Sentences with phrase «of nimby»

«The Housing Summit increased the awareness of the complexity of housing issues and resulted in lessening of the NIMBY cries.»

The effects of low - income, public, and subsidized housing on the values of surrounding properties, the challenge of NIMBY, and some possible resources people can use to educate community groups and local governments.

Not built because of NIMBY.

In Samsø, Denmark, and West Texas, citizens have taken sustainability — and economic realities — into their own hands by becoming stakeholders in wind turbines; instead of NIMBY, for them it's «Yes, in my backyard.»

Social because of both a NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) attitude and irrational level of fear of radiation.

We should eliminate use of NIMBY and the legal system that is stopping the development of renewable power like Cape Wind.

Because it will be built along a mostly industrial right - of - way, Cuomo doesn't foresee any significant «siting issues» of the NIMBY variety.

But Catherine Trapani, executive director for Homeless Services United, told Politico the lawsuit is just part of a NIMBY campaign to stop the shelter from moving forward.

«The spirit of NIMBY [Not in My Back Yard] is as alive and well in New York City as it is anywhere.»

This weekend we read of yet another group of NIMBYs objecting to a wind farm on Georgian Bay north of Toronto.

All the smart young economists and urban writers (most of whom live in New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington) are piling on to Ed Glaeser's thesis that we have to roll back zoning regulations, get rid of the NIMBYs and the preservationists and let a thousand towers bloom.

Not exact matches

Our perspective changes quickly when we try to view NIMBY in light of the needs of society as a whole.

People that are bound and determine to keep the homeless out of their back yard (NIMBY).

At a recent taping of July's show, which will air four times a week on Channel 6, Buffalo Grove Village President Sid Mathias led a discussion of the pros and cons of extending Illinois Highway 53, one of the great NIMBY issues of the day.

Neither can we see through the eyes of people who are following an idea, blindly, nor even Nimbys.

In one paragraph, Toynbee talks of «conservative Nimbys who faced having the new line plough through their Chiltern estates».

That project mainly benefits Long Island as well (capacity for more service) but there is a fierce NIMBY campaign against it in western Nassau County (not his district but he has been the leader of the L.I. Senate delegation).

I can't think of a clearcut example off the top of my head, but it happens regularly in Europe for topics that target groups that are concentrated in only a few constituencies (e.g. tax increases, NIMBY topics like authorizing a new airport, or extra layers of government regulation).

Even the acronym — NIMBY — conjures up an image of a couple in their mid-fifties, brandishing a copy of the Daily Mail, and giving their thoughts through pursed lips to a local reporter on the new sexual health clinic or children's home that's going up far too close for comfort to their bungalow in Penge, thank you very much.

But the rank hypocrisy and lack of empathy demonstrated by those who use «NIMBY» to casually dismiss those whose lives are going to be thoroughly rogered by such proposals is, to my mind, far worse than the perceived obstructionism of the unfortunates who are watching their retirement plans go up in a puff of train steam.

If a Great Political Guidebook of our time existed — and the reason it doesn't is largely so the public continue to labour under the misapprehension that certain lobby correspondents actually know what they're talking about — the term NIMBY would occupy an inauspicious location within it.

I expect there will be some grumbling about «naysayers» and «nimby» and public interference... understandable, of course, but will not be taken seriously.

She acknowledged the challenges that come with the «Not in My Backyard,» or «NIMBY,» worldview — which the mayor said has hurt the city's proposals to bring homeless shelters to different neighborhoods — noting that given the rising population of New York City, the city has to «build more than people in neighborhoods would like.»

There are countless home videos like these online of bears where they shouldn't be: climbing over a car windshield while a baby screams in the backseat; throwing a pool party in Connecticut, which was cute, in a NIMBY kind of way.

NIMBYs rail against big box retailers setting up on the edge of town, but in the end just can't help but shop there («just for the basics», you know...).

Just a minor request... could some of the overwhelming number of acronyms be fleshed out occasionally for those of us who don't necessarily know what they stand for... NIMBY, MBTU, HCFC etc etc... although familiar to many who post, I would like to remind all that we are trying to educate a larger readership, and ultimately influence public policy.

The book starts with a list of must - know acronyms (from GHG to HVAC to NIMBY (greenhouse gasses, heating ventilation and air conditioning, not in my back yard if you're wondering)-RRB- and then quickly launches into an explanation of what Clean Tech means, what it is, and why it's booming.

However, the tricky issue is finding land — a problem that all potential tiny housers face, regardless of their situation — but in the case of housing the homeless in tiny house developments, such well - meaning initiatives can meet strong opposition fueled by NIMBY - ism (not in my backyard).

If NIMBY weren't as much of an issue as it is, we could probably take advantage of distributed heat systems for much of our urban existing home stock.

(NIMBY kills alot of programs in a functioning democracy) Scientifically, the game seems to fall prey to the neo-Malthusian chants of much of the environmental movement.

Bravo to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty for taking a stand against NIMBY Scarberians who are objecting to the idea of a wind farm two to four kilometers off the Scarborough Bluffs, a deteriorating sandy hill overlooking Lake Ontario.

Perhaps because the former is primarily selfish (NIMBY) while the latter is largely altruistic (it's for the good of the planet and everyone on it)?

Our Tiny House Summit Keynote: «Crafting Community in a NIMBY World» Exploring the diversity of tiny house communities across the US.

Then, when people didn't like that idea they could have countered with a dramatically scaled back half - measure of a protected bike lane and improved pedestrian safety redesign of Clinton Ave.. It'd have been so mundane and low - key compared to the highly disruptive plan on Vanderbilt that maybe, just maybe, all the NIMBYs would have gone for it.

«Because we opposed the Ceres wind farm, members of our Community have been called liars, unethical, NIMBY's, climate change deniers, you name it, by certain sections of the pro wind lobby, one in particular.»

Of course, by keeping them separate & difficult to collate the government can hope that attention will be deflected by the vocal nimbys objecting to the renewable industry.

Meanwhile, the north of China famously struggles with a lack of water, something nuclear power stations require plenty of to keep reactors cool, and the east coast, where there is plenty of water, is home to China's most developed cities, which are increasingly turning to NIMBY - ism.

The cost of creating and siting landfills will continue to increase due to more rigid environmental mandates compounded by ever more toxic man made materials and public policy issues, the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome.

Some of these interventions will be of the conventional NIMBY character, but others will no doubt be more strategic.

There will always be NIMBYs that can't be reasoned with, but give members of a community more say and more to gain from such projects and you make champions out of opponents.

Perhaps this all points to the inadequacy of the word «nimby».

Finally, absent from Broecker's analysis is a consideration of the implications of seeking to store up to 34 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually in terrestrial or ocean - based facilities, including the imposing environmental and health risks associated with potential leakage, and the huge «NIMBY» battles that may ensue in areas where such facilities might be sited.

Mark: I am not a nimby, there is no wind farm, existing or planned, within 20 km of where I live.

Is the claim the ultimate application of Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)?

Jonathan: I'm not keen on the «Nimby» expression because people object to wind farms for all sorts of reasons.

The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys.

Well - financed NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) activists and a small minority of labor unions defend exclusionary laws that prevent homebuilding, in both cities and suburbs.

Interview with Jim Gordon, CEO of Cape Wind The famed Cape Wind offshore wind project has finally been granted a permit to begin construction, after a decade - long battle with the company and clean energy advocates on one side, and well - funded fossil fuel industry interests and NIMBY concerns on the other.

The mostly highly publicized offshore wind farm in the U.S. is undoubtedly Cape Wind, which was finally approved for construction in Cape Cod after a decade - long battle and the protestations of wealthy NIMBYs and grumpy Kennedys.

Historic preservation types often get accused of being NIMBY, particularly now when Edward Glaeser and his ilk think everything should be knocked down and replaced with 40 storey towers.