Sentences with phrase «political support for»

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I don't hear a lot of political support for something this dangerous,» he says.
In 2018, the campaign hopes to significantly scale up its national outreach and build the necessary political support for a ban.
It is not until the global economy recession since 2008 that the political support for international free trade started to weaken, shaping a different international trade landscape for today from the past scores.
are not unconstitutional although the decisions could lead to loss of political support for copyright owners.
While the recent economic crisis brought newly invigorated political support for SEC enforcement against financial services companies, a recent case shows that the courts will still prevent the SEC from overreaching in its efforts to punish those it views as wrongdoers.
Notwithstanding broad, but not unanimous, political support for its creation, there is no compelling analysis to demonstrate that securities regulation would be improved or that the benefits of replacing our current system outweigh the risks.
There is no prospect of nuclear energy for Australia and with most of the political support for nuclear residing within the same LNP that is opposed to climate action that support, such as it is, can not be mobilised effectively.
It describes its goal as to «raise awareness of the costs and implications of policies based on global warming alarmism by conducting a multi-faceted campaign to peel away grassroots political support for carbon restrictions, while simultaneously promoting market - based policies that preserve individual liberty, economic opportunity, and environmental quality.»
And in a more general sense, given the twists and turns of American politics in recent years — since 2005 the conventional wisdom has gone from permanent Republican domination to permanent Democratic domination to God knows what — there has to be a real chance that political support for action on climate change will revive.
«Our main objective is to organize the industry and to build public and political support for a nationwide high - speed rail network, built within 20 years,» USHSR President and CEO Andy Kunz told TreeHugger.
Because the need to build political support for stronger action is paramount, that's a crucial message.
«However, if we want this ensure we reap the many benefits of becoming a low carbon economy we need to see this political support for renewables continue.
To gain political support for the idea, Obama would probably have to show that the tax would help accelerate technology, grow new industries, and pay down the deficit.
With the Obama administration, financial and political support for CCS is at an all - time high.
Earth Ministry / Washington Interfaith Power & Light is proud to have garnered political support for the Green Climate Fund — and our work is not yet over.
We would not be able to build political support for healthy oceans at the highest level without your dedication, your support, and your commitment to healthy and...
If we are to continue building political support for our oceans, we must elect more champions to Congress and defeat ocean enemies.
While political support for urban agriculture has been increasing over the past years, financial support for urban small scale producers and agro-entrepreneurs remains limited: existing micro-finance institutions, banks, and micro-credit initiatives seldom allocate resources and loans to urban and peri - urban agriculture.
Framing CCS technologies as more than «clean coal» by including bio-CCS, for example, could help increase political support for CCS projects.
National Studies The Climate Change in the American Mind Project The public plays a critical role in the American response to global warming through their energy use at home and on the road, consumer choices, social norms, and political support for climate policies and leaders.
«With the right political support for offshore wind and other renewable technologies, Scotland is well placed to become the EU's first renewable electricity nation by 2030.»
Since 2001, 26 plants have been built in the U.S., bringing the total to 87, as political support for the fuel has grown.
Despite Al Gore, commercial interests appear to be judging that political support for catastrophic anthropogenic global warming has waned.
A RESEARCH paper from American academics is threatening to blow a hole in growing political support for carbon capture and storage as a weapon against global warming.
The ultimate political question seems to be whether there is greater (geographic and sectoral) political support for the Waxman - Markey (H.R. 2454) approach of substantial free allocations and targeted use of auction revenue, or if there is greater (populist) political support for the full auction combined with lump - sum rebate which characterizes the «cap - and - dividend» approach.
A strong ethical case can be made that any political support for natural gas as a short - term bridge fuel should be conditioned on the natural gas industry promising to stop lobbying against rapid scale up of renewable energy programs.
See the Qld NMBI Action Kit if you'd like to help build community and political support for adopting No More Bad Investments (NMBI) legislation in Queensland.
Having the honor actually made it easier for us to give a frank assessment of where we lag and help build political support for future phases.»
A prime example is the broad political support for Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, relative to the more effective and less costly option of gasoline taxes.
Eilperin does note the obvious — that this new piece of «global warming research» is «aimed at marshaling political support for a new international climate pact by the end of the year.»
From Paris, France, to Houston, Texas, and all the way to Shenzhen, China, Vice President Al Gore and The Climate Reality Project have bolstered public and political support for the Paris Agreement.
However, he ignores the only way to maintain political support for the kind of aggressive price increases.
Mr. Hadley He also nails another takeaway — we need political support for the carbon price — particularly as the price increases to the levels we need to get emission reductions (e.g., $ 100 / ton in less than 10 years with the McDermott bill).
Maybe in a time of great political uncertainty, with a presidential election in four months and very asymmetrical political support for CAGW, plus even a possibility that a skeptic may grab the ultimate reigns, then maybe getting to the policy table isn't the only motive.
We believe that by educating the public about the fallacies of climate change theories and the Kyoto Protocol, we can weaken political support for Kyoto implementation.»
Obviously if I am wrong [the science supports it] there would more political support for doing something.
Attempts to devise such a system would inevitably devolve into litigation and political struggle with differing results in various jurisdictions, impeding the important work of building broad, global political support for carbon taxes.
He is passionate about healthy oceans, lakes and rivers, and understands the need to build political support for ocean issues.
The local farmers, of course, helped to provide political support for this for two reasons: (1) They really need another cash crop as the current ones have rather depressed prices.
But as long as this human discord stays unchallenged --(by keeping capitalism, freedom of personal development, allowing juridical autonomy of corporations, consumerism, nationalism and regionalism, confiscation of communal resources by economic parties, juridical and political support for any of those above)-- humanity will have to face a truly horrific era the likes it has not seen before.
In some way, we have to find a brake, and finally gradually transform the underlying forces to brought us where we are now: — unreserved capitalism (by redefining what capital is and who it belongs to)-- freedom of personal development, — juridical and financial autonomy of corporations (every action or inaction by a corporation must be accounted for by real people — consumerism, — nationalism and regionalism, — confiscation of communal resources by economic parties, juridical and political support for any of those above)
ACPA will soon be submitting an official proposal to the government that will outline practical and collaborative activities to target the trade and to secure public and political support for an end to this horror.
Peter Marra and Chris Santella, in their book, Cat Wars, admit as much in their assessment of the lack of political support for rounding up and killing cats, concluding, «American authorities remain resistant (if not heartily opposed) to the idea of managing free - ranging populations by lethal means.»
Intensified barking, biting, and defecation in inconvenient places by the dwindling numbers of Indian dogs remaining at large has in some cities and even a few whole states put political support for the entire ABC approach in jeopardy.
In addition, some green investments may be dependent on government tax incentives and subsidies, and on political support for certain environmental technologies and companies.
There's near universal political support for continuing to expand the system.
Overall, the NDEA reflected political support for and an attempt to garner public support of an academic curriculum.
With billions of dollars in taxpayer funds being diverted from public schools to privately owned and operated charter schools, a motley collection of the nation's super-wealthy, including sports and music stars, are looking to cash in on the existing bi-partisan political support for the privatization of public education in the United States.
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