Sentence examples for corporations attack from inspiring English sources

The egregious Lone Pine lawsuit [in which a natural gas company has issued a yet-to-be-settled claim against the Canadian province of Quebec for breaching their responsibilities under Nafta by introducing anti-fracking legislation] shows how investor-state dispute settlement threatens people and our environment by letting big corporations attack common-sense policies.

In the run-up to that election Mr Steyer showed he can play nasty: after four large corporations attacked his proposal, he ran ads branding them as California-hating tax-dodgers.

While I have no great affection for these corporations, attacking fossil fuel companies misses the point.

Firms from TPP nations operating here could attack U.S. regulations over cancer-causing chemicals or environmental concerns before tribunals comprised of corporate lawyers that rotate by day and night between acting as "judges" and representing corporations attacking governments.

But broadcasting unions criticised into the corporation, attacking the "toxic" problem of bullying and harassment at the BBC.

In a further sign of the tensions roiling the energy industry, one of the largest shareholders of the El Paso Corporation attacked the company at its annual meeting today, calling for it to overhaul its accounting practices and change the way it does business.

Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back".

"We are committed to quality of life and to people, so we won't behave like some corporations and attack for example medical benefits," says a senior Pentagon official.

"['Zero-deforestation'] has become a popular slogan, a brush-off tool for corporations under attack by NGOs," Hii told HuffPost.

This point is absolutely critical, as the currently drafted investment chapter would allow foreign corporations to attack governments' environmental laws and policies in private tribunals.

Similar trade deals that follow this model, like the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, allow corporations to attack vital environmental laws and safeguards that protect communities and the environment from things like harmful chemicals or mining practices.