Sentences with phrase «supported by political agendas»

«I don't see a lot of the green initiatives that are being talked about being supported by scientific data, but more supported by political agendas.»»

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There are already plenty of examples of wealthy individuals attempting to advance their political agendas by supporting unaccountable lobby groups, as was the case with Calgary's infamous Sprawl Cabal «s plans to throw more than $ 1 million behind Preston Manning «s «Municipal Governance Initiative,» and the anonymous donors behind the shady «St. Albert Think Tank.»

The call features the voice of Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, who surprised political observers last week by declaring his strong support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plans and announced a campaign of callers, mailers and, if money allows, even TV ads to support the Democratic governor's agenda.

This group of legislators is very pro-tenant and not necessarily known for its enthusiastic support of New York City real estate development... The assumption that each and every political donation is made solely to further a business agenda is unsupported by the facts.»

Much of that international support resulted from the attractive political agenda mapped out by the NTC.

Those are the words used to describe tea party Republicans in a new TV commercial by Organizing for America, the non-profit political organization formed from President Barack Obama's re-election campaign that supports the president's agenda.

Political films tend to be driven by a simplistic point, one that almost always supports a liberal or conservative agenda.

Each state will be led by a coalition of key public and private sector leaders committed to mobilizing and sustaining political and financial support for the agenda and addressing legislative or regulatory barriers that inhibit progress.

«The NCTQ report is intended to support a specific political agenda that seeks to label teacher preparation and the teaching profession as failed enterprises that should be taken over by the corporate, for - profit sector of our society,» three faculty members from Wisconsin universities wrote in an op - ed that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel shortly before the report was released.

According to Revkin, the Big Government piece is a classic example of what could be called «single - study syndrome,» which tends to turn up whenever a political agenda is threatened or supported by a specific line of scientific inquiry.

I mean, one of the things that I've tried to do over these last four years and will continue to do over the next four years is to make sure that we are promoting the integrity of our scientific process; that not just in the physical and life sciences, but also in fields like psychology and anthropology and economics and political science — all of which are sciences because scholars develop and test hypotheses and subject them to peer review — but in all the sciences, we've got to make sure that we are supporting the idea that they're not subject to politics, that they're not skewed by an agenda, that, as I said before, we make sure that we go where the evidence leads us.

And by the way, why should a government that does not agree with the «consensus» political agenda, continue funding post modern «science,» the express purpose of which is to provide PR support for that agenda?

It is built on the false science created by the IPCC to support the political objective of Agenda 21.

What has been proven is the human capacity to allow simple - minded passion to politicize power structures into misleading masses of people towards political agendas supported and well hidden by sloppy science.

To climate - change skeptics, the hockey stick is the most grievous of many illusions fabricated by thousands of conspiring scientists to support an iniquitous political agenda.

However, a long list of technical and political hurdles slowed progress at times, including: the sheer volume of agenda items to consider, reflected in 270 pages of informal notes; the technical complexity of the endeavor, exacerbated by complex interlinkages between various elements of the Rulebook; political sensitivities about achieving a balanced package; the need to ensure that developing countries receive predictable and adequate financial and technical support; and issues around how countries can improve both their climate actions and information in their progress reports.

«Agency shop» arrangements violate educators» First Amendment guarantee to free speech and free association by forcing public school teachers to support powerful teachers» union efforts to advance their political agenda through collective bargaining.