Sentences with phrase «which fueled protests»

On the three - year anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in a police confrontation caught on cell phone video, which fueled protests around the city and country, Mayor Bill de Blasio said «a lot has been done» to prevent similar tragedies.

On the three - year anniversary of Eric Garner's death during a police confrontation caught on cellphone video, which fueled protests across the country, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said «a lot has been done» to prevent similar tragedies since that incident.

Not exact matches

Fuel rods are an interesting proposition but surely if the issue is that there will be protests why don't we go the path of least resistance and kick start the solar industry which is sustainable and could employ large numbers of unemployed or under employed.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Fuel - starved Nepal has signed an agreement with China to import gasoline, diesel and cooking gas, effectively ending a monopoly on supply from India, which has restricted fuel convoys as a result of political protests in the Himalayan natFuel - starved Nepal has signed an agreement with China to import gasoline, diesel and cooking gas, effectively ending a monopoly on supply from India, which has restricted fuel convoys as a result of political protests in the Himalayan natfuel convoys as a result of political protests in the Himalayan nation.

At present it is Downing Street which has the bragging rights when it comes to petitions; it's no coincidence today's protest by hauliers, angry at the government's 2p fuel duty hike, will be delivering their petition to the prime minister rather than parliament.

It is understood senior Liberal Democrat members of the Coalition demanded the concessions to avoid the possibility of protests next April, which could have fuelled a damaging political row just before the May local elections.

Today's Guardian leader says» With the sole exception of September 2000, in the aftermath of the tanker drivers» fuel protest, this is the first ICM poll since January 1993 in which the Conservatives have led Labour.»

In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, this volume contains graphic accounts of perhaps the worst domestic crises of the New Labour years: foot - and - mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt.

In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, here we find graphic accounts of a variety of domestic crises: foot - and - mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt.

Fernand said that Columbine students did not have the benefit of social media that now fuels the youthful protest movement, which Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - NY, called «the most successful protest in the history of America.»

Third, sociopolitical pressures (e.g., fossil - fuel divestment campaigns, environmental advocacy, grass - roots protests and changing public opinion) could create an environment in which carbon - intensive businesses could lose their «license to operate,» thereby stranding assets.

«Now Trump's entire fossil fuel agenda is next, and we believe that the path forward is based in the voice of the people — which is expressed first and foremost through mass protests and mass marches.»

The action was part of the global #BreakFree2016 protests against fossil fuels, which saw a similar action last week in the UK when Reclaim the Power halted operations at the UK's largest open coal mine in Wales.

The event was monumental because it was the biggest act of public protest against coal plants in the Philippines, which made the growing resistance against fossil fuels reach national consciousness.

Instead of terrifying the public with scare stories about climate change caused by CO2 emissions, why aren't governments actually doing something about it by replacing fossil - fuel power stations with nuclear ones (and crushing any protests which try to stop them)?

* distance in time from Hiroshima, the Cold War, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and the protest movement of the 70's (in the main) * aging population, meaning many younger respondents don't have personal experience of this negative history * immigration (in Australia particularly), from countries with nuclear power already, or which didn't have strong antinuclear movements * willingness to reconsider the option, based on both climate change, and the increasingly visible decline of fossil fuels * smarter, better educated population

This then fuels more of your angry protests, which makes me withdraw even more.