Sentences with phrase «campaign against the regulation»

A leaked memo obtained by DeSmog revealed efforts as early as 1999 by the American Petroleum Institute (API) lobbyist Phil A. Cooney to campaign against the regulation of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases.

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Beijing is also waging a broader campaign against fraudulent fundraising and speculative investment, which analysts attribute to China's underdeveloped financial regulation and lack of legitimate investment options.

Lauren Michaels, legislative affairs manager for the California Police Chiefs Association, which donated $ 20,000 to the campaign against Prop 64, noted that her organization supports medical marijuana in the state but opposes the proposed recreational system because «there's much less oversight and accountability for complying with state regulations.»

He touched on his past opposition to free - trade agreements, his support for heavier regulations of Wall Street and the nation's banking industry, and his vote against the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a preview of his campaign.

Regulation Polish financial authorities have spent taxpayers» money on a smear campaign on Youtube and Facebook against investing in cryptocurrencies.

When the Philippines was defending stronger legislation in 2007, Nestle USA was part of a campaign against the UNICEF and WHO country heads for speaking up in favour of the regulations.

IBFAN continues to campaign against aggressive and misleading marketing of breastmilk substitutes by all companies in the developing and industrialised world and for the regulations introduced in Pakistan following the stand taken by Aamir to be fully implemented and enforced.

We monitor baby food companies, work for regulations to hold them to account and campaign against harmful practices, such as the Nestle boycott and DanoNO campaigns.

In many respects, Pence's conservative rallying cry against tobacco regulation is similar to more recent conservative hobby horses: campaigns against energy - efficient lightbulbs and against attempts by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban some vendors from selling large sodas.

But in the end, the board's two Republican commissioners voted against the reclassification, in part saying it was up to the Legislature to consider campaign finance regulations such as contribution limits.

Atlantic Bridge was itself a partner of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a US lobbying group funded by the Charles G Koch Foundation (predominant funders of the US Tea Party), the National Rifle Association and the Tobacco Institute, to name but a few, and which campaigns against climate change legislation and regulation of tobacco.

The state PAC, created so the national PAC can comply with California's campaign finance regulations, is being advised by Chuck DeVore, the conservative state Assemblyman who came up short in his GOP Senate primary bid earlier this year against Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Murray wound up helping the group for nine months, helping them move into a permanent office and paving the groundwork for some of their most consequential fights, including their campaign against the «death tax» and their legal challenge to the corporate accounting regulations in the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002.

But the mayor faced opposition from some City Council members, and shelved the idea after the ride - hailing company launched an aggressive campaign against the proposed regulations.

Last month the New York Times reported Rangel currently leased four rent control apartments in the Harlem area, including one that was used for a campaign office - against regulations stipulating rent - control apartments must be used for primary residences.

Cato, TCS and other groups are waging a public relations campaign against environmental regulation.

December 30, 2015 • With the NBA's new ad campaign against gun violence, commentator Frank Deford says a bunch of athletes may finally provide the first successful nudge toward stiffer firearm regulation.

The principle argument used against the railroads in the campaign for government regulation — that they were monopolies that had to be controlled to keep them from exploiting the public — had no validity whatsoever for trucking.»

For instance, campaigns directed against companies or farms known for their «humane» production policies may encounter public resistance because they seem to be going after wrong or innocent targets, especially to people who (like most consumers) are not aware of the actual regulations behind labels such as «humanely raised» or «natural».

(Animal Defenders International Press Release) Animal protection organisations with a long history of campaigning against animal circuses have welcomed publication of the Scottish Government Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland, along with proposals to review performing animal regulations.

Establishing conservative think tanks and media outlets, they propagated sophisticated intellectual arguments and expert public - relations campaigns against government regulation for any purpose whatever.

CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen says that the Obama Administration is continuing, even revving up, its campaign against domestic energy production with new EPA regulations on the horizon that would shutter much of the nation's coal industry and do great harm to oil and gas production; he also promised to veto any legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

The move was welcomed by charities and organisations which have campaigned against the restrictive domestic violence eligibility criteria, including Rights of Women, which last year brought a successful legal challenge to the regulations.

Regulation Polish financial authorities have spent taxpayers» money on a smear campaign on Youtube and Facebook against investing in cryptocurrencies.