Sentences with phrase «other citizens groups»

The other citizens groups involved in the AEP settlement are the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Environmental Council, Clean Air Council, Environment America, National Wildlife Federation, League of Ohio Sportsmen, Izaak Walton League, and the Indiana Wildlife Federation.

The first leg of the pilot program involved an outreach effort where city officials visited community associations and other citizen groups to explain the benefits of adaptation action areas and the reasons for creating them.

Not exact matches

Just take a look at the cage match they're fighting over the «Northern Gateway» pipeline, the Canadian equivalent of Keystone XL, which is going nowhere fast, thanks to steadfast opposition from First Nations (tribal) groups and tens of thousands of other citizens north of the border.

As individuals you have the same right as any other citizen but as a group until you start paying taxes, not lobbyist, butt out and obey the laws made by the government.

Some other groups have labeled as amnesty any measure that would give people who are in the country illegally the opportunity to become U.S. citizens.

Should the government be permitted to promote the religious interests of a religious group by subordinating the secular interests of other citizens in access to logging areas?

The other point, is that Graham, Cathy, and the other religious nutters want to legalize and legislate discrimination against a group of US citizens simply because the purposefully choose to be ignorant about the science of sèxual orientation.

If you are so religious and such a good Christian (Derp and other commentors) why would you do business with a company who then turns around and gives a part of that money to a hate group that has openly stated they would prefer the government take certain citizens of this country out and SHOOT them.

We are discussing, in particular, Chick - Fil - a, among others, but especially the company I mentioned because it gives millions of dollars to hate groups... groups who want to deny citizens of this country their civil rights.

As protests by citizens» groups, environmental groups and other NGOs against the treaty mount, some help has come from an unexpected quarter.

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.

People must be taught to understand that their actions as citizens and members of other organized groups — for instance, trade unions — must be judged from a moral point of view.

In such programs both groups of professionals may be only part of larger community programs under the leadership of other citizens.

Mass Audubon's Advocacy department works with other organizations, legislators, and citizen groups to shape and strengthen environmental laws and regulations.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

While one citizens group has pushed for renovation of the 86 - year - old building, others are opposed to it.

Mass Audubon's Advocacy department works with other conservation organizations, legislators, and citizen groups to shape and strengthen environmental laws and regulations.

Simultaneously, through the creation of solidary groups, such as Salvare pentru SMURD, which numbers of fans surged by the hour, they could see this anger was shared by many other citizens.

In the context of the Scottish referendum vote, this decision has implications for the following groups: (i) potential future Scottish citizens residing in rUK; (ii) potential future Scottish citizens residing in other EU member states; (iii) UK citizens residing in Scotland who will not opt for Scottish citizenship; (iv) non-UK EU citizens residing in Scotland who will not qualify or opt for Scottish citizenship.

He's argued that there's no basis for the kind of brute force used by the police against unarmed citizens in the protest organized by pro-opposition pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance, and others.

Can an individual or legal (a citizens» group, activist, NGO among others) entity sue the government for not protecting me from these manifestly dangerous criminals?

Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany, New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), League of Women Voters of New York State, and other good government groups jointly write to Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to reform the constitutional convention delegate selection process.

Super PACs like those, as well as secretive nonprofit groups — both spurred by the 2010 Citizens United decision and other federal court rulings — allowed extremely wealthy activists to play in presidential and congressional politics like never before.

Citizens Union, as well as other groups, say that could have a chilling effect on free speech and their ability to fund raise.

We establish alliances with other organizations as well as mobilize members of our group to persuade current officials to address community concerns and broader issues that impact the well - being of our citizens and environment.

We are currently seeking cosigners for this petition among fellow our Waterkeeper Alliance members as well as any other environmental and citizen action groups whose constituencies have been affected by CKD pollution.

They think the 998 Presidential staffers is the best alternative Ghanaians needed, the use of Vigilante groups to terrorise innocent citizens is what they promised us, issuing of bond without following laid down procedure is what we prayed for, entering into negotiations with nations to establish military bases was what we fasted for, allowing the land to be used as conduit for the propagation of homosexual practice on the continent was what we prayed to God for, market women consulting other gods to support their dying businesses was what we went on our knees for?

Two other New York good - government groups, Common Cause (a national organization based in Washington D.C.) and Citizens Union (which started as a New York political party that once fought Tammany Hall), have taken money from a group closely within the orbit of NYSUT.

The forum was sponsored by Citizens Union along with other good government groups Reinvent Albany, League of Women Voters of New York City, and NYPIRG.

The money raised by the Education Fund was then directed to Common Cause, Citizens Union and a number of other groups as part of a 2013 push for publicly funded elections, which many believe would help Senate Democrats» electoral odds.

Only Citizens Union discloses the donors that fund its lobbying; the other three groups say they do not currently meet the requirements forcing disclosure.

The Journal News, Lower Hudson: «There is no good reason for Cuomo to veto bills that would help citizens, advocacy groups, journalists and others access public records and hold government accountable.»

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

In Nicoletti's eyes, the citizen group Consensus and others are «missing the point» with their calls for a merger between the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

Hawkins doesn't like the metropolitan government structure as proposed by the citizen group Consensus, but said consolidation of other services should be explored.

The other partners in the effort are the Sunlight Foundation, good government group Citizens Union, Socrata, web - developer coder training program Dev Bootcamp, and Ontodia, an open data solutions firm that has experience working with scraping PDFS and making them machine - readable.

The group has only two other contributors — with $ 660,000 from a conservative group known as Citizens for a Sound Government of Colorado and $ 25,000 from Republican Craig R. Stapleton, a former U.S. ambassador to France and a close friend of Foley's from Greenwich.

Dick Dadey, head of the watchdog group Citizens Union, said that while it wasn't against the law for de Blasio to assist his bundlers and other supporters — unless he engaged in an illegal quid pro quo — «they shouldn't have any more access to him than the average New Yorker.»

While commending the Nigerian Military for doing their best to halt threats to citizens as exemplified by Boko Haram, IPOB, Avengers and other groups complicit in crimes against humanity, Global Amnesty Watch sees Amnesty International as constantly demonizing nations that are battling terrorism and setting the ground for killers to embed themselves among migrant populations to spread to these other peaceful countries.

Representatives from other government watchdog organizations — including New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, and Citizens Budget Commission — told Gotham Gazette that they have not taken a position on the ballot question, but that the issue is being debated vigorously internally.

The statement re-emphasize that the command will not stand idly and allow any person or group of persons to violate the laws of country by engaging in conducts that are perilous to public peace and order as well as the lives and properties of other law abiding citizens, please.

Among the other groups calling for the law's adoption were New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Giffords Law Center, which was founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly.

And Dadey, with Citizens Union, took a shot at other reform groups that he says are continuing to snipe from the sidelines.

The citizen group Consensus released a report earlier this year urging the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County to merge governments and other services like law enforcement agencies and courts.

On the other side of the aisle, a liberal campaign money watchdog group said removing the limits on donations would be no better than keeping Citizens United in place.

The president did not seize the opportunity to unite the nation - instead he declared some citizens part of a «5 %» who did not vote for him, while some other group gave him «97 %» of their votes.

But now Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, and other good - government groups, are back in Albany to again lobby on the issue.

It will be responsible for rallying citizens, distributing information and reaching out to other East End groups that are trying to combat helicopter noise.

The other members of the earmark - reform coalition are the watchdog groups Citizens Against Government Waste, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Public Citizen.

She has the support of Citizens Union, a good government group as well as Planned Parenthood and The New York City chapter of the National Organization for Women, among others.