Sentences with phrase «policy projects»

Myron directs the Global Warming and International Environmental Policy project at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Cooler Heads Coalition, which was formed on May 6, 1997, «to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific and risk analysis.»

Sixty two percent of New York voters said they supported making marijuana use legal for people 21 and older, with only 28 percent opposed, according to a poll commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project Foundation and the Drug Policy Alliance.

The dynamic going forward will likely hinge on how the Justice Department and its prosecutors enforce their new policy, Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, told Business Insider.

Geography also factors in, not so much because of sunshine («If you put your hand out and see a shadow, there is enough sunlight to produce electricity,» says George Sterzinger, executive director of the Renewable Energy Policy Project in Washington, D.C.) but because of electricity rates.

They don't want to lose their research funds,» said one of the mavericks, Fred Singer of the Science and Environmental Policy Project in Fairfax, Virginia.

The complete Guide, a summary flyer, the charter and accompanying promotional materials are available for download on the Health Policy Project site.

«The DEA appears to be dragged into this kicking and screaming,» said Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank focused on social - justice issues.

The Vermont - based Mercury Policy Project study showed the bulbs pose a threat of mercury poisoning if they break, prompting the federal Environmental Protection Agency and both Massachusetts and Vermont to revise recommendations for where homeowners should use the bulbs.

During law school, Gina was a legal intern at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, served as a Clinic Legal Intern at the National Health Law Program, worked as a Public Policy Project Law Clerk at the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and was a Public Benefits Unit Legal Extern at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.

Likewise, a key recommendation of the LSE Media Policy Project report was for more positive messaging about children's technology use.

It's also popular with the public — 62 percent of New York voters support legalizing marijuana for use by adults 21 and older, according to a 2017 poll commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance and the Marijuana Policy Project Foundation.

They include the Science and Environment Policy Project, founded by Fred Singer, a physicist noted for opposing the mainstream view of climate science.

The Vermont - based Mercury Policy Project study showed the bulbs pose a threat of mercury poisoning if they break, prompting the federal Environmental Protection Agency and -LSB-...]

In January 1995, the Science & Environmental Policy Project moved to Fairfax, joining Atlas... Atlas invites other institutes to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the proximity of SEPP.

The Foreign Policy Project is an educational mentorship program that inspires young women to pursue careers in international relations through skill building workshops, job shadowing, and mentorship opportunities.

The Media and Indigenous Policy project has investigated why it is so hard for a diversity of voices to be heard in mainstream media debate, and why policymakers, from political leaders to public servants, seem only to listen to those who dominate mainstream media coverage.

It was written by James Cleeton, Policy Projects Co-ordinator at the Soil Association.

Berky, 53, is a former environmental and social policy project manager for the World Bank.

Statements below from representatives of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and the Marijuana Policy Project A bipartisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York's medical marijuana program passed the Senate Health Committee 15 - 1 on Tuesday.

«This has been an amazing year,» says Jeff Sheehy, communications director at the UCSF AIDS Research Institute and a board member of the AIDS Policy Project, also positive for HIV.

Organisations such as the American Elec - tronics Association (AEA) and the Computer Systems Policy Project have also argued that the removal of export controls would give Russia and other emerging democracies the basic components of a modern industrial infrastructure needed to integrate their economies into those of the West.

Mr. Bonham was an investigator on the «Communities of Color and Genetics Policy Project,» funded by the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Program at NHGRI.

Fuller is a co-director of the Child - Care and Family Policy Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

People's Health Clinic Director Beth Armstrong and Matt Slonaker with the Utah Health Policy Project talk about open enrollment for the ACA (American Care Act) market place.

The Koch family has made exactly one gift to us in the past 20 years, of only $ 25,000 earmarked for a health care policy project.

A team of leading food lawyers and legal scholars in the United States (U.S.) is launching the Healthy Food Policy Project (HFPP), a collaborative initiative working to identify and elevate effective local food laws as examples for advocates in communities across the country.

This was in support of their program centered on two of APCO]'s creations, The Advancement for Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) now run by Steve Milloy and Science & Environmental Policy Project run by S. Fred Singer and his wife Candace Crandall

The Science and Environmental Policy Project participated in a second report by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change titled «Climate Change Reconsidered II.»

«Testimony of Prof. S. Fred Singer: President, The Science & Environmental Policy Project before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Climate Change,» July 18, 2000.

This year's tour is sponsored by The Iowa Policy Project, the University of Iowa's Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, Fresh Energy, The League of Rural Voters, and The Fred & Charlotte Hubbell Foundation.

On March 14 and 15, 1991, Harvard's Global Environmental Policy Project held a two day executive session on «Negotiating a Global Climate Change Agreement.»

But irrespective of the unprecedented difficulty in forming a government, the Energiewende will continue to be one of Germany's central policy projects.

Marjorie Heins, co-author of the report and founder of the Free Expression Policy Project at the Brennan Center explained: «Fair use is an essential part of our political and cultural life.

In the past Bennett Gastle has provided consulting services and studies on a variety of subjects from free trade agreements (Canada - Costa Rica FTA, FTAA), World Trade Organization disputes, Canada's innovation strategy, and aboriginal rights as they arise in the context of international trade, among a number of other trade policy projects.

Fiscal Policy Project provides timely and credible analysis of budget, tax and related issues in New Mexico so we may educate lawmakers and advocate for an equitable tax system and responsible spending.

He is a current board member for City First Bank of DC and Dance Place, and serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Small Business Policy Project.

The effort is not attracting some of the leading drug policy groups that have worked the halls of the New York Legislature on relaxing drug laws, such as the Washington, DC - based Marijuana Policy Project.

According to a study from the Blue - Green Alliance (a partnership between the Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers) and the Renewable Energy Policy Project, requiring that 20 % of our electricity come from renewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across the country.