Sentences with phrase «by campaigners at»

I get daily phone calls and get stopped by campaigners at Farmer's Markets and at street fairs, asking me about my political leanings and concerns.

Not exact matches

«It's just not possible to clean up London's air without cleaning up London's roads, and that's why we support the mayor's first steps to tackle air pollution by introducing the T - charge,» Rosie Rodgers, clean air campaigner at Greenpeace, said.

Mexico's Supreme Court upholds a law in the state of Baja California that states life begins at conception, in a decision hailed by anti-abortion campaigners.

Mr Ngole's barrister submitted evidence that the committee was chaired by a prominent and long - standing LGBT campaigner, Professor Jacqueline Marsh, and that both she and the university failed to disclose her interest in the issue at any point during the proceedings.

Christian peace campaigners at Pax Christi have accused the UK Government of «deafening silence» over a recent spate of killings by Israeli soldiers in Gaza.

He was loathed by some of the traditionalist «Fatimist» campaigners - one tried to stab him in May 1982 at Fatima - and some lobbied angrily against his beatification.

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

The Archbishop of York was confronted by pro-gay marriage campaigners as he arrived at a cathedral in Nottinghamshire.

On the other hand, he was certainly a great hero to the younger anti-Nazi campaigners, such as the «White Rose» group at Munich University (Hans and Sophie School — who were, incidentally, also inspired by the writings of another great Catholic, John Henry Newman) and the youth group at St Ludwig's Church in the same city who combined opposition to National Socialism with devout Catholicism and enthusiasm for the emerging liturgical movement.

Professor Soren, a professor at the Christian - run St Columba College in the eastern state of Jharkhand, was charged in 2016 over allegations disputed by fellow religious freedoms campaigners.

Under the slogan «Fight Climate Change, One Plate at a Time», the lunch begins today at 11 am and runs until 3 pm, with the interactive table set out by environmental campaigners in the Philippines.

Robin Webster, supermarkets campaigner at Friends of the Earth, explained: «The code was written by supermarkets for supermarkets.

Campaigners in the Philippines are exposing a threat levelled at the economy by Nestlé and other transnational companies if baby milk marketing regulations successfully defended in 2007 are not scrapped.

We've recently seen a change in the tenor of the debate, at least in Westminster, with pro-union commentators and campaigners suddenly seeming quite panicked by the possibility of a win for the «yes» camp.

Evans» comments this morning follow controversy at the weekend when current Ukip leader Nigel Farage seemed to suggest that the legal action around Brexit could trigger riots by pro-Leave campaigners.

Human rights campaigners have hit out at the plans by Enfield council, in London, which could see certain mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs with a limit of 8mph banned from using the pavement.

The long - awaited alcohol strategy is also set to introduce minimum pricing, probably at 40p a unit, in a move which will be enthusiastically welcomed by health campaigners.

The Lobbying Act has been widely criticised for the chilling effect it is having on the lawful raising of issues by third party campaigners which legitimately require airing at election time.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

The accusations of me distributing anti-Semitic statements on blogs were initiated by notorious human rights campaigner Scott Long who had to quit his position at Human Rights Watch (HRW) due to his involvement into slandering British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell for which both Mr Long and HRW had to make a public apology.

The row could not come at a worse time for the «yes» campaigners, with last week being dominated by suggestions that AV would help the BNP and other extremists.

Updated at 2.50 pm BST F T G 4h ago 14:38 Laura Stefan, the Romanian anti-corruption campaigner, says a culture change is not easy in places where corruption is forced by economic circumstances.

Charlotte Church has burnished her credentials as leading anti-austerity campaigner by announcing that she would have no problem paying tax at a rate of 70 % if it would protect public services.

There was also a minor disturbance at the speech as Cameron was heckled by Eurosceptic campaigners, understood to be linked to the Vote Leave campaign group.

Viewed as feckless by at least some politicos, Mr. de Blasio is still a relatively deft campaigner and messenger, a veteran of several tough elections.

The youth campaigners supporting the re-election of President John Dramani Mahama, hereby express our worry over the deliberate attempt by the African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) to demonise efforts of government aimed at permanently ending Ghana's electricity shortfall.

Campaigners are also concerned at evidence that customers for conversion therapy are often forwarded on by professional doctors.

He made his remarks at the launch of a report by human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti into claims of anti-Jewish prejudice in the Labour party.

While NHS leaders said that the proportion of care being provided by private companies remains at the margins, campaigners said the findings provided further evidence that the government's reforms are gradually accelerating the privatisation of the NHS.

«The Norwegian and French governments are deluded if they think they can save rainforests by cutting down trees,» said Jo Blackman, a campaigner at Global Witness.

Campaigners tend to respond by taking their call to arms straight to the centre, namely — for publicly ‑ funded schools at least — the Department for Education (DfE).

Headteachers were today urged by environmental campaigners to «do everything possible» to protect their pupils from toxic air at schools.

The cash boost will be welcomed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) campaigners, including popstar Will Young (pictured) who made a passionate plea at the Festival of Education last month for more funding.

Just weeks ahead of China's annual dog meat festival in Yulin, at which thousands of dogs and cats are brutally bludgeoned to death and sold for their meat, animal campaigners Duo Duo Project and Humane Society International have received reports from Chinese activist and confirmed by three traders at Yulin's biggest dog meat market Dongkou, that the Yulin government is set to prohibit restaurants, street vendors and market traders from selling dog meat at the event.

The portrait award, regularly targeted by campaigners who object to oil company sponsorship of the arts, is in its 39th year at the National Portrait Gallery and 29th year of sponsorship by BP.

A question for climate campaigners opposed to geo - engineering (by any name): Why not at least explore (and test on reasonable scales) such options.

(The acronym, a four - letter word to animal welfare campaigners, was creatively deconstructed by students in the environmental policy class I co-teach at Pace University.)

Mr. Jungbauer gave a talk and slide presentation that he said were aimed at providing ammunition for anyone in the policy arena seeking to counter visions of catastrophic global warming pushed by liberal campaigners.

Since October, an apocalyptic message has been making the rounds of anti-nuclear blogs, crystallized in this headline on a post by longtime anti-nuclear campaigner Harvey Wasserman: «Dear Climate Scientists, Please Note the Global Terror at Fukushima Four.»

This choice would undoubtedly be hailed both by those pushing for development and large - scale testing of nonpolluting energy technologies and by environmental campaigners seeking knowledgeable leadership at the giant agency — which, while it still oversees efforts to boost coal and oil extraction, also has what may be the world's biggest assemblage of scientists pursuing development of renewable power sources.

Traveling in from Appalachia, Brazil, London, and ranging from arrested labor justice campaigners to U.N. climate negotiations youth organizers and a Deutsche Bank analyst, 140 students and young people gathered at the «Transition to a New Economy Conference,» which was an effort to create holistic alternatives to the current economic system — a discourse cracked open by Occupy Wall Street.

Still, the decision to stop serving shark fin soup at official functions was welcomed by environmental campaigners.

I was also impressed by how the climate campaigners at E.D.F., for example, respond to setbacks like the Lieberman - Warner debacle in the summer of 2008.

After each evacuation, New Orleans appears at risk of losing ever more of its population, not in a refugee - style rush like those described by many climate campaigners, but as one household at a time gives up the fight.

Earlier this month, Clinton was heckled by climate campaigners at a New Hampshire town hall - style meeting for a clear (and in my opinion, condescending) response in which she refused to oppose oil drilling on public lands.

The only other interview with Jones et al came on April 9, (09 April Jones and Briffa.pdf) this time by Geoffrey Boulton (a vigorous climate campaigner who worked for 18 years at UEA) and Peter Clarke, Muir Russell once again not bothering to attend.

It is accompanied by a short film, which looks at the possible effects of REDD on forest communities and contains interviews with different stakeholders including environmental journalists on reporting the subject, and by a video news release on REDD, which includes interviews with forest communities, campaigners, economists and politicians.

A reasonable person would suggest that a psychologist that is an active campaigner, and Director and Policy Advisor to climate lobby groups (COIN, PIRC), is perhaps not neutral, or at the very least would be perceived by the public as perhaps having a bias or two

«If this allegation by the ICC prosecutor is accurate, it appears that a UK high street bank bailed out by the government is holding billions controlled by an indicted war criminal, or at the very least would be able to help trace any funds» said Robert Palmer, a campaigner with Global Witness.

The donations, which continue today, mean BP has its flower petal logo hanging around the gallery and, according to campaigners at Platform, provides them with a «social licence to operate» by making them appear socially conscious and respectable.