in the Murray - Darling Basin to be managed in the national interest, optimising environmental, economic and social outcomes.

As discussed in chapter 5, Indigenous people's cultural and intellectual knowledge and understanding of our environments will be required to contribute to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the national interest.

to pursue initiatives that were as much in the national interest as they were in support of institutional strategies.

This leaves open the option of withdrawing our Art 50 notice if there is no acceptable deal agreed and Parliament decides that a hard Brexit is not in the national interest.

C.A., March 17, 2011)(34258) June 20, 2013 It is not in the national interest to grant refugee status to those who have had sustained contact with known terrorist and / or terrorist ‑ connected organizations.

Canada is a country of the rule of law, and the federal government will act in the national interest.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jumped on the fatuous rule - of - law bandwagon, tweeting yesterday from Saskatchewan, «Canada is a country of the rule of law, and the federal government will act in the national interest.

The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness («Minister») concluded that it was not in the national interest to admit individuals who have had sustained contact with known terrorist and / or terrorist ‑ connected organizations.

«As a high percentage of elected officials, judges and corporate executives are lawyers, it is imperative to begin the process of trying to ensure that American leaders, especially its lawyers, have the historical knowledge needed to make intelligent decisions in the national interest,» Velvel said.

On the matter, a Government spokesperson said: «The purpose of the withdrawal bill is to provide a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU — it is an essential bill in the national interest.

it is in the national interest to effectively protect and promote Canadian interests internationally, including through the development of consistent regulatory policies for capital markets;

It is in the national interest,» Trudeau said Monday in Montreal, setting the stage for federal intervention to push ahead with its construction.

The negotiations may need to continue beyond that point, and enshrining the deadline in domestic law would not be in the national interest.

The need is for climate science in the national interest.

First, I have a piece coming out soon in the National Interest, arguing that 2011 marked a watershed in the development of energy sources to replace fossil fuels, with nuclear power finally ceasing to be a relevant option, and solar PV finally becoming a serious contender.

«The Keystone XL pipeline is clearly not in the national interest of the United States and the president needs to know that all hell will break loose if he approves it.

President Obama's administration conducted a lengthy and robust record showing the pipeline was not in the national interest and and now we have polls saying the majority of Americans do not want this pipeline.

The environmental review process conducted during the Obama administration unearthed new information that showed the project was not in the national interest.

President Obama's decision in mid-January that he was not going to issue the permit because he couldn't determine whether it was in the national interest has caused a flurry of activity in Canada to start permitting an alternative pipeline from the oil sands to a port on the British Columbia coast, where the oil would be loaded on tankers bound for China and other Asian countries.

Federal approval of cross-border pipelines requires the President or his delegate, the Secretary of State, to determine whether the pipeline is in the national interest.

The insight that nations will not agree to what equity requires of them because it is not in their national interest should not be the basis for abandoning an equitable approach to climate change as recommended by the above referenced World Bank paper because national interest is not a morally acceptable justification for national climate change policy yet it is likely to remain the criteria for setting national climate change policy unless a nation is shamed for its ethically bankrupt position on climate change.

Others have also recommended abandonment of «equity» considerations because any reasonable definition of equity would require nations to agree to cuts that were not in their national interest coupled with the fact that there is no consensus about what equity requires.

Bill Nye described it as «not in our national interest and the world's interest.»

As scientists, speaking for ourselves and not for any of our institutions, we can say categorically that it's not only not in the national interest, it's also not in the planet's best interest.

Secretary Kerry already knows the answer to the question of whether granting a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest: the pipeline is not in the U.S. interest and it is not in the global interest.

Bill Nye, UN Climate Scientist Warn Moviegoers to Shun Film's 1 - Day Theater Release: «Not in Our National Interest»

Secretary of State Edward Davey says, «Leaving the electricity market as it is would not be in the national interest.

Bill Nye, UN Climate Scientist Warn Moviegoers to Shun Film's 1 - Day Theater Release: «Not in Our National Interest» — Leading climate activists are warning moviegoers to shun the May 2nd nationwide one - day theater screening of «Climate Hustle,» a new film debunking climate alarmism and its big government solutions.

If the pipeline is to be built, you as president have to declare that it is «in the national interest.»

He said that the U.S. State Department is finishing its analysis of whether the pipeline is in the national interest, but that climate change would be a key consideration.

The paper comes as the State Department is evaluating whether the pipeline would be in the national interest.

It is clearly in the national interest of both Canada and the United States that it be taken, and that it succeed.

«(1) as part of a global effort to mitigate climate change, it is in the national interest of the United States to assist developing countries to reduce and ultimately halt emissions from deforestation;

Approving them «would not be in the national interest,» he declared.

To distort that and act, as they all do, as funnels of information, to be released to their agenda instead of in the national interest is, IMO, at best questionable.

«How are more Americans with cancer in the national interest?

Overcoming these persistent market failures to help advance a portfolio of advanced energy technologies and provide the secure, affordable, and healthy energy needed to fuel the economy is clearly in the national interest, and is the proper role for government energy and innovation programs.

One arena: determining whether industrial projects that cross international borders are in the national interest.

The Keystone XL is not in the national interest of the United States and President Obama should deny the permit.

«Policies must be shaped in our national interest.

Governments are, in the national interest going to have to use a crow bar to prise drilling rigs free.

In an e-mail before our exchange, I asked him the core question facing Obama: Is the pipeline in the national interest.

For me the pipeline, in isolation, is not in the national interest if we have any interest in not contributing, through our driving habits, to the despoliation of far - flung parts of the planet.