Sentences with phrase «against renewable industry»

Affiliated under the banner of the State Policy Network, these groups have also coordinated against clean energy in states like North Carolina and Ohio, where dirty energy giants may score a victory against renewable industry jobs.

Not exact matches

Even before President Trump announced the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, many industry observers say the odds were stacked against Tesla and SolarCity, considering the competition it faces in China, where the country's investments in solar and other renewables far outpace the rest of the world.

Renewables could run into problems, though, as lawmakers push back against helping the industry.

Development of small to medium reactors (SMRs), is regarded as crucial to the future of the nuclear industry as it struggles to remain competitive against the rapidly falling cost of renewable wind and solar power.

Second, our companies are for renewables, not against them, investing $ 81 billion in renewables and carbon - reduction efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2012 — nearly as much as all other U.S. industries ($ 91 billion) and more than the federal government ($ 80 billion).

«I'm not against looking at renewable power, but let's balance it properly so it doesn't kill off our industry,» he said.

The report, published last week by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), a think tank that has campaigned against wind farms, will give ammunition to sceptics, especially within the Conservative Party, who believe the cost of subsidies to the wind industry is far too high and that the growing number of turbines are blighting the countryside.

A strong ethical case can be made that any political support for natural gas as a short - term bridge fuel should be conditioned on the natural gas industry promising to stop lobbying against rapid scale up of renewable energy programs.

It seems that the Australian has joined forces with the Liberals in supporting big business, the mining industry and the fossil fuel industry against renewable energy.

SAFCEI had long advocated for renewable energy to address climate change and had taken a stance against South Africa's nuclear industry.

In a speech to Wall Street analysts this morning, the Nuclear Energy Institute's president, Maria Korsnick, warned against «a myopic focus on short - term prices «and criticized efforts «that advance renewables while closing nuclear plants» — strong language for an industry that is frequently taciturn to a fault.

But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricity.

Australia's renewable energy potential gives us a big natural competative advantage against other advanced nations, should we ever get a government willing to develop the industry.

The wind energy industry has seen a lot of growth over the past decade, and has become a dominant force in the renewable energy industry, up against traditional heavyweights like solar.

You'd have to wonder why the Turnbull Government is doing all it can to discredit the renewable energy industry and the federal Labor Party's modest emission reduction aims other than to undemocratically support the coal industry against the needs of the future of the planet.