Sentences with phrase «public policy disaster»

It's a public policy disaster waiting to happen.

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«This is a disaster of public policy,» said Queens Councilman Barry Grodenchik, one of several legislators who resented that the bill allows stores to keep the extra nickel it requires them to collect, rather than passing the money along to the city.

UFT members throughout the five boroughs participated in events in March and April to push back against City Hall's destructive policies and alert the public that the threatened teacher layoffs are totally unnecessary and would be an educational disaster.

An appearance on BBC2's Newsnight by Chloe Smith, the economic secretary to the Treasury, was widely judged to have been a disaster, leading to accusations on social media of cowardice being levelled at the chancellor for not taking a greater public role in defending the government's latest budget policy reversal.

Yet, her expertise in infectious and zoonotic diseases enables her to support policy addressing public health and agricultural disaster prevention, preparedness and response.

When communication happens regularly among scientists, policymakers, industry and the public, the public's sense of safety increases, and disasters may even be prevented by timely policy interventions, he said.

Douglas Mercado, who received his master's degree in public policy in 2007, is the team leader for the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), which is spearheading the U.S. response to the crisis.

Douglas Mercado, who received his master's degree in public policy in 2007, led the team for the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), which spearheaded the U.S. response to the crisis.

Options can be used as a type of insurance policy to prevent a financial disaster, but the general public is unaware of that.

The reasons include a lack of relevant city policies and action plans; existence of regulations on urban planning and environment which have not been adjusted to manage climate change; slow response to climate disasters due to lack of capacity and resources; and lack of public awareness on climate variability and climate change - induced hazard mitigation.

In the past, some public officials have argued that it is inappropriate to discuss climate change policy in the context of natural disasters.

Pielke warns of a greater public danger than Atlantic storms: «Public discussion of disasters risks being taken over by the climate lobby and its allies, who exploit every extreme event to argue for action on energy policy.&public danger than Atlantic storms: «Public discussion of disasters risks being taken over by the climate lobby and its allies, who exploit every extreme event to argue for action on energy policy.&Public discussion of disasters risks being taken over by the climate lobby and its allies, who exploit every extreme event to argue for action on energy policy.»

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It would be a disaster for elite scientists to capture public policy.

As part of the Recovery Act, this Administration invested $ 4.5 billion in electricity delivery and energy reliability modernization, with total public - private investment amounting to over $ 10 billion To ensure that all Americans benefit from these smart grid investments, the Administration released a policy framework and a series of new initiatives in June 2011 that will empower consumers with tools to better manage their electricity and cut costs, improve the reliability of the electric grid, and help utilities recover from natural disasters faster.

Socio (s): UNDP, UNECE, UNEP, UNESCO, UNHABITAT, UNICEF, WFP, WMO, European Commission, Government of the United States of America, Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, Australian Government, AXIS, Beijing Normal University, CIMNE, Fondazione CIMA, Earth Literacy Program, Florida International University, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, GNS Science, Global Volcano Model, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, INGENIAR, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, International Recovery Platform, Kokusai Kogyo, Ltd., Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NGI, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Save the Children, Stockholm Environment Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of Huddersfield, University of Ghana, Victoria University of Wellington, WAPM, FEWS

Politicians, activists, media stimulating an «availability cascade» — call it what yer will, «grand narrative», «self re-enforcing process of collective belief formation,» — it's «propaganda» - «a deliberate act ter narrow the viewpoints and policy options that we are willing to consider in dealing with complex issues such as public health, weather disasters and national security.»

We need homes, good education, disaster planning, and sound health care policy,» said Julie Mickelberry, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta.

The program includes the usual workforce and health service issues, and also addresses Indigenous health, the arts and health, environmental issues, mental health and racism, the federal policy vacuum in oral health, palliative care, recovery from bushfires and other disasters, and has quite a few presentations around public participation.