Sentences with phrase «opponent of the project»

Some of the concerns opponents of the project at the press conference expressed were: perceived risk to public health of drinking Hudson River water; effect on wildlife of the Haverstraw Bay; and rising costs of water for United Water customers and Rockland businesses.

Opponents of the project say they have the support of over 30 grassroots community and environmental organizations (attached list) and a petition with over 1300 signatures which they will deliver to Governor Cuomo, who banned fracking last month based on public health concerns.

The very small Heartland Farmers group have admitted that at least one of them was happy to host turbines, but because the amount of money on offer was insuficient they became opponents of the project.

Well - funded opponents of the project backed by Koch brothers coal money, according to Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers, claimed National Grid's PPAs should be made on a strict «least - cost basis.»

Regarding an alleged $ 500,000 increase in school taxes cited by opponents of the project, Helsmoortel said «the assistant superintendent who cited $ 500,000 was chastised by the superintendent for saying it.

Oil began flowing through the $ 3.8 billion pipeline in June, and it continues to operate despite an ongoing legal challenge by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the chief opponents of the project.

Opponents of the project hoped the commission would vote similarly Monday.

At an informal meeting Tuesday, about 15 of the more vocal opponents of the project heard attorney Gary Taylor outline the district's revised plan.

«We urge you not to take this issue to the public because we feel that you will be spending even more money on an issue that few people are in favor of, «said Sue Gould, a resident near the site who has been a strong opponent of the project.

«When you put all of those things together, the reward was not worth the risk,» he told about 200 opponents of the project in Long Beach.

The issuance will likely further inflame opponents of the project - including the Oneida Indian Nation - who have mounted multiple legal fights and public relations campaigns against Wilmot's plans to put a casino 76 miles west of Turning Stone Casino.

«Hopefully the governor will have the details we've been asking for in short order,» said state Sen. Jack Martins (R - Old Westbury), a longtime opponent of the project who says he now is «willing to listen,» along with his constituents.

Now Lamm is frontman, which opponents of the project believe was all by design.

Opponents of the project argue that it will endanger the lakes, which provide drinking water for local communities as well as the state's wine region.

Unless, that is, remaining opponents of the project, as proposed, and several Central Catskills neighbors file lawsuits within the coming weeks.

Whether that would bring more supporters or opponents of the project depended on who you asked.

Meanwhile, opponents of the project expressed disappointment at the decision Wednesday evening, saying they believe Amano rushed to make a call.

«I am really disappointed because I thought Riki May Amano would at least give the facts a detailed look,» said Kealoha Pisciotta, a staunch opponent of the project.

Keller, Gibson and other opponents of the project emphasize ETP's dishonesty in using the eminent domain law to forcibly take land from reluctant ranchers under the guise that a substantial portion of the gas in the pipeline would be used for domestic purposes.

Opponents of the project at once claimed that the damage caused to surface buildings in the area showed that the site is unsuitable.

The vocal opponents have admitted that there were some who were happy to host turbines, but because the amount of money on offer was insuficient they became opponents of the project.

Opponents of the project say it will seriously deplete groundwater and that the looming bankruptcy has added to their concerns about risk to taxpayers.

Supporters and opponents of the project will of course parse his words differently, but any reasonable person can see that he came across as a man both of peace and of principle.

Just days after the FBI suggested a suspicious fire at the future site of a Tennessee Islamic center had been set deliberately, a spokeswoman for the center used the religiously charged term «extremist» to hit back at an opponent of the project.

Over the course of the approval process, Jamestown had made several concessions to city planning officials and opponents of the project, nixing a plan to build a hotel and earmarking money for affordable housing.

During a public comment session following the town board's agenda at its Oct. 16 meeting, councilmen heard from both supporters and opponents of the project.

«This has turned families against each other, friends and neighbors against each other, because the few that are greedy enough... «I see nothing but money,»» said Robert LaPorte, an opponent of the project.

Opponents of the project have raised the prospect of methane pollution as a reason to deny the project.

Opponents of the project have worried money could come from foreign groups with extremist links, but Bloomberg brushed off that concern while speaking his weekly radio show Friday morning.

During the two - hour meeting, Leonard A. Lauder — the Whitney's chairman emeritus and largest benefactor, and until now an opponent of the project — surprised everyone by voting in favor of the new building.

Environmentalists and opponents of the project were enthusiastic this week to hear President Obama speaking with such skepticism of KXL.

If they won't listen to opponents of a project, will they breach the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?