In both areas, as well, new environmental restrictions have blocked construction that would replace what has been absorbed.

The president has also made good on a 2000 campaign pledge to ease environmental restrictions that industry officials said were threatening jobs in coal country.

Biritiba-Mirim is not the only town to be affected by the environmental restrictions either.

Many Western countries have instituted environmental restrictions on where and how courses are allowed to be built.

There are new oil fields off the American west coast, but environmental restrictions have made exploration and development almost impossible.

"Some companies will move to foreign markets, like Mexico, where there are almost no environmental restrictions."

And it may be impossible to do all the work at once because of environmental restrictions.

In summary there are never any environmental restrictions on use.

In the last four years, environmental restrictions on Federal forests have hastened the decline.

The decline is the result of price competition with natural gas and environmental restrictions on emissions.