Sentences with phrase «years political climate»

The recent years political climate stands as testament to that.

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Probably, in the last year, this has emerged more so than ever because of the political climate.

The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

More worrisome is the political climate under President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, who continues to crack down on criticism nearly two years after the Gezi Park protests.

Instead, he said he believed that because of its tumultuous political climate, «Ukraine was targeted by bad actors who are using it as a cyberweapon testing ground over the past couple of years.»

Add in the Russian ads baiting us on hot - button topics, and we wind up with the kind of political climate we've all been living in for the past year or more.

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While many of its spending cuts are more aggressive than the political climate is likely to allow, the RSC deserves great credit for putting out a budget in a year where no official budget has yet been put forward by the House or Senate Budget Committees.

Neither the unprecedented political climate in the U.S. nor heightened tensions with North Korea have dented consumer and investor confidence for long this year.

MoneyShow Las Vegas — May 15 - 18, 2017 From May 15th to 18th, John Mousseau of Cumberland Advisors will join the nation's top financial minds at The MoneyShow Las Vegas where they'll discuss the economy, the markets, and how the changing political climate will impact them in the coming year.

Investors have filed a record number of shareholder proposals on ESG issues this year, with a focus on climate change and corporate political activity, according to the As You Sow shareholder advocacy group.

Like popular movements of the past, Trumpism was made possible by a political climate in which — as Lasch put it over forty years ago — our «parties no longer represent the opinions and interests of ordinary people,» while the «political process is dominated by rival elites committed to irreconcilable ideologies.»

Several important influencers affected the foodservice industry's performance last year, including the country's unstable political climate and increased labor challenges.

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In the years since Copenhagen, those inside and outside the political drama of what goes on at the UNFCCC process have come to recognise the multilevel, multilayered nature of global climate action, where an intergovernmental treaty is just one, and perhaps not even the most central, element.

This third area of tension thus reinforces the significance of the elections for Kenya's political climate in years to come.

Perhaps Spanish scepticism will be a permanent feature of the next few years, but it's certainly a very real feature of the political climate now and would be hard for the SNP to deal with.

Indeed there is no doubt that the future direction of the European Union will have a major impact on the political landscape of the UK: Completion of the single market, enlargement, climate change and security are some of the salient challenges which Member States will confront over the coming years and we as British Conservatives should be at the forefront of those advocating sensible and workable solutions.

But increasing the amount of taxpayers» cash handed over to political parties by # 23 million a year can not be morally justified, especially in the current economic climate when the public are feeling the squeeze and facing some cuts.

He has also found that the political climate, especially in the vastly rural District 22, is off this year.

(CNN)- In remarks Tuesday touting the Obama administration's progress in addressing gun safety, Vice President Joe Biden vowed to revisit gun control legislation that failed in the U.S. Senate earlier this year, and warned legislators that the political climate shifted after the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut last December.

With Mayor Kathy Sheehan in the last year of her first four - year term, another Democrat sees the political climate in Albany as ripe for change.

The former Northern Ireland Secretary, James Brokenshire, announced last year that the political climate in Northern Ireland had changed significantly and that an era of «full» — his word and one not difficult to define — transparency should begin.

Today's political climate is very different to that of the interwar years but political engagement continues to be a challenge.

In the speech the leader of the June 4, 1979, uprising decried the spate of corruption that has characterised the political climate over the past few years describing it as a thousand times more than what prevailed prior to the June 4 uprising.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has concluded extra state funding of # 23 million a year for political parties is unacceptable in the current climate.

He added that in most four - year terms, the first year is used in getting acclimatized to the office and the last year turns into a political crusade of campaigns, leaving but a year or less depending on the political climate,

He stated: «Labour local government has admirably led the way over the past five years in demonstrating what it can achieve even in a cold financial and political climate nationally.»

But Mr. Hawkins still finished with barely more than 1 percent of the vote — though he is hoping the political climate this year is more hospitable to candidates running far to the left of Mr. Cuomo.

But he says while the political climate may be right in 2014 for tax cuts, he predicts it will not be the year that hydrofracking is finally approved in the state.

Asked why Cuomo would introduce a bill that is tougher than the one the Senate GOP refused to take up in 2017, David said that «last year didn't have the same social and political climate with respect to people subjected to abuse.»

The leader of the June 4 1979 uprising, former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has decried the spate of corruption that has characterised the political climate over the past few years describing it as a thousand times more than what prevailed prior to the June 4 uprising.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE and GOP lawmakers are expected to pass the measure early this week — a huge legislative victory for Republicans, who would reform the tax code for the first time in 30 years.

While the 1st Congressional District has traditionally been flipped in mid-term election years, the current political climate makes it difficult to predict whether it could turn Democrat again without the boost in voter turnout typically seen in a presidential election year, when the party benefits from increased participation by minority and female voters.

We talked to 30 women politicians in New York at all levels of government about what the political climate looks like in 2016, the year the United States might elect its first - ever woman president.

Many say May Day this year takes on added significance given the political and societal climate.

Last month a Guardian investigation revealed police were targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations at events including the Climate Camp, and storing their details on a database for at least seven years.

In a year when climate change is low on the national political radar, two states are bucking the trend.

Next year will be full of legal and political fights over climate change.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper — who has been in office nearly a decade and is derided by environmentalists for his climate and pro-oil positions — is in an intense political fight against Justin Trudeau, the 43 - year - old leader of the Liberal Party and son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Stymied by the slow pace of the negotiations — which they are not even allowed to participate in — these so - called «subnationals» have worked on the sidelines for years, using political will, economic leverage and the celebrity status of prominent politicians to advance their climate goals.

With a one - party, socialist - communist political system, once the decision was made at the top to embrace climate action, Chinese officials have been able to move fast since 2007, when the 11th five - year plan set first - ever energy consumption targets: a reduction of 20 percent energy use per unit of gross domestic product by 2012.

«This joint announcement provides both practical and political momentum towards a new, universal climate agreement in Paris in late 2015 that is meaningful, forward - looking and recognizes that combating climate change is not a five - or 10 - year plan — but is a long - term commitment to keep a global temperature rise under 2 degrees [Celsius] throughout this century,» said U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres.

This year was ushered in by the phony «Climategate» controversy, which involved leaked e-mails of a British climate research unit; the political right wing depicted some ill - considered language in the messages as proof of a vast global plot.

In the years ahead such collaborations can be expected to help solve the world's most pressing problems — poverty, energy shortages, climate change — and to promote fundamental political transitions.

Steve: There is a story in the book about him going back to Ethiopia after many years — the political climate there made it impossible for Johanson to do any field work in Ethiopia for a while — and when he got back and announced to the customs official that he was the discoverer of Lucy, that was like a really big deal.

In the years ahead such collaborations can be expected to help solve the world's most pressing problems — poverty, energy shortages, climate change — and to promote the type of fundamental political transitions seen in Cairo that recently astonished the world.

As for the long - running political controversy about climate change, especially about the degree to which human activity causes it, the scientists said it tends to become relevant mainly when they are dealing with long time frames — say 30 years or more — and mostly at the top echelons of the political hierarchy.

And Perdue's not the only leading recipient of Southern's political support to help spread the questionable scientific talking points the utility has paid for: Rep. Gary Palmer, an Alabama Republican who received $ 18,000 from the company's PAC and employees in the 2014 cycle, last year told WATE that science «says global climate change is more a function of nature and solar activity than it is anything man does.»

With regard to the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act, despite our best efforts and the unbelievable show of support by families across the nation, the current political climate in Washington makes it highly unlikely that the bill will pass this year.