Sentences with phrase «protection efforts by»

The pro-whaling simple majority passed a declaration attacking the moratorium on commercial whaling and whale protection efforts by non-governmental organizations.

Participants will also record information on sharks, rays, turtles and cetaceans spotted during their stay and also periodically other species identified on the endangered lists of Fiji to support protection efforts by the Coral Reef Allowance and Fiji Fisheries.

The move follows several other AI - related fraud protection efforts by Mastercard, and could indicate a push on the company's part to develop a full - suite solution.

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Kimmel has since actively railed against Obamacare repeal efforts, arguing that various proposals being debated by the law's opponents would gut protections for people like Billy born with pre-existing conditions, either by rolling back Obamacare's mandated insurance benefits for certain health conditions or allowing states to set up rules that would let insurers charge sick people more for their coverage.

Finally, because the Impartial Conduct Standards will become applicable on June 9, 2017, the Department believes that firms will make efforts to adhere to those standards, motivated both by their applicability and by the prospect of their likely continuation, as well as by the impending applicability of complementary consumer protections and / or enforcement mechanisms beginning on January 1, 2018, depending on the results of the Department's review of the Fiduciary Rule pursuant to the President's Memorandum.

«Dozens of people at Facebook Ireland are working full time on this effort,» it said, noting too that the data protection team at its European HQ (in Dublin, Ireland) would be growing by 250 % in 2017.

On the eve of critical hearings on Capitol Hill, top White House officials are intensifying efforts to document wasteful spending by Scott Pruitt as President Trump weighs whether to keep supporting his controversial Environmental Protection Agency chief, senior administration officials said Wednesday.

By successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existencBy successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existencby Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existence.

By uniting all licensed exchanges in the country, the association said it will make efforts to develop comprehensive rules regarding customer protection and internal controls, and will seek compliance from member companies.

By the time Pope Benedict XVI addressed the U.N. General Assembly on the sixtieth anniversary of the UDHR in 2008, opportunistic uses of human rights were in full swing, prompting the pope to announce, «Efforts need to be redoubled in the face of pressure to reinterpret the foundations of the Declaration and to compromise its inner unity so as to facilitate a move away from the protection of human dignity towards the satisfaction of simple interests, often particular interests.»

Past efforts to strike trade agreements have been stymied by the EU's generous protections for its farmers.

They are increasingly taking action through civil litigation, complaints and petitions to state institutions — efforts aided by environmental NGOs, the media, and the effect of mass protest.Academic studies have drawn attention to the role the media, ENGOs and civil litigation as potential forces in aiding environmental protection implementation.

In parallel with continuing efforts to open the Chinese economy, these restrictions on investment protection were gradually lifted, and by the time China entered the WTO, any newly negotiated BITs by and large resembled the format used by a broad number of countries in the world.

Any effort to greatly undo the protection of individual rights codified by the Constitution would require actions in accordance with Article V of the same, violent over throw of the government, or the willful surrender and abdication of individual freedoms by the populace.

Judith Enck, a former regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who is working with Bennington College on the informal survey, welcomed the additional efforts by the state and characterized the timing of the agency's announcement on Tuesday as «curious.»

«They also discussed the risk posed by firearms, agreeing that our existing tough firearms laws are a very important part of the protections we have and that we should step up our efforts with other countries to crack down on the illegal smuggling of weapons across borders,» the Downing Street spokesman said.

The British effort comes despite an outspoken attack on the PNR system by the European Data Protection Supervisor, an independent body tasked with protecting privacy in the EU.

That was one of more than a half - dozen press releases and clips forwarded by both the NRSC and the Republican National Committee Thursday in an effort to keep the focus on White House incumbent protection efforts.

Lawyers representing 11 artists argued in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Thursday that an effort by the Bloomberg administration to slash the number of artists in parks by more than half violated the First Amendment's free - speech protections.

That legislation, which is sponsored by Majority Leader Catherine Borgia, an Ossining Democrat, aims to stem the tide of recent efforts by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, and Customs and Border Protection, CBP, to detain and transfer an individual for immigration and investigation purposes.

effort by the Mahama - led administration to be harmed physically, which explains why it is appropriate for the NPP to seek whatever means to establish a ring of protection around him.

As released by the attorney general's civil rights bureau, the policies outline the limits local law enforcement can participate in federal immigrant enforcement efforts, including refusing to enact non-judicial warrants in civil cases, denying requests by federal officials in holding people longer than 48 hours and limits on the access Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border protection officers can have with those currently in custoy.

Trump plans on slashing the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by a quarter — targeting enforcement, grants for toxic cleanup efforts, as well as air and water protectionProtection Agency by a quarter — targeting enforcement, grants for toxic cleanup efforts, as well as air and water protectionprotection programs.

Katz and his allies — including elected officials such as then - State Senator Paterson — hung tough against Republican efforts to weaken the bill by excluding gay men and lesbians from protection.

The press conference, organized by the Empire State Pride Agenda, and featuring several out gay members of the City Council as well as City Comptroller Scott Stringer, highlighted what have become familiar benchmarks in the long - stalled effort to win statewide civil rights protections for transgender and other gender - nonconforming New Yorkers.

Nana Oye Lithur has also been talking about efforts by the Gender and Social Protection Ministry to address issues about struggles of marginalized groups.

Discussions pertaining to farming, food production, and efforts to plan for agriculture in Erie County will be led by Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning and American Farmland Trust.

A project of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, the Ithaca 2030 District is part of a larger effort in Tompkins County to reduce our regional greenhouse gas emissions 80 % by 2050.

«As I said when I received Amina Ali Nkeki, the rescued Chibok girl, our determination and commitment to the protection of our Children is unshaken, this Government is resolute in our efforts at rescuing all the missing Chibok Girls, the recent rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki and Sarah Luka by our gallant Soldiers and the Civilian JTF is a testimony to our unwavering resolve at defeating Boko Haram terrorists.

FreshDirect was named winner of the 2015 Northeast Diesel Collaborative (NEDC) Breathe Easy Leadership Award by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its efforts to significantly reduce diesel emissions and promote clean transportation in the Northeast.

FREDONIA - A local professor who spearheaded the effort to ban the sale of products containing microbeads is one of six New Yorkers being recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Central New York's other House member, Rep. John Katko, has opposed efforts by Republicans to end the DACA program, saying he sees no reason «to retroactively punish those who have already come forward under the protection granted by the president.»

The graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who is currently in the United States, is making efforts to gain official recognition of her work by the White House, with the aim of securing its protection as well as strategic placement for public views.

While calling on all stakeholders in the education sector to double their efforts to achieve government desire for success in the sector, she urged members and leaders of various Community Development Associations (CDAs) to join hands and support government initiatives by ensuring adequate protection for schools infrastructure in their areas so that government huge investment in education will not be a waste.

«All three of the researchers said pretty much the same thing,» Landers said, explaining that while no one wants the turtles to die, protection efforts are based on whether the population — which in this case is threatened but recovering — will be affected by a certain number of deaths caused by operations such as harbor dredging.

As one of the founding members of the Coalition, the Association of American Geographers contributed greatly to the formation of the Coalition during the months preceding its formal launch, and AAG representatives participated throughout the event... The AAG continues to support the Coalition, which is led by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), by fostering scholarly discourse on how geography and geographers can contribute to the protection of human rights and by helping to disseminate information and resources critical to this effort, among other activities.»

According to a review of these efforts published by Mrs. Elizabeth Britton in the American Museum Journal, some of the plants that stand in most urgent need of protection are now nearly extinct in many parts of the country where they were once common.

In addition to a business - as - usual scenario, the team ran its simulations under two mitigation scenarios, previously proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in which efforts are made to mitigate global warming to 2 and 3 degrees Celsius, relative to pre-industrial times.

Aldy says that the current effort by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate a power plant's production of carbon could be potentially more costly than his proposal.

A number of suits challenge the nascent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) effort to reduce greenhouse emissions, but the agency has actually been prodded into action by lawyers from states and environmental groups from the other side.

The unprecedented effort, logistically supported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and funded by the National Science Foundation, USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, required the assistance of numerous personnel, multiple helicopters and deployment of the U.S. Coast Guard ice - breaker, the Polar Sea.

Intensify conservation efforts in the large landscapes required for snow leopard survival by identifying and designating critical habitats of key snow leopard populations as no - go areas for destructive land uses, maintaining their integrity and connectivity through natural corridors, and strengthening their protection on the ground.

Most also recognize that such global agreements are the most difficult to come by, and that local protection strategies and efforts to reduce stressors on corals and marine life are important steps in at least staving off the impacts of ocean acidification and global warming.

These combined efforts lead to the development of an information paper presented by the United States to the International Maritime Organization (IMO)(see: MEPC 57 - 20) and subsequently to a proposal for a formal IMO correspondence group within the Marine Environment Protection Committee (see: MEPC 58 - 19).

«While ASHG applauds efforts to improve employee wellness, employee protections against genetic discrimination established by GINA must not be sacrificed to achieve this,» said Dr. Cox.

Their search for protection proves futile, until Jacob, dulled by an opium addiction but still deadly, joins the effort.

The Washington - based advocacy organization cites a range of what it perceives as offenses related to education, such as efforts by the Bush administration to zero out funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act and to «weaken Title IX protections for female athletes,» and its failure to investigate the exclusion of females from certain education programs.

You can help support this effort by organizing one or more activities in your community to raise awareness of the need for these important protections for students of color during the week of Friday, March 16th through Thursday, March 22nd.

The National Automobile Dealers Assn. warns consumers will be ill - served by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's efforts to prod lenders to end the interest - rate compensations.

On the north side, by the infamous levee, University of Colorado students have built a viewing platform looking out on the Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle, the marsh that once afforded this area storm protection and perhaps will again if wetland - restoration efforts succeed.