Sentences with phrase «stiff resistance on»

A Westbound pipeline is stalled by First Nations opposition; and a pipeline headed to Canada's East coast is facing stiff resistance on several fronts, including in Ontario, where the energy board last week

A Westbound pipeline is stalled by First Nations opposition; and a pipeline headed to Canada's East coast is facing stiff resistance on several fronts, including in Ontario, where the energy board last week concluded that the project's risks outweigh the benefits.

Proposed repeal of oil - industry tax breaks White House budget documents re-emphasize Obama's proposals to end billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks — plans that face stiff resistance on Capitol Hill from oil - state Democrats and most Republicans.

As budget talks wind down, de Blasio still facing stiff resistance on immigration legal services plan

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But Andrei Sulzenko, a fellow at University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who has worked on and studied expert - advice panels like the Jenkins committee, says any proposal that demands a «machinery of government» change is bound to meet stiff resistance.

But Mills said he sometimes encountered stiff resistance from the local Chartwells manager because the products Mills wanted to serve were not on Chartwell «preferred» product list.

According to him, this new law is a horrific government policy and warned that any attempt to impose the tariffs on them will result in a stiff resistance from them.

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe put up little resistance as Percoco defense lawyer Barry Bohrer laid out a litany of stiffed creditors — from mortgage lenders on million - dollar houses to HVAC and kitchen contractors to tutors, nurseries and a succession of his own lawyers who got bad checks and then had to sue and garnish his wages.

A statement, on Monday, from Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole said the insurgents met stiff resistance from troops who killed six of the insurgents and neutralised 7 suicide bombers in the encounter.

Bill sponsors insisted they had the votes available for a Friday vote on the measure, but the effort has been met with stiff resistance from racino operators, who spent much the day personally lobbying lawmakers in the Senate.

Republicans working on their own version of an Obamacare repeal and replace bill in the U.S. Senate are debating whether to tax employer health plans, a move that would generate stiff resistance from companies.

A proposal to diversify middle schools on the Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from some parents.

But his request for Congress to approve $ 10 million for research on several aspects of violence prevention — including a look at the effects of video games and media images — could face stiff resistance among advocates of gun ownership.

Over the past few months, the administration has met stiff resistance in its efforts to hold states responsible for not following through on reforms promised as conditions for receiving the waivers.

There will be some resistance, because it has water to move on the other side - but it it's too stiff, replace it.

He pushed the door against the resistance of a stiff hinge and swiveled slowly on the worn vinyl seat and planted both feet flat on the road.

The HP TouchPad might be able to offer stiff resistance with its WebOS interface and the next wave of Samsung Galaxy Tabs are on their way.

Even after decades of increasingly dire warnings, the US has still not passed comprehensive federal legislation to combat global warming; Canada has abandoned past pledges in order to exploit its emissions - heavy tar sands; China continues to depend on coal for its energy production; Indonesia's effort to stem widespread deforestation is facing stiff resistance from industry; Europe is mulling pulling back on its more ambitious cuts if other nations do not join it; northern nations are scrambling to exploit the melting Arctic for untapped oil and gas reserves; and fossil fuels continue to be subsidized worldwide to the tune of $ 400 billion.

On the upside, the 61.8 % Fib retracement level with the last swing high of $ 416 and a low of $ 361 will offer stiff resistance as the price attempts to correct higher.

Currently, LTC is trading at $ 205 on GDAX, having witnessed the bull exhaustion near the stiff resistance zone of $ 230 - $ 240 earlier this week.