moratorium
Example Sentences
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A host of solar companies recently wrote to Congress complaining about “a nearly complete moratorium” on federal permitting.
Though the moratorium remains in effect, more changes to the prevailing legislative thinking on staircases could be coming soon.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2023, Kenya introduced a moratorium on new developments in the Maasai Mara game reserve in response to concerns that poorly regulated tourism development was stifling the migration and ecosystem.
"We want a moratorium on further expansion of data centres until they pose no threat to our climate and carbon budgets," she said.
From Barron's
The pressure to lift the moratorium comes as Brazil prepares to open a major new railway stretching from its agricultural heartland in the south up into the rainforest.
From BBC
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