Sentences with phrase «prompted public concern»

The figure has prompted public concern from Superintendent Adams and Rick Sullivan, the president of the special administrative board created by the state in 2007 to manage the district.

BPA has been identified as an endocrine disruptor and has been linked in numerous animal studies to adverse health effects, including in reproductive and metabolic systems, which have prompted public concern.

Not exact matches

The investigation was prompted by about a dozen complaints concerning the Trump school that the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, has found to be «credible» and «serious,» these people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was not yet public.

If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

But while no evidence had been found to back up the «specific intelligence» that prompted the raid, he said concerns over public safety meant the police had to act.

This prompted fears that services the public takes for granted could be hit, [91] and concern that the Conservative Party had not explained the policy clearly in its manifesto before the 2015 election.

I already had many concerns with this proposal, including the impact of so many truck trips in an area with the highest rate of asthma in the Nation, but the totally undemocratic disrespect for the public approval process and the people of the City and the State prompts me to write to you.

The meeting was prompted by calls to my office from concerned citizens and public officials, including several from Village of Kenmore Mayor Patrick Mang and Trustee Salvatore Muscarella.

The World Health Organisation has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency, prompted by growing concern that it could cause birth defects.

Concerns about the «unrealistic» reforms being pushed through by the coalition prompted a walkout by teachers and other public sector staff last month.

The new guidance also calls on agencies to address concerns voiced in public comments concerning climate change, which will likely «prompt many agencies to adopt more detailed, agency - specific guidance that is tailored to the types of projects that they frequently review.»

The safe and secure burial of CO2 is the most difficult part of the process — and prompts the greatest public concern

Eom and colleagues were prompted to investigate the links between culture, environmental concern, and environmental action after noticing that both public discussion and academic research on environmental behavior typically focus on people from Western countries.

The case has prompted concern among scientists that the activities of unregulated operators could undermine public support for genuine stem cell research.

Once hailed as a kind of free - market solution offering parents an escape from moribund public schools, elements of the charter school movement have prompted growing concern in recent years.

This consent order concerns violations by Dynamic International Airways, LLC (Dynamic) of the Department of Transportation's (Department) regulations on public charter operations (14 CFR Part 380) with respect to providing prompt refunds to passengers after flight cancellations and promptly notifying passengers of the cancellations.

FRC populations prompt concerns about animal welfare [4], human public health [5], [6], and threats to native wildlife from predation and disease transmission [7]--[11].

In this context, scientists, other experts, concerned citizens, and media entities face a difficult task in deciding how best to speak up: What words, pictures, phrases, testimonials, principles, examples, and so forth will prompt public understanding and responsible action?

They illustrate the tensions that are rising as scientists, whose main job is to clarify how climate and humans interact, try ever harder to boost public concern and prompt meaningful action.

So now the question is no longer about what would have prompted questions about skeptic scientists» funding to come up at «an obscure utility hearing in Minnesota», it's about why an assistant A.G. would insert material into a public hearing against some of its expert science witnesses concerning an industry corruption insinuation based on a suggestion coming from a private citizen who had nothing to do with the topic at all just eight or so weeks earlier.

Analysts say this is the first time Beijing has put a ban on the opening of new mines: the move has been prompted both by falling demand for coal as a result of a slowing economy and by increasing public concern about hazardous levels of pollution, which have blanketed many cities across the country over recent months.

The Public Message: Climate Uncertainty: In the early 1990s, the Global Climate Coalition was the leading voice for industries concerned that a prompt push to cut heat - trapping emissions could raise energy costs.

The research shines a spotlight on concerns around data protection and privacy among the British public, with only one in five (19 %) confident their personal data is used in the best possible way by business, and GDPR prompting a further three in five (58 %) to question how much data businesses hold on them.

Public concern about bank charges prompted thousands of consumers to issue claims in the county courts for refunds of charges imposed and to lodge complaints with the Financial Ombudsman Service.

The New York Times prompted much public health concern this week with a report in its Well section that Coca - Cola «is backing a new «science - based» solution to the obesity... Read more

When you have to tell the world, on paper, how ethical you are up front, you are telegraphing the reality that you need said prompting yourself... as far as the rightly skeptical public is concerned.