Environmentalists and Hudson Valley groups lobbied successfully to impose the most stringent standards on the plant, and to mitigate its effect on views along the river.

Environmentalists unsuccessfully lobbied the US Congress in 1988 to ban the technique of encircling dolphins, but did succeed in forcing a significant law change.

Environmentalists had been lobbying for even stricter rules, and some criticized the final rule today as a missed opportunity.

Environmentalists lobbied the Council to compel the commission to test hybrids.

Environmentalists are lobbying instead for more focus on energy savings.

Environmentalists agree with the narrow interpretation and have been lobbying the Bush administration to issue a guidance policy directing regional officials to take that view.

Environmentalists have long lobbied for dredging contaminated sediments out of some 40 PCB "hot spots" north of Troy.

Environmentalists lobbied against him for writing a paper suggesting that toxic waste be stored in the third world, where land is much less expensive.

Environmentalists are also lobbying to have trade-dispute panelists vetted for possible conflicts of interest.

Environmentalists are lobbying him to retain conservationists on the panel, which oversees land use in the ecologically fragile region.