Sentences with phrase «chorus of advocates»

Photo via CBC MoveOn, Paul Krugman join chorus of calls for clean energy action Although Obama has already placed a moratorium on new offshore drilling expansion — an expansion he himself approved just a few weeks back — a growing chorus of advocates,

The chorus of advocates calling for special elections has been loud.

He'll also, again, have to confront an inevitable chorus of advocates (including some elected lawmakers) to reform the systems of lobbying, campaign finance and economic development subsidies that made the alleged schemes possible.

Rev. Al Sharpton and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson led a chorus of advocates and lawmakers Tuesday in calling on the NYPD to stop making arrests for lighting up in public — which accounts for the vast majority of marijuana arrests — and give out summonses instead.

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Corporate disclosure requirements are already broken in many ways, and a chorus of investor advocates are up in arms with the most recent FASB and SEC actions.

I wanted to bring attention to the need for school food reform and add my voice to the chorus of people advocating on behalf of little people who can't advocate for themselves.

The reform chorus of good - government advocates and power - starved minority legislators are, naturally, making optimistic noises; NYPIRG's Blair Horner called the Silver verdict «a political earthquake.»

The parent groups join a growing chorus of education advocates attempting to pressure the mayor to come up with more school funding.

The de Blasio administration has convened a large coalition of educators, business leaders, and elected officials to advocate for mayoral control over the last several weeks, though Mulgrew has been noticeably absent from the chorus of support.

A chorus of community groups, minority advocates, union leaders and civil rights figures chimed in to add their disappointment with Quinn's decision.

Open - access advocates such as University of California, Berkeley, biologist Michael Eisen slammed CHORUS when publishers announced the program last year.

The voices of elected board members and their constituents have been joined by a discordant chorus: a new breed of education professionals, the courts, the federal and state governments, teachers» unions, and advocates for...

But not nearly enough is being done to assess how, or if, efforts to improve school environments are actually working, say a chorus of researchers, youth advocates and state officials.