Sentences with phrase «in public outrage»

Rodrigue Katembo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Putting his life on the line, Rodrigue Katembo went undercover to document and release information about bribery and corruption in the quest to drill for oil in Virunga National Park, resulting in public outrage that forced the company to withdraw from the project.

Katembo went undercover to document and release information about bribery and corruption in the quest to drill for oil in Virunga National Park, resulting in public outrage that forced the company to withdraw from the project.

It's obvious this wallet - flaying game was going to be review bombed to hell, so it's time to launch the METABOMB and revel in public outrage yet again.

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That caused plenty of public outrage and embarrassment, so Congress passed a bill authorizing the AMT to start in 1970.

The settlements and pill - dumping allegations have put the previously low - profile wholesaling industry in the hot seat just as public and political outrage over the opioid epidemic reaches a fever pitch.

The email came after Kalanick failed to assuage public outrage over Uber's decision to turn off surge pricing at JFK International Airport at a time when taxis refused to stop there in solidarity with a protest against the order.

Responding to public outrage, the government has recently introduced a series of measures like making public the level of air pollution in Beijing and also plans to impose emission restrictions on the steel, coal and petrochemicals industries, among others.

«CEO pay keeps soaring, luxe stock option, pension and bonus packages remain the gold standard for CEOs, and despite public outrage, neither corporate boards nor shareholders are stepping in to put a lid on things.»

In calling for the moratorium, Republican leaders declared, in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, «Pork - barrel spending has outraged American families and eroded public confidence in our institutioIn calling for the moratorium, Republican leaders declared, in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, «Pork - barrel spending has outraged American families and eroded public confidence in our institutioin a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, «Pork - barrel spending has outraged American families and eroded public confidence in our institutioin our institution.

«There is a lack of trust here, and I feel the public was justified in their initial outrage,» she said, referring to mistakes that Dove has made in the past.

The fact that it happened in Congress should have the public outraged.

In the beginning of the film, superheroes are forced to retire by the government when public outrage over the heroes» unchecked power reaches new heights.

Opinion polls showed that just 22 % of New Brunswickers supported the deal, and a two - month - long diet of protests and loud public outrage convinced five of Graham's Liberal MLAs, including three cabinet ministers, to tell the premier in early January that they couldn't support the transaction.

Right from its opening sentence («One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit,») the book's message resonated with a public outraged by a rash of corporate scandals and feeling deceived by the failure of American forces to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Robert Reich, a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of «Beyond Outrage,» now available in paperback.

«I was outraged as a customer using their product and significantly concerned for every woman who works at Uber,» said DeNardo, who is head of public relations and social media for Justin Kan Enterprises and start - up incubator Zero - F in San Francisco.

There is also a sense among analysts that investors believe the worst may be over in terms of public opinion, though that remains to be seen given the outrage over the disaster caused by the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April.

And it's almost uncanny timing that just as that social media - related whistleblowing scandal was made public and the world was meeting Snowden for the first time, Chris Wylie was beginning his employment with SCL Group and the next outrage was being quietly set in motion.

Public reaction to this complex picture has been reminiscent of the last time there was widespread outrage about social media in political life — the revelations made by Edward Snowden in June 2013.

The sale of nearly $ 2 million in corporate stock by high - level Equifax executives shortly after the company learned of a major data breach has sparked public outrage that could turn into another hurdle for the credit rating agency.

Senator Elizabeth Warren put her finger on the pulse of the growing public outrage over how the Federal Reserve conducts much of its operations in secret and appears to frequently succumb to the desires of Wall Street to the detriment of the public interest.

There would be outrage from the religious right claiming the nudists don't have a right to infringe on others right not to have to see peoples junk in public.

It acknowledges that «disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts» that have outraged the public conscience.

The man who should have succeeded Tikhon, Metropolitan Kirill (Smirnov), was outraged by Sergi's willingness to subject the Church to a godless state in a futile effort to save the Church as a public institution.

Reflecting on the rash of outraged protests against allegedly sexist, racist, and homophobic slurs erupting in our public life, New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen tries to get to the root of the matter.

We live in an age of collective outrage, where misdeeds committed by public figures — the kinds of actions that were once easily forgotten or never exposed in the first place — can become global trending topics in a matter of hours.

As a proponent of the importance of religion in public life, Neuhaus is right to be concerned, even outraged.

Public outrage is being shown in many areas of the nation but the fanfares for or against the T vs. G trial is being socially weighed - in and national governances are taking notice in order to see just how fractured socialism is...

In China, the public was outraged when grade school children were subjected to Golden Rice feed studies.

Last year, though, to the disbelief of his fans, the delight of the tabloids and the outrage of the empty suits in the cricket hierarchy, Botham started showing up in public — though not on the playing field — in the most extraordinary costumes.

Earlier this year Milwaukee public health officials caused a a rightful outrage when they released a PSA showing a baby in a bed sleeping next to a butcher knife.

Before this though there was public outrage when people found out LFTB was being used in fast foods (McDonalds etc...).

I can't believe that there is such and outrage by some about breastfeeding in public.

Prosecutors charged Shannon Denney, 32, with outraging public decency and public morals, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $ 500 fine.

The public is outraged by the fact that a friend of the President with no meaningful education or government post has had the opportunity to influence, and even supersede, the democratically elected President in making important decisions, even more so with the approval of the President.

By deferring that decision, public outrage has been stored up for the past three decades and has burst out in one huge explosion of anger.

«With his formal announcement, any attempt to short - circuit the petition process with a vacancy committee will fly in the face of democracy and, I believe, be met with public outrage.»

In a move which will outrage human rights activists, the decision to strip Brits of their citizenship could be made in secret courts which are closed to the publiIn a move which will outrage human rights activists, the decision to strip Brits of their citizenship could be made in secret courts which are closed to the publiin secret courts which are closed to the public.

Huge costs, shady procurement procedures, and in general: the whole manner in which the programme had been organised by the German Ministry of Defence, have caused public outrage.

A year later, the election of another Albanian girl — the best pupil in her school in Crete — was also met with public outrage, to which the local teachers» union president reportedly responded: «This excellent student may be of Albanian origin but she has a Greek citizenship».

In order to end the «rinse - and - repeat» cycle of scandal followed by public outrage, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a sweeping package of reforms that would bring a meaningful transformation of the culture of Albany.

But it was no secret that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had been strongly against a deal including condos in the program following public outrage over the 421a inclusion of luxury condos like One57.

The congressman has also shied away from public appearances in recent weeks, after he found himself the target of a national wave outrage over Republican promises to roll back the Affordable Care Act in February.

Most of time, you'll only see slight growth, but if you happen to catch a wave of public indignation you might see a massive spurt of signups — I heard a presentation in 2005 from a group that had gone from zero to over 100,000 names in just a few months (if I remember right) because of outrage over gay marriage (they were on the let - us - marry - dammit side).

Details of the allegations were made public this week in two reports issued by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, and with the revelations drew widespread disgust and outrage at the lawpublic this week in two reports issued by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, and with the revelations drew widespread disgust and outrage at the lawPublic Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, and with the revelations drew widespread disgust and outrage at the lawmaker.

Of course, Thomas de Maizière and his Ministry need to explain why half a billion Euros has been spend largely in vain — but the public outrage has more to do with the general interest in drones than with the failed project.

In this context, rapid growth may buy social peace for the time being; but in the long run, public outrage may be more difficult to contaiIn this context, rapid growth may buy social peace for the time being; but in the long run, public outrage may be more difficult to contaiin the long run, public outrage may be more difficult to contain.

He reportedly disappeared from public glare only to come home about two weeks ago to take charge a Director in the Ministry of Interior, with his return sparking reactions and outrage.

The most remarkable facet of the uproar about the condition of New York City's public housing isn't the outrage at the lack of heat in winter or its failure to...

Hizzoner called it «tragic that two leaders were lining their own pockets or their family's pockets in this way,» adding that «the public has every right to be outraged.»