Sentences with phrase «make federal environment»

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Schulman hopes that, armed with new federal funding to tackle these challenges, states will step up and begin filling the gaping holes in the American child care system — smoothing out the child care cliff while also making it easier for families access care in the first place, increasing the number of American kids who spend their days playing, coloring, building, and singing in a safe, caring environment their parents can actually afford.

As a general rule, auditors general are a courteous bunch, so their report makes room for an official response to their critiques from the country's federal and provincial deputy ministers of the environment.

The organization... [will] make the argument that... the federal courts... are the final authority on issues important to progressives such as immigration, abortion, gay rights, social policy, the environment and corporate power, to name a few.

The National Round Table on Environment and Economy made the news this week with its report to the federal government on how the fedsâ $ ™ own climate change targets could be achieved, and with minimal impact on the economy.

The situation in Albany would be weird in any political environment, but it's highly problematic in the Trump era, when proposed federal immigration and health care policies have made millions of New York's residents vulnerable.

The president and congress are threatening to dismantle decades - old federal entitlement programs, make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of struggling New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the state's four and a half million immigrants.

Ogbeh said while the Federal Government understood the need for domestic producers to operate and compete favourably with their counterparts from other countries, efforts were being made to improve the country's business environment for both local and foreign investors.

Erie County Department of Environment and Planning staff, in particular Vicki Haas, has secured federal Great Lake Restoration Initiative Funding to make this work a reality.

Commandant of the Army War College, Major General John Enenche while noting that participants are made up of 51 army officers, 1 Naval officer, 1 airforce officer and 1 officer from the Federal Road Safety Commission, stated that the contemporary security environment in Nigeria and the world in present day, can be aptly referred to as complex, due to the nature of threats and advancement in technology.

The major result of Mass. v. EPA «is that business will go and try to make a deal with Congress regarding federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissions,» says Mary Nichols, director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles, and former EPA assistant administrator of air and radiation.

The current environment has made initiatives, such as the federal loan guarantee program, even more critical to the successful development of nuclear facilities.

For AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows, making the transition from science to the world of federal policy can require a shift in thinking and adjusting to new norms, not to mention shifts in geography and work environments.

In today's environment of austerity, the rate of increase in federal support needed to make up for a decade of neglect, and to keep pace with the recovering economy, will be a very tough sell.

He made the move to Washington nonetheless, where a political environment suspicious of any federal involvement in education confronted him.

Students are introduced to safe school environments, data - driven decision - making strategies, practice using various assessment tools and monitoring systems for teaching and learning, and learn district, state, and federal accountability systems.

It's going to take some time for car shoppers to digest all the information on the new fuel economy and environment labels, but federal agencies hope it will help consumers make more informed decisions about which car is right for them.

The F - 150 Police Responder is designed for both street - and off - road patrolling duty, making it attractive to agencies in rural environments and Federal outfits like the Border Patrol and Department of Natural Resources.

In fact, decisions made by the federal government in the last few years have created a more expensive environment for banks and mono - lenders to do business, says McLister.

Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who made the announcement at Melbourne Zoo, explained that feral cats are responsible for the bulk decline of native mammal and bird species.

No wonder the authorities wanted it removed; it spoke loudly of the city's failure to provide a safe environment for cycling, and the Federal Government in Ottawa's responsibility to make trucks safer.

Roger Pielke Jr recently made the remarkable discovery that, in addition to his university salary from George Mason University (reported by Pielke as $ 250,000), Jagadish Shukla, the leader of the #RICO20, together with his wife, had received a further $ 500,000 more in 2014 alone from federal climate grants funnelled through a Shukla - controlled «non-profit» (Institute for Global Environment and Security, Inc.), yielding total income in 2014 of approximately $ 750,000.

The combination of industry standards, best practices and effective state and federal regulation is protecting communities and the environment — while making available increasing volumes of cleaner - burning natural gas that is allowing the U.S. to lead the world in reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation.

The lack of federal control over land clearing in those two states «makes a mockery» of the ERF, Janet Rice, the federal Greens environment spokeswoman, said.

Since Helmut Kohl's government, Ott says, there has generally been consensus on the significance of climate protection, making it possible for «a great deal of continuity and a high level of expertise» to develop within Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment.

Over at The Star, Chantal Hébert makes the case for former federal Environment Minister Stéphane Dion.

This course was made possible by the generous funding of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI).

The federal government suppresses or manipulates information about the environment, prescription drugs and public safety, making it increasingly hard for members of the public to learn about matters that could affect their lives.

Within the Policy Brief, Lehr writes that the ten years following the establishment of the EPA in 1971 he «helped write a significant number of legislative bills that were to make up a true safety net for our environment,» including, «Water Pollution Control Act (later renamed the Clean Water Act), Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (which, surprisingly, covered deep mines as well), Clean Air Act, Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (which we now know as Superfund).»

With social media on the rise in areas throughout the world, it seems like the Federal Reserve Board is ready to make its presence felt in the online environment, by launching their official Facebook page.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies solve the problem of making payments in an environment where trust is broken — but it's unclear whether that's a dilemma that needs to be solved, Federal Reserve of New York economists wrote in a blog post.

¥ Vast experience with various financial and debt collection procedures ¥ Strong knowledge of state and federal debt collection laws and regulations ¥ Ability to deal with staffing issues in a timely manner ¥ Solid understanding of MS Word Excel and related software applications ¥ Ability to make sound decisions in fast - paced environments ¥ Ability to monitor collection calls to ensure adherence to industry guidelines ¥ Excellent conflict resolution and organizational skills

Developed a more agile, lower costing Java - based message flow process for Florida Blue's Federal Express Messaging System (FEMS) by converting COBOL and XML into Java and testing to make sure the application ran appropriately in each environment

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State and local government have a central role to play in defining specific community needs, crafting policies, and marshaling resources to support housing solutions,» the report states, «but only the federal government can provide funding at the scale necessary to make meaningful progress to the nation's stated goal of a decent home in a suitable living environment for all.