Sentences with phrase «by environmental groups despite»

The Ivanpah plant, slated for completion in 2013, has been the target of lawsuits by environmental groups despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

The Ivanpah plant, due to be completed in late 2012 or 2013, has also been the subject of lawsuits by environmental groups despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

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Environmental group Friends of the Earth claimed that air pollution in London breached legal limits in April 2011, despite commitments by both the UK Government and the London Mayor to bring it under control to avoid huge EU fines.

The current lack of enthusiasm comes despite high - profile calls for action such as the encyclical letter on the environment released by Pope Francis in 2015 and despite initiatives led by Evangelical Protestant groups, such as the formation of the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Despite the findings of these studies and others, the EPA did not update emission factors for the U.S. refinery and petrochemical sector until 2015, seven years after Houston had petitioned the agency to do so and two years after it was sued by environmental justice groups.

There is «empirical evidence» but it's identified by skeptics despite efforts by government funded agencies and environmental groups to block, deny, and discredit with personal attacks.

This was where the movement turned after two devastating failures: the fruitless effort for an international climate treaty at Copenhagen in 2009, and the death, shortly afterward, of cap - and - trade legislation in the U.S. Senate, despite enormous investments by mainstream environmental groups in these causes.

Last year, the Ivanpah plant was the target of legal action from an environmental group despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

The Ivanpah plant, slated for completion in 2013, has been the target of legal action from an environmental group despite approval of the project by both the Department of the Interior and the state of California.

(08/20/2009) Armed bands are decimating rainforest reserves in northeastern Madagascar, killing lemurs and intimidating conservation workers, despite widespread condemnation by international environmental groups.

Environmental groups are also concerned that the EU is prioritizing access to U.S. fossil fuels instead of maximizing the potential of renewables and efficiency, despite having set targets to reduce climate emissions by 2020.