Sentences with phrase «by environmentalists»

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.
If there were any real substance to the moral claims made by environmentalists, it wouldn't be necessary to do this.
But it is criticized by environmentalists, who warn of potential seismic effects and water pollution.
The poor having been treated so well by environmentalists in the fight against malaria, they know who's on their side.
The basic tool advocated by the environmentalists to achieve their ends is government intervention in the market for electric power generation.
Its «discovery» triggered a major campaign by environmentalists to find a human cause.
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.
Natural gas has been promoted as a «bridge fuel» even by some environmentalists because it emits half as much CO2 as coal to produce a given amount of electricity.
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.
That idea was once dismissed by environmentalists as too incremental, but now is seen by some as better than no cap at all.
It is often touted by environmentalists as a more sustainable alternative to conventional farming.
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.
The report is being eagerly anticipated by both environmentalists and the natural gas industry.
That statewide initiative, sponsored by environmentalists and wind industry interests, would have increased the 10 percent mandate to 25 percent.
The discussion was about the view often expressed by environmentalists that there is no need for any further scientific debate.
He was backed early by environmentalists hence he supported global warming.
It was opposed by environmentalists and defeated by voters.
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.
After becoming secretary of state at the department, her attitude to renewable energy was strongly criticised by environmentalists.
The plight of the polar bear has been held up by environmentalists as a symbol of global warming caused by humans.
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.
Pushed by environmentalists with political agendas who know nothing, they are preparing us for completely the wrong future.
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.
But this protest is different to the battles waged by environmentalists against new roads or runways.
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.
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