Citing elevated levels of pollutants near mining sites including hydrocarbons and heavy metals, possible effects on health of wildlife and downstream communities, and questioning current government data which is unable to generate a " big picture " view of impacts on the ecosystem.

Citing research by John Green, who found that several contemporary British Columbia newspapers regarded the alleged capture as very dubious, Clark notes that the Mainland Guardian of New Westminster, British Columbia, wrote, " Absurdity is written on the face of it.

Citing Paul Ricoeur, McGinn argues that a distinctive characteristic of the Hebrew Bible is its " reinterpretation of myth on the basis of history ".

Citing the power behind the most aggressive firm on Wall Street, Drexel bankers often used " Michael says ..." to justify their tactics.

Citing numerous instances of Pytheas apparently being far off the mark on details concening known regions, he says: " however, any man who has told such great falsehoods about the known regions would hardly, I imagine, be able to tell the truth about places that are not known to anybody.

Citing poor sales for both divisions, the company plans to focus on its international expansion plans for its other brands, with particular emphasis on its growth in China.

Citing its obsolescence, expense, and high worker absentee rate, GM announced the closing of the Norwood plant and ten other GM facilities on November 6, 1986.

Citing frustration at their failure to break out of their pop image and their inability to reproduce the more sophisticated material properly on stage, Marriott was already looking ahead to a new band, Humble Pie, with Peter Frampton.

Citing concerns of public order, the city government forbade them on the city's main streets.

Citing the proven detrimental health effects of tobacco use, effective August 15, 2010, Missouri State University enacted a policy further restricting the use of tobacco products on the campus.

Citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 ( 2003 ), and the laws of war, the CPA vested itself with executive, legislative, and judicial authority over the Iraqi government from the period of the CPA's inception on April 21, 2003, until its dissolution on June 28, 2004.

Citing difficulties in competing with online news sources to provide unique news in a weekly publication, the magazine refocused its content on opinion and commentary beginning with its May 24, 2009 issue.

Citing research on the ancient Maya civilization by Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg and Augustus Le Plongeon, he believed it had been the place of a common origin of ancient civilizations in Africa ( especially ancient Egypt ), Europe, and the Americas.

Citing sources inside the 301 Military Hospital in Beijing, The Times reported that Huang had died on the morning of 9 May 2007.

Citing cost reductions, Delta Air Lines sold former Northwest regional subsidiary Mesaba Airlines on July 1, 2010 to Pinnacle Airlines Corp. for $ 62 million USD.

Citing the Byzantine siphon used for discharging Greek fire as an inspiration, al-Jazari went on to describe the first suction pipes, suction pump, double-action pump, and made early uses of valves and a crankshaft-connecting rod mechanism, when he invented a twin-cylinder reciprocating piston suction pump.

Citing Boyce, Sundermann remarks, " It was among the Parthian Manicheans that Mithra as a sun god surpassed the importance of Narisaf as the common Iranian image of the Third Messenger ; among the Parthians the dominance of Mithra was such that his identification with the Third Messenger led to cultic emphasis on the Mithraic traits in the Manichaean god.

Citing the verse, " No rule but God's ," an indication that a caliph is not a representative of God, this group turned on both Alī and Muʿāwiya, opposing Muʿāwiya's rebellion against one they considered to be the rightful caliph, and opposing ʻAlī for accepting to subject his legitimate authority to arbitration, thus giving away what was not his, but rather the right of the people.

Citing continuing criticism, Mainichi's Digital Media Division shut down WaiWai on June 21.

Citing this on January 21, 2008, Northern Ireland's Education Minister Caitríona Ruane passed new guidelines regarding post-primary progression as regulation rather than as legislation.

Citing the City of Kamloops v. Nielsen, the Court decided that courts cannot impose a duty of care on a pregnant woman toward her fetus as it would interfere with the exercise of her autonomy rights during pregnancy, and the difficulty in defining a standard of care in pregnancy.

Citing Claremont as inspiration for his run on New X-Men, Morrison explains Beast as a " brilliant, witty bipolar scientist.

Citing Leno's larger audience and earlier time slot, Fletcher agreed to appear on The Tonight Show, where he presented Leno with a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and traded jocular barbs about the relative advantages of Kentucky and Los Angeles where The Tonight Show is filmed.

Citing the growing danger of a nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan, Thomas L. Hughes formed an eighteen-member Task Force on Non-Proliferation and South Asian Security to propose methods for reducing the growing nuclear tensions on the subcontinent.

Citing a declining work environment, Follin departed Software Creations in 1993 ( with his final title there being Rock N ' Roll Racing ).

* 1861 – American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.

** American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.

Citing ill health, Bonar Law retired from the leadership of the Conservative branch of the Lloyd George government in the spring of 1921.

Citing the Supreme Court case of Doe v. Bolton, some pro-life supporters have asserted that the word " health " would render any legal restriction meaningless, because of the broad and vague interpretation of " health ".

Citing his ongoing poor health, he resigned the post and withdrew from public view.

Citing ill health, Storck only held the title of president until 1941.

Citing health difficulties, Ocasek did not seek reelection in 1998.

Citing her illness and the harsh climate of Scotland, which he feared would prove fatal to his daughter's already failing health, Francis I initially refused to permit the marriage.

Citing his ongoing health issues, he announced on February 5, 2009 his intent to resign as party leader.

" Citing more potent strains and increased " cannabis-related health damage ", Mr. Costa proclaimed that " the harmful characteristics of cannabis are no longer that different from those of other plant-based drugs such as cocaine and heroin.

Citing this link, health authorities in some areas of the United States have mandated point of sale warnings on poppers.

Citing Esther's inability to receive health benefits from Charlene's job, as entitled to a spouse in a heterosexual marriage, the couple launched the challenge the previous year, accusing Aruba's government of discrimination.

Citing poor health, Bombalas announced on 19 February 2009 that he would not contest the 2009 state election.

Citing health concerns, owner Chris Lash leased out operating control of WHTX to Cleveland broadcast veteran Jim Davison that June 6, keeping the standards format but adding additional local and syndicated programming in the process.

Citing fears that the PNL had ensured a grip over Romanian politics, the PNR and the Peasants ' Party united in 1926, and Maniu was the President of the new political force, the National Peasants ' Party ( PNŢ ), for the following seven years, and again between 1937 and 1947.

Citing drug use by libertarians and the nomination of a prostitute as the California Libertarian Party candidate for lieutenant governor, Rockwell asserted that " the only way to sever libertarianism's link with libertinism is with a cleansing debate.

Citing the history in the U. S. of political assassinations of revolutionaries ( including Malcolm X and Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton ), and the increasing attacks and threats against Avakian, in 1981 Avakian left the country and went into self-exile in France.

Citing irreconcilable differences over the party's position on the accession of Turkey to the European Union, he left the VVD in 2004 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom.