Sentences with phrase «raised public concern»

Such reports have raised public concern about wind turbine exposure.

«We regret the railroad's decision to place some of our rail cars in the Adirondack Park, which raised public concern about their effect on the park's beauty and environment,» said Constantino in a statement.

Tell - all books targeting consumer audiences have raised public concern about the quality of our food and viability of our food system.

Through tell - all books targeting consumers, they are successfully raising public concern about agricultural, marketing and retailing methods.

The allegation raised public concerns about a military coup in the event of Mugabe's death while in office.

Dr. Mona Hanna - Attisha, a pediatrician, director of a pediatric residency program in Flint, Mich. and the first person to raise public concerns about elevated lead levels in the blood of Flint area children, talked about the consequences of sounding the alarm over her research that found Flint's water system was leaching lead into drinking water and making her young patients sick.

Obama has also sought to use the star power of his office to raise public concern about climate issues.

And just as the Facebook debacle raises public concerns about the use of personal data, a new international test of ten and 15 - year - olds is to be introduced by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-- a powerful influence on national education policies at a global scale.

But of all the fresh considerations of Carson's work, there's one that stands out for me at the moment — a recent paper by two researchers of rhetoric and writing who dug in on «Silent Spring» drafts, notes and revisions and found that Carson had a remarkable and rare trait for someone so committed to raising public concern about a pressing environmental issue.

Setting aside the word propaganda, I will readily assert that there has been a longstanding and well - financed effort to raise public concern by downplaying substantial, persistent and legitimate uncertainty about the worst - case outcomes from greenhouse - driven warming and over-attributing the link between such warming and climate - related disasters and other events.

I know that you generally like to cite Ted and Michael — but I'm still puzzled by your tweeting of their article with the quote «Efforts to raise public concern about climate change by linking it to natural disasters will backfire.»

EEI rejected a publicity campaign and relied upon their expertise, which was lobbying, to raise public concern about a proposed «carbon tax,» or cap - and - trade law.

«The government will be able to subject any project that raises public concern to the impact assessment process.

The proposal never went past the planning phases and has been put on pause after the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal raised public concerns over how Facebook and others collect and use detailed information about Facebook users.

Not exact matches

One concern is that companies will choose to raise big rounds from SoftBank rather than going public or selling to a larger rival.

Still, the mere possibility of a change in policy on this front ought to raise concerns — if not for reasons of etiquette and old - fashioned customer satisfaction, than for public health.

But now, mere months after the agreement was signed, a chorus of critics is already raising a host of concerns over privacy, transparency, public control, and the financial soundness of the deal struck by Toronto.

On Jan. 26, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House counsel Don McGahn to raise concerns about discrepancies between the public accounting and what intelligence officials knew to be true about the contacts based on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.S.

John Bergmayer, senior counsel at Public Knowledge, said in a statement: «The modified approach [FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler] has described today addresses the legitimate concerns raised by [the pay - TV industry] while preserving the benefits to the public, and fulfilling the congressional directive that requires the FCC to ensure that viewers do not need to rent set - top boxes from their providers.&Public Knowledge, said in a statement: «The modified approach [FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler] has described today addresses the legitimate concerns raised by [the pay - TV industry] while preserving the benefits to the public, and fulfilling the congressional directive that requires the FCC to ensure that viewers do not need to rent set - top boxes from their providers.&public, and fulfilling the congressional directive that requires the FCC to ensure that viewers do not need to rent set - top boxes from their providers.»

Russian telecoms company Megafon's London initial public offering (IPO) successfully raised $ 1.7 billion, despite concerns about corporate governance at the company, majority - owned by Russian internet tycoon Alisher Usmanov.

He was, for example, the first physician researcher to question the safety of Vioxx — and unlike most who raise safety questions, actually succeed in bringing the concerns to public attention.

Many people have raised that concern — and since it's in the public discourse it's obviously something we're looking into,» said Schroepfer.

«While blockchain technologies have gained growing acceptance, encryptic currencies have raised public policy concerns, since they are anonymous, unbacked, and are highly volatile.

(1) However, public release of classified information by unilateral action of the Legislative Branch is extremely rare and raises significant separation of powers concerns.

Unless many of the concerns raised by the NOP are addressed, the government may find a public reaction similar to the one that faced the Harper government during the CNOOC situation.

Local B.C. Liberal MLAs dismissed concerns raised by doctors, local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced taxpayer - funded grants for the company.

In conclusion, I do find it interesting that those who are raising concerns about all that happened and is happening are doing so unafraid in the public forum of my post with a lot of emotion and intelligence, while those who are trying to silence the discussion or at least control it are contacting me privately outside of the public forum with words that attempt to direct, intimidate or shame me.

Though I support a public option, I respect those who have concerns that the plan being considered in congress might actually raise cost and reduce quality.

Announcing the murder probe on Monday evening, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Dickson, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Serious Crime Branch, said: «Police were called to the scene after concerns were raised by a member of the public in relation to Mr Flowerday.

Public concerns have been raised about milk prices in New Zealand, where Fonterra collects approximately 89 % of the total raw milk supply.

The response from major retailers has been encouraging, with Coles and Woolworths responding to public concern about the treatment of animals raised for food by committing to stock fewer factory farmed products.

Trace amounts of melamine and cyanuric acid were found in some name - brand formulas, yet they were deemed to be low enough to now raise public health concerns.

The public health implications of arsenic contamination in food and water, particularly foods like infant rice cereals and other commonly consumed rice products early in life, raise serious concerns.»

Public awareness of the difficulties of raising children with autism has skyrocketed, with the result that many parents are concerned about this developmental condition.

The cork layer is also an alternative addressing the crumb rubber concerns raised by the public about the safety of recycled tire crumb used in playing fields.

Park District Director Michael Ryako and Commissioner Larry Reiner said they had answered these types of concerns during the public hearing when the fitness center was first being discussed, and added that the center would not cause taxes to be raised.

Sheets with a selection of tweets from the public raising concerns about Nestlé practices were displayed for shareholders to see as they arrived.

The following response has been sent by Nestlé to members of the public who have raised concerns about its baby food marketing practices.

The response given in full below has been sent by Nestlé to members of the public who have raised concerns about its baby food marketing practices during Nestlé - Free Week 26 October — 1 November 2015.

While most of the news articles are concerned with the exciting process of giving birth, consumer opinion raises the issue of private and public hospital care following birth.

The electeds mailed Bloomberg yesterday raising concerns about quality - of - life issues at the park, which is privately owned by Brookfield Properties, but is considered public space.

Concerns were also raised after a report by the chief probation officer found the human rights of offender Anthony Rice, who committed a brutal murder while on probation, were prioritised above public protection.

«The data so far this year raise a concern that, rather than reducing the public debt, the deficit reduction plans could be having the opposite effect because higher tax rates and austerity measures are causing economic growth to be weaker than expected.»

Amid ongoing concerns being raised over an advisory opinion that would require consultants to inform lobbying regulators when they seek to influence an editorial board's opinion, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has released a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation.

As a trio, the lectures raise a number of serious concerns over the direction of current public debate and over the degeneration of political language.

The Suffolk Legislature has tabled a resolution to name weekly newspapers to publish public notices in Suffolk's 10 towns after new lawmaker Susan Berland raised concerns about using the Long Islander in Huntington for the legal ads.

The second point is that mutualism in the public sector raises issues concerning equity similar to those posed by localism: how can equal access and quality of service be maintained nationally if there is much greater variation in how services are delivered locally.

BASC is raising concerns with the Welsh Environment Minister over attempts by animal rights extremists to block the letting of public land for shooting.

The unchecked exploitation of social media for false public information has raised serious concerns among security experts who fear it may be used to forment trouble in the heat of the 2016 general elections.

«It certainly raises in the minds of the public concerns about conflicts of interest.»