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BrightSource earlier this month offered to reduce the size of the plant to lessen its impact on wildlife, but representatives of the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife said the move was inadequate and argued the project should be relocated.
City councillor Martin Repton, head of leisure and culture, argued the project was too expensive to commit to without further checking.
Environmentalists have argued the project, which is designed to carry 830,000 barrels of crude per day, would contribute to the release of excessive amounts of greenhouse gas.
Northern Gateway has argued the project will create jobs within the country's borders, and will mean Alberta crude can be sold at full market price.
Opponents have also argued the project will flood thousands of acres of productive farmland and risk releasing harmful methylmercury into the environment.
Opponents argue the project will destroy one of the last green spaces in central Istanbul for the sake of private profit.
Greenpeace also argues the project might not meet a second mandatory criteria – that it will be able to repay the loan.
The party now argues the project is just "a smokescreen to hide cuts that have been implemented across communities and local government".
Greece might one day be able to pay back the full amount, argue the project's backers, though many are sceptical that a full-scale default can be avoided.In this section Just making our feelings known New government, old problems Rubalcaba's cube A conservative first Teenagers' argot Brinkmanship in Athens 1789 and all that ReprintsThe politicians care only about the short term.
Some Venetians argue the project is a waste of money and there is no guarantee it will work, our correspondent says.
StopHS2 argues the project is "fundamentally flawed", saying the majority of journeys will be to London so England's North and Midlands would lose out rather than benefit, and that projections did not take into account competition from conventional rail.
