Sentences with phrase «reduce work effort»

The assumption that SNAP reduces work effort is itself questionable.

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«Frankly saving space and time,» were the most important considerations in the company's efforts to reduce paper use, project manager Kip Kypuros explains, but this «coincidentally works with the industry and national «green» buzz.»

Alex Ferguson, vice-president of policy and performance at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said industry supports ongoing efforts to reduce methane emissions, but that they will take a lot of hard work to accomplish.

Public schools are continually reducing their commitment to art and music classes for students, so you can try to work with the public school system to supplement their efforts in those areas.

But S.Y. Lee, a spokesman for the DHS, told Fortune that the government agency coordinates «national efforts to strengthen the security and resilience of critical infrastructure, working with our federal and industry partners across the country to raise awareness about evolving threats and promote measures to reduce risks to systems we all rely on.»

We acknowledge that, despite making significant strides in the areas under our direct control, there is work to be done to reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain — and Apple has accepted its responsibility to lead that effort.

In the report, Howard Maker, CCTS Commissioner and CEO, singled out Rogers for its focus on customer service, specifically noting, «we applaud Rogers for the time and effort it has invested in working with CCTS to reduce the number of customer interactions that require recourse to CCTS, thus improving the customer experience for its subscribers.

When possible, every effort will be made to reduce disruption to individuals with disabilities using MaRS services or facilities by contacting them and / or arranging alternate meeting / work locations or alternative means of accessing MaRS information.

Armed with information about what you're making or if you're no longer working, they can turn up the heat on efforts to get you to pay or reduce credit lines accordingly.

Today, we continue to work on innovative implementation strategies to help sponsors reduce the operational complexity, burden and risk of glidepath execution, and to help them in their efforts to swiftly lock in funding - ratio gains.

It means celebrating parenthood by making America the most generous country in the developed world when it comes to maternity and paternity leave, not the least generous, and it means working together on efforts to reduce the costs of food, diapers, childcare, pediatrician visits, college tuition, adoption, and resources for special needs children.

Aside from internal efforts to reduce, Alter Eco works closely with PUR Projet and our farmers to plant trees for the amount of CO2 we produce.

We have several teams that work together to continuously improve our efforts on reducing food waste.

It's why we are working with national and local public health organizations on comprehensive efforts to reduce sugar consumption in communities where it's most needed.

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.

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that work will begin in Montgomery and Lowndes Counties on the Balance Calories Community Initiative, a focused effort to help people reduce the calories and sugar they get from beverages.

By working to change behavior within these communities, the initiative aims to help reduce beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20 percent by 2025 — the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to combat obesity.

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that work will begin in Montgomery and Lowndes Counties on the Balance Calories Community Initiative, a focused effort to help people reduce the calories and sugar they get from beverages.

(CLARKSDALE, Miss.)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that work will begin in Coahoma, Panola, Quitman and Tunica Counties on the Balance Calories Community Initiative, a focused effort to help people reduce the calories and sugar they get from beverages.

Düsseldorf, May 12, 2011 — If you talk to people in the packaging industry about their work in sustainable packaging, more than half of them will say their efforts are focused on reducing packaging weight, according to DuPont's survey last month of consumer packaged goods manufacturers and converters.

In the context of policy coherence, the Development Working Group was encouraged to continue its efforts to develop actions to reduce FLW as part of its Implementation Plan for the G20 Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Framework -LSB-...]

Nestlé Waters North America has been working to reduce the amount of net - new plastic in the world by introducing lighter bottles into the market while increasing recycling efforts.

Employees who are essential to ongoing operations and cleaning and repair efforts will continue to work but have their pay reduced.

I am convinced that by working together, we can accelerate efforts and develop effective solutions to help reduce food loss and waste globally.

Advocates for Grant Park said the price of the work and the reduced time that the fountain would be working is worth the effort to restore it.

The Baby Box Company is working with hospitals, community health organizations, and the non-profit Babies Need Boxes Ohio to give away cardboard box beds, for every newborn in the state this year, in an effort to reduce high infant - mortality rates.

By working together, coalitions can conserve resources by reducing duplication and sharing expenses, foster cooperation between diverse sectors, and increase the credibility and often the impact of their efforts.

Last December we got in touch with the folks at Recipe for Success Foundation, in an effort to learn more about their work to reduce childhood obesity.

Theresa May and her cabinet hold fast to a commitment to reduce net immigration numbers and, in an effort to make the approach more politically palatable, present a rigid dichotomy between the dishonest, criminal, «illegal» migrant (a category which usually includes asylum seekers), and the hard working, tax - paying, rule - observing migrant.

«In that spirit, I am writing to you today to open a dialogue that I hope will help us work together to enact much - needed reforms on which the NFIB and the WFP now stand united: Enactment of a property tax and a spending cap, reducing state spending and our job - killing cost of doing business and fighting efforts to increase taxes even further in New York.»

«New York is aggressively working to cut greenhouse emissions and reduce the state's carbon footprint, and with the addition of this new microgrid, the Empire State Plaza will support our ongoing efforts to combat climate change,» Cuomo said in a statement.

I appreciate the efforts of Entergy and Exelon, and the hard work of our team from the state, including the Public Service Commission, the New York Power Authority and NYSERDA to save Fitzpatrick's jobs, significantly reduce greenhouse emissions, and help build a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren.»

Supervisors who had worked with inmates at a Brooklyn prison on efforts to reduce rape have themselves been charged with sexual assault.

Smith, in an interview Tuesday, said he is working with the Board of Elections in an effort to reduce the fines.

Similar and complimentary programs are aligned and working together, reducing costs, red tape and duplicative efforts while increasing the effectiveness of the state's housing and community renewal programs.

It is ordered and affirmed that the Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Environmental Compliance, and the Department of Public Works, through its various divisions and the Director of Energy Development and Management, by December 31, 2017, prepare a report to the undersigned promulgating an initial energy usage plan for Erie County to implement the United States target contribution plan to the Paris Agreement, including, but not limited to, achieving a county - wide target of reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions by twenty - six to twenty - eight percent (26 - 28 %) below its 2005 level in 2025 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by twenty - eight percent (28 %), as it pertains to the production and / or use of greenhouse gases by Erie County.

«Our members working in the state Department of Law have found state Attorney General Cuomo supportive of PEF's efforts to save the taxpayers» money by reducing the state's reliance on costly private consultants.

«We continue to work closely with Borough President Oddo to increase public awareness about Lyme disease, and the administration has begun an extensive effort to reduce the deer population on Staten Island.»

In another effort to reduce tobacco use, students from Tappan Zee High School met with local leaders and lobbied in Albany and their hard work paid off.

Brock LeBaron, deputy director of Utah's Division of Air Quality, which has funded some of the work in the basin and been focusing on reducing ozone pollution there, said that upcoming efforts to improve air quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near future.

In an effort to reduce job instability across the public sector, in March 2012 the French government introduced the Loi Sauvadet, which was supposed to limit how long people can work on short - term contracts by moving them after 6 years to more stable, open - ended contracts.

«Knowing this will allow physicians to identify mothers at risk and to work with them to make lifestyle changes in an effort to help reduce those risks,» says first study author, Dr. Romina Pace, internist and physician - scientist in training at the RI - MUHC.

His time at the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), during which he helped write a four - page brief about international efforts to reduce deforestation ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, was a tremendous learning experience, says Richardson, who is now a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Working together Initiatives that address water availability and access across supply chains are key to sustainability efforts and can reduce the risks to our business.

He claims that preliminary measurements of how muscle groups work in people using his shovel instead of a conventional one show that his design saves a lot of energy: it can, he says, reduce the effort of shifting a truckload of mulch by at least 30 per cent.

«We went on to investigate whether a discard ban in conjunction with different management scenarios would work — such as reducing fishing effort and limiting the amount of fish that can be landed.

... It's kind of exciting,» said Senator Barbara Boxer (D - CA), the chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and an ardent supporter of efforts to reduce U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Borboroglu and the Global Penguin Society are working with the Argentinian government to create a marine sanctuary for Magellanic penguins, an effort Borboroglu hopes will help increase the penguins» food supply and reduce chick deaths.

«As the nation continues to intensify efforts to reduce health disparities, solutions may lie in ensuring adequate resources to nurses working in direct care.»

9/17/2008 Behavioral Intervention Works to Reduce Risky Behavior Intervention almost halves rate of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Mexico - US border cities In an effort to curb the rising rates of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) along the Mexico - US border, a binational t...