Sentences with phrase «powerful economic interests»

«Fossil fuel companies are very powerful economic interests,» said Ruth Santiago, an attorney in Puerto Rico working on environmental issues.

Conflicts in the field are getting worse because of the recurrent attacks to indigenous rights and to small farmers movements, on behalf of powerful economic interests.

Padilla's achievements come in spite of Colombia's pervasive culture of violence and powerful economic interests who do not want recyclers to cut into their profits from landfill contracts.

These design features touch on powerful economic interests.

I think we have plenty of whores willing to ignore scientific advice and general interest to cater to powerful economic interests in the US government.

«The proponents of these projects include some very powerful economic interests, and no one can dispute the dire need to increase food security and economic development in Africa, where populations are growing very rapidly,» Laurance says.

We are well aware that the combination of powerful economic interests and weak government presence in Amazonian frontier regions results in conflicts over land and natural resources, and all too often in the assassinations of outspoken local leaders.