California, Wisconsin and Illinois have joined 12 mostly Northeastern states in challenging the federal government's proposal to modify regulations over power plant emissions saying they undermine the intentions of the Clean Air Act.
"This exception undermines the intention of the air rights transfers for historic properties," Mr. Hoylman said.
As an industry that specialises in undermining the intention of democratic legislation and in shifting the tax liabilities of the wealthy on to the rest of us instead, its plea to the government to "be fair" sounds like the whine of a spoilt child.
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Events can also conspire to undermine the best of intentions, and an early mishap could easily set the tone for Bittar's tenure, even if the real blame lies with the previous regime.
But many new rules amount to bureaucratic overkill that could undermine the SEC's intentions.
Of course, Johnson's inclusion in the group may undermine the tour's intentions of getting beyond the r-word.
In carrying through this appointment, Trump was not only circumventing the order of succession laid out in the law creating the CFPB, he was also undermining the explicit intention of Congress for the CFPB to be an independent bureau.
"You would say that the nature of the data that was taken - quite selectively - and published on the internet appears to have been done with the intention to undermine the science that supports anthropogenic climate change.
The intention is to undermine the premise of his campaign that his success as a businessman would make him a good steward of the economy.
