nimbyism

The consultation also found there are not enough incinerators or anaerobic digesters to turn food waste into energy because of difficulty with planning permission or "nimbyism" and a lack of funding.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

"The Government thinks that 'nimbyism' is stopping development but often the opposite is the case."

Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

They are the province of the worst kind of crack pot nimbyism one can imagine.

Matthew Yglesias » Who’s Afraid of a 4 Story Building? 2009

They predict that 31,000 fewer houses will be built every year as a result of "nimbyism" and local authorities cutting their housing targets.

Localism is making housing shortage worse, warns new report 2011

This is another example of nimbyism also; the City would be much more likely to loosen up regulations on AADUs if neighbors didn't make an uproar about higher density. morning fizzy

Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola 2010

The problems with nuclear power are to do with radioactive externalities and nimbyism.

Matthew Yglesias » Not in Vermont’s Back Yard 2010

The spectre of nimbyism will make it even harder to meet targets, she said.

Localism is making housing shortage worse, warns new report 2011

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has asked us to make clear that the £100bn figure refers to the total investment required and will come from both public and private sources Bravo for nimbyism.

Corrections and clarifications 2011

The decision-making is bedevilled by what Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens calls "reverse nimbyism", which "decrees the NHS offers an 'everything everywhere' service and local hospitals are deemed sacrosanct".

Radical change in the NHS is essential 2011

But nimbyism, the permitting rigmarole, and a powerful environmental lobby are facts of life in Israel too, and Benjamin Netanyahu's government hasn't helped matters by jacking up taxes on energy companies now that sizable resources have been discovered.

Could Israel Become an Energy Giant? Bret Stephens 2011