The Institute ran an online poll of 18, 000 people in the G8 countries, in April and May of this year, and asked them to rank 100 cities in three categories: advanced economy, appealing environment and effective administration.
Last week, the White House announced a few decisions that aides said highlighted the administration's commitment to the environment.
In a tight fiscal environment, the Bush administration has hewed closely to the receipts-based funding in its budget requests.
This year, YouTube and WEF sweetened the pot: There are four 2009 Davos questions, about global growth, the environment, the Obama administration, and ethics for executives.
The Institute breaks down the three dimensions effective administration, advanced economy and appealing environment by score, which reveals something about the relatively poor showings of New York and Paris.
The application requires the endorsement of the relevant local stakeholders as well as the UK MAB Committee, the Minister for the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister for environment in the devolved administration, before being sent by Defra to the UK Permanent Delegation to UNESCO in Paris.
The project is part of Mr Davies's masters in public administration, with a focus on local environment.
Councillors have agreed to hold a consultation into the restrictions, which the Green administration has said would create a safer environment.
Our country is on the path to economic recovery and renewal, and moving forward, my Administration will continue to fight for a healthy environment every step of the way.
Cutting the size of the nuclear arsenal to a small fraction of its Cold War size and focusing on terrorists rather than state-based threats may seem sensible in the present environment, but the decisions the administration is making will have consequences for decades after it leaves office.
This was really a dastardly move by an administration that said it was a friend of the environment.
Funding for the group has been provided by the Waterloo Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Across his Administration, President Obama has taken bold steps advancing a digital environment that rewards innovation and empowers individuals the world over.
Election monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said in a statement the vote had been "held in a competitive environment, fundamental freedoms were respected, and the administration of elections was well managed".
On effective administration, the Institute asked whether the city offers a safe environment for visitors and residents, whether it has a well-developed structure of political and legal institutions, whether it follows progressive social, economic and environmental policies, whether it has an adequate infrastructure of transportation, communications, and public institutions and whether it is run by well-respected leaders.
The temptation to increase money supply and fuel inflationary pressures in this environment may be too difficult to resist for a civilian administration eager to avoid making political enemies early in its remit.
Even Saturday, when he discussed the environment, economy and campaign finance and criticized the Bush administration for the first time, Gore still did not talk to the media, except to say he had not decided whether he will run again for president in 2004.
But the actual hosting of the application, the actual requirements for that application to exist in a cloud environment, to connect to the virtualized resources and whatever administration tools the cloud providers may give you to configure and maintain the application, will be, for the most part, controlled by the cloud provider.
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Despite numerous complaints, however, the Clinton administration has insisted on pursuing an outmoded agenda unsuited to a new security environment.
"You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration, " says John Chafee, chairman of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee.
Trade facilitation provisions, such as the definition of custom procedures, administration, and dispute, will lead to a more stable and reliable trading environment, further buttressing U.S.-Peru trade and investment.
Tomorrow specifically they'll focus on the creation of clean energy jobs and what the administration can continue to do in working with the private sector to spur an environment -- no pun intended -- where those are created.
Unfortunately, for people like myself who believe that there is a compelling business case for protecting the environment, data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration today showing that U.S. GHG emissions dropped a whopping 5.8% in 2009 will likely reinforce the perception that profligate pollution is good for economic growth.
This work to improve the cultural administration and management of the cultural sector will contribute to the creation of an enabling environment for artists.
Hewson is better suited to the business environment in which Lockheed Martin will have to operate during a second Obama Administration than the person previously in line for the top job.
"John McCain's position on the environment, for instance, is very different from that of the Bush administration, and one would expect a lot more attention to issues such as global warming, " Pitney said.
Mr. President, I commit today to you and to the American people that, if confirmed by the Senate, I will work to the utmost of my abilities -- with my colleagues at the Federal Reserve and alongside the Congress and the administration -- to help provide a solid foundation for growth and prosperity in an environment of price stability.
They must establish a marketplace environment where they can delegate to the business the day-to-day administration of the services.
The announcement was to be made at the White House as part of an administration effort to counter recent criticism from environmental groups that President Bush has been anti-environment in the early weeks of his presidency.
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