Sentences with phrase «public concern about»

This inquiry was the result of growing concerns from separated fathers wanting more day - to - day care of their children and ongoing public concern about aspects of the scheme.

Earlier this month, as the inauguration of President Trump loomed, the Commission was already signalling public concern about the U.S.» response to questions it sent following the Yahoo email scanning scandal — after news broke last fall the company had built a custom scanning tool at the behest of U.S. intelligence agencies to enable real - time keyword scanning of the incoming email of all Yahoo users.

Earlier this month the French president, Emmanuel Macron — who in recent months has also expressed public concern about Russian disinformation — announced plans to introduce an anti-fake news election law to place restrictions on social media during election periods.

At the same time, the large number of comments from individuals and groups representing individuals demonstrate the deep public concern about the need to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information.

At the same time, there is increasing public concern about loss of privacy generally, and health privacy in particular.

Public concern about bank charges prompted thousands of consumers to issue claims in the county courts for refunds of charges imposed and to lodge complaints with the Financial Ombudsman Service.

In a special NLJ report, Michael Zander reflects on public concern about the use & governance of facial images

These tried to deal with public concern about fraud.

These measures clearly reflected growing public concern about animal mistreatment.

Smith v. Inco, 2011 ONCA 628, was a class action by thousands of Port Colborne residents who alleged loss in property value due to public concern about potential health risks from nickel contamination on their property.

The trial judge had ruled that all nickel from Inco's refinery in the soil became a nuisance if public concern about potential harm adversely impacted the properties» market values years later.

The Court conceded that its decision would increase the risk of liability for indirect infringement claims amid public concern about perceived abuses of the patent system, including infringement actions by patent - assertion entities and deceptive patent demand letters.

The social and economic impacts of the event, combined with the public concern about prospects for more such events in the future, demanded a scientific assessment of its underlying causes.

For example, the U.S. ratified the Montreal Protocol when there was much less public concern about ozone depletion.

Such reports have raised public concern about wind turbine exposure.

It should not be surprising if various fraudsters attempt to cash in on the growing public concern about global warming with various bogus (and profitable) schemes to address it.

At a time of mounting public concern about climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels, the world fossil fuel industry is still being subsidized by taxpayers at more than $ 210 billion per year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public concern about global warming is evident across all age groups in the U.S., with majorities of younger and older Americans saying they worry about the problem a great deal or fair amount.

A new national survey on public responses to climate change finds that public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008.

It contributed to an overall drop in public concern about climate change and a significant loss of trust in scientists.

By questioning the science on global warming, these environmentalists say, groups like the Global Climate Coalition were able to sow enough doubt to blunt public concern about a consequential issue and delay government action.

This was the case, until recently, with regard to public concern about the existence of a «secret large - scale atmospheric program» (SLAP)-- a concern shared by as much as 17 % of the adult population in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Mercer et al 2011).

The U.S. ranks lower than other countries in public concern about global warming and the results are stratified: among Republicans, the party more fully dedicated to the interests of wealth and corporate power, it ranks far lower than the global norm.

A recent Pew Center poll shows public concern about global warming continues very low and even declining slightly.

This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the factors affecting U.S. public concern about the threat of climate change between January 2002 and December 2010.

EEI rejected a publicity campaign and relied upon their expertise, which was lobbying, to raise public concern about a proposed «carbon tax,» or cap - and - trade law.

Analysts say this is the first time Beijing has put a ban on the opening of new mines: the move has been prompted both by falling demand for coal as a result of a slowing economy and by increasing public concern about hazardous levels of pollution, which have blanketed many cities across the country over recent months.

Despite rising public concern about global warming and a growing awareness that coal is an irrevocably dirty business, the industry is spending millions of dollars on a slick messaging campaign stressing its «commitment to clean.»

With public concern about climate and energy waning, we need someone who can explain the science in a way that's both clear and informative and politically neutral.

Serious droughts and other unusual weather since 1972 increase scientific and public concern about climate change, with cooling from aerosols suspected to be as likely as warming; journalists talk of ice age.

An Angus Reid poll showed a decline in public concern about global warming in 2008.

They're particularly frustrated at the prospect of having to reframe the basic carbon - cutting goal precisely at a moment when they sense rising public concern about climate change, and in the lead - up to a big international climate conference next year in Paris, at which they're crossing their fingers that global diplomats will agree on a newly stringent carbon crackdown.

The programme ended in 1969 following evidence of DDT resistance in mosquitoes and increased public concern about adverse health and environmental effects.

I know that you generally like to cite Ted and Michael — but I'm still puzzled by your tweeting of their article with the quote «Efforts to raise public concern about climate change by linking it to natural disasters will backfire.»

That's not surprising given that these animals have become the latest icon in efforts to boost public concern about climate change.

To date, public concern about global warming has been well, lukewarm.

For years, researchers worried about the lack of public concern over global warming, or overinflated public concern about, say, the perils of vaccination, have bemoaned the lack of public understanding of basic science.

So far, the political pressure to produce domestic oil in a hurry has trumped public concern about the environmental cost of flaring, which includes local air pollution but mainly comes through the heat - trapping influence of the carbon dioxide produced when the gas is burned.

But of all the fresh considerations of Carson's work, there's one that stands out for me at the moment — a recent paper by two researchers of rhetoric and writing who dug in on «Silent Spring» drafts, notes and revisions and found that Carson had a remarkable and rare trait for someone so committed to raising public concern about a pressing environmental issue.

Permit me to challenge two things; your simplistic description of the risk perception psychology that explains why the public doesn't seem to care about such a huge threat, and more profoundly, the naive belief that public concern about climate change can make much difference.

Importantly, Gallup's annual March update on the environment shows a drop in public concern about global warming across several different measures, suggesting that the global warming message may have lost some footing with Americans over the past year.

In the current political climate, we who care about games can make a difference, but we must acknowledge and address genuine public concern about games that make killing feel like fun.

«There is a lot of public concern about dog attacks, including the recent tragic deaths of young children, and about the rise in the number of so - called?

While both the district and SPCA receive complaints about problem dogs of all breeds, there is significant public concern about pit bulls, in particular.

In response to the growing public concern about the Common Core, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, and the inappropriate and unfair use of standardized test scores when evaluating Connecticut's public school teachers, a growing number of state representatives and state senators are stepping forward and introducing legislation that would stop, or at least slow down, the damaging Corporate Education Reform Industry's agenda that is undermining public education in Connecticut.

The defeat of two high - profile charter initiatives at the ballot box on Tuesday signals a growing public concern about the impacts, and rapid proliferation of charter schools across the country.

This shift in orientation occurred for diverse reasons, including growing public concern about the level of violence and disorder in public schools, the changed political climate following the end of the Vietnam era, and a pattern of increasingly conservative judicial appointments during the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush administrations.

Higher education will be front and center in 2017, as Congress turns to the overdue reauthorization of the Higher Education Act amid elevated public concern about rising college prices and student debt.

Coming at a time of wide public concern about the state of education, the NCLB legislation set in place requirements that...

«There has been a lot of public concern about sexting practices, but there hasn't been enough research examining whether these concerns are justified, examining how people perceive and experience the relative costs and benefits of sexting,» said study leader Justin Garcia.