Sentences with phrase «weaken policy commitments»

Quickly branded «clean coal» the promise of the new technology was increasingly relied on by the world coal industry to weaken policy commitments and spruce up its image.

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Voting against the action was Narayana Kocherlakota, who supported the sixth paragraph, but believed the fifth paragraph weakens the credibility of the Committee's commitment to return inflation to the 2 percent target from below and fosters policy uncertainty that hinders economic activity.

He added that «Slovak energy policy now faces new challenges»: Despite its commendable progress, Slovakia's energy and carbon intensities are higher than in other EU / OECD countries, high import dependency weakens energy security, and EU and international commitments call for more sustained multi-sectoral and coordinated policies.