But the project was stalled by environmental opposition and political infighting.

It is not an environmental opposition she harbors, but a fear of what happens next.

As a consequence, there has not been strong environmental opposition to the implementation of the Madeira river complex.

Final hurdles to starting construction appear to have been cleared early in 2005, despite considerable environmental opposition.

The final dispute involved Austria's and Switzerland's environmental opposition to heavy truck traffic from community members.

The possibility of environmental damage has driven agricultural and environmental opposition.

Still, no-one I spoke to in any organisation could name any cases where environmental opposition alone has stopped a course being built.

Their website (ecolo.org) states that environmental opposition to nuclear energy is the "greatest misunderstanding and mistake of the century".

The Seabrook plant, conceived in the early 1970's, was delayed for years by construction problems and political and environmental opposition.

In some cases, even when the companies receive approvals from Moscow and the individual republics, they still run into environmental opposition from local groups.