Sentences with phrase «from environmentalists»

The massive project — which could have benefited businesses large and small and created thousands of jobs — faced mounting opposition from environmentalists and politicians.

That idea has drawn criticism from some environmentalists and policy analysts, who are worried about encouraging environmental problems or reducing energy security.

But all of their power stations have come under fire from environmentalists.

Here's what the plan looks like: The plan has been widely met with praise from environmentalists and government officials alike.

Over the years, oil sands production has gotten a bad rap from environmentalists over greenhouse gas emissions.

By now, the business community is used to accusations of its alleged black arts from environmentalists, left - wing politicians and assorted other activists.

But pushing a transmission line through protected public land would almost certainly provoke outrage from environmentalists.

Hundreds of coal plants have been shut down or are currently slated for shutdown, in part, due to pending environmental regulations and lawsuits from environmentalists.

The mining company wants actual and punitive damages from the environmentalists.

Even democracy itself is the object of criticism from environmentalists — it seems to allow the expression of climate - change denial.

RSPO was originally formed as a response to pressure from environmentalists who maintain that oil palm production has driven large - scale destruction of rainforests across southeast Asia over the past two decades, triggering the release of billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions and imperiling rare species, including the Sumatran tiger and the orangutan.

President Obama has identified climate change as one of his top three priorities in his second term after coming under fire from environmentalists for giving the issue short shrift during the campaign.

In 1992, he served up similar arguments at a Vienna conference on the science and economics of global warming that was hosted by OPEC and marked by unruly protests from environmentalists.

With the potential for the Hudson River to become a major oil transportation corridor, there's concern from environmentalists as to how complicated cleaning up a spill on the river would be.

Public comment on a proposal to allow new facilities to be built in New York ended in November, and drew significant outcry from environmentalists, who connect such facilities to fracking even though state officials said the two are not related.

Dr. Lovelock, honored in 1997 with the Blue Planet Prize, which is widely considered the environmental equivalent of a Nobel award, has now come under attack from some environmentalists for his support of nuclear power as a way to avoid runaway «global heating» — his preferred alternative to «global warming.»

In response to demands from environmentalists as well as Senator Barbara Boxer (D - California), chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, the EPA made public a list of 44 «high hazard potential» coal waste dumps.

Wind power remains broadly popular, drawing support from environmentalists who worry about global warming, landowners who welcome a new stream of steady income and local governments seeking more tax revenue.

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, which would transport the tar sands oil to Canada's west coast, would likely face opposition from environmentalists in Canada in addition to possible legal challenges from more than 100 First Nations in Western Canada.

We can also expect the government to look beyond the potential backlash from environmentalists and push to reform regulatory processes that slow down the development of our natural resources.

The report also counters warnings from environmentalists that the pipeline's construction would spur a huge increase in production from western Canada's tar sands, believed to be one of the biggest reserves of crude oil outside Saudi Arabia — unleashing torrents of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

These are just a smattering of inaccurate predictions coming from environmentalists over the decades.

Rep. Chris Gibson is taking heat from environmentalists for supporting a House measure that would block the EPA's authority to enforce climate change rules on coal - fired power plant emissions.

In responding to complaints from environmentalists that its operations are responsible for large - scale destruction of native forests, APP often touts various certification standards which it says demonstrate its commitment to sustainability.

They have support not only from environmentalists but also from conservative foreign - policy hawks who insist Americans fuel terrorism through their gas guzzling.

In the U.S. the Obama Administration has granted sweeping approval to a wide swathe of drilling sites in its Arctic waters, despite widespread condemnation from environmentalists and northern indigenous communities.

The claim that science has shown that «climate change is real and is happening» leads to an array of political arguments from environmentalists, as though all that need be shown to legitimise drastic action (the more drastic the better) is that mankind has influenced the climate.

But the recyclable K - Cups haven't silenced worries from environmentalists.

FACED with rising anger from environmentalists last year over his plans for a transcontinental pipeline to deliver treacly Canadian tar sands to Texas oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico, the CEO of TransCanada, Russ Girling, expressed surprise.

President Trump's decision to yank the United States from the Paris climate agreement spurred a rallying cry from environmentalists committed to meeting the accord's goals anyway.

The general themes articulated in the documents, details aside, are as old as the climate fight itself, largely reflecting industry plans disclosed in 1998 in documents obtained from environmentalists by John Cushman of The Times.

Clinton's campaign claimed Sunday that their plan matches the Steyer pledge, but a supportive statement from the environmentalist did not outright say Clinton's plan met his standards.

Mining, a process by which individuals or groups get paid in new Bitcoins to run complex mathematical equations on high - powered computers in order to confirm the validity of transactions, has drawn scrutiny from environmentalists who say it's sucking up too much electricity.

Lewis last year refused a request from environmentalists asking him to drop out of the race to reduce vote splitting.

Canada's oil industry is well - established, though there are questions from environmentalists, Indigenous peoples and local communities to be answered regarding pipelines.

Next thing we'll know, will be hearing from the environmentalist that the genetically engineered algae could get loose and destroy our planet.

The utility's plans forecast 3.3 GW of distributed solar, but those projections drew scoffs from environmentalists, who noted that APS has fought efforts to install panels on residential and commercial rooftops.

I think biological determinism has a degree of human decency and kindness about it that is completely absent from the environmentalist view espoused by Puritans who want to make everyone behave in a particular way.

Special rules in coal country and tacit cooperation from some environmentalists has allowed mountaintop removal and other destructive practices to proceed

Genetically modified crops, says agro-research czar Roger Beachy, receive an unjustified shellacking from environmentalists

It is under fire from some environmentalists because of its relatively lax targets and low carbon prices, along with its vulnerability to fraud and abuse.

Well, from an environmentalist point of view, and basically from scientist's point of view, we're on a finite earth, so you can't grow forever, right.

There has been some grumbling from environmentalists and others about the 8,000 - pound Excursion being too big, too wasteful and too dangerous for drivers of small cars.

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