Sentences with phrase «of thinktank»

But the reason we've decided to add Airbnb to this list is because as Nelson Chu, founder and CEO of the thinktank Tritan Collective, said when he nominated the platform for our list: «This could serve as a source of very passive income.»

A bevy of blockchain startups will become a part of this thinktank to showcase their latest developments in work spectrum.

Mark Campanale of the thinktank Carbon Tracker Initiative said the actual financial losses from unchecked global warming could be higher than estimated by the financial model behind the new study.

He apparently has the backing of Shadow Energy Secretary Lisa Nandy as well as other left - wing figures such as political commentator Owen Jones and the chair of thinktank Compass, Neal Lawson.

It has been founded by David Skelton, a former deputy director of the thinktank Policy Exchange.

Last night saw another very public date between Jon Cruddas and James Purnell: the 16th birthday party of the thinktank Demos.

Jonathan Bartley is the Green candidate for Lambeth and Southwark in next year's Greater London Authority elections and the co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia.

An unheard of thinktank called the Progressive Policies Forum was used to funnel over # 50,000 to his campaign.

Astle is, perhaps unexpectedly, finding himself working as a director of a thinktank focusing on a party in government.

Akash Paun of the thinktank explains: «In a single party government, no matter how divided they may be, as you approach the next election all the incentives are to unify.

Policy Exchange, probably the biggest and richest of the thinktanks, has enjoyed close links with the Conservative party.

Chris Mooney's Republican War on Science which I plan to review soon, gives chapter and verse and the whole network of thinktanks, politicians and tame scientists who have popularised GW contrarianism, Intelligent Design and so on.

The problem is when fossil fuel industries funnel money to the policymakers themselves and the thinktanks that provide them with information, which is for the purpose of favoring those industries when policies are made or blocked, especially if built on the dubious scientific standards of their thinktanks.

The funds went to building a network of thinktanks and activist groups that worked to defeat climate bills in Congress and mobilized against Environmental Protection Agency rules to reduce carbon pollution from power plants due to be finalised in the summer of 2015.

They see science through the tint of their thinktanks and party - funding bosses and act accordingly, and still will after this process.

«They see science through the tint of their thinktanks and party - funding bosses and act accordingly»

Thanks to the lobbying work of the coal and oil companies, and the vast army of thinktanks, PR consultants and astroturfers they have sponsored, thanks too to the domination of the airwaves by loony right shock jocks, the debate over issues like this has become so mad that any progress at all is little short of a miracle.

re: PolyisTCOandbanned You are likely familiar with the idea of «money - laundering» whether in the formal sense of washing illegal funds, or in the more general sense of moving money around so you can't tell where it came from, as in some political donations and the whole funding complex of thinktanks and and fronts,.

Not exact matches

Mark Campanale, executive director of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, a thinktank that analyses the financial risks of fossil fuel investments, said: «The financial markets are fast losing faith in the investment case for fossil fuels.

OAS «will be one more handful of straw on the back of the camel that's going to be carrying a much, much heavier load, mainly because of health - care spending,» says William Robson, CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, a thinktank on the opposite end of the political spectrum from the CCPA.

Christian campaigners have reacted to a new thinktank report that says the government is «clueless» about the scale of human trafficking in the UK.

The government's controversial Lobbying Bill has been temporarily put on hold following months of pressure from religious groups, charities, thinktanks and NGOs to give it further scrutiny and for major changes to be made before it is passed.

The government's controversial Lobbying Bill has been temporarily put on hold following months of pressure from religious groups, charities, thinktanks... More

During the twilight years of the Clinton administration, a conservative republican thinktank presented the President with a bold statement of principles conceived to advance America's interests as the dominant global empire.

The bruising process of reforming public sector pensions will not save the taxpayer any money, a respected economic thinktank has argued.

«It is a bit like taking out a pretty big mortgage in the expectation your income is going to rise, but the NHS is facing a period where that is not going to happen,» Professor John Appleby of the King's Fund thinktank told the BBC.

The report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a right - wing thinktank, agrees with the principles behind the work and pensions secretary's plans, but insists the reforms do not go far enough.

The government's blue - skies thinktank Foresight has warned that if no action is taken 60 per cent of men, 50 per cent of women and 25 per cent of children will be obese by 2050.

Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy responds to a Royal United Services Institute thinktank survey of the defence and security community showing that less than a third of defence and security professionals think Britain has an appropriate national security strategy:

The Centre for London thinktank estimated that at the end of 2013 there were up to 300,000 workers being paid less than they should be.

Professor Michael Clarke, director - general of defence thinktank Rusi, comments on Rusi's survey showing that less than a third of defence and security professionals think Britain has an appropriate national security strategy:

The government's commitment to decentralising power in its localism bill set to be unveiled this week runs the risk of being «cosmetic», a thinktank warns.

The centre - left thinktank's study, which challenges the orthodoxy of pursuing a stable inflation rate at the expense of everything else, envisages a major improvement in employment among 18 - to 24 - year - olds and those aged between 50 and 64.

Loukas Tsoukalis, president of Eliamep — Greece's best known thinktank — says: «I presume that noone in the troika seriously believes that there will be full implementation of the [additional] $ 12 billion cuts rather than just a respectable amount [of implementation].»

We analyse Blair's speech to the centre - left Progress thinktank and conclude that Blair's biggest legacy is a style of political language which has made obfuscation easier and political vision harder.

Ahead of a major foreign policy speech at Chatham House thinktank in London on 24 April, the tension in the team over how to respond to the SNP issue came to a head.

Osborne's boasts that impressive progress has been made ahead of the review were played down by Tony Dolphin, the chief economist of centre - left thinktank IPPR.

will be as important for what's happening in the corridors as for the launch of the actual project,» Clara O'Donnell of the Centre for European Reform (CER) thinktank told politics.co.uk.

His comments confirm the suspicion of many government thinktank experts who believe the final phase of the five - year coalition will be a turbulent period.

Osborne is already facing calls from the centre - right thinktank Policy Exchange to include «a strong set of fiscal rules» in the charter, which would look to impose strict spending restrictions on future governments in order to reduce the national debt.

The report - Oil: The Coming Supply Crunch - was conceived by thinktank Chatham House, and argues world supplies of oil will be severely restricted within five to ten years.

«The autumn statement will mark a crucial moment in the economic course of our country,» he told thinktank IPPR.

Andy Sawford of the Local Government Information Unit thinktank said the number of additional councils being gained by Labour was significant.

Radical innovations from local authorities are needed in the face of a «tsunami of a public sector recession», a thinktank has said.

Jill Kirby, the thinktank's director, echoed Mr Morgan's sentiments, saying: «As public and media anxiety builds in anticipation of the comprehensive spending review, it's important to keep a sense of proportion.

Lord Ashdown, co-chair of the IPPR thinktank's commission on national security which delivered its interim report today, warned the transfer of power from west to east and the growth of lawless spaces presented serious challenges to the changing international system.

The shale gas debate summarised, with a nice Irish voice and some friendly music in the background, courtesy of the Institute of International and European Affairs thinktank.

Selling off the most expensive fifth of social housing could help cut the waiting list for council homes by as much as 600,000 in five years, a thinktank has claimed.

According to the Guardian, «the essays, brought together by the IPPR thinktank, also point out that Labour first devised the idea of a points - based system for economic migrants in 2000, but took until 2008 to bring it into being».

In his eight months outside the cabinet, Purnell has worked at the thinktank Demos building up ideas at the Open Left project and has become increasingly attracted to the work of London Citizens.