Sentences with phrase «of federal environment»

Gordon de Brouwer, secretary of the federal Environment Department, which oversees AAD, told scientists and support staff on 8 April that the division, based near Hobart, Tasmania, also faces an unspecified number of «voluntary» job losses.

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«There are signs on the horizon we are finally coming out of that environment,» he said, pointing to the fact that the Federal Reserve had begun to raise interest rates and employment was growing.

«For any NBAA event, our top priority is the safety and security of all participants, and we are in coordination with federal, state and local officials to ensure that show participants are in a safe, secure environment.»

The EPA, a federal agency charged with safeguarding clean, livable air and water, funds and conducts research into the effects of climate change on public health, the environment, and natural disasters.

She also said her department would seek input from the federal departments of environment and fisheries, adding that meetings have already occurred with federal officials.

As CIBC vice-chair Jim Prentice, a former federal environment minister, noted at a business forum in Lake Louise, Alta., in November, «a lot of assumptions have been based on the seemingly insatiable appetite of the United States for energy.

«I support, we support the ability of people in whatever country they reside to be able to express freely their opinions in a peaceful environment and we certainly follow the lead of and work with the federal government in terms of those relationships, but our commitment to supporting people to express themselves freely in a peaceful setting, that is absolutely firm,» Wynne said.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

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.

«The chances of economic growth slowing a lot in an environment where the federal government is literally putting a lot more money to work in the economy is pretty low.»

The new PM will be a breath of fresh air on the environment — it's impossible to be any worse than his predecessor — and he will take the leash off federal scientists, or so he has promised.

No mention though that Environment Canada fears current provincial and federal policy still leave us three - quarters short of meeting our first serious benchmarks.

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.

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

In a round of interviews after the auditors» report was released, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna argued in effect that the report is out of date.

The New York City area, with its many interest rate - sensitive industries, has prospered when decision - makers in the public and private sectors could have confidence that the Federal Reserve was committed to a rigorous set of policies that promoted price stability, in a growth - oriented economic environment.

The new chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve is steadily raising rates amid a more volatile economic environment.

, some of our younger investors who don't know any other environment might be surprised if / when the Federal Reserve takes an action that might impact the «haves» (stockholders and real estate owners).

The Board of Trade is concerned that B.C.'s attempt to exert jurisdiction over coastal waterways may infringe on federal jurisdiction over navigable waterways and the coastal marine environment.

Or, as pointed out by the federal environment minister McKenna in a letter Thursday to B.C. environment Minister George Heyman, that Canada already has a mountain of regulation to ensure a world - leading regime to transport oil and products, including: the Railway Safety Act, the Pipeline Safety Act, the National Energy Board Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Marine Liability Act, the Fisheries Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and that Ottawa has pledged to spend an additional $ 1.5 billion to protect its coasts and marine environment.

It is not clear in what time frame any of those steps are likely, particularly given the provincial Environment Minister's subsequent letter to her federal counterpart suspending certain actions that would have helped protect caribou (about which Shaun Fluker wrote in an earlier ABlawg post).

If we look to federal jurisdiction, the National Energy Board has issued a series of decisions since 2010, with input from Environment and Climate Change Canada, requiring offsetting for caribou and other species at risk and rare or sensitive habitats.

Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn his nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid damaging allegations that he created a toxic work environment, drunkenly wrecked a car and maintained poor prescription records while serving in the federal government.

This rise of the environment as an election issue is due to a number factors, including greater public interest in environmental issues (such as global warming) and the appearance of green politics at the federal level.

Dimon said new federal tax law and «a more constructive regulatory environment» adopted since the 2016 presidential election give him hope that JPMorgan will be able to invest more of its excess capital to grow the bank and expand into new markets.

As the Federal Reserve considers a possible hike in interest rates next month, he says normalizing rates following years of a zero - rate environment will be difficult.

As the Federal Reserve moves to increase interest rates, we explore the benefits of dynamic cash management in a rising rate environment.

The appointment of Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and former environment minister Stephane Dion as Minister of Foreign Affairs signals that the new federal government may not be as singularly focused on pipelines as the previous Environment and Climate Change, and former environment minister Stephane Dion as Minister of Foreign Affairs signals that the new federal government may not be as singularly focused on pipelines as the previous environment minister Stephane Dion as Minister of Foreign Affairs signals that the new federal government may not be as singularly focused on pipelines as the previous government.

The federal department of Environment and Climate Change asked KM to give it access to product information before shipment because having to chase after this information after a spill hinders emergency preparedness and delays response time.

Ottawa (11 Sept. 2017)-- There is great concern, apprehension, and suspicion from labour and environment groups following a recent announcement by the federal environment minister, Catherine McKenna, on the creation of a 10 - person advisory council on NAFTA and the environment.

According to the Federal Court's recent decision in Taseko Mines Ltd v Canada (Environment), «a project of such magnitude as the one considered in the present case [an open - pit gold and copper mine in British Columbia] will likely have impacts in areas of both provincial and federal responsibility.Federal Court's recent decision in Taseko Mines Ltd v Canada (Environment), «a project of such magnitude as the one considered in the present case [an open - pit gold and copper mine in British Columbia] will likely have impacts in areas of both provincial and federal responsibility.federal responsibility.»

No matter, federal jurisdiction over the environment — including the jurisdiction to impose a national price on carbon — may also be based on its taxation power, or on its residual jurisdiction over matters of «national concern» under the Peace, Order, and Good Governance (POGG) power.

Federal - provincial cooperation on matters of the environment is thus the preferred approach in our federation.

Jerome Powell, the new chair of the US Federal Reserve, took office in early February under a spotlight as global markets study his leadership in the more volatile, inflationary and protectionist economic environment.

«The Department of Interior's own reports show that mines are safe and the surrounding environment is well - protected,» Ryan said, adding that the stream - protection rule ignores dozens of federal, state and local regulations already in place.

Powell recognizes the limits of monetary policy when he notes that «ultimately, the only way to get sustainably higher interest rates is to improve the broader environment for growth, by adopting policies designed to increase productivity and potential output over the long term — policies that are mainly outside the scope of our work at the Federal Reserve.»

This problem today is engendered and sustained by virtually every institution responsible for the creation of the built environment: the real estate development industry; the construction industry; federal, state and local regulatory agencies; the rule - of - thumb manuals of transportation engineers; the lending policies of banks; the professions of architecture and planning; the patrons of architecture; and above all the zoning ordinances that regulate where and how buildings get built.

Rates of schisms were positively associated with the size of the parent denomination, negatively associated with membership in the National Council of Churches (and its predecessor, the Federal Council of Churches), positively associated with rates of failure among business organizations, and curvilinearly associated with the density of other schisms in the religious environment.

RESOURCES «New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood,» Care2.Com [Swiss] Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology, The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants [PDF] Community Environment Legal Defense Fund Web Site CELDF «Rights of Nature» FAQs Carl Cohen and Tom Regan, chapter by Carl Cohen, «Rights and Interests,» The Animal Rights Debate, (Latham, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001), p. 17 David S. Oderberg, «The Illusion of Animal Rights,» Human Life Review, Spring - Summer 2000, p. 42.

As the largest public policy association for California wine, and the only group representing the industry at the state, federal and international levels, Wine Institute's Officers, Board of Directors and professional staff work to create an environment where the wine community can flourish and contribute in a positive fashion to our nation, state and local communities.

The Wine Institute is the association of more than 1000 California wineries and affiliated businesses dedicated to initiating and advocating state, federal and international public policy to enhance the environment for the responsible consumption and enjoyment of wine.

Foodbank is one of a small number of organisations tasked by the Federal Environment Minister, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, to assist in the development of Australia's first ever Food Waste Strategy.

Established in 1934, the Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy group of over 1,100 California wineries and affiliated businesses that initiates and advocates state, federal and international public policy to enhance the environment for the responsible production, consumption and enjoyment of wine.

Established in 1934, the Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy group of more than 1,000 California wineries and affiliated businesses that initiate and advocate state, federal and international public policy to enhance environment for the responsible production, consumption and enjoyment of wine.

Groups such as Clean Up Australia have long campaigned for plastic bags to be banned «forever,» and in March last year hopes were buoyed when federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt said he was prepared to use the «bully pulpit» of government to «get rid of» plastic bags.

It would block the Federal Government's attempt to reduce by 70 gigalitres the volume of water set aside for the environment in the northern Basin, as recommended by the Murray - Darling Basin Authority in 2016.

In her writing, public speaking and advocacy work, Siegel has been a vocal supporter of improved federal school nutrition standards, curbing junk food sales on school campuses and otherwise improving children's school food environments.

I was thrilled that years of hard work by food advocates around the country, maybe even including my own small efforts here on The Lunch Tray, had finally yielded strong federal competitive food rules to create a healthier school environment for my child and his fellow students.

Title II requires public schools and private schools receiving federal money to all of the rights and remedies under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act7 including that of a free and appropriate education (FAPE) in the least restricting environment (LRE).11

Federal Interagency Working Group on Women's Health and the Environment, Subcommittee on Breastfeeding, Office of Women's Health / DHHS, 1999 - 2000.