Sentences with phrase «sparked calls for action»
The shooting triggered several arrests in the neighborhood and sparked calls for action from the community.
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The overturning of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon's corruption conviction has sparked new calls for tougher ethics laws — but no rush to action.
The BOST action sparked heated political debate when the minority NDC called for Mr. Obeng Boateng's suspension, but the majority New Patriotic Party (NPP) hit back, exposing the BOST under Mahama's NDC of being behind the contamination of fuel in the country when it was in power.
The call to action was sparked from the fact that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change does not offer legal protection for the average 21.5 million people that are displaced every year by the adverse impacts of climate change.
Seventeen people were shot and killed last Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which has sparked a renewed call on lawmakers for action on gun laws.
(CNN)- The school shooting in Florida this week has sparked a renewed call for lawmakers to take action, and some of the loudest voices demanding change are not even old enough to vote.