Sentences with phrase «industry groups seeking»

A detailed plan for industry groups seeking exclusions is expected in the coming days.

The State Department is close to completing a draft of an environmental review that will help determine whether President Obama approves the Keystone XL pipeline, as environmental and energy industry groups sought to bolster their position with new information.

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Hartfield is involved with the privately held Ghost Group, and he and his business partner Doug Francis just announced the launch of Emerald Ocean Capital, a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in marijuana businesses in the newly - legal industry.

But the new group doesn't include everyone in the industry, and some research firms have expressed their reservations rather openly, with Mainstreet Research filing a complaint with the Competition Bureau over the possibility that the association will seek to set and enforce its own industry standards.

There's nothing new about a Democratic presidential nominee seeking to close the loophole (Barack Obama campaigned on this in both 2008 and 2012), but Trump's endorsement puts industry lobbying groups in an unfamiliar position of having to persuade both parties to maintain the status quo.

All industries and countries are eligible to seek funding from our group.

Franklin Templeton will continue to monitor regulatory changes impacting Corporate Class funds and work with industry groups and other stakeholders to better understand impact to investors, and seek to mitigate that impact where possible.

[Not long after our interview, industry groups filed lawsuits seeking to vacate the DOL rule.

Debate over the high - profile litigation has roiled the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, one of several trade groups that sought to overturn the regulation in federal court in Dallas earlier this month.

But the little - known agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been thrust into the spotlight as trade groups mount an unusually intense lobbying effort, seeking to scale back regulations that they say are hampering an industry that could provide a market - based solution to the affordable housing crisis.

As a 501 (c)(6) membership - based non-profit trade group, we seek to encourage the research and development of new products made from industrial hemp while offering our members a network of like - minded, trusted individuals within the current hemp industry.

IBFAN values its independence and groups are required to give a written undertaking not to seek or accept funds, donations or sponsorship from the infant feeding and related products industry.

Health - insurance rates for individuals in New York will increase next year on average by about 15 percent, as well as 9 percent for small group plans, which is lower than the 17 percent and 11.5 percent sought by the industry.

Joseph Strasburg, president of the Rent Stabilization Association, an industry group representing landlords, said Quinn — like Stringer and public advocate Bill de Blasio — has sought to strike a balance between prodevelopment and antidevelopment statements.

As you would expect from a government department seeking to effect public health change through a voluntary deal with industry, a wide group of officials have many different meetings with a vast range of stakeholders, and we utterly reject the allegation of anything untoward in the small proportion of those that took place with the alcohol industry.

Dangote group is constantly seeking business leaders at different levels for critical and challenging roles which cut across a wide range of industry segments.

«This would include working for organisations that seek to influence government policy such as trades unions and industry bodies; work for campaigning organisations and pressure groups who are seeking to influence government; and work for agencies working in the field of public affairs or government relations who try to influence government on behalf of their clients,» he wrote.

The amicus brief cited examples from an array of groups increasingly using public records laws to gain access to emails beyond those of climate scientists, including animal rights groups that have long waged legal battles against researchers who use animals in their studies and opponents of genetically modified organisms seeking to expose the emails of scientists in efforts to demonstrate links to industry.

and Sheldon Whitehouse (D - R.I.)-- sent 100 letters to fossil fuel companies including Southern, trade groups and other industry organizations seeking to unearth the extent of what they call «climate denial - for - hire programs.»

Orla works in a dynamic environment managing the advancement of numerous research projects, as well as seeking the ongoing input and advice of scientists, marine transportation industries, conservation groups, First Nations individuals and government agencies in finding real world vessel noise reduction solutions.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

The group argues that the tech industry is knowingly manipulating users into seeking out more screen time, and it's leaving society more depressed, lonely, and stressed out than ever before.

In response to the study, the e-cigarette industry group the American Vaping Association said this new research «adds to the growing body of evidence that youth smokers and those seeking to quit smoking are much more likely than nonsmokers to use vapor products beyond mere experimentation.

The most amusing logical error may the use of the software industry's vigorous defense of intellectual property as justification for the «special protection» this group seeks for authors and books.

Banks seek rule change to allow more cellphone fraud alerts — Despite a plague of data breaches, banks fear lawsuits if they send fraud alerts via text messages and cellphone calls, according to an industry group... (See Fraud alert texts)

From there, we'll venture into the world of the industries and interest groups that seek to hide or explain away the abuse of animals, and we'll listen carefully to their arguments and excuses.

In the diving industry there is a growing trend of large dive schools that seek to pump out as many certifications as possible by using large groups in a factory production style.

Notable group exhibitions include; «Women, War, and Industry», The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, USA (2013 - 2014) and «Hide / Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture», The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA (2011 - 2012).

The most important line concludes that the industry groups and others seeking to fend off the gas restrictions «have not shown that the harms they allege are «certain,» rather than speculative, or that the «alleged harm [s] will directly result from the action [s] which the movant [s] seeks to enjoin.

Our main concern is that industry - funded groups and law firms are seeking to criminalize the peer review process by obtaining internal editorial comments of reviewers as a means to impeach or impugn scientists.

For the last several years, the public discourse on this momentous, multi-layered economic and environmental issue has largely been shaped from the edges — by vocal and histrionic campaigners seeking a blanket ban on the process and industry groups and property owners resisting regulation and bitterly fighting any talk of a ban.

After yesterday's revelation about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's dismantling of his state's global warming regulatory infrastructure, a grassroots citizens group said they would attack the renewables rent - seeking industry via a Colorado ballot initiative.

If signed by Schwarzenegger, the Hemp Industries Association and Vote Hemp — the two groups that helped advise the Assemblymen who drafted the legislation — will seek to enjoin the Controlled Substances Act from interfering in the pilot program, said Patrick Goggin, California council with HIA and Vote Hemp.

The prospect of Congress passing climate change legislation this year has led to a lobbying boom in Washington with industry groups — as well as environmental organisations, on a more modest scale — seeking to influence energy reform.

(See, for example, Ethical Issues Entailed By Economic Arguments Against Climate Change Policies, The original organizations that sought to undermine public support on climate policies by exaggerating scientific uncertainty have expanded to include ideological think tanks, front groups, Astroturf groups (i.e., groups organized by industry that pretend to be a legitimate grassroots organization), and PR firm led campaigns.

The main trade group representing the oil and gas industries, the American Petroleum Institute, and representatives for Exxon and Shell did not respond on Tuesday to messages seeking comment on the lawsuits.

Globally, limits on emissions seemed to be limits on prosperity and growth, and the defenders of the status quo — powerful industry groups, concentrations of sovereign wealth, and ideological warriors — argued that climate activists were seeking to sabotage the modern industrial economy.

In the main analysis conducted in the chapter, I sought to estimate the overall organizational resources and capacity of the opposing network of green groups and conservative / industry association groups.

But my point is other than being a likely candidate for lucrative employment of certain individuals or groups that seek to sustain the eminence of the fossil fuel industry, you, a «modest» technician with a two year degree (honestly nothing wrong with that) purport to know more and better than many folks with PhDs.

MBS's activities included publicizing Seitz's Marshall Institute report, and working through industry - funded group Federal Focus to organize a seminar for federal employees in an attempt to seek a commitment from Federal agencies to address the issues raised in the Seitz report.

Members of Americans for Prosperity, a group founded and largely financed by oil industry interests, filed a lawsuit this week seeking to end New York State's participation in the 10 - state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Judge Anthony W. Ishii of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled in favor of the state of California and environmental groups Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club in a case brought by the automobile industry seeking to strike down the state's greenhouse gas law.

History will look back most unkindly on industry - funded individuals and groups who sought to intentionally mislead the public about the reality and threat of human - caused climate change.»

A senior scientist has condemned as a «deliberate effort to mislead» a series of television adverts produced by an oil industry - funded loyying group that seeks to portray concern over global warming as alarmism.

Over 30 lawyers, academics and practitioners, representing universities, Indigenous and environmental groups and industry, gathered to discuss, crystallize their thinking, weigh options and seek to find common ground on solutions to key issues in federal EA in preparation for participation in the federal EA review.

«Industry is already out there seeking the consent of aboriginal groups through various means, including the negotiation of impact - benefit agreements,» he says.

Within India, our extensive experience in the market has helped us build strong relationships with many leading Indian corporates seeking to expand their global footprint, such as Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Group and the Tata Group.

In an April 10 notice posted to the Federal Register, the FIO says it is seeking comments by June 9 from regulators, consumer groups, industry representatives, policyholders, academia and others.

Future Mobility, which also counts dealership group China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding Ltd. as a shareholder, is one of several electric vehicle startups getting backed by technology companies in China as the government seeks more innovation within its auto industry.