Sentences with phrase «public concern with»

No one disputes that multiple surveys show a decline in public concern with climate change or that societal / political action appears to have stalled.

You confuse polls Measuring public concern with global warming (which varies according to a great many factors and critically depends on how you phrase the question, as Krosnick has shown)-- with public support for strong climate action.

Much public concern with science is based upon its arrogant intolerance for new insight, total reliance upon evidence and incestuous drive for self - publication.

The growing public concern with climate change and CO2 emissions further increases the pressure for coal plant closures.

In addition, as public concern with genetic technologies such as CRISPR / Cas9 is currently a social issue in Japan, studies using this popular and widely - grown plant may help to educate the public on this topic.

Public concern with environmental degradation could guide much - needed funds into alternative energy research.

He noted the growing public concern with brain injury incurred through sports and warfare.

Electoral Reform Society research published in a new report investigates the nature of public concern with finance in politics.

There was a time about six years ago when public concern with climate change was at an all - time high.

Even the processes of reform of the former one - party dominance proceeded in an orderly fashion and has engendered renewed public concern with corruption and enforcement of legal norms.

April 22, 2015 - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the government's commitment to find solutions to public concerns with police record checks.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

In July, Puerto Rico ignored pressure from the Centers for Disease Control and sided with public concerns about naled's safety when it decided against using the insecticide.

A week of protests over concerns for public safety preceded the spraying, with protesters marching outside city hall and circulating an online petition that gained thousands of signatures.

Empathy Extraordinary leaders praise in public and address problems in private, with a genuine concern.

As a political philosopher who studies how abstract moral notions such as justice apply to political institutions, I am more concerned with the fact that under - counting the undocumented might introduce bias into our public policy.

Most respondents disagreed with the Conservatives that the census is a privacy concern — 55 % of the CEOs said the census should remain mandatory since the resulting data are important for setting public policy.

And all the while, he was more concerned with public perception than the law.

Acumen's Pow is more concerned with Ma's poor job of exploiting public markets.

The rail firm says it «of course takes the concerns expressed by the public seriously, and we will address them in internal discussions to follow,» adding that Jewish organizations have agreed to provide the company with guidance.

Public companies can get concerned about doing business with startups because of uncertain futures.

On Jan. 26, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House counsel Don McGahn to raise concerns about discrepancies between the public accounting and what intelligence officials knew to be true about the contacts based on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.S.

Faced with mounting public concern about pensions, governments across Canada are now rushing to prove they do, in fact, care.

Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.

Rather than trying to keep the threats quiet, the airline company shared just enough information with the general public through Twitter, to help settle everybody's concerns while not compromising the investigation or people's safety.

Federal government is concerned with public, not private, business as it relates to power, money and the stock market.

If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

Chief among them are privacy concerns and the public's ill ease with law enforcement using advanced technology to gather data on their whereabouts.

«We are writing to set out Mr. Whitmarsh's concerns with respect to the manner in which the Public Service Agency's review is being conducted, as well as the damaging public comments that have been made about him recently by the Minister of Health Terry Lake, Premier Christy Clark and others in Government,» wrote Public Service Agency's review is being conducted, as well as the damaging public comments that have been made about him recently by the Minister of Health Terry Lake, Premier Christy Clark and others in Government,» wrote public comments that have been made about him recently by the Minister of Health Terry Lake, Premier Christy Clark and others in Government,» wrote Adams.

A few projects are underway to address the concerns, and the company seems interested in recruiting a chairman who might help things along — during an investor call, executives said they planned to appoint an outsider to the role, one with public company experience, a global perspective, and a focus on products.

In a public letter to the Board circulated last Monday June 24, Zimmer wrote said it was clear he was let go «to avoid addressing my growing concerns with recent board decisions.»

Investor Environmental Health Network is a collaborative partnership of investment managers and nongovernmental organizations concerned about the financial and public health risks associated with corporate toxic chemicals policies.

Concerns with liquidity could cause such public pension funds to reevaluate the appropriateness of alternative investments.

But Harper's interest in public safety is not primarily concerned with meaningful reform.

And last week, the company dealt with concerns regarding the temperament of its chief executive, Travis Kalanick, after a video of him berating an Uber driver became public.

In May, public concern boiled over resulting in a net neutrality rally, with several hundred people on Parliament Hill demanding government action.

On April 26th, Taiwan held its first public hearing concerning blockchain technology and its relationship with money transmission, current regulations, and academic research.

The chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, James Doty, said Wednesday that board member Jeanette Franzel will meet with representatives of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and eight companies on Thursday to discuss concerns about the unintended consequences of the PCAOB inspection process and changes to internal controls reviews.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

Despite significant public concerns regarding the invasive nature of of social media platforms» advertising tools, Facebook provided users with only limited options to control the use of their information for targeted advertising.

Our joint hearing will be a public conversation with the CEO of this powerful and influential company about his vision for addressing problems that have generated significant concern about Facebook's role in our democracy, bad actors using the platform, and user privacy.

Given the lack of coordination with the industry on this very difficult issue, serious concerns will remain until the reproposal is made public.»

As a professional mathematician, I'm very concerned with the general public's lack of mathematical skills.

There were librarians and archivists focused on copyright term extension and digital locks; several doctors spoke to the impact of the TPP on public health and access to medicines, food experts highlighted the dangers associated with food security, environmental activists focused on the TPP and climate change, and speakers of all ages (including a 92 year old woman) expressed concern with the investor - state dispute resolution provisions.

Because of its expertise and ongoing involvement with questions concerning the financial books and records of public companies registered with the SEC, the Office of the Chief Accountant is often called upon to assist in addressing issues that arise in the context of Commission enforcement actions.

«Once you see that that topic is a matter of public concern,» Dietrick said, «the law does not allow a judge or the plaintiff or the subject of the story to come along with a red pen and say, «I didn't really like the way you said it here.

Greenlight discussed its plan privately with GM for a number of months but went public after the board dismissed the plan citing a number of concerns, including valuation uncertainty, the potential to jeopardize GM's investment grade credit rating, a lack of established market demand and governance conflicts associated with a dual - class structure.

Morneau maintains that low - cost financing of public infrastructure through the BoC would be inflationary, but apparently his own plan — an Infrastructure Bank that would reward investors with 7 — 9 % returns and whose costs would be passed on to consumers through tolls, fees, or taxes — does not seem to cause him the same concerns.

Public profiles of professional traders are displayed, along with detailed information concerning their trading styles and results.

«As a result, mobile users started looking at outside «free» solutions, without regard to the concerns IT has with many of these public cloud solutions.»