Sentences with phrase «actions against fossil fuels»

Across the continent, people are preparing mass actions against fossil fuels.

Across the continent, people are preparing for mass actions against fossil fuels between now and May.

If radical action against fossil fuels becomes necessary, these investments will suddenly turn bad.

A year packed with bold climate actions against the fossil fuel industry and a growing movement telling its own stories of impacts and resistance at the frontlines of climate change in new and inspiring ways.

If the tabaco industry was sued for the damage they did with their product and mis - information, is there grounds for similar action against the fossil fuel industry?

Religious leaders called on faith communities to take concrete action against the fossil fuel industry through divestment, as a way to «put the money where our mouth is.»

The fossil fuel industry has responded to these suits by fiercely waging a campaign that claims that any legal action against the fossil fuel companies for funding organizations engaged in climate change denial activities is tantamount to a legally inappropriate suppression of free speech (See: Climate change vs. free speech: Punishing fossil fuel companies for expressing doubt).

Not exact matches

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

«She also serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but again I have not seen clear signs of leadership on energy issues, other than a pattern of consistent votes in favor of fossil fuels and against taking action on climate change,» Squillace said.

You can point the finger at all sorts of participants in this battle, but I believe (and we have been examining and discussing at length on this site for more than 8 years now) the principal drivers of the polarization are coming more from: (1) the corporate energy interests who are protecting their profits against regulation and other policies that would move the system away from fossil fuels, and using their clout in the political process to tie things up; (2) right - wing anti-government and anti-regulatory ideologues whose political views appear threatened by scientific conclusions that point toward a need for stronger policy action; (3) people whose religious or cultural identities appear threatened by modern science; and so forth.

In truth 10 of its protagonists have either been funded directly by fossil fuel companies, or have received paid employment from lobby groups funded by these companies, which campaign against taking action on climate change (11).

Indeed, those campaigning for action to prevent further warming have had to battle against huge vested interests, including the fossil - fuel industry and its many political allies.

On March 29, 2016, when 17 attorneys general — 15 Democratic state attorneys general, one Democrat from the District of Columbia, and one Independent from the Virgin Islands — announced a coordinated effort to initiate legal action against ExxonMobil and other groups opposing President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, the AGs tried to hide evidence they were collaborating with radical groups opposed to fossil fuel use.

And that enviro - activists» collective accusation against skeptic climate scientists might backfire under tough scrutiny, potentially exposing them — Shabecoff, Gelbspan, Naomi Oreskes, «Greenpeace USA née Ozone Action,» and Al Gore — as people engaging in the kind of racketeering action they claim is being done by the fossil fuel compAction,» and Al Gore — as people engaging in the kind of racketeering action they claim is being done by the fossil fuel compaction they claim is being done by the fossil fuel companies?

The contest for Michigan's 6th congressional district pins fossil fuel champion Upton, a 14 - term U.S. Representative and chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, against Democratic newcomer Paul Clements, a political science professor at Western Michigan University and an advocate for climate action.

«Following the storms, a coalition of environmental NGO's brings a class - action sit against the U.S. government and fossil - fuel companies on the grounds of neglecting what scientists (including their own) have been saying for years: that something must be done,» the scenario states.

If this was a Court of Law, the case against CO2 and fossil fuel burning has been proven beyond reasonable doubt and, if this were a simple cost - benefit analysis, the case is also very clear — the risks of not tackling the problem vastly outweigh those of taking action (or mass extinction of species will eventually result).

At Earth Ministry / Washington Interfaith Power and Light, we are so grateful for our members who are speaking out against the burning of fossil fuels and standing up for climate action, and happy to support their efforts to care for God's creation.

On September 1, 2015, Jagadish Shukla, president of the tax - exempt Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES), who is also a climate professor at George Mason University, led a group of 20 academics calling for RICO action against all climate skeptics, their organizations and fossil fuel companies.

Most of the new Republicans in the Senate deny the scientific consensus on man - made climate change, and are determined not to allow strong action against its main cause: the burning of fossil fuels.

Conscious of this fierce opposition from communities against the proliferation of coal - fired power plants on the continent, 350 Africa in collaboration with these same communities and regional partners is organising a Regional Day of Action called «Break Free from Fossil Fuels» on May 25.

The action will come 2 days after a People's Tribunal is held in nearby Montreuil on December 10, where individuals facing the frontline impacts of these fossil fuel projects will call them out for what they are — climate crimes against people and our common future.

The action was part of the global #BreakFree2016 protests against fossil fuels, which saw a similar action last week in the UK when Reclaim the Power halted operations at the UK's largest open coal mine in Wales.

And as I've noted on several times, Ozone Action and Ross Gelbspan sure appear to be the epicenter of the fossil fuel industry corruption accusation against skeptic climate scientists.

These new lawsuits join several actions launched against private fossil fuel companies for climate impacts in recent years:

Such action would take the form of «climate accountability letters» sent by the local governments, demanding fossil companies to take responsibility for the harm their product are causing, but we are also asking the local governments to consider bringing a class action lawsuit — a joint lawsuit on behalf of all BC local governments — against some of the world's largest fossil fuel cartels.