Sentences with phrase «petitioning efforts by»

It took lawsuits and petitioning efforts by the Center for Biological Diversity, NRDC, Greenpeace, and other organizations to overcome the resistance to this listing, which would have profound implications on how polar bear habitat is used — that is, whether its arctic territory would become territory of oil companies as well.

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To date, almost 330,000 concerned people have joined us in this effort by signing the petition.

Johnson is now petitioning to give Chapman a suitable memorial, but her efforts are hampered by the private cemetery's intention to reclaim the land.

The WFP, a labor - backed party line, released a petition email signed by Nadler that calls on supporters to sign onto to the effort.

The MTGP Coordinator Danielle Breck stated that «The Montana Green Party has repeatedly shown, through our various petitioning efforts, that we do, in fact, have the «modicum of voter support» the law requires and that our candidates are not «frivolous,» but rather provide an important alternative to pre-selected, unresponsive, corporate controlled candidates offered by the two - party oligarchy.

They are increasingly taking action through civil litigation, complaints and petitions to state institutions — efforts aided by environmental NGOs, the media, and the effect of mass protest.Academic studies have drawn attention to the role the media, ENGOs and civil litigation as potential forces in aiding environmental protection implementation.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook), Assemblyman Dean Murray (R,C,I - East Patchogue) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square), today took their efforts to the next level to inform parents of their rights to have their children refuse to take the Common Core standardized tests by launching a new statewide petition drive: RefuseCommonCore.com.

Republican Sen. George Amedore's effort to petition onto the Independence line last year was assisted by Bryan Clenahan, who is a counsel in the office of the IDC's Sen. Diane Savino.

ALBANY — The organizers of a petition to block the naming of the Tappan Zee replacement bridge for former Gov. Mario Cuomo are disputing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's assertion that the effort is motivated by political hate.

But circulating petitions is an expensive effort, and it's not immediately clear how it will work in terms of reimbursements from the state commitee, which is not swimming in cash by all accounts.

The organizers of a petition to block the naming of the Tappan Zee replacement bridge for former Gov. Mario Cuomo are disputing the current governor's assertion that the effort is motivated by political hate.

The latest effort to bring the bright blue bikes to The Bronx comes in the form of an online petition launched by bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, demanding that city officials approve public funding to support the bike system's expansion into all five boroughs.

Registered Democrats have been doing Ed Lettre's dirty work this season BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Town employees of Clarkstown and Ramapo who are registered Democrats have done a large share of the petition gathering for Conservative Party director Ed Lettre's efforts to fill committee seats, the Rockland County Times has learned.

The Vacco letter on Paladino's behalf is included in their latest petition and was made public by them as part of that effort.

In an effort to exclude black candidates, already excluded by the all - white Democrat Primary of that day from the General Election as well, the Georgia General Assembly in 1943 adopted a 5 % petitioning standard.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Judge Catherine Nugent Panepinto has ruled against a petition to block a coalition led by a local assemblyman to continue efforts to keep the Children's Psychiatric Center open in West Seneca.

Jack Cox Jr. tried this route four years ago, but the effort failed when his nominating petitions were successfully challenged by Republican mayoral candidate Carmella Mantello's campaign.

In Arizona an effort by one church group to place a referendum opposing «atheistic teaching» on next month's ballot failed to obtain the required 55,000 petition signatures.»

PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION (Now endorsed by the Motion Picture Sound Editors, Art Directors Guild, Cinema Audio Society, American Society of Cinematographers, Canadian Cinema Editors, and Guild of British Film and Television Editors) We the undersigned support the efforts of the American Cinema Editors and the Motion Picture Editors Guild to recognize the category of Film Editing in Awards Festivals and Critics Organizations.

The quote you attribute to the California Federation of Teachers president did not appear, as the editorial implies, during the effort by the school board to stop the petition but nearly a year earlier, before the bill became law.

The Our Schools Now citizen initiative effort is officially off and running — with the filing Tuesday morning of a petition that, if approved by voters next year — would over three years raise the current state sales and personal income tax rates by around $ 700 million annually.

Last week, another teacher was allegedly assaulted by a student and has since taken time off, according to Bullard teacher Scott Hatfield, who has been leading the petition efforts.

You can find out all you need to know about Michelle Rhee here and about how change.org is complicit in her efforts by redirecting people to misleading Rhee petitions (sign if you love teachers, eg) after they have signed someone else's petition.

The atmosphere in the animal welfare community is charged with angry invective,  protest petitions and polls, and efforts to gain publicity by piling on criticism of the decisions made in this tragedy. These are not solutions either.

The fourth, when seen in a side - by - side comparison with the third, has obvious, though somewhat mild, efforts to cast doubt about the credibility of the petition, with what seems to be a threat to be more harsh.

That effort came in the form of a statement and petition on global warming circulated by Dr. Seitz, a physicist who was president of the academy in the 1960's.

S. Fred Singer called the petition «the latest and largest effort by rank - and - file scientists to express their opposition to schemes that subvert science for the sake of a political agenda.»

There have been many efforts to collect «skeptical petitions» or even pose as a scientific journal (Oregon Petition) in order to mislead, and so statements have to be made by professional organizations to clarify these matters.

Though it's difficult to exactly trace the influence of lobbying money, by its very nature, both Philpott and OpenSecrets squarely place the blame for recent failures of efforts to label GMO ingredients in Congress, as well as the FDA thoroughly dragging its feet on GMO labeling, questioning the validity of petitions demanding labeling, on the massive influence of Monsanto.

Within my piece was a link to a copy of the UCS» actual talking points memo, and a key clue to the suspect manner of their effort was the note they had near the bottom of the memo which concerned a letter trashing the Oregon Petition (originally intended for publication in the Wall Street Journal) which was being circulated among other scientists via «an effort organized by Ozone Action ``.

The filing of a Chapter 7, 13 or 11 bankruptcy petition initiates an automatic «stay» which will immediately stop collections efforts by creditors, the enforcement of judgments, or foreclosure on real property.