Sentences with phrase «strong federal action»

In the absence of strong federal action on climate change, many states have developed their own climate and energy policies.

What American history has long ago shown is that without strong federal action, state governments rarely do the right thing by poor and minority children.

Not exact matches

This federal policy reversal will be discouraging to many, particularly since conventional wisdom suggests that American action on climate change is a necessary predicate to strong action by China and India.

John Williams, the president and CEO of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, will speak on Monday, and Cramer is curious to see if Friday's strong employment number will be translated in to action.

Sure the proposed federal action plan employs strong language to suggest that in the absence of effective habitat protection by Alberta, the federal government may exercise its SARA powers to apply the federal legislation onto provincial lands.

Meanwhile, the U.S. rebounded from its first quarter downturn, and this economic performance combined with Federal Reserve actions inspired a strong rally in the dollar.

He writes that if the the league doesn't start voluntarily paying corporate income taxes, state officials should take action themselves considering that calls on the federal level have met strong resistance.

Governor Schwarzenegger was also clear what he thought about Washington on the issue of climate change, telling reporters: «California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming.

«We support this and other legislation that will further strengthen the strongest gun safety laws in the country, but as the governor said, to most effectively curb gun violence we need federal action and the lack of federal action on this is alarming,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.

After the failure of federal climate legislation in Congress this year, the fate of California's law was viewed as a US turning point — either away from addressing global warming or toward stronger action to curb greenhouse gases.

As governors and state legislators gear up for a new year of budget action and policymaking, the federal Race to the Top competition is helping to drive a flurry of measures nationwide aimed, at least in part, at making states stronger candidates for a slice of the $ 4 billion in education grants.

As Evers indicated, a major motivator for education leaders to get moving themselves is the coming session of the Wisconsin Legislature, which is almost sure to include calls for action on teacher quality, or the growing possibility of strong requirements imposed from the federal level.

Federal policy should prioritize strong requirements and targeted support that not only identifies chronically failing schools, but also empowers states and districts to take meaningful action to turn those schools around.

The $ 300,000 NEA and AFT gave to Al Sharpton's National Action Network in 2014 - 2015, for example, hasn't stopped the controversial civil rights activist from being a strong supporter for expanding public charter schools, while outfits such as the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights have sparred with the Big Two over federal accountability rules contained over the now - abolished No Child Left Behind Act.

I. Lead by example through strong action at home and abroad: Making significant progress in combating climate change through domestic actions within the Department and at the federal, regional, and local level.

In that press release the EPA touted the revival as a demonstration of «the Obama administration's dedicating to ensuring all Americans have strong federal protection from environmental and health hazards... This historic gathering marks a recommitment to advancing the mandate of Executive Order 12898, «Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations,» which states that each agency, with the law as its guide, should make environmental justice part of its mission.federal protection from environmental and health hazards... This historic gathering marks a recommitment to advancing the mandate of Executive Order 12898, «Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations,» which states that each agency, with the law as its guide, should make environmental justice part of its mission.Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations,» which states that each agency, with the law as its guide, should make environmental justice part of its mission.»

While the majority of Americans want stronger U.S. action on climate change, policies at the state and federal level continue to underwrite the ongoing exploration and production of fossil fuels.

Juanita Constible works with partners to advocate for strong federal and state action to cut carbon pollution and protect communities from the health effects of climate change.

Many cities, in this country and abroad, already have strong local policies and programs in place to reduce global warming pollution, but more action is needed at the local, state, and federal levels to meet the challenge.

This is another example of the strong leadership on climate action that we've seen from US states over the past few months, despite the position of the federal government.

The president's climate action plan is the federal start button, and its test will be the administration's willingness to finalize strong standards to limit carbon pollution from new and existing power plants.

Bayer's strongest argument in the Supreme Court's eyes was the policy argument that if federal courts do not enforce their judgments denying certification, serial relitigation of class certification will result, and defendants will be forced to settle class actions.

Even in jurisdictions with strong and effective regulatory systems, evidence that particular conduct threatens federal priorities will subject that person or entity to federal enforcement action.

Circuit Judge Reyna, writing for the majority, noted that a strong presumption exists that administrative actions are subject to federal court review under the Administrative Procedures Act.

Although he did not cite Roncarelli v. Duplessis as submitted in the pleadings, Mosley J. did have some strong words for the actions of the Federal government,