Sentences with phrase «robust debate on»

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One need only compare the robust debate on a site such as this to the backslapping which characterises the comments on sites such as CA.

They also argue NE should establish a transparent process for evaluating the various advanced reactor concepts it supports across key performance requirements, in order to enable robust debate on the economic, safety, security and waste implications of various designs.

«The conflict in Lebanon has ignited a robust debate on jihadist Web sites over backing for Hezbollah, the Shiite group that set off the crisis when it seized two Israeli soldiers on July 12.

Not exact matches

With interest and debate on these issues growing, FamilyFarmed is taking the lead in presenting a robust discussion of regenerative and organic agriculture on Friday, March 23.

«We have had robust debate in the House on several occasions, but it has frequently been the case in my constituency, after I won it from the nationalists, that they have attempted to shout me down.»

«The independence debate has been robust but overwhelmingly good - natured and it would prove a disservice to those who have participated in it thus far to suggest that with 17 days to go, Scotland is about to disintegrate into absolute carnage on the back of making the most important decision in the country's history.

«The people of NY deserve a robust, detailed debate on the issues that matter most,» Smith said in a tweet.

«Make no mistake, Senate Democrats will not simply allow but require an exhaustive, robust, and comprehensive debate on Judge Gorsuch's fitness to be a Supreme Court justice.»

«I welcome a robust debate this fall on the pressing issues and challenges facing New Yorkers and the nation.

«I welcome a robust debate in Congress on this issue, and I welcome scrutiny of the details of this agreement,» U.S. President Barack Obama said today.

All of the reports on genome editing call for robust public debate, but the simple fact is that embryo research has proven highly divisive and resistant to consensus, and it is far from clear how to know when there is enough thoughtful deliberation to make policy choices.

The purpose of our publications is to present scientifically robust knowledge in a form accessible to any reader, and thus to serve all those who wish to engage actively and knowledgably in debate on the issues surrounding marine science.

There needs to be discussion, debate and robust research about interventions in education to make sure we're focusing on things that we know work.

While we didn't get the legislation we wanted this time around, the robust debate and tireless work of our Democratic champions on Senate Bills 187 and 188 has brought this important topic to the forefront like never before.

As a simple report on the charter community, the data won't settle any debates over demographics, backfilling, or network vs. independent charter school performance, but it does help paint the picture of NYC's robust charter sector.

What lags what might seem like a good debate to have and one that has to be answered to as the skeptics for good scientists to set up sites like this to argue the cause but come on the evidence is clear, it is not the SUN that has caused the current warming and we have a perfectly robust argument for stating that it is greenhouse gases (all of which has increased).

Unfortunately, some organizations like the Center for Biological Diversity have weaponized the ESA in order to manipulate the debate on energy policy and climate change by petitioning the courts to designate perfectly robust species as endangered or threatened from future climate change.

In a speech on the Senate floor this past June, he said, «Climate change is one of two or three of the most serious threats our country now faces, if not the most serious, and the silence that has enveloped a once robust debate is staggering for its irresponsibility.»

In an interview with Time Magazine last week, Pruitt said he planned to model his red - team, blue - team debate on Cold War - era discussions of the Soviet nuclear threat and suggested that he believed his agency did not «engage in a robust, meaningful discussion» about the threat posed by carbon dioxide before adopting the endangerment finding.

The journal also welcomes analyses of practical applications of environmental, energy technology, regional, and urban policies, as well as theoretically robust discussions of common arguments that appear throughout debates on environment and energy policy, either in the scholarly literature or in the broader civic sphere.

For real blood and guts debate on AGW, you now need the Telegraph where the «robust» Mr Delingpole wields his sword of ridicule with characteristic panache.

Michael Mann claims that Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn have made «provably false» statements that a jury would be capable of objectively verifying without intruding on free and robust political debate.

Andrew Montford's observation comes in response to an article by Gavin Schmidt, in which he apparently shows more reflection on the problems of science and advocacy than I would have expected, given his robust statements about «deniers», and his refusal to debate with more sceptical climate scientists in the past, and his impatience with his scientific critics, to the delight of climate activists.

This can only serve to close down the scientific debate, even though the scientific process is absolutely dependent on that debate, scrutiny of ideas, scepticism and argument to establish robust material truths.

I encourage the bunnies to hop on over and freely engage him in robust debate.

Had the skeptic articles been published (as they ought to have been), the resulting debate would have been more robust and IPCC would have had more to draw on its present assessment dilemma.

That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's decision to ask the Shadow Committee on Climate Change for early advice on the Climate Change Bill to inform the final stages of debate in Parliament; congratulates the Committee and its chair Lord Turner for providing robust advice despite the time pressure; welcomes their recommendation that the United Kingdom should be more ambitious in its target with cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; further welcomes Lord Turner's further statement that this should include all emissions, including aviation and shipping; and urges all parties to support amendments to incorporate these changes in the Climate Change Bill.

«I think the science is what you're pointing to, and we have a robust debate going on in this country, as we should, and those that would say everything is settled sort of undercut the integrity of science.

But then goes on to say «there is indeed a robust, healthy, and respectful debate among scientists when it comes to interpreting data and testing hypotheses».

Over at Idealawg, Stephanie West Allen plays host to a robust debate over whether Generation Y lawyers — or «millennials,» lawyers under 30 — who seek work / life balance to the exclusion of focusing on client needs are unrealistic slackers or serious professionals with different priorities than previous generations.

The «ability to speak one's mind» on the Internet «without the burden of the other party knowing all the facts about one's identity can foster open communication and robust debate.»

Note, for example, his emphasis on the principle that public debate should be «uninhibited, robust, and wideopen,» even though one result might be «vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks» on government and its officials.

Thus, we consider this case against the background of a national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide - open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide - open.

Arguing in favor of the law banning lying is the sad irony that quite often those with their hands on the very levers of democracy, free elections and the right to vote — candidates, their handlers, public and special interest groups — don't trust the public to make the right decision based on an honest and robust debate over the issues, but instead find it incumbent to win by smearing the opposing candidate.

While at the time of writing, these reforms were yet to be considered by the Senate or House of Representatives, the Reform Bill has encouraged debate on native title reform and put pressure on the Australian Government to consider more robust changes than it may ordinarily have pursued.