Sentence examples for powerful legislation from inspiring English sources
"The lesson from Love Canal and the experience in the west is that we need to have really powerful legislation so that polluters will take no chances".
Ma Jun said that in the wake of the Love Canal disaster US lawmakers had introduced powerful legislation that made chemical companies "extremely cautious" about the disposal of hazardous materials.
What's clear about the way in which this powerful legislation was used at Heathrow airport on Sunday to detail David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, is that it received anything but careful handling.
Lloyd Harbor finally adopted the program in 1996, making it one of only a few villages with access to powerful legislation that gave local government influence, and in some cases control, of capital projects and permits issued by state or federal agencies.
Two months ago Alaska put itself on the map with some powerful legislation to protect trust assets from creditors.
As Iceland's efforts have shown, eliminating inequality is no simple feat, and hard work, intentional leadership, and – likely – powerful legislation will be required to create meaningful change.
The litigation, Vergara vs. California, responded to the reality of state politics: Teacher unions are among the most powerful forces; legislation to limit teacher rights has scant chance of becoming law.
Levelling the playing field in national legislation: Legislative reform can be a powerful strategy of empowerment for women and girls and for the safeguarding of their rights.
The latest strand of Europe's increasingly robust protections for consumers comes just a month before it will implement the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, a powerful piece of legislation that will hand sweeping powers to citizens over how their data is collected, stored, and retained.
It's going to require tools, technologies, programs, crusades and legislation – powerful enough to change behaviors.
This is through a relatively powerful piece of legislation, the Data Protection Act.
