Sentences with phrase «state government wastes»

A new study from the Campaign Finance Institute by Professor Michael Malbin concludes that the cost of running a public financing system in New York State would be roughly $ 40 million, which works out to $ 2 per New Yorker — not a bad trade considering the millions more the state government wastes in handouts to special interests.

Not exact matches

The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council is to fight a directive from the state government ordering it to shut down its waste treatment operations at Canning Vale.

The state government has given New Energy Corporation environmental approval for a $ 184 million waste - to - energy plant proposed for Port Hedland, but the company, and other proponents of similar plants

The state government will focus on improving waste recovery rates from the construction, demolition and industrial sectors to achieve «ambitious» targets in its new waste strategy, but has no plans to

Questions around the safety of recycled construction and demolition waste could derail the state government's plans to reduce landfill.

The state government is examining whether waste - to - energy facilities will adversely affect people's health and recycling habits before evaluating proposals for facilities in Perth and the Pilbara.

«The Liberal government remains busy tinkering with eco fees and tweaking with failed recycling programs while we ship a third of our province's waste — or four million tonnes — to the United States every year,» he said.

It's Harper's first visit to Israel since winning power in 2006, though he wasted little time in shifting his government's Middle East policy towards the Jewish state.

This government waste since 1977 has been a joke... and all of these billions they have spent should have gone back to the States.

The balance of nature, Type II, although commonly stated in a metaphor of two terms, obviously involves many terms such as animals, waste, water, oxygen, algae, industries, governments, conservation groups, etc..

«The campus» short - term goal is to achieve the Governor's «Greening of the State Government» executive order, setting targets for energy and water reductions, attaining zero waste and reducing petroleum consumption.

It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.

A number of state and territory governments have invested in public education campaigns to reduce food waste.

Key players: waste management sector, state and territory governments, private sector, Australian Government.

Local governments operate within the legislative framework of states and territories, and organise waste collection for households and businesses in their local area.

These different goals lead to (or government regulations may even explicitly state) different definitions of what constitutes lost or wasted food.

State and territory governments are primarily responsible for waste legislation and management in Australia.

State and local governments can play an integral role in this effort by developing and implementing food waste prevention campaigns.

The industry committed to work with government and the private sector to help achieve the goal of reducing food waste in the United States by 50 percent over the next 15 years.

According to the report, governments and organizations across Europe, Africa and the United States have taken a number of notable steps over the past year, but — considering the enormous scope of the food loss and waste challenge — much more is needed worldwide.

The U.S. Food Waste Challenge calls on entities across the food chain — farms, agricultural processors, food manufacturers, grocery stores, restaurants, universities, schools, and local governments — to join efforts to reduce and better manage food loss and waste in the United States.

Our hope is to have the U.S. government, in partnership with the many stakeholders in the food system, including producers, manufacturers, retailers, non-profits and food advocacy groups, faith organizations as well as leaders from state, tribal, and local government, join in using the Call to Action as an opportunity to further individual and collective actions on preventing food waste.

As part of the effort, the federal government will lead a new partnership with charitable organizations, faith - based organizations, the private sector and local, state and tribal governments to reduce food loss and waste in order to improve overall food security and conserve our nation's natural resources.

-LSB-...] that the LAUSD experience is indicative of government waste and the «nanny state» (see Bettina Elias Siegel's fine rebuttal).

New York State's government is one gigantic maw that eats more and more money and then spends it on things that we DO N'T need — chief among them waste, corruption, favors for the well - connected, giveaways and incentives for bad behavior.

In the meantime, the council bosses said the 57 LGAs and LCDAs in the State would deploy security personnel and Vigilante to the main streets in their neighborhood to combat the menace, and also deploy more tippers and trucks to complement ongoing efforts to evacuate waste from road medians and in the communities, just as they urged Community Development Associations (CDAs) and the residents in general to team up with government to restore a clean environment across the State.

In a communiqué read at the end of the meeting by the group's Chairman, Hon. Omolara Essien, the council chiefs attributed the uncleared waste in some parts of the State to the transition period, but said it had become necessary to appeal to residents to exercise patience with government, as all hands were on deck to resolve the situation as quick as possible.

It forces the government to cut waste and inefficiency and finally tighten its belt — just like every family in this state has had to do.

ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli yesterday blasted his fellow Democrats for «wasted time» and warned that further delay on the weeks - late budget could devastate schools and local governments.

More recently, the dread of living through another five years while a Conservative / Lib - Dem coalition destroys what's left of our welfare state, or of seeing a Conservative government march alongside Ukip, has made the idea of feeding my conscience seem a selfish reason for casting a wasted vote.

We stand for the Monarchy; traditional marriage; family and community duties; proper pride in our nation's distinctive qualities; quality of life over soulless utility; social responsibility over personal selfishness; social justice as civic duty, not state dependency; compassion for those in need; reducing government waste; lower taxation and deregulation; our ancient liberties against politically correct censorship and a commitment to our democratically elected parliament.»

And invalidated his audits re waste and theft of public money by the state's local governments and school officials.

He has been a loud and frequent critic of Cuomo's development projects in Central New York, and last year called a proposed $ 15 million gondola for the New York State Fair a shameful example of government waste.

The $ 10.5 million energy and agricultural waste management project was funded by local, state and federal taxpayer dollars, including about $ 1.5 million that came directly from Cayuga County government's savings accounts.

Also worthy of commendation is the breakthrough recorded by the government in ridding Enugu metropolis of waste, especially at dump sites to ensure a clean environment, through the taskforce constituted to complement the efforts of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA).

Consequently, many of the local municipalities in Ulster County requested that the Ulster County government assume the responsibility for solid waste management, and the Agency was created by the New York State Legislature pursuant to Chapter 936 of the Public Authorities Law approved December of 1986.

I have proposed a budget that closes our state deficit, and reduces government waste and inefficiency.

The investigation comes after a report from Rep. Darrell Issa's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report detailing alleged waste and abuse within the Medicaid program in New York that found the state is misspending billions of dollars.

«And as at that time, the government of Russia made a statement on the internet that they will not waste time to join in this dream journey and that if Nigeria was serious and the international community wanted the truth that they should see what exactly was happening in the premises of the government of Borno State.

Irked by non payment of their entitlements, workers of the environmental waste management company ZL, Global Alliance Nigeria Limited engaged by the Kaduna state government stormed...

It is our firm view that a government bureaucracy must be big enough to achieve the aims of the governing administration, yet lean enough to not waste the resources of state.

Onondaga County GOP Chairman Tom Dadey is calling for Skelos to resign, so state government can get back to the people's business, instead of what he calls wasting tax dollars and time defending the Long Island Republican.

We must send people with fresh ideas and fresh perspectives to state government to objectively address the rampant corruption, stop wasting taxpayer money, and prioritize the programs that our citizens desperately need, like prevention, treatment and recovery funding to address the growing heroin and opioid epidemic.»

In an effort to cut waste and improve outcomes, the Cuomo administration is petitioning the federal government to allow the state to make changes, including to the rates providers are paid.

Many critics warned for years that waste and abuse in city and state government - the addiction to more - would come back to haunt us.

A similarly wide majority of voters, 60 percent to 29 percent, believe that holding a convention will be too costly and a waste of time, as opposed to a once - a-generation chance to remake state government.

For example, my article alleged that the Akwa Ibom State Government was wasting resources on irrelevances instead of handling basic issues such as payment of salaries of doctors in the sState Government was wasting resources on irrelevances instead of handling basic issues such as payment of salaries of doctors in the statestate.

The cost, the waste, the inefficiency of our 10,500 local governments is still this state's financial albatross and that is what is driving up the cost.

The Senate's Task Force on Government Efficiency, chaired by Bronx pol Jeff Klein, released a report today saying that the state's Department of Transportation wasted $ 210 million in funds, much of it on outsourced work contracts that could have been cheaper if granted to state employees.

State Sen. Dean Skelos wasted no time «badgering» New York's largest political donor about getting his son a job, whining that his adult kid was «struggling and needed help» within weeks of becoming one of the three most powerful men in state government, jurors heard ThurState Sen. Dean Skelos wasted no time «badgering» New York's largest political donor about getting his son a job, whining that his adult kid was «struggling and needed help» within weeks of becoming one of the three most powerful men in state government, jurors heard Thurstate government, jurors heard Thursday.