Their Carton House seat was sold ( though one of Ireland's most historic buildings with perfectly preserved 18th century grounds, it was controversially turned into a hotel and golf course in the late 1990s by the current owner in an act condemned by environmentalists ), as later on was their other residence in Waterford.

This was fiercely opposed by environmentalists, who set up a road protest camp, as it meant that the motorway would cut through the historic Pollok Country Park.

Extension and widening of the road was fiercely opposed by environmentalists, who were concerned about the road's proximity to San Francisquito Creek, and by residents of Menlo Park, who feared that completion of the road would increase traffic congestion in their area due to the mid-Peninsula region's lack of a direct north-south arterial.

It, too, is being considered for oil exploration, a move strongly opposed by environmentalists.

Image: O ' Shaughnessy Dam. jpg | The O ' Shaughnessy Dam was built in 1913 in the Hetch Hetchy Valley of Yosemite National Park ; it was supported by conservationists and opposed by environmentalists then and now.

The barrage scheme was opposed by not only by environmentalists but, according to a BBC investigation, by the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The PCF initially supported the general strike but opposed the revolutionary student movement, which was dominated by Trotskyists, Maoists and anarchists, and the so-called " new social movements " ( including environmentalists, gay movements, prisoners ' movement ).

However, the idea of a new airport in the sea off Shingu has been opposed by environmentalists.

Citizens, visitors, academics, environmentalists, local businesspeople and Jewish groups have opposed the development with some success, winning a lengthy and bitter public inquiry in 2003.

The plan was vigorously opposed by environmentalists, including Dublin City Councillor Seán D. Loftus, on the grounds that it posed a serious risk of pollution.

The proposed infill, which has been vehemently opposed by residents, politicians, environmentalists and others around the bay for over 20 years, was refused on one point.

This group, mainly composed of former supporters of D ' Alema and Fassino ( gathered in the new Socialists and Europeans faction ), and some left-wingers and environmentalists, supported the creation of a new party only within the Party of European Socialists and opposed the proposal of the Democratic Party ( perceived as a mere addition of DS and DL with no reference at all to socialism ).

Moore was opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s when he " believed that nuclear energy was synonymous with nuclear holocaust " and " everything nuclear was evil ", but has since come to support it, as have other environmentalists, e. g. James Lovelock, Stewart Brand and Hugh Montefiore.

The decision to establish Keck Graduate Institute as a seventh Claremont College met with some opposition, particularly from faculty of the other Claremont Colleges who objected to its lack of tenure, and environmentalists who opposed its plans to build a campus next to the Bernard Field Station, an area of undeveloped scrubland.

The proposal was strongly opposed by both environmentalists as well as local residents.

The organization has come under fire from environmentalists opposed to the Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC ) for its membership in that group, though RAN maintains that their engagement is necessary to push for stronger protection of forests and the rights of forest communities by the FSC.

These areas are protected as a nature reserve and the process to approve its location was opposed by environmentalists and neighbors concerned about their properties.

Ambitious plans were made to establish a launch pad on Sombrero Island in Anguilla, and to mass produce launch vehicles in the Virgin Islands, but environmentalists were fiercely opposed to these development plans.

In 2010 Bathurst Resources announced the Escarpment Mine Project to mine for coal on the Denniston Plateau, a move strongly opposed by environmentalists.

Surfers, environmentalists and Māori have opposed the marina due to the effects upon a major wetland area and the risk to a world-class left hand surf break.

While many environmentalists and conservation advocates support decoupling and other forms of revenue regulation, many consumer advocates representing utility ratepayers have opposed decoupling as it attempts to guarantee revenue levels to utility companies.

A proposal to amend the state constitution and trade land closer to the summit ridge to the ski area for holdings elsewhere was vigorously opposed by environmentalists and failed to pass the legislature in the early 1990s.

Saundercook now found himself strongly opposed by environmentalists, many of those who had recently supported him in his other initiatives.

However, it has been noted that Conservatives have opposed environmentalism ; with environmentalists often ridiculed as " tree huggers ", and in the 1980s President Reagan appointing Interior Secretary James G. Watt.

He initially considered all environmentalists were opposed to technological progress.

However, the road east of there faced delays from environmentalists over the endangered Least Bell's Vireo songbird, which faced habitat destruction, as well as those concerned with the destruction of homes and businesses for the right of way for the freeway.

The Cypress Street Viaduct was demolished soon after the earthquake, but a replacement freeway was not substantially completed until July 1997, due to lawsuits by environmentalists and local residents.

This has led a number of environmentalists to support the use of the precautionary principle in policy making, which ultimately asserts that we don ’ t know how certain actions may affect the environment, and because there is reason to believe they may cause more harm than good we should refrain from such actions.

This enraged environmentalists and drew attention from government agencies because of the use of junk bonds.

The company was searching for oil in the region, which environmentalists were against because they wanted the sensitive area free from pollution.

Many locals supported SeaDade because it would have created additional jobs, but a group of early environmentalists thought the costs were too high.

Agrarian author Wendell Berry claimed that Abbey was regularly criticized by mainstream environmental groups because Abbey often advocated controversial positions that were very different from those which environmentalists were commonly expected to hold.

While environmental problems may be viewed as market failures, free market environmentalists argue that environmental problems arise because:

Some critics argue that free-market environmentalists have no method of dealing with collective problems like environmental degradation and natural resource depletion because of their rejection of collective regulation and control.

Many environmentalists urge the restriction of frog consumption — especially those harvested from the wild — because amphibian populations are declining and frogs are essential element of ecosystem.

The novel takes aim at several targets of ridicule: Senator William Proxmire, radical environmentalists and mystics, such as one character who believes that one cannot freeze to death in the snow because ice is a crystal and " crystals are healing.

Pollution from mining in the region has caused great concern among environmentalists because several rare species inhabit the river.

In the late 1960s, intense community opposition erupted over the portion east of Richmond Avenue — much of it from environmentalists — because the parkway's planned route would have bisected the Staten Island Greenbelt and would have required the condemnation and razing of miles of private property.

Ecologists and environmentalists have criticized Marx on the ground that natural resources have ( or should have ) a value which has nothing to do with production costs in labour time, because in fact they are entropic non-reproducible goods.

They become excited to see the show, but at school the next morning, they realize that they will not be able to go because Earth Day is only a short time away, and three environmentalists who care about Earth Day brainwash people with the Jedi Mind Trick into believing what they say.

The road project has been criticized by environmentalists because it uniformly bases growth in transport to the archipelago based on cars, and lacks any plans for inclusion of public transport, whether by light rail or as bus lanes.

The plan was the focus of protests from environmentalists, because the expansion would damage the Eltingmühlenbach natural area.