Sentence examples for a patchwork of local authorities from inspiring English sources

That would leave oversight of an industry that has to date fracked 2m wells in 20 states to a patchwork of local authorities that have vastly different standards of environmental protection.

Pensioners in Scotland and Wales have enjoyed free bus passes since April 2001, but in England, a patchwork of local authority deals and half-price arrangements will now be replaced by a single national scheme, estimated to cost the Treasury £420m a year.

For now, a patchwork of local fund-raising projects is seeking to replace some of the lost federal money.

Once again, though, a patchwork of local concerns and inconsistent state regulation is already making the task exceedingly difficult.

In late April, the Red Cross announced its first national campaign, supplementing a patchwork of local marketing initiatives.

The National Restaurant Association supported the labeling requirements, saying uniform national standards would be better than a patchwork of local rules.

The big-shop developers say they are worried about the unpredictability that will come from a patchwork of local regulatory regimes.

Single-use plastics are cheap and ingrained in the culture, recycling is difficult and there is a patchwork of local laws, among other challenges.

When lawmakers failed to act, cities and counties developed a patchwork of local rules, mostly governing dispensaries.

Many businesses support a statewide ordinance as more business-friendly than a patchwork of local regulations that are not uniform.

There is no one national uniform "code," instead agencies and industries adopt "standards" and those standards get incorporated into a patchwork of local codes.