Sentences with phrase «from opponents of»

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce worked with the American Petroleum Institute in a «Grassroots» efforts to beat back «misinformation» from opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline.

More than 100 people, mostly from Seneca County, gathered Thursday night to hear from opponents of wind turbine projects in the area.

Many economic assessments of climate change policies completed to date, especially from opponents of the Waxman - Markey bill (H.R. 2454), make a flawed argument that meeting...

Claims from some opponents of the process say that the agents have no reason to attempt to shop the book to other publishers if the agents themselves are the ones distributing the books; what would be the purpose in shopping an ebook to other platforms?

Now, it's the New York Times, who has clearly demonstrated that reading consumers will respond favorably to its paywall system of readership, despite early predictive criticism from opponents of the business model.

Federal education officials planned a second meeting Wednesday to hear from opponents of the guidance.

Amid cries from opponents of «shame on you» and «gutless cowards,» the Township High School District 211 school board voted early Thursday to give a transgender student access to the girls» locker room, settling a case that thrust the district into the national spotlight and caused deep divisions in the community.

Yet, despite the carping from opponents of No Child and all the discussions about gutting it, nothing has happened.

As for getting data on the number and type of guns in the United States, Branas declined to comment on the advisability of creating a federal gun registry — an idea that has drawn extensive opposition from opponents of firearms regulation.

Federal funding for such research was cut off in 1988 in response to political pressure from opponents of abortion.

Finally, Lamberth threw out the plaintiffs» claim that NIH had improperly ignored tens of thousands of comments from opponents of hESC research when it developed the guidelines.

The leader of the Senate Republicans, Dean Skelos, has been under fire from opponents of the NYSAFE Act.

Mid-Hudson Congressman John Faso voted in favor of the American Health Care Act on Thursday — and took heat for it from opponents of the bill.

Eight years ago it was Democratic congresspersons taking the flak from opponents of President Obama's policies.

The Town Board got an earful from opponents of a proposed oil pipeline, but decided against passing a resolution to

Such gaps have sparked concern from opponents of the county executive's over the course of his two terms in office.

The drive for the bill has won editorial support from newspapers across the state, and advocates have also enjoyed assists from top law enforcement officials — including James Sheppard, the chief of police in Rochester, and Steven Krokoff, his counterpart in Albany — who aggressively knocked down criticism from opponents of transgender civil rights protections that such laws create public safety problems in locations such as bathrooms and locker rooms.

The National Organization for Marriage spent $ 53,000 on the race, financing mailings and automated phone calls from opponents of the marriage law, including State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a Bronx Democrat, and a Brooklyn rabbi, Zecharia Wallerstein, urging voters to reject Mr. Weprin.

Facing pressure from opponents of a proposed inner - city natural gas - fired power plant to help run Empire State Plaza, the state Power Authority is revisiting whether alternative energy could instead be used, even though it has already publicly dismissed that as infeasible.

«In the run up to the General Election the vitriol from the opponents of public services is intensifying.

The parliamentary elections of 2011 provided an opportunity for protest from opponents of the regime who held a variety of grievances.

President Mahama's assertion comes days after owner of Ovation International Chief Delle Momodu made a similar one attracting sharp criticisms from opponents of the President.

But my favorite Vilsack line came in response to committee chairman John Kline's (R - MN) characterization of school meals as too skimpy to feed hungry athletes, a common refrain from opponents of reform (which Woldow also recently debunked.)

And from opponents of far less caliber than Barcelona?

The message from some opponents of gun control is that Stoneman students should not be listened to.

While Miscavige and his organization have held up the media complex as a valuable tool for spreading the message of Scientology and recruiting new members to join, the new facilities have received criticism from opponents of the religion — including some former members — who claim the complex is nothing more than a propaganda machine and a ploy to attract donations.

While I'm far from an opponent of the shift to digital filmmaking, the way Roth and his cohorts employ it in telling their stories is discordant with the types of narratives they are invested in.

Lyndsey Ward has provided us with a classic and typical comment from an opponent of wind power.

It represented the first prominent attempt from an opponent of carbon cuts to dangle geoengineering as an alternative to UN climate negotiations.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump's decision will likely spark protests from and legal battles with environmentalists and other opponents of offshore drilling.

A year from elections, Hollande is under intense pressure as opponents accuse his administration of police failings over the tragedy.

He was accused of being absent during turmoil in the firm, just as his political opponents now notice his time spent away from Canada.

From there, the president descended into a series of attacks on his opponents and a defense of his administration... among other things, taking credit for driving North and South Korea together for the Olympics.

Yet the risk of a spill from the pipeline itself or from tankers offshore is overwhelmingly borne by B.C. Short of sharing royalty revenues with B.C. — note how both the B.C. Liberals and their NDP opponents support plans for liquefied natural gas terminals, which would boost gas revenues in B.C. — there's no way for Alberta or an Albertan prime minister to bring B.C. onside.

At the height of the Clayoquot standoff, MacMillan Bloedel employed public relations campaigns, marshalled exhaustive research from its foresters and scientists, and fought its opponents in court — and none of it was working.

The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community.

Opponents of the reforms insist the changes would hurt Canadians at different income levels and from many different sectors, including doctors, farmers and small business owners.

Thursday's vote by the Federal Communications Commission to revoke its 2015 net neutrality rules generated heated commentary from both supporters and opponents of the move.

«Some of the large retailers who are big importers have been some of the most vocal opponents,» Rosenberg said, noting they haven't been the only ones who have come out against the proposal, but also pointing to support the plan has from companies such as Boeing, General Electric, and Johnson and Johnson.

Bennett is one of a kind for sure — funny, easygoing and much more chill than you'd expect from a man who runs over opponents for a living.

If Trump's frequent, occasionally personal critiques of opponents during the campaign disturbed some reporters, the first days of his presidency were an equally ominous sign that the press would face years of opposition from a president who seems eager to battle for every factual inch.

Dalton McGuinty's opponents welcomed a report from the Fraser Institute last month as hunters welcome fresh boxes of ammunition.

The Security and Exchange Commission was one of the opponents to the law, claiming that the rules would inhibit the SEC from obtaining digital content in investigations.

Opponents of Initiative 1183 noted how almost all the US$ 23 million spent by supporters came from Costco, a Washington - based retailer.

I heard from a handful of entrepreneurs after my column on how some of President Obama's opponents have twisted his words in a speech earlier this month.

Inside the committee room, Morneau had been subjected to yet another round of rankling questions about his small - business tax proposals from Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative finance critic whose rare knack for getting under the skin of his political adversaries reminds me of the way Claude Lemieux used to drive his NHL opponents to rash retaliations.

Simply put, as part of a desperate attempt to keep America out of recession and himself out of the ranks of unemployed Americans, Obama has torn a page from the questionable Keynesian play book and just asked his political opponents for permission to toss the mother of all Hail Mary passes.

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Trump, however, went on to fire several political shots toward his opponents, including his immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, who previously turned down an invitation to speak at the Jamboree in protest of the Boy Scouts» policy of disallowing gay members and leaders from joining its ranks in 2013.

While the crackdown has drawn concern and criticism from Western capitals, rights groups and some domestic opponents of the government, most Turks have shown unity in their opposition to the coup attempt, with regular rallies of solidarity.