Sentence examples for introducing a moratorium from inspiring English sources

The Government must step in right now and stop this by introducing a moratorium on deep water drilling.

The British Government has said it has no plans to follow the United States and Norway by introducing a moratorium on new deep-water drilling activities in the still largely untapped area to the west of Shetland.

The party aims to end austerity by: ■ Giving free electricity to Greeks whose supplies have been cut off; ■ Providing food stamps to children; ■ Giving health care to the uninsured; ■ Providing a roof for the homeless; ■ Raising the minimum wage to €750 a month from under €500; ■ Introducing a moratorium on private debt repayments to banks above 30% of disposable income.

We need to follow Obama's lead and introduce a moratorium on deepwater drilling".

On October 9 the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus, Miklos Haraszti, urged the country to introduce a moratorium on executions.

Although the timber requirement is now falling, every bill to introduce a moratorium on new roads has failed.

But the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change appears unlikely to introduce a moratorium, at least in the near term.

Almost 150 countries have now either abolished the death penalty in law or in practice, or introduced a moratorium.

Such is the concern that New York has introduced a moratorium on exploration of gas in the state while safety concerns are looked into.

Ken Cronin, chief executive of industry group UK Onshore Oil and Gas, said: "It is good news that MPs have rejected the misguided attempts to introduce a moratorium.

In collaboration with Unesco, the government of Belize has adopted new environmental management laws and a protection plan, and introduced a moratorium on offshore drilling.