Sentences with phrase «grass roots opposition»

Just as with evolution there is a spontaneous grass roots opposition to climatology.

But he insists there's a lot of grass roots opposition to the Speaker.

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Leading bishops of that Church have spoken against the coming Bill and, more importantly, there is very strong grass - roots opposition, especially from the admirable evangelical Christian Institute based in the North East.

Blatter has eliminated internal opposition and it is difficult to see who will foment a grass - roots revolt and be prepared to give up their place by the honeypot to do so.

Others who know the district say the opposition to Peralta's decision has been more grass roots with Democrats in the district feeling «betrayed.»

Diane Abbott The Labour left - winger, who made it on to the ballot paper after David Miliband lent her his support, has cheered the party's grass roots with her opposition to Trident, Iraq and privatisation.

The advocates — Sam Schwartz, Charles Komanoff and Alex Matthiessen — have been widely credited with keeping the idea alive in the dark years after the Bloomberg plan failed, wooing back supporters and funders for another try, and working tirelessly to try to overcome opposition and build a grass - roots campaign, Move NY, that has laid the groundwork for the state task force.

Trump's low approval rating — 36 percent, according to a January Washington Post-ABC News poll — poses a challenge for many Republican incumbents in swing districts, particularly in the face of energized grass - roots opposition on the left.

Domenici's announcement that he was amending his nuclear energy bill to delete the uranium provisions came at the end of a week - long visit to Washington, D.C., by representatives of the two groups that had led grass - roots opposition to the uranium legislation and to HRI's mining plans - Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) and Concerned Citizens of T'iists «óóz Nídeeshgizh (CCT).

As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted when faced with grass - roots opposition to his slash - and - burn policies in Newark: «I don't care about the community criticism.

Beef up your arsenal with an assortment of special Grass Roots Weapons: Decide between a double - barreled shotgun, an assault rifle, or go for the politically approved Plunger Launcher that lets you shut up any opposition quickly!

When Repower / Senvion was spruiking the virtues of its planned 600Mw Ceres wind farm here in SA in 2012 its then head honcho «Pretty boy» in the face of an uproar from local citizens declared at a business lunch in Adelaide that «Opposition to wind farm development in South Australia is driven by political ideology dressed up as a grass roots movement.»

The advocates — Sam Schwartz, Charles Komanoff and Alex Matthiessen — have been widely credited with keeping the idea alive in the dark years after the Bloomberg plan failed, wooing back supporters and funders for another try, and working tirelessly to try to overcome opposition and build a grass - roots campaign, Move NY, that has laid the groundwork for the state task force.

(f) creating front groups and fake grass - roots organizations known as «Astroturf» groups that hide the real parties in interest behind opposition to climate change policies, and