Sentences with phrase «weaken those state protections»

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The lawsuit filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeks to set aside and hold unlawful the Environmental Protection Agency's effort to weaken the existing clean car rules.

NKD recognizes that the New York State Constitution includes critical provisions that safeguard pensions for our retirees, quality education for our children, and state parks that we treasure, and we firmly oppose weakening those protectState Constitution includes critical provisions that safeguard pensions for our retirees, quality education for our children, and state parks that we treasure, and we firmly oppose weakening those protectstate parks that we treasure, and we firmly oppose weakening those protections.

The mainline state Senate Democrats recently sent a letter to the board expressing the same concerns as their Assembly counterparts that the proposed changes would weaken protections for workers injured on the job.

Opposing the convention is a broad array of powerful interest groups — including most of state's unions and environmental advocates — who argue that it would give business interests and other well - financed groups an avenue to weaken existing labor and environmental protections.

Katz and his allies — including elected officials such as then - State Senator Paterson — hung tough against Republican efforts to weaken the bill by excluding gay men and lesbians from protection.

In this article, though, the interviewer — Rachel Cohen — interviews Jesse primarily about how in California a higher court recently reversed the Vergara v. California decision that would have weakened teacher employment protections throughout the state (see also here).

Of course, like Duncan, «we wish such oversight were no longer necessary» but the reality is that we do need it — and perhaps now more than ever when we see our states weakening on protections for students that need it most.

Over the coming year, the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalising individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama's main channel for climate action.

In its recommendations for the terms of reference of the Grenfell Enquiry, the Fire Sector Federation, a broad alliance of fire and rescue organisations, fire protection companies, building control bodies and product manufacturers, said: «the outcomes of product testing building materials is commercially sensitive... and as a consequence is never available in a raw state publicly» thus «weakening the UK's ability to identify serious concerns and undermining national protection.»

This include wetlands protection, a weakening of clean water rules, a reduction in state funding for recycling, a conclusion for the office of Energy Independence and a removal of a loan and grant system that encourages companies to be energy efficient.

(ALEC) model bills in state capitals by issuing reports and testifying in favor of the legislation; the bills often would roll back environmental protections or weaken renewable energy policies.

He is the Chairman of the Michigan Association for Justice's no - fault committee and has testified before the Michigan legislature against bills that would weaken this state's protections of injured motorists.