Sentence examples for opposing developments from inspiring English sources

Others, like the left wing People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll in West Belfast, stood on an anti-austerity platform, opposing developments such as welfare reform.

In order to assuage local communities opposing developments, the government is announcing that local communities who get involved in neighbourhood plans - and whose community puts them to a vote - will be given 25% of the CIL to spend on infrastructure of their choosing.

It detailed a quid pro quo of sorts in that Novo agreed not to oppose the proposed housing development, and the developer agreed to add the restrictions preventing future homeowners from opposing development on the Novo land.

Mr. Polimeni accuses the residents of Kings Park of Nimbyism for opposing development.

Earlier this year, the natural resources minister, Joe Oliver, accused foreign radicals and "jet-setting celebrities" of trying to hijack the country, by opposing development of the tar sands.

The 19-strong Residents Groupp (RG) ran for election on a set of seven policies - including opposing development on the green belt, improving road repairs and supporting local business and voluntary communities - agreed among different residents' associations.

The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed a resolution opposing development of coal-export terminals in Washington over concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment.

Homemade signs and local activism opposing development in Union County, Oregon, were noted by the CAFOR research team during field work in 2011.

Ulrich Eichelmann, director of RiverWatch, said that, in practice, there are very few examples of the EU opposing development bank funding for any hydro projects.

What he didn't say is that these problems also exist in India, where government actors are increasingly harassing advocates, like environmental groups opposing development projects that could adversely impact communities.

About 40% of the victims recorded by Global Witness in 2014 were indigenous people, who frequently have little political power or access to the media with which to oppose developments in their homelands.