Unfortunately, NIMBY is what caused the critical energy situation in California.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entergy Bails on Louisa Gas Plant at cvillenews.com] Reference

The acronym NIMBY -- "Not in My Back Yard" -- is a battle cry commonly hurled by neighbors at any nearby controversy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penn State Live] Reference

The term "NIMBY" - an acronym for "not in my back yard" - was used more than once in Monday's discussion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from The Gainesville Sun] Reference

CAFFERTY: It's kind of a takeoff on that old phrase NIMBY, "not in my back yard.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2003] Reference

California is the home of NIMBY, which isn't a mascot but a philosophy: "not in my back yard.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Lives: California Vs. Texas] Reference

If they made money, people would be lining up to build them. does the term NIMBY strike a familiar note?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Drill, Baby, Drill] Reference

For years, far too much of environmentalism has been rooted in old-fashioned "not in my backyard" arguments known as NIMBY-ism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Worldchanging: Bright Green] Reference

Economic freedom will tend to maintain the institutions that lend themselves to such freedom because of what many call the NIMBY syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economic Freedom and Divergence, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

There's a new 'NIMBY' -- 'NUMBY': Not Under My Backyard. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Princeton University Top Stories] Reference

NIMBY is not a dirty word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking on the Townhouse Scourge « PubliCola] Reference

Althouse files amicus brief; 'NIMBY', says lawprof.    From Wordnik.com.  [The "litigious Orthodox rabbi" and the "overzealous, politically correct officials terrified" of everything religion-related.] Reference

Define and evaluate concepts of environmental injustice, such as NIMBY and environmental racism.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 22- Culture and Aesthetic] Reference

The kind of NIMBY who would cut off their nose to spite their face, rather than admit they were wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09] Reference

It seems that each time a new proposal is discussed the locals get a bad case of the "NIMBY" s as IN "NOT IN MY BACK YARD".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Franken: MASKING THE MOSQUE REAL ISSUE] Reference

In a word NIMBY!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference

"NIMBY" and b, increasing supply reduces the value of their own assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The property owners are adhering to a "NIMBY" philosophy -- Not In My Back Yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

Etc. As an aside, nuclear power plants have a problem called NIMBY (not in my backyard).    From Wordnik.com.  [MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com] Reference

"NIMBY" is something more honest and more nationally applicable, then you can deal with it in other, more productive, ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

It's called NIMBY, not in my backyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 22, 2009] Reference

I guess a NIMBY is the same as a developer!.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Philanthropist Eli Broad," Tax Revenues As Profits, And Your Open Thread] Reference

Such a response is known as the NIMBY principle.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 22- Culture and Aesthetic] Reference

The Tories must not succumb to the NIMBY temptation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homes are where the votes are] Reference

In short, it's Gitmo versus NIMBY or not in my backyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2009] Reference

Environmentalists claim this could lead to a spread NIMBY fever.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2001] Reference

There is no site anywhere that will satisfy everyone - NIMBY, indeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary And Obama Duke It Out Over Hillary's Yucca Mountain Ad] Reference

You've heard of NIMBY, not in my back yard, BIMBY is better in my back yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 18, 2006] Reference

But with cuts as with planning permission, there is the inevitable NIMBY factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scalpel, machete, razor, bread knife] Reference

A cousin of NIMBY, it's as problematic when it comes to finding a route for lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2001] Reference

The sheer stupidity of gentrified NIMBY community boards are going to ruin this city.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Will Nouvel's Pritzker Play On West Side? [UPDATED]] Reference

Obama needs to hit McCain on drilling and on Nuclear Energy with the NIMBY principle.    From Wordnik.com.  [New McCain Ad: Barack Obama To Blame For Gas Crisis] Reference

There are debates -- NIMBY, not in my back yard -- about where you build these things.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2003] Reference

However, the NIMBY principle usually prevents the construction of such new facilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 22- Culture and Aesthetic] Reference

And there's a term that's used often, NIMBY, an acronym in Washington, not in my backyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2001] Reference

They did not act at the behest of rival developers or NIMBY (not in my back yard) devotees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry J. Stern: 15 Penn Plaza: The Great Giveaway] Reference

Their obstacles were NIMBY organizations, political and legal opponents, financial instability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diana Meehan: To The Mothers of Invention] Reference

The lesson of the Clark County presidential press experiment is NIMBY -- not in my own backyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Katovsky: Euro-trashed: McCain and GOP Aim to Redefine Obama as Un-American] Reference

But even Pickens isn't averse to the sort of NIMBY-ism that has impeded new energy infrastructure.    From Wordnik.com.  [T. Boone Pickens’s Mighty Wind] Reference

If it does pass, however, less available land makes the NIMBY issue even more difficult to address.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not in Anyone’s Backyard] Reference