Which of the following was a criticism of laws designed to protect the environment

Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be the one having to do with it limiting "job growth" since people believed that this land could have been used to support new businesses instead. 

A prospector is a specialist in looking for mineral deposits. There are pros and cons of having this profession in the oil industry.

Explanation:

Prospectors were heavily prized and wanted int he time of the discovery of oil in various parts of  the world as they were the ones that were finding the resourceful and then telling the companies who would then dig it up and find the mineral to sell it.

They were also becoming very powerful due to this.

The Pro was that they were dedicated to finding new places to get oil while The con was that they were not willing to find loyalty in the same company they worked for.  They could be lobbied and created internal competition