Sentences with phrase «between fossil fuel companies»

Analogies between fossil fuel companies» knowledge of climate change and cigarette - makers» knowledge that smoking caused cancer are common in environmental circles.

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Environmentalists have long scrutinized Exxon Mobil because the company has reportedly long understood the link between between global warming and the burning of fossil fuels.

Fossil fuel companies and real estate developers were among Clark's biggest campaign donors and, between B.C.'s climate leadership plan and the long time inaction to address housing inflation, they certainly seem to have had her ear on policy decisions.

Moreover, in those cases, the gap between the leading - edge technologies and the competitors trying to catch up is on aggregate twice as great for the fossil - fuel firms than the clean - technology firms; that is, the dirty energy companies are generally farther ahead of the other firms in their fields.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D - RI) asked Pruitt about the Oklahoma Attorney General's office lack of response to an open records request, made under state law, for emails between his office and fossil fuel companies it regulated.

The genesis of this idea for DOJ to investigate fossil fuel companies lies in the comparison between the actions of the fossil fuel industry and the actions of other industries known to have intentionally misled the public about the nature of their products, including the tobacco and lead paint industries.

As part of a March 2018 legal case between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland and fossil fuel companies, Lindzen was asked by the judge to disclose any connections he had to connected parties.

Charles Koch and his brother David are majority shareholders in Koch Industries, an immense conglomeration of oil and gas companies with a global reach — and a definite interest in denying any link between fossil - fuel use and climate change.

Although an in - depth comparison has not been conducted for the purposes of this paper, there seems to be much agreement between stakeholders on what should be reported by fossil fuel companies.

Between 2010 and 2012 alone, individuals and companies in the fossil fuel industry spent an unprecedented $ 90.5 million to elect friendly Republicans, an increase of 66 percent over the previous two election cycles (compared with $ 15.7 million they gave to Democrats), according to Center for Responsive Politics data.

Global average temperature rise is limited to between 2.4 °C (50 % probability) and 2.7 °C (66 % probability) by 2100 in this scenario — far below the BAU trajectory towards 4 °C and beyond used by fossil fuel companies.

There is no emotionally - satisfying, tidy parallel between fighting fossil fuel companies and fighting apartheid.

The email from Exxon's in - house climate expert provides evidence the company was aware of the connection between fossil fuels and climate change, and the potential for carbon - cutting regulations that could hurt its bottom line, over a generation ago — factoring that knowledge into its decision about an enormous gas field in south - east Asia.

The individual consumer could then use their consumer power and choose whether they are prepared to support (be a customer) with a company which is potentially making most of its money from Fossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thFossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thfossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between the two.

The third observation is the contrast between the global scandal these emails have provoked and the muted response to 20 years of revelations about the propaganda planted by fossil fuel companies.

In March 2018, Happer — among other, was asked by a judge to disclose any ties he had to fossil fuel companies in a case between cities and fossil fuel companies.

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We have an agreement between every country in the world to have a dramatic shift away from the use of fossil fuels, and yet still fossil fuel companies dominate our stock exchanges, and on the basis that they're going to utilise all of the assets, all of those oil and gas reserves, which we absolutely can't burn.

Some of the difference between the oil company scenarios and those from green NGO's and academics is due to fossil fuel lobby assumptions about demand and the role of gas (including shale gas), with CCS also seen as coming on line in a big way.

Instead, you build a wall between that information and the public, built entirely out of a very powerful emotion: anger, toward «denier scientists» who shill for fossil fuel companies in a massive, sinister disinformation campaign.

Royal Dutch Shell has known about the links between fossil fuel use and climate change for decades, according to newly - released internal company documents.

The briefing «Ending the affair between polluters and politicians» exposes the massive lobby effort mounted by fossil fuel companies and heavy industry which has managed to convince senior politicians of the disingenuous idea that «green» legislation can not be allowed in times of economic crisis.

The individual consumer could then use their consumer power and choose whether they are prepared to support (be a customer) with a company which maybe making most of its money from Fossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thFossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thfossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between the two.

No matter how often it is repeated, however, the memo collection crumbles as evidence of an industry - wide pay - for - performance conspiracy arrangement between skeptic climate scientists and fossil fuel company executives.

When students at UCL in London escalate actions on campus highlighting the conflict between the university's research and its investments, and exposing the close connections of university council members to fossil fuel companies; when pressure from scientists, climate activists and museum employees force oil mogul David Koch to step down from the board of New York's American Museum of Natural History; when the City of Cape Town comes under pressure to divest from the companies at the root of the city's water crisis; when Nobel Prize winners urge the prestigious Nobel Foundation to cut their financial ties to fossil fuel companies, we have exactly the kind of impact we aim for with the Fossil Free camfossil fuel companies; when pressure from scientists, climate activists and museum employees force oil mogul David Koch to step down from the board of New York's American Museum of Natural History; when the City of Cape Town comes under pressure to divest from the companies at the root of the city's water crisis; when Nobel Prize winners urge the prestigious Nobel Foundation to cut their financial ties to fossil fuel companies, we have exactly the kind of impact we aim for with the Fossil Free camfossil fuel companies, we have exactly the kind of impact we aim for with the Fossil Free camFossil Free campaign.

highlighting the conflict between the university's research and its investments, and exposing the close connections of university council members to fossil fuel companies; when pressure from scientists, climate activists and museum employees force oil mogul David Koch to

It concludes that establishing the links between former government officials and the fossil fuel industry highlights «the major potential for conflict of interest», adding: «When one takes into account what is at stake for large fossil fuel companies, and how much lobbying they conduct on climate policy more generally, weak revolving door policy provides another avenue of influence for private fossil fuel interests to exploit».

Based on the report's research, DeSmog UK has mapped the connections between former government officials and the fossil fuel and other energy companies where they have taken up jobs:

This is highlighted by the extent of the revolving doors between European governmental bodies, the public sector and private fossil fuel companies, the report says.

Complying with the TCFD encouraged the insurer to commit $ 3.4 billion toward investments in lower - carbon infrastructure between 2015 and 2020, divest in fossil fuels where necessary and engage with companies to achieve resilient business strategies, Bentham said.

The usual approach is to find some connection (even an imagined one) between any researcher who raises the smallest doubts about AGW theory and an oil or power company and then declare that the research is tainted by the bias of these companies that have a strong economic reliance on fossil fuel combustion (and thus the production of CO2).

But the brief only served to highlight the tightrope that fossil fuel companies need to walk between the positions they promoted not too long ago and those they embrace now.