Sentences with phrase «power over the agency»

Mr. Raskin criticized the governor's proposal, arguing that Mr. Cuomo already had power over the agency's spending priorities and its funding in the state budget.

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It also gives the federal Department of Transportation regulatory power over space mining flights — yes, the same agency that keeps the airline industry running on time.

By: Henry Lazenby 30th April 2018 Canadian miners are voicing frustration and concern over the federal government's removal of a Senate amendment relating to final offer arbitration (FOA), and with its modification of an amendment giving the Canada Transportation Agency own - motion power, in Bill C - 49 — legislation that amends the... →

Since they have absolute control over the supply of tickets and since they deal only with their own selected list of agencies, it would seem to be within their power to correct the abuses now prevalent.

The task is not only to restore power over corportions to political agencies but also to make those agencies work for the common good.

African governments have also suffered from deliberate efforts, at the behest of aid agencies with powers over development dogmas, to «shrink the state.»

The nature of religious television in America can be seen to be a function of the interaction of four main players; changes over the past decades have come about because of changes in the relative power and relationships of the four following players: (1) the regulatory agencies of the federal government, which, through the legislative process, provide the structure within which interaction inside the television industry takes place; (2) the television industry, primarily network and local station managements, which control the airwaves within the legislated structure; (3) the viewing public, which selects what it is that will be watched; and (4) the religious broadcasters who provide the material for broadcasts.

Still be haggled over is how where and how allocate $ 250 million worth of competitive education grants, plus language that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking that would expand his post-budget powers by transferring money between agencies.

Cuomo says the power of credit reporting agencies has grown over the past couple of decades, without corresponding oversight.

The ombudsman will have the power to order the agency to make repairs, to direct independent contractors hired through the court to perform repairs — and to fine NYCHA over delayed repairs, according to the consent decree, filed Friday in Manhattan federal court.

«All efforts will be made to retrieve the properties legitimately with the help of security agencies when APC takes over the reins of power on February 24.

Cuomo already has the power, under the state's over 100 - year - old Moreland Act, to investigate executive agencies and he'd already said he planned to probe campaign filings at the notoriously lax State Board of elections.

State Supreme Court judges are locked in a conflict over whether the state agency that investigates abuse allegations for facilities for people with developmental disabilities — like Sunmount in Tupper Lake — has the power to prosecute.

Faced with a generally liberal Democratic Congress during his presidency, [124] Nixon used his power over executive agencies to obstruct the authorization of programs that he was opposed to.

To the relief of New York City officials, the budget did not include Mr. Cuomo's proposal to give a state agency veto power over individual affordable housing projects paid for with federal tax - exempt bonds the state gives to municipalities.

Over at the United State Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) blog there was a great piece posted a few days ago, «Using the Toxic Release Inventory to Build Power in Communities.

Speaking at the hearing conducted by the Senate's Joint Committee on INEC; and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Saraki stated that the National Assembly had powers to legislate over the electoral body and other agencies of government.

While several speakers used the forum to address deficiencies with the Long Island Power Authority's communications, which the county has almost no authority over, others said that all agencies could have communicated better.

An environmental group is suing a New York State agency over a power plant in the Hudson Valley.

Although Wellcome does not have the power of a government agency, it does wield a sword of Damocles over universities and research institutes hesitant to enforce its planned rules: the threat of making them ineligible for Wellcome grants.

One big challenge to U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions comes this week, as a federal circuit court hears arguments over a challenge to the White House's major climate change initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulations targeting emissions from power plants.

Moreover, the Senate bill that would fund DOE — the so - called energy and water bill — hangs in limbo, thanks to the political battle over the Obama administration's plan to use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations to set new limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, especially those that burn coal.

In addition, Barr's case offers a rare glimpse into the practices of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), an obscure agency within the White House that wields vast power over the entire federal bureaucracy through its authority to vet recently hired workers.

This is le Carré's world of competing agencies within the same country who prize power over efficiency and interests outside the structure working their own interests; support from an American intelligence agent (Robin Wright) raises all sorts of alarms, not the least of which is: what is her endgame?

If a student knows that the adult she's meeting with doesn't have the power to assign or change her grades, the theory goes, she's more likely to take agency over her performance at school.

Consistent with the goal of shifting power over education decisions away from Sacramento, the Local Control Funding Formula law creates a new agency to work with, not dictate to, local districts on how to meet their improvement goals.

Sec. 1 - 225 and Sec. 1 - 200) states that «meetings of all public agencies shall be open to the public», and defines public agency as «including any committee of, or created by, any such office, subdivision, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority or official», and defines «meeting» as «any hearing or other proceeding of a public agency... to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public agency has supervision control, jurisdiction or advisory power», nonetheless, the State Department of Education attempted to keep the «training session» for superintendents closed to the public, stating it «is not a venue for members of the general public to participate.»

The agency fees generate millions for union coffers and are used to help consolidate the unions» political power and influence over education policy in dozens of states.

It seems clear to us that agency fees are the key ingredient to the unions» recipe for power and control over America's education system.

Ford's EcoBoost - powered Interceptor has already won favor with some police departments thanks to its improved fuel economy compared to other squad cars with V - 8 engines; however, AN claims that police agencies generally prefer rear - wheel drive configurations, giving the Caprice a leg up over the front - or all - wheel - drive Ford Interceptor.

According to averaged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, electricity to power a Leaf would cost the equivalent of an inflation - protected 87 cents per gallon of gasoline if one chose a Leaf over a 25 mpg gas - powered car.

One key sacrifice was letting publishers move over to a so - called «agency model,» which let the publishers set e-book prices, rather than giving Amazon that power.

To end the killing, we need to regulate shelters and mandate how they operate in the same way we regulate hospitals and other agencies which hold the power over life and death.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

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GWEC and its members are active all over the world, educating local and national governments and international agencies about the benefits of wind power.

Energy companies and regional grid operators filed comments in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's grid resilience docket on Wednesday, dividing over the role of the federal agency in securing the nation's power infrastructure.

According to the International Energy Agency, the world added more renewables - based power generation capacity in 2015 than all other technologies combined for the first time ever, and this movement is only expected to accelerate over the coming decades.

The council would phase out much of the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory authority over greenhouse gases and would outright repeal President Obama's Clean Power Plan to cut emissions from electricity generation.

In a new report from Moody's, and reported on by SNL, the ratings agency predicts that cheap natural gas could lead to another massive wave of coal - fired power plant closures over the next year and a half.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants will cost America's economy over $ 50 billion a year between now and 2030, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy.

Are there other criteria pollutants that are significant to power plant licensing that the energy agencies should be aware of over the next 10 years or so?

Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R - Ky., who will preside over the hearing, sent out letters Aug. 6 inviting testimony from leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency; the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, State, and Transportation; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Commerce Department; NASA; the U.S. Agency for International Development; the Export - Import Bank; and the White House Office of Science and Technology.

The U.S. coal industry has been left to fight an uphill battle with the EPA over the agency's authority to set rules on CO2 emissions from power plants.

Over all, many experts conclude, advanced climate research in the United States is fragmented among an alphabet soup of agencies, strained by inadequate computing power and starved for the basic measurements of real - world conditions that are needed to improve simulations.

The comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan closed December 1, 2014, with over 1.6 million contributions, including over 200 from utilities, regulators, and other public agencies.

Renewables have now overtaken coal as the world's largest source of installed power capacity, and the agency's projections over the next five or so years paint a pretty promising picture for the industry indeed.

Without major changes, the federal coal leasing program will continue to undermine federal, state, and international efforts to reduce carbon pollution; the BLM Wyoming office plans to lease over 10 billion tons of coal in the coming years, dwarfing the emissions reductions expected from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

In this 112th Congress alone, oil, gas and coal interests gave over $ 20 million of this «dirty energy money» to our Senators and Representatives, to influence their votes around industry - friendly measures from dismantling the power of regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to approving the Keystone pipeline, to opening up the outer - continental shelf to drilling.

On September 27, 2016, the entire United States District Court for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments in West Virginia, et al. v EPA, to which E&E Legal is party, challenging the EPA's «Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units» rule under section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, over the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation that will cripple, and in many cases, shut down coal - fired power plants.