Sentences with phrase «signed petitions against»

30,000 people signed petitions against doubling the size of the Algonquin Incremental Market also known as the AIM pipeline.

Several residents signed petitions against the development, while several business owners supported it.

I live in BC and have signed petitions against your President's plans to pillage your National Parks for the sake of coal and oil extraction!!

Over 17,000 sign petition against Indian crypto ban: A petition with over 17,000 signatures was tabled against Indian Reserve Bank's much - criticized move of banning cryptocurrencies in the country.

CETA is highly controversial, with more than three million Europeans signing a petition against CETA and its twin agreement TTIP.

It did recommend that Catholics should sign the petition against the new form of marriage.

http://www.change.org/petitions/citibank-and-barclays-condemn-uganda-s-kill-the-gays-bill sign the petition against Ugandan «kill the gays» bill.

The player continues to protest his innocence, and an investigation into his conviction by the Criminal Cases Review Commission is under way, but he has been met with unwavering resistance from numerous football fans, while 160,000 people signed a petition against his return.

Thousands of people have signed a petition against Michael Gove's decision to punish children with exercise, after leading athletes, head teachers and even Conservative supporters spoke out against the plans.

Despite a formal public consultation the offices in major cities including London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Cardiff are to close, including award - winning jobcentres such as Camberwell where 2,000 local people signed a petition against its closure.

The law requires that at least three - quarters of the city legislative body must vote in favor a project if 20 percent of those owning land within 500 feet of a proposed zoning change sign petitions against it.

More than 700 residents signed a petition against the project to protest the loss of open space.

~ 100K Grindr users signed a petition against Russia's «gay propaganda» law and users helped to raise $ 107K to stop anti-gay legislation in Singapore.

1,862,364 people signed a petition against Donald J. Trump making a state visit to the UK, so he's doing a show at Greenwich

Hundreds of parents have now signed a petition against the trust — which was set up in 2014 after Black Firs joined up with Congleton High School.

Finally, thousands of parents removed their children from school in May at protest over the tests after 40,000 signed a petition against harder tests in a campaign called «Let our kids be kids».

3,000 people signed a petition against the establishment of Beccles Free School.

it is sickening these animals were forced to languish starve and thirst because of these neglectful people, please sign the petition against them!

She added that many of those who signed the petition against removing the banner later became Buren's lifelong friends.

19,000 scientists have signed a petition against CO2 being a driver, that the Earth isn't warming at an alarming rate and that we can't do anything about climate - we're puny compared to the main drivers such as the sun and water vapour.

In 2004, in an online poll, Mary was also voted the Greatest Black Briton, and was included in the National Curriculum after 36,000 people signed a petition against her possible exclusion in 2013.

Any rule changes would of course affect the operation of Uber's on - demand business in London, so the company has mobilized its U.K. users, urging them to sign a petition against the proposed new rules — which it dubs «bureaucratic», arguing they would signal the end of the Uber «you know and love.»

However, 400 people signed a petition against the initiative.

Everyone's far too busy buying new walking frames, signing petitions against proposed footpaths and failing to sell their houses at auction.

Not exact matches

More than 71,000 people signed a Change.org petition calling on Protein World to remove the adverts, and a small protest against the campaign was held in London's Hyde Park.

The petition, created by an anonymous person on Tuesday, reads: «If you believe The Weinstein Company should completely dissolve after 30 years of sexual abuse against innocent women please join me in signing this petition to honor the victims and their bravery.»

(More than 100,000 people signed a petition calling for legal action against Yuri for stirring up public unrest.)

How many petitions did we all sign against abortion, all to no avail - as were the demonstrations in London that we attended.

MP David Burrowes, chair of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, led the parliamentary opposition to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, and more than 600,000 people signed a petition led by the Coalition for Marriage against the Bill when it was first proposed in 2012.

As I write, the Coalition for Marriage petition against gay marriage has reached a total of 600,783 signatures and by the time this is in print, that total will be considerably higher - you can check its current level at http://c4m.org.uk/, and sign the petition while you are about it if you haven't already done so.

In September 2002, when a hundred scholars and ethicists signed a petition that read, «As Christian ethicists, we share a common moral presumption against a preemptive war on Iraq by the United States,» Elshtain was not numbered among the signatories.

When I recently asked her to sign the Danish women's petition against the so - called arms race, she gave me the classic argument: «It doesn't do any good, anyway.»

Sign the petition to tell Starbucks and Green Mountain Coffee to withdraw their support for the lawsuit against Vermont, and stop fighting accurate food labeling.

«The letters are titled «Notice of Legal Information Warning», signed using the ironic name «Concerned Citizens for Good Government» and warn that «there is reason to believe that your (petition) signature has been obtained against the law,»» wrote Horacio Gutierrez, Rivera's campaign strategist.

Those are anti-shutdown «sign our petition» ads run by Organizing For America, the Obama campaign successor organization, and they also feature a leisurely John Boehner leaning against a shut - off switch (get it?).

Since the election of President Donald Trump, many people on the Left have staged vitriolic protests against the new President with a massive Women's March in cities across the United States, penned articles, signed petitions, and speeches at the Golden Globe.

Despite more than 90 MPs signing the parliamentary motion against the proposals tabled by Audrey Wise MP, outbursts of anger at meetings of the PLP addressed by Harriet Harman, protests and vocal opposition from women Labour Party members and lone parent organisations — even Glenys Kinnock MEP added her name to a petition and letter against the proposals — the new batch of Labour women MPs were largely noticeable by their absence.

Some 1.7 million people signed a Downing Street petition in 2007 protesting against road pricing, despite no firm proposals being put forward.

Some leadership allies predicted more Republicans would now likely join the 20 GOP colleagues who have rebelled against leadership by signing the so - called discharge petition to force immigration votes.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have led the campaign against Labour's proposed e-cigs ban, with nearly 3,000 people signing their online petition.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have led the campaign against the e-cigs ban, with nearly 3,500 people signing the party's petition calling for it to be scrapped.

In the statement signed by Abdullahi Garba of the DSS said that the DSS had invited the concerned judicial officers for interrogations after series of petitions were sent against them.

Over 50,783 people signed a petition started by Unite against privatisation.

Osborne is also the subject of a petition against his new job signed by 145,000 people, started by his constituent, Diana Simkins.

Toby Shelley walks door to door in Eastwood to ask Democrats to sign his petitions to qualify for the ballot for the Onondaga County executive's race against Republican Joanie Mahoney.

The DOE truly listened over the course of several engaged meetings and discussions, taking into account our concerns — including that of over 1,200 parents and community members who signed the I.S. 109Q Parent Teacher Association's effective petition against the proposal.

You remind me of a Republican that wanted me to sign a petition to put him on the ballot for drain commissioner so he could run against the incumbent Republican.

A former «chairwoman» was Sparaco's mother - in - law, Debra Ortutay, who went to jail for lying to a grand jury that was investigating improprieties involving the signing of petitions for the party's ballot line during Sparaco's race against Zebrowski in 2010.

During the 2011 election campaign while running against a strong advocate for Term Limits, Republican Ralph Sabatini, Supervisor Gromack defended his action by saying that the citizens petitioning him belonged to the «Tea Party fringe group» and then implied that Clarkstown citizens were so stupid that they would «sign a piece of paper just to get on with their lives.»

The petition signed by the chairman of OPCOOS, Chief Eniyansoro Obazuaye, Secretary, Comrade Babatunde Wisdom Omojubi, PRO Chief Adesoji Aladetan and Comrade Adekunle Orisamuluwa, Organising Secretary, said in view of President Mohammadu Buhari's anti corruption crusade, the allegation against the top management of the NDDC must be fully investigated.