Sentences with phrase «of local actions»

There have been a number of local actions against us, and we've won them all.

To build on these victories, the Fossil Free movement is preparing to launch a new wave of local actions around the world to keep fossil fuels in the ground and accelerate the shift to community - run renewable energy.

[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.

While supporting regional collaboration it clearly highlights the importance of local action in the drive for sustainable growth and recommends practical actions for planning and development.

This is part of a history of local action leading the way in the U.S. Nonprofits like the Institute for Sustainable Communities and local government coalitions like the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact are part of this movement of local, community - based action.

In a game where two teams of three square off against one another with plenty of bizarre and zany special abilities and weapons, it's good to know that you can leap onto the couch with two other mates and engage in a spot of local action too.

We are all leaving Germany with a renewed sense of hope and optimism for the coming year — that together we can unleash a huge groundswell of local action for a Fossil Free world globally in 2018.

Not exact matches

Therefore, check with your local authorities to determent the course of action; otherwise, you could end up paying the fine.

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.

In one case where bitcoin was seized, Aaron Michael Shamo is accused of being a part of a global fentanyl operation that is one of Utah's largest drug actions, according to local press reports and court filings.

Local businessman Peter Landau will be subjected to more court action after China - controlled Nkwe Platinum filed a $ 2.5 million law suit in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

As a response, Endeavor finally took action in September by opening an office in Miami and assembling a board of local business leaders that includes execs from Virgin Hotels and Cisneros Group, one of the biggest privately held media companies in the world.

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.

Local business owners who have caught wind of the tour are starting to take action, too.

The prospect of a federal policy fix seems dim given the recent repeal of Obama - era Internet privacy rules, but state and local governments may still be able to take action.

While those actions are targeting the private sector, decisions taken by the government during this year's stock market rout — something that wiped around $ 5 trillion from the value of Chinese listed firms — help explain why looking for signs of stock market manipulation remains a popular investment strategy, and not just from local investors.

«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.

Earlier this month, for instance, the EU introduced new guidelines that encouraged national and local authorities to ditch the patchwork of regulatory actions that apply to sharing economy startups like Uber and Airbnb, saying that the current rules have created uncertainty for companies and consumers alike.

Chinese authorities have taken some of the strongest actions so far by banning initial coin offerings and causing local bitcoin exchanges to close.

According to local independent retailers, the proposed sale of the Action stores would present a significant challenge in terms of leasing arrangements that would have to be negotiated with major shopping centres and susceptibility to aggressive competition from rivals Coles and Woolworths.

EY's definition of purpose: «an aspirational reason for being which inspires and provides a call to action for an organization and its partners and stakeholders, and provides benefit to local and global society.»

Most community groups never get beyond small local actions and, even when a spark catches fire, as in the case of the Occupy movement, it often seems to fizzle out almost as fast.

Our ultimate goal is to catalyze collective local action to realign control of air, land and water.

Most of the state's CAAs are providing the program, and those who need help should contact their local Community Action Agency to make an appointment.When taxpayers arrive for their scheduled appointment, they should bring a valid photo identification, a social security card for all family members, and last year's tax return if available.

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.

An executive said that the company was prohibiting the use of Greyball «to target action by local regulators» but that «it will take some time to ensure this prohibition is fully enforced.»

With the passing of MMRSA in 2015 and the (now removed) deadline of March 1, 2016 for local cities and counties there has been a lot of action in

Yet there's a lack of action in the government, from the federal level all the way down to local representatives.

«Local residents are demanding these types of actions,» said Commissioner Michael Udine, whose district includes Parkland.

One aide who felt energized by the president's actions was the embattled White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who shares Mr. Trump's anger at the efforts of local governments to remove monuments honoring prominent Confederate figures like Robert E. Lee.

The statement highlights the signatories desire to see the growth of a strong Brazilian green bonds market, sets out specific actions conducive to achieving this and aims to foster discussion and future issuance of these bonds in the local market.

Mr. Viersen is the former treasurer of the Barrhead / Neerlandia local of the Association for Reformed Political Action, a social conservative Christian organization that has spoken against Gay - Straight Alliance legislation for Alberta schools and questioned the existence of human - influenced climate change.

the negation of ideology, the political secularization of the doctrine of original sin, the cautious sentiment tempered by prudence, the product of organic, local human organization observing and reforming its customs, the distaste for a priori principle disassociated from historical experience, the partaking of the mysteries of free will, divine guidance, and human agency by existing in but not of the confusions of modern society, no framework of action, no tenet, no theory, and no article of faith, a distrust of the systems and processes of the idol of self and of the lust for power and status, scorn to all approaches of ideology and meta - narrative.

Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.

That tangible action came in the form of tens of thousands of towels and socks donated by conference - goers to be handed out at local homeless shelters in the weeks following the conference.

Furthermore, Hoge and Wenger discovered a consensus among judicatory officers regarding pastors who have left local church ministry: «These pastors tended to be loners in the district or presbytery, for whatever reason not part of ministerial friendship groups or action groups.

These are probably the social roots which are at the base of these co-ordinated movements from which stem the willingness of different social movements to take their own affairs in hand and start action at a local level and also at a wider level, continental or international.

So far, «most of the high - profile cases involve state or local actions that would not be covered by the federal protections,» said John Inazu, a professor at Washington University School of Law who has written several times about such cases for CT..

A pastor will wish to read the basic AA books and pamphlets, which can be obtained from the local group, but no amount of reading is a substitute for the experience of observing AA in action.

Again, one may attend the Eucharist in another country without any knowledge of the language or local ceremonies, and yet recognize the Eucharistic action of blessing and breaking bread and blessing the cup.

A congregation, undeniably Christian, nevertheless uses forms and stories common to a larger world treasury to create its own local religion of outlooks, action patterns, and values.

What is surprising is that instead of pulling out the protest signs and megaphones, local Lynchburg VA protestors have announced that they will instead be organizing a «Day of Action» full of volunteer opportunities for community service.

His life was given stability because of the actions of a local pastor.

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.

Obviously there were countless levels of involvement, ranging from congregations that ignored, suppressed or resisted such issues to a few local churches that took direct action through deliberate corporate strategies.

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».