Sentences with phrase «controversial project»
It's taken just a little over year to get the sometimes controversial project ready for prime time.
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The incredibly costly, controversial project displaced huge numbers of indigenous people.
The delay has meant that Ex-Im has lacked the ability to vote on controversial projects like a coal plant in Vietnam.
Ezra Levant and his right - wing Rebel Media have embarked on plenty of controversial projects over the last few years, but his next venture may be his most provocative one yet.
Bitcoin has also become a more popular tender among «alt right» activists crowdfunding for controversial projects, including the legal defense fund for Daily Stormer and campaigns to protect hate speech.
It is among the most ecologically controversial projects in the country, yet President Obama is poised to sign the cross-border deal.
The comptroller says an ongoing audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.
Probably the most controversial project thus far in Africa is a 1.2 - million - acre plantation in Congo being developed by Atama, a subsidiary of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad, a Malaysian oil and gas infrastructure company.
There were 21 oil and gas production projects (mostly involving natural gas) across all three MDBs in our review — the only controversial project types that have both high associated emissions and high lock - in risk.
The Lightning Network is a fairly controversial project, given the fact that the cryptocurrency community is divided between two sides — one of which wants to further trial the technology, whereas the other one does not.
«If taxpayers are to have any faith in what is already a complex and controversial project then the department must provide clear information about the impact of these factors and the rollout of the programme as a whole.»
But the administration has now taken a similar tack on a number of other controversial projects, staying silent rather than approving or blocking them, including a major proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes, the construction of new liquefied natural gas storage areas across the state and a crude - oil heating facility at the Port of Albany.
The result, say Albany regulars, is a general disinclination to undertake controversial projects.
A pair of local politicians want to slow down three tall and controversial projects planned for the Two Bridges neighborhood.
Tens of millions more tons of fish have been taken from the seas than are recorded in official statistics, suggests a huge and controversial project aiming to estimate the «true catch» of the world's fishing industry.
The Handmaid's Tale Rated R for adult situations / language, nudity, violence Rotten Tomatoes Score 29 % When this film, based on the dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, came out in 1990, it was a very controversial project.
Local government leaders demand the government drops controversial project to turn state schools into academies
Towan Beach is also the location for the proposed Newquay Surfing Reef, a somewhat controversial project that has polarised local opinion.
A new RepRisk report on last year's top 10 most controversial projects highlights the costs of corporate irresponsibility.
As Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and Albertan Premier, Rachel Notley, prepare to invest in Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline, they are trying to spin the benefits of the highly controversial project.
To promote more mining investment, the government is weakening regulation on environmental impact assessments, giving more power to its national police while allowing controversial projects to go ahead.
Sondock says he could understand opposition to a more controversial project, such as a Wal - Mart, a pornography shop or a strip club.
After all, SETI — the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — is one of the most far - reaching and controversial projects in science.
The Comptroller says an on going audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project.
A provocative and sometimes controversial project, the artists transformed this domestic environment from floor to ceiling, inside and out, reinterpreting the concept of «making a home» and offering a critique of patriarchal oppression.
But the Bank has run up against a determined international resistance to its most controversial project to date — a pair of coal mega mine and export terminals that would ship millions of tons of coal through the Great Barrier Reef near Australia.
Until this vote, Kitimat had remained neutral in its opinion on the controversial project.
The question of how an oil spill from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline might affect the Ogallala aquifer was raised again this month, in a report the U.S. State Department will use to help it decide whether to approve or reject the controversial project.
It's a remarkable turnaround for a controversial project that some critics dubbed a white elephant after the Liberal government sunk $ 395 million into the «discovery district» hub over the years.
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Two days after President Obama came out in support of a plan to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero, the controversial project has received yet another high - profile endorsement — this one from the chief of the terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Seventy - one percent of those polled said the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo, should investigate the financing of the controversial project — even though fundraising has not yet begun in earnest.
A controversial project that would include a golf course as well as houses, it is the last such district to come before the Southampton Town Board, which recently repealed a law allowing for such applications.
Oddo asked the city to force developers of the controversial project to go through a lengthy review.
The Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner was asked to respond to the Q poll that found that 71 percent of the state's registered voters — including 65 percent of Democrats — feel the AG should probe where the cash for the controversial project is coming from, even though fundraising has barely gotten off the ground.
The Seneca Nation of Indians hosted a day - long conference on the controversial project Wednesday.
Cuomo signed off on a plan that will lead to the removal of roughly 34 miles of the historic rail corridor in the Adirondacks, though supporters of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad say they'll go forward with legal action to block the controversial project.
Nonetheless, Ryan maintains the controversial project holds great value for the region.
Borough President James Oddo sent a letter to the Department of Investigations on Friday asking inspectors to look at the work done on the controversial project in light of the violations — and halt all demolition on it until their investigation is complete.
Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney interviewed Jim Allen, Executive Director of the Amherst Industrial Development Agency, on the state of the regional economy and some of the controversial projects that have been subsidized of late by local IDA's.
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The controversial project has flown largely under the radar until the past month when local supervisors and business leaders began criticizing its impact on the area.
So far, we've been able to neither confirm nor debunk a report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz citing anonymous sources who say Muslim leaders behind the mosque will soon agree to back down and heed calls to relocate their controversial project to another site.
Rep. Charles Rangel last night expressed support for both the mosque and its defenders and also voiced support for Gov. David Paterson for trying to reduce the tensions that have flared up around the controversial project.
Perfit, a commercial real - estate broker, is being accused of conflict of interest in voting in favor of a half - million - dollar Pilot (payment in lieu of taxes) deal last week on the controversial project.
On his Facebook page last Wednesday, Gibson responded to a voter who wanted to know his position on the controversial project.
Revelations that Ulster County Executive Mike Hein received $ 11,500 in campaign donations over the last two years from the developers of the proposed Park Point student housing project in New Paltz, with an additional $ 5,000 in contributions from their Albany - based, county - connected law firm, have further roiled the muddy waters gurgling around this controversial project.