Sentences with phrase «opposed by environmental groups»

This is very expensive since power must be used to pump water uphill during off peak periods and the construction of artificial lakes that is often required at two different elevations is quite expensive and is usually opposed by environmental groups.

[2] The proposed coal terminal is being opposed by environmental groups, which have filed legal challenges against the county permit approving the project.

Supporters are pushing for the amendment as there is a concern it could be voted down amid a broader campaign against a referendum over whether to hold a constitutional convention, which is being opposed by environmental groups.

The Crestwood storage project on Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes region has been bitterly opposed by environmental groups and some residents who say it could have adverse impact on the water.

While the storage facility has been opposed by environmental groups and businesses in the area, others like the state Business Council expected to be an economic boost for the area.

Astorino's choice also shows his attention to the Southern Tier, which Astorino contends was failed by Cuomo over his indecision over whether to expand drilling for natural gas, which is opposed by environmental groups.

Pegula made his money in natural - gas development and the governor's administration is yet to make a decision on whether to allow high - volume hydrofracking in the state, a controversial extraction process that is supported by the energy industry, but staunchly opposed by environmental groups.

An Albany judge has upheld the state's construction of new snowmobile trails in the Adirondacks, which had been opposed by an environmental group.

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A coalition of groups — led by labor unions, environmental groups and conservative organizations — has formed to oppose the constitutional convention.

This year, it's been opposed by a coalition of environmental and labor groups who are worried a convention would open up the constitution to changes that impact benefits and protections.

He said Klein not only opposes hydrofracking outright, but has been endorsed by nearly every environmental group in every election he has ever run in.

That plant, whose construction is nearly complete, has been controversial and opposed by many local residents, environmental groups and public officials.

The referendum has been opposed by labor unions, environmental groups and other organizations who fear it could lead a stripping of key rights in the existing document.

Meanwhile, environmental groups who oppose fracking are frustrated by what they say is a the lack of transparency.

A group of state and city legislators from Queens today released a letter to Congressman Gregory Meeks urging him to flip his current stance and vote against the Trans - Pacific Partnership — a free trade agreement backed by the Obama administration but opposed by numerous labor and environmental groups.

However, Quinn's use of the term «environmental racism» was slammed by Pledge 2 Protect, a lobbying group that opposes the garbage station, which argued that it would unfairly burden the Upper East Side's diverse residents.

Arce supports a bill, the Safe Cosmetics Act, backed by environmental and consumer groups and opposed by the personal care product industry.

As the White House and Congress intensify efforts to restrict greenhouse gases linked by scientists to global warming, groups and individuals opposed to government solutions to environmental problems are similarly ramping up counterattacks.

Labeling issues such as reduced agricultural productivity, loss of biodiversity, pollution and the looming shortage of fresh water as «impacts of global warming» leaves the public confused and susceptible to propaganda by groups who oppose environmental regulation of any kind.

Emails obtained by Friends of the Earth, an environmental group that opposes the Keystone pipeline, revealed a cozy relationship between TransCanada lobbyist Paul Elliott and Marja Verloop, an official at the US Embassy in Canada whose portfolio covers the Keystone project.

From records compiled by the California Secretary of State, environmental groups and their allies opposing Proposition 23 outraised in donations their oil industry opponents by more than a 2 to 1 to ratio.

A coalition of major environmental groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Clinton Adminstration to oppose any attempts by Congress to undermine critical Endangered Species Act protections for Steller sea lions in Alaska.

By 2010, the dark money amounted to $ 118m distributed to 102 thinktanks or action groups which have a record of denying the existence of a human factor in climate change, or opposing environmental regulations.

Their fickle attention spans and casual attitudes were cited as signs that the generation did not in fact have the intestinal fortitude it would require to execute change, as opposed to just talking about it when it's the cool thing to do.As I prepare to travel to Copenhagen on Friday for the UN climate summit, I'm struck by how different an experience I've had as the executive director of the Energy Action Coalition, an alliance of more than 50 environmental groups run by young people, than the image that has been portrayed of my peers.

The study and the brief were cited in comments (PDF) opposing the Interior rule that were submitted to EPA by a group of environmental lawyers.

· Regulation is often preferred to economic incentives for two reasons: 1) industry prefers to protect plants that are already built, and 2) some environmental groups oppose taxes because they make the cost of environmental protection transparent, ie the very factor which others argue is a positive asset is seen by some as being negative.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.