Sentences with phrase «vehement opposition by»
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Meunier's organisation was founded by some of the most vehement opposition figures, including Egypt's richest man and well - known Coptic Christian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, Tarek Heggy, an oil industry executive, Salah Diab, Halliburton's partner in Egypt, and Usama Ghazali Harb, a politician with roots in the Mubarak regime and a frequent US embassy contact.
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In a series of moves that White House press secretary Sean Spicer described as an «energy revolution,» Mr. Trump invited TransCanada to submit a new application for the $ 8 - billion (U.S.) Keystone XL project that was rejected by the Obama administration in 2015, as well as giving his blessing to the Dakota Access pipeline that has attracted vehement opposition in North Dakota.
Despite vehement opposition from the solar industry lobby, the bill sailed through both chambers of Connecticut's legislature, passing the state Senate by a vote of 29 - 3 before passing the House 100 - 45 in the same week.
As strong as these endorsements of the Taskforce's proposals were, the opposition by many other members of the Consultative Group was stronger, even vehement: