Sentence examples for moratorium against from inspiring English sources

Congress first adopted its moratorium against drilling on the outer continental shelf, 3 to 200 miles offshore, in 1981.

He repeated that Florida also has a federal moratorium against oil and gas exploration that protects its coast until 2024.

Trustees also adopted a 16-year moratorium against renaming other places on the campus, which was chartered in 1789, making it the country's oldest public university.

European countries and America have called for an international arms moratorium against Zimbabwe, and have pressed the region to do more.

Records show that Mr. Velella was one of 58 senators who voted in June 1999 to extend a longstanding moratorium against liquidating malpractice insurers.

There were no licences awarded in Scotland, where there is a moratorium against fracking, or in Wales, before the introduction of the Wales bill.

The government also partnered with the International Energy Agency to "advance knowledge" about unconventional fuels like fracked shale gas, which several Canadian provinces have passed moratoriums against.

The government's various efforts to keep most of these mortgage from being converted to REO have helped struggling homeowners remain in their homes, but most of the moratoria against foreclosures and the various federal programs aimed at supporting low-income borrowers are soon to end.

George has attempted ocean-fertilization projects before, most notably in 2007, when his plan to dump iron near the Galapagos Islands drew fire from researchers and helped trigger the United Nations moratoria against such experiments.

Some depict major events like the East L.A. walkouts or Aug. 29 [the 1970 Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War].

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton directly challenged Congressional members to go on the record either for her idiocy of a gas tax moratorium or against it (supposedly, therefore, for oil companies).