At Wednesday's hearing Linda Weiner, representing the Bay Area Clean Air Task Force, embraced the fee, saying, "We believe it sets a precedent as the first time that businesses and government agencies would face financial consequences for contributing to global warming".
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, nevertheless, is embracing the new fee proposal, which City Hall officials said would begin on July 1 and raise about $1.5 million annually.
Private colleges and universities have been slower to embrace the concept as they have traditionally financed their student housing with endowments, philanthropy and student fees.
"We embrace the challenges".
Instead, embrace the silence.
Clegg was also forced to defend himself after a former Conservative director of policy at No 10 said the deputy prime minister had enthusiastically embraced the increase in tuition fees to £9,000 in 2010.
But ever since Mr. McNair paid the league a whopping $700 million franchise fee, Houston has embraced the Texans.
The US banking system doesn't embrace everyone – the high fees and minimum balances imposed by Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and others mean that someone on minimum wage, or living paycheck-to-paycheck, can't afford to keep a bank account.
