controversial issue

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Addressing the controversial issue of data-center power needs and their impact on residential bills, PG&E said each gigawatt of data-center demand could save the average customer 1% on their monthly bill, under certain conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The most controversial issue to be discussed is perhaps deep sea mining.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

Then Julie Spilsbury was elected to the Mesa City Council and a few months later, her first controversial issue reached the agenda: an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, employment and housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

“This is a touchy issue and controversial issue even among folks on the center left,” Watson said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

This proposition is undisputed so far as questions of law are concerned, but the extent to which the courts should and will go in reviewing determinations of fact has been a highly controversial issue.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel