Sentences with phrase «big oil profits»

This means that climate campaigners are a major threat to Big Oil profits in the United States, but only a minor threat (or perhaps even a help) to Big Oil profits in Europe.

We commend the Maryland House for working to protect the health of their citizens and the climate over Big Oil profits,» Mike Tidwell, executive director of Chesapeake Climate Action Network, said in a statement.

Not exact matches

The reasons it is still near the bottom of public favor presumably are the same as they were: Standard Oil spells Rockefeller, Trust, Big Business, Big Profits.

Major energy companies are called «Big Oil» for a reason, as the vast majority of their profits comes from the upstream divisions, which explore and produce oOil» for a reason, as the vast majority of their profits comes from the upstream divisions, which explore and produce oiloil.

Peter Duncan, Microseismic founder & CEO, and Andrew Tang, AutoGrid vice president, discuss how the energy sector, from big oil to the power grid, is getting a profit boost from big data.

Many big businesses might be ignoring green energy because it will lead to lower oil profits in the long run.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

HOUSTON ConocoPhillips, the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, posted a bigger - than - expected first - quarter profit on Thursday, helped by rising crude prices and cost cuts.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Energy companies led U.S. stocks higher Tuesday as investors hoped higher oil prices and bigger profits are on the way.

Oil prices fell on Friday as investors cashed out big weekly profits after a rally driven by disruptions to crude supplies and Wall Street's gains from U.S. economic data.

BEIJING (AP)-- PetroChina Ltd., China's biggest oil producer, says its profit rose 12.4 percent last year after higher retail gasoline prices helped to narrow heavy losses for its refining unit.

Petro China Co., the biggest oil - and - gas producer by volume in China, said its third - quarter net profit fell by more than 80 %.

Posted by Jeff Rubin on January 27th, 2014 under SmallerWorldTags: Big oil, finding and development costs, oil prices, profits • 3 Comments

The knee - jerk reaction of many Canadians, including Industry Minister Tony Clement, is to assume that high gas prices and inflated profit margins are likely to be explained by collusion among the big oil companies to fix prices at higher than acceptable levels.

Tax cuts for the rich, subsidies for oil companies that raked in billions in profits, laws passed making it much more difficult to declare bankruptcy and also legislation absolving big phrams of any lawsuits due to their non compete policies.

As much as I would like to hate your comment above I have to agree with what you've said here I know there are a hardcore of bloggers on here that will be derisory and downright insulting (Keyboard warriors are always really tough) but unless we have the two new additions we need then we will sadly be another fourth spot contender again, its as simple as that the current squad is nearly there but nearly there is not THERE and I hate to say it but I think its gonna be another case of Wenger stubbornly trying to convince the world he is a genius by winning things without spending much OR by lamenting the injury problems and bad refs and being desultory about big oil funded clubs while the Club we love turns a fat profit for the board and we see no silverware at all.

«Congress can pass a balanced plan that reduces the deficit with smart spending cuts, ends tax breaks for millionaires and closes wasteful tax loopholes for Big Oil companies that are already making record profits,» a woman's voice says in the call.

This means repealing outdated tax incentives for Big Oil who are benefiting from record profits and redirecting that money towards more innovative technologies and cleaner energy industries.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

The food industry can make bigger profits using vegetable oils instead of animal fats, particularly the partially hydrogenated vegetable oils that mimic the properties of mostly saturated fats found in traditional foods like butter, lard and coconut oil.

Would we rather have 33 trillion in profits go to big oil every year or to every community?

Guess it pays to be the biggest oil company in the world — even though their profits are at the lowest they've been in six years, Exxon still managed to spend more money on lobbying efforts for the climate bill than the entire clean energy industry combined.

The AGs allege that to maintain high profits, Big Oil has purposely misled investors and the public about the danger of climate changes.

No, smart money is betting on the insurance industry's new paradigm shift: For too long Big Oil and other climate - science deniers have been shifting the burden of their short - term profit strategies to the public.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler said, «The proposal to allow oil and gas drilling in nearly all U.S. coastal waters is yet another ploy by the Trump Administration to unravel environmental protections and promote profits for the big oil companies.

We call on you to listen to the European Parliament, to align yourself with those governments fighting for greater ambition on behalf of populations already feeling the impact, and not with President Trump and the same Big Oil, Gas and Coal corporations who are profiting from destroying the climate.

Will EU Commissioner Cañete side with the European Parliament, which has called for a conflict of interest policy for the UN talks, or will he stick to the line of the likes of US President Trump and the same big oil, gas and coal corporations who are profiting from destroying the climate?

More properaganda by big oil and big coal paid by there billion of dollars in profits, you know the call drill baby drill or is it spill baby spill.

«It emerged at the international level, through the combination of, among others: (1) the conservationist interests of big environmental NGOs in the North, (2) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the North seeking low - cost alternatives to supposedly «offset» their continued and excessive emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, (3) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the South seeking to obtain financial resources for the «protection» of forests in their countries, (4) the interests of corporations that could profit from market - tradable «offset» credits, including through speculation on secondary (derivatives) markets, which would allow them to continue destroying the forests for the extraction of timber, minerals or oil, the establishment of monoculture plantations, etc., thus expanding their business opportunities, and (5) the interests of consultants and other actors involved in financial capital markets who want to turn «unexploited» forests into a new market for this type of capital, through the commercialization of «environmental services» such as carbon sequestration, among others.»

And then you say that the solution to the problem is to tax the profits of Big Oil (who are smug and powerful and therefore evil) and give the money to everybody else.

The money spent on exploring for and producing oil, gas, etc., and the resulting profits earned by the BIG EVIL fossil energy companies is not spent countering the money spent on funding CAGW biased research, and the related promotional propaganda.

Canada is actually cleaning up the biggest natural oil spill in history, and making a profit from it.

The «problem» with «Big Oil» and «Big Coal» is that they are profiting almost beyond conception from the growing demand for their products, and they thus have a strong incentive for wanting that demand to remain high and indeed continue to grow.

Gavin, If you are going to not allow discussions of actual financial numbers then you can not allow mentions of «Big Oil», Big Coal», or «Big Fossil», and the associated «enormous» and «obsence» profits.

SecularAnimist wrote, «The «problem» with «Big Oil» and «Big Coal» is that they are profiting almost beyond conception from the growing demand for their products, and they thus have a strong incentive for wanting that demand to remain high and indeed continue to grow.»

Big Oil is one of the greatest beneficiaries of this global warming fraud because all forms of Kyoto inspired energy sources are so much more expensive than oil it has allowed the oil price and profits to be at record high leveOil is one of the greatest beneficiaries of this global warming fraud because all forms of Kyoto inspired energy sources are so much more expensive than oil it has allowed the oil price and profits to be at record high leveoil it has allowed the oil price and profits to be at record high leveoil price and profits to be at record high levels.

Supposedly Big Oil is seeking to maximize its profits by casting doubt on the CAGW message.

A recent ad put out by her campaign argues that «Hillary Clinton knows it's time to act, take some of the windfall profits of big oil to pay to suspend the gas tax this summer, investigate the oil giants for price gouging and collusion.»

Granted, taking profits away from big oil is always easier said than done, but once again, as with health care and other issues, the difference between the two in terms of actual policy is slight.

Indeed — if Big Oil / Big Gas wants to fund political stooges to protect its profits, it would make more sense to fund anti-nuclear-power campaigners, rather than AGW sceptics.

Regrettably, in an effort to cut costs and boost profits, oil tycoons lose track of the big picture - putting oil workers» lives at stake.

One named example is Vitol Group BV, which netted $ 1.6 billion in 2015 due to the extended efforts of its oil trading bodies; the fourth biggest annual profit figure Vitol has seen in its 50 year history.

The Big Oil Companies feel the EV will be sold to a niche market only and may get some steam but will not dramatically effect there profits because we do not have the infrastructure in place to make EV a viable option to the mass buying public.

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If she is so concerned about one small segment of the community being exposed to anti-competitive practises and excessive costs, then why doesn't she go after the big boys in the oil industry who rake in billions of dollars in profits and negatively impact the lives of every Canadian, not just a select few?