Sentences with phrase «own local efforts»

And local efforts at changing that are not at all helped by businesspeople from affluent countries — with supposedly sophisticated markets and best - in - class business practices — show up with briefcases full of cash.

To give one example, Climate Mayors is a group of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and global - level policymaking.»

Local efforts by GDB and other Puerto Rican debt issuers to reach a debt restructuring are running in parallel with plans in the U.S. Congress to draft legislation aimed at solving the island's economic crisis, possibly by allowing it to restructure debt and putting its finances under federal oversight.

New Yorkers are mounting encouraging local efforts to integrate intensely segregated public schools despite Mr. de Blasio's reluctance.

The local efforts are expected to get less weight moving forward.

Pittsburgh and Atlanta residents also proved to be the most knowledgeable about the efforts to land the project, with 31 percent of Pittsburgh residents saying they had heard about local efforts compared to 27 percent of Atlanta residents — the highest levels among the 19 locations.

«These other agencies are able to take on a variety of missions which will supplement state and local efforts to assist the community move forward,» she added.

Reach out to a local effort and get involved.

«Much of the volunteer work of Jewish young adults is comprised of local efforts to ameliorate disparities in economic resources and educational opportunity and often entails activities such as collecting, sorting, and distributing goods,» the polling analysis said.

In no way do I minimize the thousands of local efforts to bring some enjoyment to the world even now, in spite of the overwhelming dominance of global capitalism.

But just as often, local efforts are part of a much bigger picture and shaped by outside players along with local ones.

«Every pain is a local effort» (TFW 35).

We should remember that it was the limited effectiveness of church workers in the settlement house movement and other voluntary, local efforts in the 1880s that led to the large - scale government social programs of the 20th century.

«Spectatoritis» in any church is a dangerous malady, which has been greatly intensified of late years by the prevailing practice of securing a speaker for every occasion instead of using local effort and initiative in preparing a program.

One hopes local efforts will set in motion a trickle - up effect, inspiring more home boards and committees to look squarely at the fact of an aging church.

2012 marks the third annual Neighborhood Toy Store Day, and I hope that the shop local effort grows even more powerful this year.

I strongly support shop local efforts.

Newspapers around the country are reporting on local efforts to replicate the Harlem Children's Zone and to take advantage of the Obama administration's Promise Neighborhood initiative.

Throughout the week, ILCA will highlight each of these themes to help you better understand the SDGs and learn how to connect your critical local efforts to these larger international goals.

Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.

She runs Furry Tales, and I am an entrepreneur of my own, so I believe in supporting local efforts.

Now that USDA has left the choice to use LBT up to each school district, and because individual grocery chains have always had the ability to chose to sell meat with or without it, it's been interesting to see that local efforts are starting to spring up to influence these potential LBT purchasers.

The Dashboard aims to give supporters information about local efforts and let people see how their efforts compare with those of other volunteers.

Tribal sheikhs from across eastern Libya meet to coordinate their local efforts to collect weapons and pressure the government to dissolve militias.

Some even see rays of hope in local efforts in some communities to establish social coping mechanisms — whether soup kitchens, rubbish collection or free additional tutoring for poorer children.

He said the state would regulate local efforts.

Besides packaging the tools, these national groups seeded local efforts, steering their members to activist networks in their communities.

In terms of specific local efforts, left - leaning voters enjoy more disfranchisement efforts, so there's not a lot of control samples to compare.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Rather than launch a $ 100,000 local effort to control the urban deer population, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation to do the job - and to pay for it.

The delays also gave local efforts to ban fracking time to get traction in towns like Dryden; today Martens claimed those legal hurdles were greatly reducing the acreage available for fracking.

But Clinton has taken a more nuanced position, saying that although she supports local efforts to reach $ 15, she wouldn't commit to that nationally, aligning herself instead with legislation establishing a $ 12 hourly federal rate.

The only way to address the causes of piracy and terrorism is to back local efforts to forge a new peace deal ensuring that people from across Somalia have a voice in how their country is run.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg leading the local effort to fight climate change: ««We're going to do everything America would have done if it had stayed committed.»

Sue Rosenberg, who has helped to coordinate local efforts of the Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline, a group organizing opponents to the project in both New York and New Jersey, said she was pleased with Wednesday's turnout.

Until the state changes its policy, local efforts have been underway to lower the number chargeback fees accrued by keeping students here in Erie County.

The New York State Department of Agriculture and markets and the Erie County Community Development Block Grant program provided key funding for the project, and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning led the local effort to gather and assess public input with guidance from the Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board;

Long Island Congressman Peter King had previously been the only Republican to join New York Democrats in demanding the federal government pay for local efforts to shield the president - elect and his properties.

COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco recognized 24 police officers who have made a significant impact in supporting local efforts to eliminate drunk driving.

The House had objected to using an increase in the local taxes, known as the «required local effort,» that came as a result of higher property values.

There have been a lot of local efforts to help the people of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be watching with interest as Central New York uses $ 25 million in state money to modernize local governments, a leader of the local effort said Thursday.

But the mayor noted that seeking additional revenue from valuable property owners in Albany such as Albany Medical Center or imposing student fees at local higher - education institutions would likely result in those entities or groups clamoring for the state to either block the local efforts or pick up the costs.

He also said he was consulting with the state Attorney General's Office to see if any local effort to require American - made purchases is precluded by state law.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco recognized 24 police officers who have made a significant impact in supporting local efforts to eliminate drunk driving.

Yet even without coordination, local efforts have contributed to the national dialogue.

These sorts of local efforts are important — and not just for getting electricity to rural Africa.

Cullen also suggests new state and local efforts to jump - start the ev infrastructure.

On Saturday Brown will sit on a panel about regional and local efforts to uphold U.S. Paris goals.

From spinach to turmeric The way farmers in Sotang have caught on to the new fertilizer illustrates how far such local efforts can really go.

We want to help you promote research, get the public excited about cell biology and improve the perception of scientists in your own local efforts.