Sentences with phrase «local actions on»

[ANDY REVKIN says: Another reporter here, Felicity Barringer, is immersed in state and local actions on energy / climate and I'll be doing much more on that front, here and around the world, in coming months.]

[ANDY REVKIN says: As I said in my talk, the main benefits of local actions on energy and related issues (transportation, sprawl) would be economic or social, with the grand challenge of climate stability requiring generations of sustained effort to accelerate the inevitable eventual shift away from traditional uses of finite fossil fuels.

[ANDY REVKIN says: As I said in my talk, the main benefits of local actions on energy and related issues (transportation, sprawl) would be economic or social, with the grand challenge of climate stability ---- This is a joke right??? — as I said zero change in global temperature would result ---

The card row contains thirteen cards that are up for sale, and a player is going to have to make all their decisions with the card offering in mind — the civil actions they have to spend are going to do double duty here in terms of local actions on the player board and buying cards when it is timely from the row.

Pointing in the opposite direction, a revenue - positive, price - and - invest approach could be politically winnable in some states, particularly given the new urgency for state and local action on climate.

Ahead of the next round of global climate talks in Poland in November, local governments and business leaders are coming together for the biggest event the world has seen to encourage local action on climate change, at the Global Climate Action Summit from 12 - 14 September.

Not exact matches

As small businesses claim the Saturday after Black Friday, local restaurants are getting in on the action.

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

American commanders had dismissed the local ground intelligence that pointed to a different conclusion on the Nazi German actions than what they thought likely.

Whether you're on Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways or featured in your local newspaper, you'll want to get in on the action.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan published a letter on Friday to tell the people of Hawaii that they will drop a court action to strip locals of their traditional title to a parcel of land.

Dig Deeper: Health Care Issues How to Open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary: Where You Can Open and What to Do If you're planning on opening a dispensary, first check with state officials to navigate the local laws and ordinances that will govern your dispensary's actions.

«The Commission will not take adverse action on a license renewal application based upon the subjective determination of a listener or group of listeners that the station has broadcast purportedly inappropriate programming,» the FCC commissioners wrote in a recent decision challenging a local radio station license.

Most important, FedEx believes urgent action is required at the local, state, and Federal level to protect schools and students from incidents such as the horrific tragedy in Florida on February 14th,» FedEx said in a statement.

Even your local pizza shop may be getting in on the action!

By showcasing the most innovative and successful city solutions out there today, we hope to inspire local leaders throughout the country and the world to capitalize on the potential that cities hold to take meaningful action against change.

Various law firms filed a class action lawsuit last week against Westminster - based brake company Knorr - Bremse AG and its local Pennsylvania rival Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. on behalf of employees affected by their «no poach» agreements.

Instead, it tries to make their impact local rather than extended, so that actions that are effective on average can gradually produce results that are satisfactory overall.

Soon after, more than 75 companies, organizations and local governments called on the government to take action to reduce carbon pollution from the buildings sector.

WEDC spokesman Steven Michels said the agency always responds and seeks to take action on leads from local, state or regional partners.

Only Coloradans can sign the resolution, either online or in person, but they won't be able to do so until they agree to take action on some level — whether lobbying local officials or getting others on board.

In our short time on the island, our team forged local partnerships on the ground with incredible organizations like Community Action Now.

He saw an advert asking for investigators who could collect evidence on trafficking and compel local authorities to take action.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

It deserves concerted action on the part of local groups to help fund their local NPR stations, and by national groups to insist that Congress increase the level of federal funding.

It remains unclear who made the complaint but diocesan authorities are said to be taking the issue seriously which has prompted locals to start a petition, calling on the parish's vicar, Revd Dr Stephen M'Caw, to «take no action in respect of concerns expressed about the bells of St John's Church».

And while the strains of the post-Conciliar years (which were also years of tremendous demographic transformation on the American urban / suburban landscape) have tested that claim as never before, there remain, in this, the sesquicentennial year of the erection of the diocese, many impressive signs of vitality in a local church that has been distinguished for its rich ethnic diversity, its identification of parish and neighborhood, its impressive clerical and lay leadership, its self - conscious social and political liberalism, and its sense of itself as the «lead diocese» in matters ranging from liturgical renewal to Christian social action.

Each country would negotiate a long - term, mutually binding compact to integrate domestic and international action, and on that basis receive an «investment entitlement» from one consolidated pot of money channeled through independent local foundations with cross-country representation of donors and recipients.

The action of the story depends on two visitors from London, Henry and Mary Crawford, brother and sister to Mrs. Grant, the wife of the local vicar.

The purpose of these organizations, and of their local offspring and analogues, is principally to sponsor discussions, and sometimes joint action, among members of different religious communities — Buddhist, Christian, Confucian, Jewish, Hindu, and so on.

Because in our interdependent and rapidly evolving world all actions impact on one another; even local actions can have global and long - term consequences.

Not to mention, characterizing an entire state based on the actions of a few people in one local church is a bit ridiculous.

Should you stop using your energy to debate on social media, and channel it toward local action?

In response to his call for «a broad new mental health program,» Congress appropriated funds to stimulate state and local action in creating intensive treatment centers and to encourage research on mental retardation.

Appended to the resolution are a dozen pages of information on site development, ramps, entrances, doors, stairs and rest rooms, The UCC — on Independence Day 1977 — called on «each local congregation to take affirmative action assuring the full integration of persons with handicaps into membership of the Christian fellowship at all levels.»

CNN: Twitter blocks content of German neo-Nazi group Twitter will withhold content from a neo-Nazi account at the request of German authorities, the first time it has put into action a policy of local censorship it adopted in January and a step that will probably reignite debate over freedom of expression on the Internet.

One must simultaneously think and act locally, nationally and globally, realizing that a local action will have effect not only on the local level, but also on the national, global and cosmic levels.

CC: You have a lot of local universes based on potential actions of organisms, and they overlap.

The blacks, advised by two white women students from Cape Town University, are to put on a play in their own tribal language, whose general drift, if not clear from the action, will be explained by locals at your side.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

(CNN)- Twitter will withhold content from a neo-Nazi account at the request of German authorities, the first time it has put into action a policy of local censorship it adopted in January and a step that will probably reignite debate over freedom of expression on the Internet.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

The project is the brainchild of Yves Simone, a local television presenter and tour guide, who was inspired to take action following the COP21 climate talks in Paris in November and December last year, where a historic deal was reached on reducing global emissions.

Napa Valley Barrel Auction The NVV is attributing some of the financial success of Friday's Napa Valley Barrel Auction to a new mobile app that allowed bidders to stay in on the action while strolling the outdoor marketplace, sipping Napa Valley wines and savoring light bites prepared by local chefs and purveyors.

Our hope is to have the U.S. government, in partnership with the many stakeholders in the food system, including producers, manufacturers, retailers, non-profits and food advocacy groups, faith organizations as well as leaders from state, tribal, and local government, join in using the Call to Action as an opportunity to further individual and collective actions on preventing food waste.

Avance Coffee Conference October 11 - 12, 2017 - Guatemala City, Guatemala Michelle Deugd, Rainforest Alliance Director of Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods, will be a speaker on Climate Change: Reconciling Global and Local Actions at this conference hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association.

The local horseplayers, who have been a mite cramped for action since Kefauver's blight struck the Beach bookies several years ago, are there in force with their parlay cards on the week's games.

If Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players were looking for any extra encouragement and confidence ahead of the big game against our local rivals on Sunday, they should have a look at Tottenham in action against Bayer Leverkusen.

When the action got underway, NSW had the initial momentum and as they edged closer to the try line the crowd started to chant for the locals, but after 19 phases there was a knock - on and the whistle blew with scores still level after the first period of extra time.

This is a sharp action game though on the road favorite according to Vegas, offshore, and local sources.