Sentences with phrase «oil states argued»

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File photo by A.J. Sisco / UPI RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 30 (UPI)-- Industry supporters have started an ad blitz in southern U.S. states, arguing offshore oil and gas exploration can exist side - by - side with the environment.

The former Solicitor General of the United States under President George W. Bush — for whom he successfully argued Bush v. Gore — will be talking not gay marriage but class actions and the BP oil spill settlement.

They might argue for the strengthening of American hegemony to enforce all these policies, and to make sure that the United States would control global natural resources, especially oil.

Over the weekend, Rangel blasted President Obama for his commitment to the war in Iraq, arguing that his motivation for U.S. involvement in the war matched that of the previous administration - to secure more oil for the United States.

The former Lagos State governor argued that Jonathan was allegedly responsible for oil theft and that he should be removed by all Nigerians during presidential election.

Cities in the United States are taking oil companies to court, arguing that they should pay for climate - related problems caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

Publicly, most automakers are ducking the issue and emphasizing potential pitfalls of building hybrid cars with plugs, but pressure is mounting behind the scenes to give the idea some life... «Such development should have the highest research and development priority because it promises to revolutionize transportation economics and to have a dramatic effect on the problems caused by oil dependence,» write George Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state, and James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in a June position paper on oil and U.S. national security... They argue that battery development for plug - in hybrids «should for the time being replace the current research and development emphasis on automotive hydrogen fuel cells.»

In a submission to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Washington - based American Petroleum Institute argues that the $ 7 - billion (U.S.) pipeline would be a major boost to job creation, and warned that the U.S. can not take for granted its access to the vast oil sands resource in Canada.

The oil industry argues, however, that these matters are best dealt with by the federal government, not by state courts.

They argue the state must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but most of Alaska's earnings depend on oil production.

For instance, Nixon states that «it was argued by some that [methane and carbon dioxide emissions from flaring in Nigerian oil fields during the 1990s] was the single greatest contributor worldwide to climate change».

In the debate whether America's natural gas boom is doing more harm than good, the panelists argue whether finding a solution at home liberates the United States from conflict for oil in the Middle East.

Wolf campaigned on a platform of instituting a 5 percent extraction tax on oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania, arguing that the money raised — an estimated $ 1 billion annually — would help boost state education funding.

He has also called for a massive expansion of oil drilling in the United States, apparently in an effort to defuse criticism from those who argue speciously that «drill, baby, drill» is the answer to our growing dependence on foreign oil.

Considering that the effects of rising carbon emissions will effect more states than just the one emitting them, I'm not sure how you can argue that in state - by - state regulation is better than a tough national standard, but at least nearly two thirds of oil execs now believe that there is something to this increasing carbon emissions causing global warming thing.

These incidents, argues Gustavo Ampugnani, lead energy and climate campaigner for Greenpeace Mexico, foreshadow worsening oil - and gas - related disasters as the country's massive energy reforms open Mexico's vast fossil fuel reserves up to international companies that are even less regulated and scrutinized than State - owned Pemex.

Oil States also argues that since the eighteenth century, actions challenging the validity of issued patents have been decided by courts of law, and thus the patent owner's right to a jury trial is preserved under the Seventh Amendment.