Sentences with phrase «massive public opposition»

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.

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The party also advocates the substitution of council tax by a land - value tax; extra funding for the NHS and public transport; the scrapping of road - building schemes; massive investment in renewable energy; a radical reduction in carbon dioxide emissions; and opposition to GM crop initiatives and fracking.

The British Veterinary Zoological Society has added its voice to the massive weight of scientific and public opposition to the Coalition's proposed badger cull.

So Labour would not oppose any Conservatives unless there were massive and public opposition to them?

But as well as public resistance, the dumps are meeting scientific opposition because of their potential to cause massive, long - term damage to underground water reserves.

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.

Meanwhile, opposition to Malloy's plan was swift with many towns announcing that his proposal would lead to massive cuts to public schools and large property tax increases in the majority of Connecticut communities.

It was impossible to predict if efforts to advance school choice would be buried in a massive dust storm brought on by the opposition and public education unions, or if we would get thwarted by a microburst of unpredictable legislators.

Despite massive opposition to the ban and a temporary suspension following public outcry, the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the suspension, allowing the ban to be reinstated last December.

Our opportunity here isn't only about protecting the ocean waters of America, marine life, a favorite surf break, jobs or a given beach community; it's about demanding that our government utilize the best available science and data and listen to the massive outpouring of public opposition to destructive offshore oil and gas development, to shift the tides of energy development instead away from fossil fuels and toward renewables; it's about holding our President and federal agencies accountable for decisions they make about the management of the ocean; it's about protecting the ocean and every coastline from the atrocity and injustice of offshore drilling and exploration; it's about protecting clean water, air and beaches now and for the future; it's about protecting one another, and the Earth.