Sentences with phrase «of nimbyism»

«There was a lot of NIMBYism and a reluctance by municipalities in surrounding cities to participate,» recalls Campbell.

The only obstacle that remains for the solar canopies is a little bit of NIMBYism.

But this figure is more equivalent to the figures given in table 18.7 of MacKay — where the big red crosses of Nimbyism and Nay saying have reduced the physical potential by ninety per cent to get the actual.

This would significantly extend a painful political process which has seen endemic cases of nimbyism (not - in - my - back - yard) attitudes across the Y - shaped network.

There's the scourge of NIMBYism that everywhere plagues green - energy projects.

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Record low inventory is being driven by baby boomers staying put and the lack of home building thanks to hardcore NIMBYism.

The case against HS2 has nothing to do with nimbyism and everything to do with it being a colossal waste of taxpayers» money.

What followed was a typical outpouring of name - calling and nimbyism.

John Sturzaker (University of Liverpool) looks at the difficulty of establishing whether NIMBYism is motivated by self - interest or legitimate concerns — and the imbalance of power between people who need housing, and those -LSB-...]

Neither nimbyism nor bravado is appropriate given what we know about the risks and rewards of fracking.

Nimbyism is a barrier to a more sustainable energy industry, and one of the reasons why politicians have been so keen to support offshore wind energy despite the relatively high cost of this technology.

Vancouver Islanders are renowned for their NIMBYism — after all, this is the birthplace of Greenpeace.

Maybe I'm being guilty of vicarious NIMBYISM on Sanata's behalf here, but sheesh!

From steadier, stronger wind speeds to the fact that NIMBYism is much less of a challenge, there are reasons why offshore wind has grown rapidly in recent years.

This ignorance leads to radio ads decrying NIMBYism as the only reason for disallowing offshore drilling, even while these rich landowners still don't allow any wind / solar where they can see, make up all sorts of lies about wind / solar, while bush refuses to give equal subsidies to «alternative» energy and refuses to tax windfall profits to oil companies, who break records year after year in profits...

By far the main interest of the EMLRLG seems to be in pursuing a short - sighted strategy of keeping wind farms out of their immediate vicinity (see NIMBYism).

This article explains the manner in which true NIMBYism is the corner stone of Labor and the Greens.

Nimbyism is a reactionary impulse, concerning a given development, regardless of the wider benefits that it will bring.

American OSW installations, like other power plants, have been the target of localized NIMBYism [9] concerns (Schlossberg 2016).

We've said before that community - ownership of wind power can be a great way to reduce NIMBYism and