Sentences with phrase «argue against the change»

USDAW has long argued against the changes, while the Association of Convenience Stores said smaller shops would suffer if the law was changed.

Maybe I'm set in my ways, and worse I hate to think that I'm becoming the person who argues against change for the better without even realising it, but at the moment I'm seeing far more pitfalls that I am positive outcomes here.

Not exact matches

Judge Brendan Shannon of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., indicated he would sign off on the plan, subject to changes, despite attorneys for the U.S. trustee and Securities and Exchange Commission arguing against the broad protections offered to third parties that could shield them from future litigation.

Dawkins argues that while there appear to be plenty of individuals that would place themselves as «1» due to the strictness of religious doctrine against doubt, most atheists do not consider themselves «7» because atheism arises from a lack of evidence and evidence can always change a thinking person's mind.

I think my question to those of you who couple atheism with evolution and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

I think my question to those of you who couple evil atheism with evolution, the big bang, and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

Indeed, those who think of marriage as only about love tend to argue against these duties, since they are regretted when feelings change.

Supporters of a change in the current DOD policy argue that just as blacks and women experienced discrimination in the past, so too are homosexuals discriminated against today by being excluded from military service.

John Richardson Agreed, I am not arguing against evolution simply saying it does not change or impact the Bible story of creation.

Michael Croft, President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will argue at a St James Ethic Centre debate on 4 March 2014 that foreign investment in agricultural land and infrastructure works against Australia's national and best interests unless the regulatory system and current model are changed.

Pease Gadoua is a therapist and the founder of the Changing Marriage Institute; in 2014, she and Vicki Larson published a book titled «The New I Do,» in which they argue against the one - size - fits - all marriage.

David Cameron pledged to change the law to ensure religious expression is protected in the workplace but government lawyers argued against the appeals in Strasbourg.

While change will be incremental, he argues the tide is beginning to turn against the current consensus.

This year, two competing motions — one rejecting the bill and the other arguing it has had enough changes to be acceptable, are competing against each other.

But Mandelson's views have been changed in part by the banking crisis; he has argued that the crisis represented a «warning against an ideological belief in markets» efficiency, and a reminder that they can be distorted by perverse incentives».

The Welsh secretary previously argued its «whites - only» membership policy was currently being changed following an aborted court case against it by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (ECHR), but that while it was not reformed, it remained an illegal group.

Well, in a campaign about restoring the British people's trust in politics, I think it's important for all sides to be honest about who they are, and why they're arguing for or against this proposed change to our voting system.

NIFA member Chris Wright voted against the guidelines, arguing that the changes «gutted» the board's original intent, adding that the county already requires most of the disclosures.

Ed Miliband argued against the move, despite the fact the change will save households # 3.5 billion in energy bill payments in the years up to and including 2020.

Beyond its use as a tool against large financial institutions, Schneiderman has used the act as a basis for a probe into ExxonMobil, arguing that its alleged failure to disclose to its shareholders and the public research that showed the potential impact of climate change constituted a Martin Act violation.

Witness statements can always be argued against, memories fade, things change.»

Emerging economies have often argued that they should be compensated before they take action against climate change.

Bill Hare, who leads a group of top climate scientists and economists at Berlin - based Climate Analytics who helped produce the UNEP gap report, said Geden's accusations «could not be more wrong» and lumped the researcher in with climate skeptics and other naysayers «who systematically downplay the risks of climate change and argue against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.»

Although many countries have made substantial progress towards criminalising violence against women and promoting gender equality, the Series authors argue that governments and donors need to commit sufficient financial resources to ensure their verbal commitments translate into real change.

Indian coal plants under the CDM received financial backing from the World Bank, sparking an outcry against that organization by groups that argue that the bank's support for the coal industry is inconsistent with its other efforts to tackle climate change.

Arguing against mitigation by appealing to uncertainty is therefore misplaced: any appeal to uncertainty should provoke a greater, rather than weaker, concern about climate change than in the absence of uncertainty.

I would agree that unforeseen changes in ocean circulation could throw off model predictions, there are surely other wildcards too, but uncertainty like that is not your friend if you want to argue against avoiding climate change.

Yet the report also argued against a rapid shift to non-fossil fuel energy sources, noting that «making significant changes in energy consumption... amid all the scientific uncertainties would be premature in view of the severe impact such moves could have on the world's economies and societies.»

Eisen also said that while rising temperatures caused by climate change could bring the mosquito farther north in the United States, the many elements that influence the mosquito itself and the transmission of dengue virus argue strongly against looking solely at climate to assess disease threat.

The finding that sexual isolation may be brought about by changes in at most a few genes argues against the evolution of new species in this manner by long - term runaway processes, as dictated by evolutionary dogma, Coyne said.

Conversely, weighting these +1 or 0 indicates a lack of vision for instructional change, and argues against anything more than a minimal solution beyond desktop labs.

Those new options have made a significant impact on Connecticut's achievement gap — you can not argue against the fact that charter schools have changed the lives of inner - city children of color who may not have otherwise had success in education.

Community leaders led protests against the schools, arguing that changes were coming from the top down and the top was made up of mostly white decision makers.

An advocacy group for charter schools is supporting a lawsuit against the state, arguing charter schools are getting short - changed.

I have heard that the case of Japan argues against deviating from a buy - and - hold strategy and instead changing one's strategic asset allocation in response to extreme market valuation levels.

«Yes there are those who argue against the need for national tourism boards in the wake of the huge changes in the way we live, in the way we travel, and in the way we communicate in comparison to just 50 years ago, but I am one who still believes that the national tourism boards still have an important role to play, even if that role has to change in order to accommodate the modern world, and in order to make the most of the advantage it offers.

Understand development in terms of cost and revenue — use these metrics specifically when arguing for / against changes

Funny how you said popularity matters before when you argue against characters you're biased against but then change your mind when it suits you.

Judge William Alsup had requested this tutorial to bring him up to speed on the fundamental science before proceedings begin in earnest in a case brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, on behalf of the people of California, against a group of major fossil fuel companies, addressing the costs of climate change caused, they argue, by products those companies have sold.

G&T managed to get their work out there; publishing it in Nature or Science would not have changed the fact that they're arguments just don't hold any water (they didn't do any new science, they just took what was already known, and then tried to use that to argue against what is already known — a search for logical inconsistency, which might have been worthwhile if they'd known what they were doing and if they'd gone after contrarian «theory»)-- unless it were edited, removing all the errors and non-sequitors, after which it would be no different than a physics book such as the kind a climate scientist would use...

I am not arguing against avoiding climate change.

I would agree that unforeseen changes in ocean circulation could throw off model predictions, there are surely other wildcards too, but uncertainty like that is not your friend if you want to argue against avoiding climate change.

Even for the Senate, where members are well - known to prefer talking to listening, the amount of unilateral jabbering on the climate change bill has been remarkable, with lawmakers both for and against the measure arguing repeatedly over how much time was allotted for them to speak.

Liu also argued against setting a too - tough long - term goal on reducing carbon emissions, or sharply limiting the number of degrees the planet warms this century, because that would involve huge lifestyle and economic changes.

And people who argue against doing anything then have to guarantee that humans aren't changing the climate.

The government has argued it can use «flexibilities» built into the Climate Change Act to carry forward over-achievement against earlier budgets, whereas the CCC says any extra savings should go towards raising ambition.

Ellestad got a chance to deliver his «climate's changed before» and «CO2 lags temperature» arguments and nobody present were qualified or got the chance to argue against him.

Peabody, which operates three coal mines in the Powder River Basin, has argued against climate change legislation at the national and international level, pushing instead for coal gasification and carbon sequestration technologies, under the name clean coal.

So, to argue against the observed changes being anthropogenic, you are left to somehow argue that CO2 is not human derived.

Just found this on a quick google: http://www.agu.org/journals/ABS/2009/2009GL037524.shtml Which refers to «non-annular atmospheric circulation change» which seems to argue against what I said above.