Sentences with phrase «face public opposition»

5.3 Governments will need to lead public opinion by making the connection between the widely recognized urgent need to address climate change and the specific projects required which could face public opposition.

No country with nuclear power has a viable underground repository for waste, and proposed sites in France face public opposition, despite more widespread support for nuclear power.

The proposition, which would entail drilling near to the Amazon reef (which was only widely revealed to scientists in 2016) faces public opposition and a campaign against it by Greenpeace.

The case was clearly a travesty of justice and shows the power of large corporations facing public opposition.

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While the agency routinely approves such transfers as matter of course, AT&T and Time Warner would likely face stiff opposition at a time of growing public concern over media consolation.

The pipeline expansion has already been approved by the federal government, but faces opposition from the public and the courts in BC.

If he can persuade the public that he is on their side, and that it's the medical establishment standing in the way of improved healthcare (for whatever reason, misguided or malign), and face down the unions then not only will the strikes falter in the face of rising public opposition but his will be a star in the ascendency.

In particular, the group's applaud the six - to - one match for donations up to $ 250, restrictions on public funds for candidates who face little opposition and the requirement that participants in the program commit to a public debate, among others.

Cuomo continues to push for accountability and choice in public education — even if, in the face of union opposition, he doesn't get all that he wants.

Maragos said in a statement the fees «will face considerable public opposition and fall well short of expectations.»

I find it amusing to hear today colleagues who were junior ministers under Thatcher extolling a tough line on public services but who at the time flinched when faced with opposition.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

The catch, of course, is that opposition to the Iraq war DID chime with public opinion, while the income tax proposal did not fly in the face of growing disenchantment.

David Cameron's likely plan to sack Ken Clarke and keep George Osborne in the coalition's looming reshuffle faces opposition from the public.

As an advocate for housing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cuomo pushed to develop the site as public housing for the county's homeless, one of his first major poltical victories in his solo public service career in the face of opposition from the wealthy, mostly white, residents who lived in the suburban community.

Cuomo faces stiff opposition from Republicans in the State Senate, who say public financing of campaigns is a waste of the tax payers» money.

He had the determination to push through undoubtedly necessary public spending cuts in the face of opposition from within his own party (and, indeed, our own).

Though on its face the proposal arguably shouldn't be contentious, it faces opposition from both the public and from lawmakers as budget negotiations enter their final two weeks.

Like the other stalled projects, this one faces stiff public opposition and no timeline has been given for a decision.

The governor did not rule out splitting the public campaign finance portion of the legislation off from the other bills, in the face of GOP opposition.

The four candidates for the Labour leadership faced questions from the public in the first televised debate between the would - be leaders of the opposition.

He has also announced he's cease political fundraising while the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity investigates his fundraising practices — a move that isn't much of a hardship on the Democratic DA, given the fact that he faces only token opposition in the general election next month from a write - in candidate, former Brooklyn sex - crimes prosecutor Marc Fliedner.

The exchange helped demonstrate the public relations challenges of opposing the bill, and especially of using bar and restaurant owners as the face of that opposition.

Originally, County Executive Ed Mangano hoped to close the budget gap and hire new cops with a $ 105 surcharge on all traffic and parking tickets, but was forced to back off in the face of public opposition.

But even when these requirements are met, the utilities still must gain approval from national and prefecture governments, which face continued public opposition to restoration of nuclear power.

The company later backed down in the face of intense public opposition.

However, facing a great deal of opposition from parents, the Boston Public Schools later announced that they will not implement the changes.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet schools, which are public schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original school choice option.»

Public school teachers were the face of the opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 — and they could end up absorbing some of the longest - lasting changes resulting from the controversial law.

And if the initiative does make the ballot, it will face formidable opposition from cities and counties, which already are complaining that Brown and the Legislature have cut social services severely and unloaded public safety responsibilities on them.

Most charters are more segregatedthan traditional public schools, are non-union, and when charter educators do mount union campaigns, they almost always face tremendous opposition.

However, despite that opposition from the local officials responsible for education policy and despite the fact that Connecticut doesn't even fund its existing public schools adequately and the fact that the State of Connecticut is facing a massive $ 1.4 billion projected budget deficit next year, Governor Malloy's former Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education approved four new charter school proposals last spring.

(Washington, D.C., March 29, 2013) Despite public opposition, the Florida legislature is moving towards approving legislation that would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists, in the face of potential public health and property value impacts, as well as predicted high mortality for native animals.

Faced with ideological opposition to the expansionist model, Jamshed Bharucha has withdrawn from public view and shirked his responsibilities overseeing the college.

So, if your cointegration approach does prove successful (which is something that I consider unlikely), what magic ingredient do you employ to make it irrefutable in the face of reluctant public & political opinion and in the face of aggressive contrarian opposition?

However, they continue to face staunch opposition — even purposely deceptive public relations campaigns and other practices — on the part of some of the state's investor - owned utilities.

Faced with public and Congressional opposition to a planned, permitted increase in the daily discharge of ammonia and total suspended solids from its Whiting refinery into Lake Michigan to enable it to increase the amount of Canadian heavy crude it can process, BP has promised to operate the refinery to... Read more →

Shouldn't you and your fellow environmental activists be demanding a courageous display of Presidential leadership on climate change issues — leadership displayed in the face of what could prove to be intense opposition from an aroused public, once a truly effective GHG reduction plan is established?

And at the moment every single major pipeline (as well as incremental expansions to existing pipelines) is facing mounting public, legal, and political opposition — all of which has been driven by people power that refuses to accept the devastating impacts of the Alberta tar sands on the climate, the environment, human rights, and communities.

Long distances and sometimes rough geography make for high upfront infrastructure costs and considerable risk, especially in the face of any political or public opposition to transmission infrastructure routes.

The Clean Fuel Standard is thus a key element of Governor Inslee's proposals to protect our climate, public health and our economy; but the plan faces opposition from the oil companies who currently dominate our energy system.

In this issue, the «murder» is framing the narrative as settled science which only faces opposition from the fossil fuel industry and the «shill experts» they pay to do their «public misinformation dirty work.»

While the bill will likely be supported in McCain's Commerce Committee, and is touted by its authors as an economic bill more than an environmental bill, it will face tough opposition from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, whose new chair, Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, opposes mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

Between plummeting renewable energy costs, uncharted electric vehicle growth, government commitments to decarbonization enshrined in the Paris agreement, and a growing list of fossil fuel project cancellations in the face of massive public opposition and bad economics, the writing's on the wall.

Even worse, the completed plant was abandoned and decommissioned before startup in the face of overwhelming public opposition.

Conclusions When placed in remote areas, «wind farms» may face little, if any, public opposition, despite the higher costs of electricity from wind energy, the environmental disadvantages, and the adverse operational impacts on other electricity generating units and transmission systems.

Since its proposal in 2011, Gateway Pacific has been plagued by delays and financial setbacks, and has faced unprecedented community opposition including more than 124,000 public comments on a scoping process in 2012.

In the face of strong opposition from environmental groups opposed to the prospect of restarting coal - fired power generation at the Danskammer plant in the Mid-Hudson Valley, Helios Power Capital said in a letter to the New York Public Service Commission that it is «unnecessary» to use coal at the plant and that the company has «no intention to do so.»

Section 7C (2) authorizes candidates facing active opposition in a merit retention election for the same judicial office to campaign together and conduct a joint campaign designed to educate the public on merit retention and each candidate's views as to why he or she should be retained in office, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by Florida law.