Defenders of coal-tar use in sealcoat have pointed out that humans are exposed to PAHs through many pathways, and similarly that the urban environment has many potential sources of PAHs.

The largest and most influential environmental organizations in the United States, according to Andrew Rowell are the so called Group of Ten: Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, Izaak Walton League, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society and the World Wide Fund for Nature

Defenders of business taxation argue that it is an efficient method of taxing income that ultimately flows to individuals, or that separate taxation of business is justified on the grounds that commercial activity necessarily involves use of publicly established and maintained economic infrastructure, and that businesses are in effect charged for this use.

Defenders maintain that those who undermine the canon do so out of primarily political interests, and that such criticisms are misguided and / or disingenuous.

Defenders argue that many of these are the result of deliberate design decisions, some of which were made at a time when the software and hardware landscape were different than they are now.

Defenders of traditions and faiths from claims that they are irrationalist for ignoring or even attempting to forbid reason and argument concerning some subjects, typically maintain that there is no real conflict with reason, because reason itself is not enough to explain such things as the origins of the universe, or right and wrong, and so reason can and should be complemented by other sources of knowledge, or in other words first principles.

In response, Palin stated the reason these wolves are killed is to protect the caribou population in Alaska, and she called the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an " extreme fringe group ".

Also on display are the George Cross, awarded to the people of Malta by King George VI, the Book of Remembrance of civilians and servicemen killed during the years 1940-43 and the illuminated Scroll that President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented to the “ People and Defenders of Malta ” in 1943.

The two divisions were restructured and renamed for the 2010 season, as the Eastern Division and the Western Division, because the Connecticut Defenders moved to Richmond, Virginia after the 2009 season, where they are now known as the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

There has been debate as to whether or not the Red Hand Defenders have become an entity in their own right made up of dissident factions from both the UDA and the LVF ( both of which have now declared ceasefires whilst the RHD has not ), though much intelligence has been based on the claims of responsibility which, as has been suggested, are frequently misleading.

Some ecclesiastical officials are required to have the doctorate ( JCD ) or at least the licentiate ( JCL ) in canon law in order to fulfill their functions: Judicial Vicars ( c. 1419. 1 ), Judges ( c. 1421. 3 ), Promoters of Justice ( c. 1435 ), Defenders of the Bond ( c. 1435 ).

Some indigenous groups are trying to expand these freedoms ; they include Human Rights in China, Chinese Human Rights Defenders ( CHRD ), and the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group ( CHRLCG ).

Defenders of the Faith is a guitar-related section in Guitar World Magazine in which Guitar World readers are shown along with personal information.

The AA Eastern League Connecticut Defenders, previously the Norwich Navigators, were a farm team of the San Francisco Giants and they played at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium from both's inception in 1995 until the team announced its move to Richmond, Virginia for the 2010 season, where they are now known as the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

The Squadron Sinister plan to threaten the Earth again but are defeated once more by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket.

The Squadron are mind-controlled by the entities the Over-Mind and Null the Living Darkness, but are freed by the Defenders and aid the heroes in defeating the villains.

Defenders of the McCune – Reischauer system, however, respond that a casual user unfamiliar with Korean can easily approximate the actual pronunciation of Korean names or words even when breves and apostrophes are omitted, although it is still best to include them.

The Squadron appear in the title Defenders as mind-controlled pawns of the entities the Over-Mind and Null the Living Darkness, but are freed and aid the Defenders in defeating the villains.

The series, which picks up from where Earth-712 was last seen in Defenders # 114, reveals each character's origin and explains why the Squadrons Sinister and Supreme are similar: the Grandmaster creates the Squadron Sinister modelled on the already-existing Squadron Supreme of the Earth-712 universe.

Defenders of the Mecklenburg Declaration have argued that both the Mecklenburg Declaration and the Mecklenburg Resolves are authentic.

Acquiring an energy-draining weapon, the villains plan to threaten the Earth once again but are defeated by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket.

Following the 2008 season, when the Pride lost an estimated $ 500, 000, former owner John Stabile sold the team to the American Defenders of New Hampshire, LLC.

A small SBS team landed and drove out the back of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft in Land Rover Defenders at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili.

The superhero team the Defenders prevent the scheme and defeat the villains ( and Nebulon ), with Namor the Sub-Mariner humiliating the Whizzer.

Angel ponders retirement following the collapse of the Defenders team, but the return of Jean Grey ( having been in stasis while an alien demigod impersonated her and ultimately died ) once again keeps him from stepping away from the limelight.

Opposed by superhero team the Defenders, the Rhino and Solarr initially hold their own until defeated by Doctor Strange.

The superhero team the Defenders prevent the scheme and defeat the villains ( and Nebulon ), with the Hulk overpowering Hyperion.

The entity is aided by superhero team the Defenders, who locate three missing fragments of its being and convincing them to rejoin with Eternity.

Alongside the Brotherhood, Unus battled the Defenders, but Magneto and the Brotherhood were reduced to infancy by their team member Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.

Following this arc, Nighthawk appeared in a solo adventure in the title Daredevil, before reappearing with the Squadron as antagonists in the superhero team title The Defenders # 13-14 ( May – July 1974 ).

Despite being asked to join the venture, Nighthawk asks for the aid of superhero team the Defenders, who prevent the scheme and defeat the villains and Nebulon.

Recovering to the point that he can move at night, Nighthawk continues to aid the Defenders, until resigning from the team.

Yandroth manipulates time and forces Nighthawk to battle a twisted version of his old team the Squadron Sinister before being rescued by a future incarnation of the Defenders.

The Hulk chooses Doctor Strange, Namor, and the Silver Surfer ( the Defenders ); however, the Grandmaster takes them from different points in time ( specifically, moments when their greatest loves were lost to them ), and sets them against a team gathered by the Collector, which is composed of the Red Hulk, Baron Mordo, Tiger Shark, and Terrax.

In this darker reality, Rita joins with Doc Samson and Stingray to create the Defenders, a team intended to take up the slack left by the defeated Avengers.

The first team was a brief offshoot of the team Defenders, and the second is part of an initiative to place a superhero team in each state of the United States.

The team consisted of the original Defenders: Doctor Strange, The Incredible Hulk, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Silver Surfer.

Their fellow Defenders Hellcat, Nighthawk, Valkyrie and Clea team up with other heroes ( including Ardina, a cosmic-powered woman they mystically create from a portion of the Silver Surfer's energy ) to oppose the Order and return them to their senses, just in time to prevent the curse from rendering an extra-dimensional technomancer named Yandroth omnipotent.

Defenders or backs play behind the midfielders and their primary responsibility is to provide support to the team and to prevent the opposition from scoring a goal.

An unauthorized television program informs Gogol of the super-hero team the Defenders.

Hellcat joined the superhero team the Defenders in issue # 44 ( Feb. 1977 ) of the eponymous comic.