Sentences with phrase «voluntary controls on»

The U.S. government has opted for voluntary controls on carbon dioxide, but last year the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution calling for mandatory emission limits.

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All of their pet foods and treats are sourced, manufactured, and packaged in the USA, and the company maintains strict quality control standards that include voluntary on - site USDA testing.

In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain, supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.

And with Clear on Calories, America's leading beverage companies have come together through a voluntary commitment to make the calories in their products even more clear and consumer - friendly by putting calorie information at consumers» fingertips at every point of purchase, including containers, company - controlled vending machines and fountain machines.

The statistics for the fair are independently audited by Ernst & Young AG on behalf of the Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe - und Ausstellungszahlen (FKM), a society for the voluntary control of fair and exhibition statistics.

No way: Abbott Laboratories shareholders rejected proposals at the annual meeting for a company policy of voluntary price controls and caps on pharmaceutical products, and the cessation of providing infant formula products to hospitals.

In opposing the amendment, Department for Education spokesperson Baroness Garden of Frognal said, «At present, any maintained faith school is able to select up to 100 per cent of its pupils based on faith, subject to being oversubscribed... We want to ensure parity across faith schools in the maintained and academy sector... The noble Baroness's amendment would remove that flexibility for voluntary controlled schools that have converted to become academies, fixing their admissions arrangements to those that existed on the point of conversion.

In a statement Labour - controlled Greenwich Council admitted they «on occasion use casuals on a sessional basis» but insisted that «these casual workers are under no obligation to accept the hours offered; this is an entirely voluntary arrangement and there are no restrictions on them having employment with other employers».

We share his vision of a UK with full, democratic control of its affairs, and a relationship with Europe based on free trade and voluntary co-operation.

MoveOn also responded to electrical blackouts and skyrocketing energy costs in California by calling for cost controls on electricity utility companies, organizing a nationwide «roll your own energy blackout» - a voluntary, three - hour electricity - free evening on June 21, in which more than 10,000 participants turned out lights and unplugged TVs and other appliances to protest Bush's energy plan.

In Hamburg, I had served on a committee of voluntary citizens — appointed by the local parliament — that controls and advises Hamburg's environmental ministry.

Many ultimately regained voluntary control of their leg muscles, standing up and even walking on their own.

Other activities, such as chewing, are susceptible to voluntary control but normally run on automatic pilot.

As a result, at least nine states, including California, Maine and Maryland, have implemented their own controls on the proper handling of e-waste, and the electronics industry has voluntary guidelines to reduce it.

«Our future field studies will focus on voluntary commitment devices in other health behaviors, such as gym exercise and smoking cessation, which can work in large - scale incentive programs and help people maintain self - control on an ongoing basis.»

Baroness Cumberlege, the junior health minister, tells me that her department recognises that passive smoking is a health risk and has attempted to encourage employers, on a voluntary basis, to develop and implement policies to control smoking so that those who wish to can work in a smoke - free environment.

Whereas there has been extensive work on the neural mechanisms that subserve voluntary limb movement, comparatively little is known about how the motor system modulates the mechanical properties of the limb through the neural control of limb stiffness.

Taking serovital definitely has benefited me in body composition like fat verses muscle mass, decrease abdominal fatty tissue, better sleep pattern, higher energy level, better muscle control voluntary and involuntarily and it does reverse a few normal aging signs on skin, nails and hair.

That distinction mimics DeVos's account on her web site, where she reiterates her support for high standards, accountability, and local control, noting, «When Governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.»

CCSSI emphasizes that state participation remains voluntary, that local educators will retain control over instructional materials, and that the federal government will not gain access to information on individual students.

Students in the study were in the third grade as of spring 2013 and enrolled in a public school in one of five urban districts: Boston; Dallas; Duval County, Fla.; Pittsburgh; or Rochester, N.Y. Researchers used a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of district - run voluntary summer programs on student achievement and social and emotional skills in the fall after the students participated in the summer program.

But there is concern about the impact of academisation on the 2,200 voluntary - controlled (VC) CofE schools.

The previous year, Dad had borrowed a 109 - inch - wheelbase wagon from Rover so we could go to Wheeling, West Virginia, where the Wheeling Steel Company feted him grandly and presented us with a half ton of steel (still in Dad's backyard, with his name inscribed on it) after he'd celebrated the Lilliputian steelmaker's capitalist spirit in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post for its uplifting refusal to comply with President Kennedy's voluntary price controls.

The Prevention of Animal Homelessness & Cruelty Fund is one of the voluntary contribution funds available to taxpayers on the California Income Tax Returns (540, 540 2EZ, 540 NR, and 541, Schedule C) and provides grants to animal care and control agencies, SPCAs, and humane societies for the following:

The upscale resort has its own pest control for vermin, of course, but now and again a cat may help out on a voluntary basis.

(or one of the kinder, more compassionate solutions anyway) Beyond the obvious religious implications inherent in a discussion like this, what would be the scientific, pragmatic, emergency related mandate on curbing human population outside of voluntary birth control?

The company has met its commitments to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the voluntary mechanism for controlling the practices of the industry, a year ahead of time.

Holland emphasized the need to control all forms of pollution through regulatory action, noting that «a problem of such size, complexity and importance can not be dealt with on a voluntary basis.»

The voluntary measures put on the table at Paris by over 100 nations are a welcome step, but unless there are strong measures to reduce emissions beyond 2030, global emissions would remain at a high level, practically guaranteeing that young people inherit a climate running out of their control.

Aside from being voluntary, the process is completely centered on the parties, which means it is completely in their control.

(b) Monthly income shall be imputed to an unemployed or underemployed parent if such unemployment or underemployment is found by the court to be voluntary on that parent's part, absent a finding of fact by the court of physical or mental incapacity or other circumstances over which the parent has no control.

This definition emphasizes the importance of more sensitive, responsive, supportive and intellectually stimulating parenting or mature parenting focusing on cognitive, conscious, voluntary control rather than emotional, prompt, involuntary emotional reactivity to environmental stimuli in caregivers.