Sentences with phrase «widespread public opposition»

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread public opposition, more than a year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered three nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai - ichi Power Plant, and halted all 50 reactors in Japan...

Despite widespread public opposition to the corporate - driven education privatization agenda, at least 172 measures reflecting American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model bills were introduced in 42 states in 2015, according to an analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy, publishers of ALECexposed.org and PRWatch.org.

(Widespread public opposition could still keep them closed indefinitely.)

Trashing the Obama - era internet restrictions, despite widespread public opposition, will allow heavyweight broadband providers like Verizon, AT&T, Spectrum and Comcast to block or throttle content, essentially providing fast and slow lanes in a form of tiered service.

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«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

Lhota has also refused to make service investments in Northeast Queens where it matters such as adding a Bayside / Whitestone / North Flushing to Lower Manhattan service which the MTA has admitted is a good idea; or having service on the QM2 and QM20 begin earlier in the morning which would better accommodate lots of people; or adding a 3rd Avenue branch to the QM20 bus; or restoring North Shore Towers to Lower Manhattan Express Bus service which the MTA quietly cut in 2008 without a public hearing, and at a time when there were plenty of service investments being planned, such as a Q45 extension to Atlas Park which drew widespread opposition in Glendale and by Community Board 5.

No country with nuclear power has a viable underground repository for waste, and proposed sites in France face public opposition, despite more widespread support for nuclear power.

The most striking discovery was the large gap between substantial support for financial incentives to improve quality and the widespread opposition to public reporting, which was seen by doctors as potentially punitive.

Polls conducted by the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Public Policy Foundation reveal widespread opposition to any federal plan that raises the cost of electricity, as the CPP would surely do.

Maintaining a legal profession with widespread violations or opposition to equality, diversity and inclusion principles is not in the public interest, and directly undermines the public confidence in the legal system.