21.   But that was before protests on environmental, aesthetic and legal grounds and a lawsuit filed in October against the federal agencies and commissions that approved the project.

22.   But opponents question how the agency could approve any project facing such a litany of concerns.

23.   Citing the need for quick action to help restore an ailing forest, the Forest Service approved the project without issuing a full-fledged environmental impact statement.

24.   County commissioners move around traffic numbers to approve the project after the state said no.

25.   Critics call this the lone hammer San Franciscans have if the energy commission approves the project, as expected.

26.   Days later, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved the project, although its endorsement was never in doubt.

27.   Despite the criticism, opponents and proponents expect the massive project will be approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

28.   Detailed design work will start after the boards of directors at Boeing and Rolls-Royce approve the project, Rolls-Royce said.

29.   Even as the EPA lobbied to clean up Carbon II, the agency approved a project to mine coal for the controversial plant.

30.   Even those companies that are welcomed by the Vietnamese, like Fujitsu, must wait years to get their projects approved.