Sentences with phrase «providing millions of jobs»
What could these lobbyists and Astroturfers for dirty energy corporations that deny the threat of climate change possibly have to offer in this conversation about how to move towards a clean energy future that will provide millions of jobs and secure our economy?
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«Homeownership helps families build wealth, it strengthens communities, and it provides millions of jobs across America.
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The U.S. Department of Labor projects that by 2020, computing will provide 1.4 million jobs, and only 3 % will be filled by women.
It was Zuckerberg's job in the hearing to provide reassurance in the wake of the news that political data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested information from more than 87 million Facebook users to create voter profiles that were used by Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology and machine learning algorithms, Paysa analyzes millions of data points including jobs, resumes and compensation information, providing professionals with actionable tools, insights, and research.
Glassdoor provides the most transparent look at company culture, work environment, salary and compensation and the interview process thanks to the millions of insights shared by employees, job candidates and employers.
The initial $ 220 million investment in the fiber optic system was funded, in part, by a $ 111.6 million federal grant provided as part of the federal stimulus program in 2010 designed to spur jobs and the development of a smarter electric grid.
At the same time, there will be forces that don't want this adjustment to take place: Asia is far more interested in political stability by providing jobs for millions of workers joining the workforce than to lose sales to the U.S. by letting their currencies appreciate.
In Los Angeles, Goodwill Industries holds a $ 5 million contract with the local Department of Social Services, and has subcontracted with an FBO called Mobilization for the Human Family to provide mentoring for job retention.
Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.
«Agriculture is the lifeblood of many rural and regional communities, with agriculture and affiliated industries providing jobs to around 12 million Australians.
Instead, the program is intended to serve the millions of impoverished American children whose parents can not send them to school with a home - packed lunch for a whole host of possible reasons that never seem to cross Parker's mind: the family's SNAP benefits fail to cover a month's worth of healthful food, in light of today's rising food costs; there is only one parent in the household and he or she works one or more jobs and is not home to pack a lunch; one or both caretakers are drug - addicted, mentally ill, physically disabled or otherwise unable to adequately provide for their children; the family lives in a homeless shelter and lacks access to kitchen facilities; the family lives in a food desert where healthful groceries are scarce, etc. etc..
That is why the United States must lead the world in transforming our energy system away from nuclear power and fossil fuels and towards energy efficiency and renewable energies like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass which will provide safe and clean energy and create millions of good - paying jobs.
Research shows shooting generates # 2 billion for the economy every year, supports the equivalent of 74,000 full - time jobs and is responsible for providing # 250 million for conservation work every year.
The three nuclear reactors in Oswego County provide more than 1,500 high - paying jobs, millions of dollars in property tax payments, and hundreds of millions of dollars in annual economic activity.
It would therefore be reasonable to demand that Labour commits itself to the recommendation of the Nuclear Education Trust, an independent charity promoting information on nuclear weapons that «the Government must provide immediate, sustained and considerable support [including] regeneration funding at the level of # 100 million for every 1,000 jobs lost to the local economy.»
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Astoria) said the U.S. Department of Transportation money would also create 9,213 jobs and provide a $ 585.9 million boost in economic activity.
In addition to the state - provided funds, the legislation would also direct the county Department of Public Works to apply for federal matching grant funding through the Job Access Reverse Commute program, with the goal of receiving more than $ 2 million to cover the cost of the expansion.
«Casino gaming holds the potential to create thousands of new jobs in Upstate New York, while providing millions of dollars to schools and local governments statewide.
Many of the young they are courting would have found employment long before the NDC came into office, particularly as they promised to provide jobs for all of them in the year 2000 and went ahead to register over one million, but failed woefully to give them jobs as they had promised.
Expressly designed to address the needs of and provide opportunities for the next generation of African entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurs in attendance included SMEs supported by UBA Plc, UNCTAD's EMPRETEC Nigeria Foundation and those selected for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP)-- a 10 - year, $ 100 million commitment by the Tony Elumelu Foundation to empower the next generation of Africa's entrepreneurs with businesses that have the potential to generate income and jobs for their nations.
Proponents of the Exit 23 plan say it will create 1,800 permanent jobs and provide millions in revenue.
«Instead of extorting over $ 400 million each year from the highest - taxed people in the country to benefit politically - connected studios, Albany should provide tax relief for real New York businesses and job creators.
As part of the state's broader effort to combat the rise in heroin and opioid addiction, the Family & Children's Association in Mineola will receive nearly $ 2 million to provide education, job training and help with healthcare and insurance for those struggling with addiction.
An internal estimate the company issued on Tuesday suggested that in its first year Uber would provide freelance jobs upstate for 13,000 drivers, who would earn — after the company cut of about 25 percent — about $ 80 million in fares.
Amazon's decision to build a $ 100 million, state - of - the - art fulfillment center in Global Logistics Park, adding more than 2,200 good - paying full - time jobs to the borough, will help transform the West Shore into the Jobs Shore and provide a tremendous boost to the local economy.
'' The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure; passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades, resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle - class New York taxpayers; approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods; and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.»
A rational approach will bring enormous benefits to our country, save billions in wasted expenditure, create thousands of new jobs, cut crime and disorder, provide tremendously safe and effective relief to millions in pain and disability.
The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure, passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers taxpayers, approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods, and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.
A company executive on Tuesday called on state lawmakers to pass regulations allowing Uber to expand throughout the state, saying the move could create thousands of jobs and provide a new alternative to millions of upstate residents.
The Nations Builders Corps was announced as a government initiative in the 2018 budget to provide 100,000 jobs to graduates at a cost of GHc 600 million.
Hector Figueroa, the president of SEIU 32BJ, a union of building services workers, said, «We... applaud Speaker Quinn for negotiating a bill that will give more than a million workers paid sick days and provide hundreds of thousands more with an assurance that they won't have to choose between taking their child to a doctor and losing their job.»
In a statement signed by his Media Assistant, Kayode Adeniyi, the senator representing Ondo North, said appropriate investment in STI will considerably raise the bar of Nigeria's income per capita, provide millions of gainful jobs and drive millions of Nigerians from poverty to prosperity.
on what good record of achievement will he base his re-election on?No security of lives and properties of Nigerians, roads are death traps nationwide, teaching hospitals are mere consulting clinics while president Jonathan failed to provide any employment generating initiative to give jobs to millions of unemployed graduates and youths.
«Corals provide habitat to support fisheries that feed millions of people; generate jobs and income to local economies through recreation, tourism and fisheries; and protect coastlines from storms and erosion,» said NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco in a statement from the agency.
But most of the drop in Chinese fertility occurred before that coercive policy went into effect in 1979, as the government brought women by the millions into farm and industry collectives and provided them with the family planning they needed to stay on the job.
The wind project, known as Shepherds Flat, will provide 400 jobs, 845 megawatts of power and avoid emissions of 1.2 million tons of carbon annually.
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The passage of the Second Chance Act of 2008 signaled this about - face, granting $ 165 million per year to help state and local governments and community groups provide education, drug treatment, housing, jobs, and counseling.
The natural resources support industries in Louisiana and millions of jobs nationwide, provide hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat and winter habitat for more than five million migratory waterfowl, and are the primary nursery for the food chain supplying the entire Caribbean Basin.
Two days after this year's votes were counted, Virginia's 1997 race for governor seemed to begin in earnest, when James S. Gilmore III, the state attorney general and the early Republican favorite for the top job, proposed a plan to provide millions of dollars in college scholarships to high school students.
While some lawmakers say the 2014 budget that just passed provides enough funding to preserve teacher assistants» jobs, local school districts are reporting otherwise — hundreds of teacher assistant positions are being eliminated this fall thanks to a budgetary maneuver that siphons $ 105 million out of the TA funding stream that lawmakers previously budgeted for during the 2013 legislative session.
Local school districts would only have access to a portion of those funds once again were they move them back into the TA fund — unless a formula funding fix were provided by lawmakers, allowing them to access all $ 85 million and preserve all teacher assistant jobs.
«The world of high finance provides a thrilling setting for Hemphill's fine debut about survival in a cutthroat business where millions of dollars are at stake and the wrong comment can cost you your job.»
Provide a good base healthcare and it will promote entrepreneaurs to give it a go, will keep the poorer parts of society more fit to find jobs and work and a million other benefits... That is my take on the healthcare aspect.
Today Belize's fishing industry is a major productive sector of the economy, contributing US$ 10.7 million annually in revenue from seafood exports and providing jobs and other benefits for an estimated 15,000 Belizeans.
Now, these new initiatives will dramatically reduce emissions from New York City's over one million buildings, while saving New Yorkers millions and creating thousands of new jobs — and we'll be providing owners support throughout the process.»
Comprised of nearly one - quarter of the country's state legislators and stakeholders from across the policy spectrum, ALEC members represent more than 60 million Americans and provide jobs to more than 30 million people in the United States.»
«This long - term extension of the solar tax credits will create a domestic solar industry with hundreds of thousands of jobs while providing clean, affordable, carbon - free energy to millions of American families, businesses, and communities,» said Resch.