Sentences with phrase «stepping up pressure»

The Obama administration, the paper reports, appears to be stepping up its pressure against GM and Chrysler to follow through on restructuring plans that could include the use of bankruptcy court.

But whether or not this specific divestment movement is successful, the situation showcases how environmental advocates and investment groups are stepping up their pressure on banks as a way to push forward clean energy policies under the Trump administration, which has shown itself to be unsupportive of investment decisions grounded in a desire to combat global warming.

The Brazilian government has been stepping up their pressure on illegal loggers and cattle ranchers by halting bank loans and confiscating products.

Audi plans to show an electric crossover with a range that rivals the Tesla Model S, stepping up pressure on the electric - car maker as it prepares to add an SUV of its own.

But anti-hunting groups are stepping up pressure on Labour to tighten the law, amid concern at the low level of prosecutions.

Winery owners have been stepping up their pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject a proposal to store natural gas liquids in the salt caverns along scenic Seneca Lake.

Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson is stepping up pressure for the legislature and the governor to act to increase the state's minimum wage form the current $ 7.25 an hour to $ 8.50 an hour.

As the Long Island Power Authority and National Grid struggle to turn the lights back on for thousands of Nassau and Suffolk counties residents, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is stepping up his pressure on the utilities, saying they need to do a better job of restoring power.

Advocates who want the Child Victims Act passed in New York are stepping up the pressure on Republicans in the State Senate.

Advocates who want the Child Victims Act passed in New York are stepping up pressure on Republicans in the state Senate.

AUSVEG is stepping up its pressure on food manufacturers who have dubiously suggested that changing Australia's Country of Origin Labelling system would place an unreasonable cost burden on businesses by forcing them to alter labels to reflect ingredient changes.

He has been stepping up pressure on suppliers to reduce wholesale prices or to absorb rising input costs so the retailer can pass savings to consumers by «permanently» reducing shelf prices.

The European Parliament representative on Brexit has stepped up pressure on the U.K. government to make its position more clear before negotiations kickoff.

U.S. steps up pressure on China to keep North Korea in check.

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller stepped up pressure on two former Trump campaign aides to cooperate in his probe into possible collusion with Russia.

And the U.S. may be implicitly threatening sanctions if China doesn't step up pressure on North Korea.

Of course the radicals who despised Yale's liberal intellectualism saw that sop to their ideology as encouragement to step up the pressure, and conservatives wrote off Brewster as an appeaser not worth defending.

On Wednesday, Liberal MP Dan Tehan stepped up pressure for restrictions governing the level of foreign ownership for national carrier Qantas to be lifted, a measure Mr Abbott supports over the government buying a stake in Qantas.

After halftime, Atlético stepped up the pressure and put the screws to Barcelona.

Liverpool stepped up the pressure in response and goals by Dalglish and Hansen were enough to secure a first League Cup success for the Merseysiders.

As the final headed into the last 20 minutes Crewe stepped up the pressure in search of a third goal which would settle the game as Booth brought a cross from Fallon down before curling an effort against the bar.

The home side stepped up the pressure, winning more free kicks in dangerous areas, and creating more chances, having dominated possession.

United stepped up the pressure five minutes before half - time and it paid off as Memphis collected a great pass in the 41st minute from Blind, who had moved to the left back position, and the former PSV hero danced into the penalty area then placed a low left - footed shot past the keeper to give the visitors a deserved lead.

Trump's team stepped up the pressure on the prime minister after the tycoon's path to becoming Republican party leader was cleared by rival Ted Cruz's withdrawal from the race.

He has stepped up pressure for MPs to back joining air strikes in Syria after IS claimed responsibility for the November 13 attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.

The annonucement today came after Cuomo stepped up the pressure on both local organizations and elected officials in backing the plan to build a new bridge.

Both he and Peralta urged Gov. Cuomo to step up the pressure to secure the necessary votes in the Senate by pushing to include the DREAM Act in the final state budget due by the end of the month.

The anti frackers will step up the pressure May 15th, when they are staging a concert with Natalie Merchant and Joan Osborne.

Comedians Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard have stepped up the pressure on David Cameron over the Tories» new right - wing allies in Europe.

The Tories today sought to step up pressure on the chancellor, Alistair Darling, ahead of his Commons statement on the «operational» problems at HM Revenue and Customs.

Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps has insisted Ed Miliband's response over the Co-operative Bank row was «ludicrous» and stepped up pressure on Labour over the merger deal with Britannia.

In an effort to combat tick - borne illnesses, county Legislature Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) has introduced new legislation to step up pressure on Suffolk County Vector Control, which is in charge of controlling the spread of insect - borne diseases.

«The WFP has found innovative ways to step up the pressure and the consequences for Governor Cuomo in 2020 are not, as we say in Italian, «chopped liver.

While Democrats in Washington stepped up the pressure on Mr. Weiner, two prominent New York Democrats, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Senator Charles E. Schumer, declined to call for his resignation during appearances at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday.

COMPUTER giant IBM stepped up pressure on the chipmaker Intel last week.

Carbon dioxide emissions will rise by up to 110 million tonnes per year if it goes ahead, a finding that will step up the pressure on US president Barack Obama to stop the project.

Andrew Murphy, a policy officer at Brussels - based NGO Transportation and Environment, said European regulators might also step up pressure on ICAO to deliver a strong standard.

The finding will step up the pressure on US president Barack Obama to stop the pipeline being built.

Congressional Democrats reaped modest gains in last week's hard - fought elections, which some observers here say could step up pressure for a more centrist, bipartisan approach to federal education policy on Capitol Hill next year, regardless of which candidate ultimately wins the White House.

The sweeping education plan proposed by President Bush last week reflects a growing political consensus that the federal government should step up the pressure on states and school districts to improve academic achievement, especially for disadvantaged children, observers say.

Milwaukee educators step up the pressure on lawmakers in the fight to keep public schools under public control.

The Orleans Parish district stepped up the pressure last week by announcing it had begun the process to revoke charters for the two elementary schools.

The union, UTLA, also stepped up pressure on charters that are co-located on traditional school campuses, with a UTLA - led rally at a school in Chinatown and organizing other rallies districtwide.

I haven't been online all that much (and shouldn't be right now, either — I have books to finish) but apparently Amazon has stepped up its pressure on Hachette by yanking buy links for all their books.

Kobo has announced three new devices as it steps up the pressure to win market share from rival e-book retailer Amazon in the run - up to Christmas.

In Deep Value: Why Activist Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (Wiley Finance, 2014), I examined one such example of an undervalued, overcapitalized company that failed to take its opportunity until two activists stepped up the pressure, and the outstanding returns that followed.

This led the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department to step up pressure for WaMu to find a buyer, as a takeover by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) could have been a severe drain on the FDIC insurance fund, which had already been hard hit by the failure of IndyMac that year.

The S&P report steps up the pressure on the government to get the federal deficit and debt under control before it loses its AAA rating.

As federal regulators have stepped up pressure and scrutiny, the banking regulators had to tighten their lending standards.

After making him stay in a relatively distraction - free environment, you step up the pressure.