Sentences with phrase «level policy battles»

What a baseload - boosting DOE review might do is serve as ammunition in future cases before FERC (to which Trump is preparing to appoint some fossil fuel enthusiasts), or in state - level policy battles, or in proceedings before state public utility commissions.

The national solar association is setting up a committee to focus on solar expansion in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin in a move designed to refocus the association on state - level policy battles, which are where most observers believe the future of solar will now be decided.

Not exact matches

It's no surprise that Lindsay frames this as a battle; the factors driving this trend are as complex as any war and require both a boots - on - the - ground response and effective strategy at policy level.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Education is needed, change in policies at the local level are needed, the level of homelessness among families with young children needs to decline, but in the meantime there are families who don't have the option (the laudromats near us are pretty clear in this policy as are the daycares, and I had more than one funny look from guests when they saw me putting diapers into the washing machine, I imagine the reaction in shared housing is more difficult to battle.)

Moreover, none of the steps of the next phase will be possible without fighting and winning some major battles at the attitudinal, ideological, political, legislative, and policy levels, and without breaking down some long standing barriers of distrust among education stakeholders.

Not only does this describe an uphill battle, but it serves to illustrate the puzzling priorities we often emphasize — one half of minority children don't complete high school, over one half of third graders can not read at grade level, and our policy and media attention are focused on affirmative action to achieve diversity in admissions as a compelling objective at our two flagship universities!

In particular, Obama's other high level picks suggest there may be serious impending battles in the White House over climate policy.

This is correct that Obama's other high level picks suggest there may be serious impending battles in the White House over climate policy.