Sentences with phrase «latest changes in government»

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«There was a change in government, and six years later, all that new money disappeared,» Evans explained in a 2016 TED talk.

He recalls that in the early 1990s, the Mulroney government initiated controversial changes to Canada Post's service levels, and the minister in charge, the late Harvie Andre, spent long hours in the House of Commons taking the flack.

After power changed hands in D.C. a year later, the federal government and Congress delayed picking up the baton for several months due to partisan bickering and lobbying by special interests.

Structural changes to the employment insurance programs in the late 19980s and early 1990s reduced benefits and eliminated direct government financing of the program.

In the wake of the PPF report, Liberal government sources were telling some reporters in Ottawa that election - law changes are on the way, quite likely in line with what's suggested in this latest reporIn the wake of the PPF report, Liberal government sources were telling some reporters in Ottawa that election - law changes are on the way, quite likely in line with what's suggested in this latest reporin Ottawa that election - law changes are on the way, quite likely in line with what's suggested in this latest reporin line with what's suggested in this latest reporin this latest report.

The report claims the emissions cap included in Alberta government's climate change plan will cost Canada's oil sands industry $ 250 billion and is the latest in a concerted effort by conservative opponents of the NDP to undermine its flagship policy.

Whether the totalitarian governments collapse or change their ways and whether the change comes soon or late, the epidemic of purges and the spreading disaffection of once enthusiastic followers reinforce the old lesson that power in itself is no cure for man's ills, and that human institutions are not equal to the task of assuring human salvation.

The responses by corporations and government are just the latest examples of consumer pressure leading to changes in standard practices in the food industry, such as housing hens and pregnant sows in cramped cages and feeding antibiotics to livestock.

«What can we do to ensure that, if the leave campaign looks to be gaining momentum at a late stage, that will not be used to pretend that there are things on the meeting's agenda to try to change people's opinions, or that things will not be leaked in advance of that meeting to try to give people the impression that the Government have agreed a better deal than is actually the case?»

The government's concerns seemed of the «its all very complicated» variety, which suggests while the Conservative offical position was that it was late in the day to be making a significant change.

Being right in the middle of the technology churn might even be counterproductive rather than helpful, since you may be more likely to fall prey to the latest hype (note the press release's touting of Newt's September Second Life appearance) and miss the tools that are actually changing the way politics and government work.

The Irish Government has still to respond on these later reports, but already it is clear that the Convention recommendations on many matters will lead to the holding of referendums on specific issues in 2015; and we are likely to see real and significant constitutional change made as a result.

At 37, Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke changed the political calculations of the then rustic Osun to bulldoze his way into the Government House having boxed his rival in the then Social Democratic Party, Oladosu Oladapo, into a political corner that later sent the then Ibadan - based legal practitioner into political oblivion.

With the latest gross domestic gross domestic product (GDP) figures showing that the economy has contracted further, with sharp falls in manufacturing in particular, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey called again for the government to change course:

The League and other good - government groups are pressing for early voting in New York, and later cutoff dates for registering to vote or to change party affiliation.

I was a late convert to the idea that we needed to do something quickly... I was persuaded in the few days surrounding the change of government because that's when the sovereign debt crisis was at its peak... Certainly under the conditions under which we embarked on the election there was no immediate sense of crisis that crisis hit us around election time and we had to respond to it... I changed my mind in the days shortly after the election because that was when the sovereign debt crisis his Europe.

Mills moved the office of the president back to the Osu Castle and later changed the sign in front of the building back to its original name, claiming that the previous government had not used a Legislative Instrument to effect the change as required by law.

In New York state government news, Democratic reunification in the New York state Senate is altering the political calculus in Albany and more changes could be coming after two special elections later this montIn New York state government news, Democratic reunification in the New York state Senate is altering the political calculus in Albany and more changes could be coming after two special elections later this montin the New York state Senate is altering the political calculus in Albany and more changes could be coming after two special elections later this montin Albany and more changes could be coming after two special elections later this month.

Other than the proposed severance, in its 180 - page brief filed late yesterday, the government argues that all of the defendants» other, near - two - dozen motions — which include motions to change venues, suppress evidence, and dismiss charges due to «prosecutorial misconduct» related to ex-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's public statements — lack merit.

Gov. Mario Cuomo tapped Benjamin to be research director for a panel studying possible changes to the state constitution in the»90s; Spitzer later appointed him to a commission on local government reform.

CLIMATE CHANGE • Torrential rainstorms that flooded northern California in late November and early December are a warning to the government and scientists of a bigger issue: the potential arrival of a megastorm.

In late June, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released an assessment of how the consequences of climate change, from rising temperatures and sea levels to changes in precipitation patterns and sea ice cover, might impact the militarIn late June, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released an assessment of how the consequences of climate change, from rising temperatures and sea levels to changes in precipitation patterns and sea ice cover, might impact the militarin precipitation patterns and sea ice cover, might impact the military.

When he suddenly returns home a year later, Lena notices a change in her husband, who doesn't know how he got home or the details of his mission, and once Kane begins violently coughing up blood and experiencing internal bleeding in an ambulance, they get stopped by government officials.

He added: «Holding fire on major policy changes and allowing a longer lead - in for government initiatives would allow schools time to focus on subject - specific professional development, rather than being distracted by the demands of the latest Whitehall directive.»

But the government's newly proposed changes won't come in until April, too late to prevent the corruption of data on thousands of pupils due to be collected in the January school census.

Things changed dramatically when Mussolini and the Fascists were overthrown in July 1943, and in early September the new Italian government signed a peace treaty with the Allies, but only three days later Germany invaded Italy, rescued Mussolini and reestablished the Fascist government.

These transactions made up about 8.8 % of the $ 31 billion in residential property that changed hands, according to the latest real estate transaction data released by the provincial government.

«No one seems upset that in modern Britain, old people are freezing to death as hidden taxes make fuel more expensive «The government's chief scientific officer, Sir David King, later declared that climate change was «more serious even than the threat of terrorism» in terms of the number of lives that could be lost.

Few had expected Vladimir Putin's government to meet the UN's loose 31 March deadline for «intended nationally determined contributions» — the series of national pledges that will, in part, form the basis of an international climate change agreement in Paris later this year.

Indeed, most of the improvements in our climate monitoring abilities occurred after the public interest in «global warming» began in the late 1980s, i.e., when governments began increasing funding for climate research with multi-billion dollar research programmes such as the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

With international climate change negotiators working towards concluding an agreement at the United Nations» Climate Change Conference later this year, the time is now for Canada's federal and provincial governments to commit to more wind energy in Cchange negotiators working towards concluding an agreement at the United Nations» Climate Change Conference later this year, the time is now for Canada's federal and provincial governments to commit to more wind energy in CChange Conference later this year, the time is now for Canada's federal and provincial governments to commit to more wind energy in Canada.

«At present, governments» attempts to limit greenhouse - gas emissions through carbon cap - and - trade schemes and to promote renewable and sustainable energy sources are prob ¬ ably too late to arrest the inevitable trend of global warming,» the scientists write in a paper published online in the scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, on Monday, 14 October 2012.

Though not CMOS's first public statement, it was one of the most «vocal about climate change of late» due to the fact «that Canada's new Conservative government does not support the Kyoto Protocol for lower emissions of greenhouse gases, and opposed stricter emissions for a post-Kyoto agreement at a United Nations meeting in Bonn in May [2006]» and because «a small, previously invisible group of global warming sceptics called the Friends of Science are suddenly receiving attention from the Canadian government and media,» Leahy wrote.

The latest report from the main international panel charged with assessing climate change, released today in Copenhagen, shouts the same basic message scientists have been telling governments for decades.

Two days later, delegates from these disparate and often contentious groups were hammering out the fine points of the two - page document, which urges Brazil's federal government to reverse its opposition to direct payments from abroad to people and entities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), and to involve more stakeholders in the process of forming climate - change policy.

In 2014, the Committee on Climate Change will also report its advice ahead of a Government review later in 2014 on whether the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023 - 2027) should be relaxed in light of a weak EU Emissions Trading System carbon price (a concern covered in the Environmental Audit Committee's 2011 reportIn 2014, the Committee on Climate Change will also report its advice ahead of a Government review later in 2014 on whether the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023 - 2027) should be relaxed in light of a weak EU Emissions Trading System carbon price (a concern covered in the Environmental Audit Committee's 2011 reportin 2014 on whether the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023 - 2027) should be relaxed in light of a weak EU Emissions Trading System carbon price (a concern covered in the Environmental Audit Committee's 2011 reportin light of a weak EU Emissions Trading System carbon price (a concern covered in the Environmental Audit Committee's 2011 reportin the Environmental Audit Committee's 2011 report).

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The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met this week to discuss the latest on climate change and issued a report, adding that it should serve as a «wake - up call» to governments and society about the role of humans play in increasing global waChange met this week to discuss the latest on climate change and issued a report, adding that it should serve as a «wake - up call» to governments and society about the role of humans play in increasing global wachange and issued a report, adding that it should serve as a «wake - up call» to governments and society about the role of humans play in increasing global warming.

In his latest analysis, Steve McIntyre turns his attention to the «Government Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee 8th Report of Session 2009 - 10: The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change by Command of Her Majesty».

The average temperature in the first six months of 2016 was 1.3 C warmer than the pre-industrial era in the late 19th century, according to Nasa — remarkably close to the 1.5 C target agreed by the world's governments at the Paris climate talks to attempt to stave off the worst effects of climate change.

The Earth has warmed 0.85 °C from 1880 (preindustrial times) to 2012, according to the latest consensus science reported in September by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific body established by the United Nations to inform governments of climate risks.

The deal arrives days after dozens of scientists, backed by the United Nations, issued a sweeping review of the latest research that says climate change is already affecting life on every continent and in the oceans, and the window is closing rapidly for governments to avert the worst damage expected to occur this century.

Last year, the Howard Government commissioned new modelling after the Marrakech climate change conference in late 2001.

The fact is, anyone knows that building your business on a subsidy program is not good planning; it's also true that the Ontario government included «off - ramps» in the latest contracts, so that it could change its mind if the power is not needed, and pay out the power developers» documented expenses.

A new Danish government formed in late 2011 has appointed a new commissioner to the IWC, offering some hope that the country's position with respect to the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises could change.

What Senator Edwards did not say is that later the UK Prime Minister said that «There has been no change in the government's policy on renewable energy».

BONN: Virginia has today become the latest US state to commit to action on climate change, becoming a member of the Under2 Coalition of leading sub-national governments at a side event hosted during the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) inchange, becoming a member of the Under2 Coalition of leading sub-national governments at a side event hosted during the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) inChange Conference (COP23) in Bonn.

Born in 1941, he became a climatologist at the University of Iowa, developed the groundbreaking «Zero Model» for projecting climate change, and later became the head of climate research at NASA, only to leave under pressure when, while still a federal employee, he filed a lawsuit against the federal government charging inaction on warming (along the way he got arrested a few times for protesting, too).

In the latest issue of the McKinsey Quarterly, economists Nicholas Stern and Michael Grubb, along with European Commissioner Janez Potočnik, share their views on whether governments will agree a global climate deal at the UN climate change conference in December in CopenhageIn the latest issue of the McKinsey Quarterly, economists Nicholas Stern and Michael Grubb, along with European Commissioner Janez Potočnik, share their views on whether governments will agree a global climate deal at the UN climate change conference in December in Copenhagein December in Copenhagein Copenhagen.

I'm pretty sure that the first time I ever thought about climate change was in late 2002 when the Canadian Government was promoting acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol.