While these chemicals have been used for a very long time and are generally considered safe for our dogs, they are widely criticized
by environmentalists for their potential impact on the environment.
They have been criticized
by environmentalists as an end run around the international climate talks aimed at drafting a new treaty on climate by the end of 2009.
And carbon taxes are opposed by the regulated community because of the additional costs they would place on private industry, and are
opposed by environmentalists because of the political challenges.
The poor having been treated so well
by environmentalists in the fight against malaria, they know who's on their side.
But they've also been the subject of
criticism by environmentalists because of questions surrounding their cost and effectiveness, as well as the potential health and safety risks associated with them.
But these projects have been heavily
criticised by environmentalists for failing to tackle the human behaviour that causes global warming and for having unforeseen and potentially catastrophic consequences.
The proposed restrictions were
hailed by environmentalists but criticized by the coal industry as leading to higher electricity prices.
For example, we will challenge the easy assumption that the goals
urged by environmentalists can only be attained at the expense of shortage of goods and unemployment.
The ban was
favored by environmentalists and some local elected officials, but bag manufacturers and grocery store owners said it would put jobs in jeopardy and drive up costs for consumers.
These arguments were the same types of arguments deployed
by environmentalists earlier in the century defending some corner of the national park system or attempting to preserve a beautiful landscape.
It is now clear that most environmental problems are primarily caused by poverty and related lack of concern, not economic progress, but technological progress is often
blocked by environmentalists.
It's loved as much by fiscal conservatives for turning waste into treasure as it is
by environmentalists for its overwhelmingly positive energy balance.
The research was widely
used by environmentalists to warn a perceived risk of groundwater contamination from fracking could have an adverse impact on housing prices and local tax collection.
The decision came just days after a spill on TransCanada's existing Keystone line in South Dakota on Thursday sparked new attacks
by environmentalists who pointed to the event as something the state could expect if the project is approved.
Geoengineering has been
attacked by some environmentalists as creating a possible end run around the need for curbing emissions of greenhouse gases at the source, and also for coming with its own basket of potential environmental consequences.
This, for example, is eminently the case with the issues raised
by the environmentalist movement — a virtually pristine new - class affair, which has created a plethora of organizations devoted to the alleged protection of the environment, providing numerous jobs for members of the new class.
US President Barack Obama is being hailed as the first leader to cancel a major infrastructure project because of its impact on climate change, following campaigns
by environmentalist groups.
This is the precautionary principle argument
pushed by environmentalist and enshrined in Principle 15 of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Agenda 21.
Despite
protests by environmentalists and indigenous people, Brazil has decided to move forward with the dam, which some say undermines Brazil's efforts to be a leader in environmentalism.
My colleague John Broder has a front - page article today about the gulf between «brown» and «green» states, as President Obama promotes an energy and climate agenda
praised by environmentalists.
Democrats were hurt by factors like the president's unpopularity and the large number of conservative Democratic Senate seats in play, but the GOP victories come despite
efforts by environmentalists to make climate skepticism a politically dangerous position.
City living is seldom
lauded by environmentalists, but it may be our most environmentally friendly trait as a species, because urban dwelling is vastly more efficient than living in the countryside.
«Yes, the IPCC — which we're told to take seriously because it is a scientific body producing scientific reports — has, in fact, been led
by an environmentalist on a mission.