Sentences with phrase «big energy interests»

Those documents show that Michaels has financial ties to big energy interests — ties that he's worked hard to keep secret.»

Yup, good ol' Mike probably thinks the IPCC has been taken over by a bunch of denialist troglodytes; nothing but merchants of doubt, supported financially by a conspiracy of big energy interests.

Not exact matches

Google is not only a major investor and buyer of clean energy, it also has big interests in future users in Africa.

Juan Carlos Hartasánchez, Albright Stonebridge Group senior director, said energy isn't a big enough common interest to bring the NAFTA negotiations together but it could help.

When Mr. Icahn took on the advisory position this year, critics complained that it was a conflict of interest because he owns a big stake in an oil - refinery business called CVR Energy.

The Warsaw Conference has put the interests of dirty energy industries over that of global citizens — with a «Coal & Climate Summit» being held in conjunction; corporate sponsorship from big polluters plastered all over the venue; and a Presidency (Poland) that is beholden to the coal and fracking industry.

Scott's current company has three divisions: a sustainability blog network that includes the world's biggest clean energy website and reached over 5 million readers in December 2013 alone; Pono Home, a turnkey and franchiseable green home consulting service that won entrance into the clean tech incubator known as Energy Excelerator; and Cost of Solar, a solar lead generation service to connect interested homeowners and solar contraenergy website and reached over 5 million readers in December 2013 alone; Pono Home, a turnkey and franchiseable green home consulting service that won entrance into the clean tech incubator known as Energy Excelerator; and Cost of Solar, a solar lead generation service to connect interested homeowners and solar contraEnergy Excelerator; and Cost of Solar, a solar lead generation service to connect interested homeowners and solar contractors.

LCV Action Fund President Gene Karpinski praised Bishop's support of clean energy legislation, saying he «stands with the people of New York who need clean energy jobs now, and not with the Big Oil companies and special interests who are blocking progress in Washington.»

«It wasn't an impressive delivery because we were not given detailed briefing about the supplementary budget; he didn't talk about fiscal policy except to mention putting less pressure on the interest rate and also said Ghana Stock Exchange is to support the energy sector; but being the acting Power Minister, he didn't stress on the energy crisis and that's a very big problem.

«I see the energy I see the passion out of these students, they're interested in this election, they know this election will be big for them, and there's a lot of issues that impact students.»

«I had always been interested in clean energy, so I thought «Why not make a big change?

The results are interesting, but Disconzi acknowledges that Big Rip theories still require a bit of work to make sense, particularly the part about infinite energy being released.

Natural gas and domestic oil production got a shout - out in the address as part of the President's vision of supporting domestic energy resources, something that several Republican lawmakers were pleased, and perhaps surprised, to hear.What I thought was more interesting was the President specifically calling out how big of a consumer of energy the U.S.

Hormones play a big role in men's health, affecting your energy level, weight, mood, interest in sex, fertility and much more.

In so doing, the film makes for a rather pointed lesson in making a good revenge movie: sure, the revenge itself had better be big and it had better be bloody, but it needs to be truly cathartic — a release of emotional energy for an interesting character.

Grotzer talks about mapping out four different spheres of knowledge with her graduate students: What you know you know («a very comfortable space»); what you don't know you know (the knowledge that is functioning in the background); what you know you don't know («an interesting space,» «where new energy for learning can grow from,» but can be uncomfortable); and what you don't know you don't know («the biggest, most wonderful space,» «a great area for exploration»).

Your biggest purchase can also mean big deductions for things like: mortgage interest, property taxes, refinancing fees, points, and improvements to your home's energy efficiency.

We need to keep our eyes on big goals in energy policy, the serious dangers, and the common interests of the American people.

And look how few politicians are willing to oppose mortgage interest tax deductions, another great subsidy for living big and far from the city and consuming more energy for heating bigger spaces.

* Develop a long - term low - interest funding program for clean energy and energy - efficiency investments (household and industry)-- a government - backed clean energy loan program could make a huge difference for people having trouble coming up with the upfront cash to pay for things that will make a big difference in their energy footprint

Here are three reactions to my post about Machiavelli's view of the impediments to making big changes in societies — as in the asymmetrical nature of the battle to take the carbon out of energy systems in the face of both societal inertia and intensive efforts by entrenched interests to maintain the status quo.

For years, it has often seemed that those most passionately pressing for a rapid transition from still - abundant fossil fuels to non-polluting energy sources have been as focused on attacking each others» arguments as they have on fighting powerful interests defending the status quo (as well as perhaps the biggest foe — inertia, both in society and infrastructure).

One big question in New York, going forward, is whether the existing energy and environmental departments of government have the capacity or interest to oversee a big expansion of gas drilling, using hydraulic fracturing or any other means.

This has long been an issue of interest to TreeHugger, because of the question about which uses less energy and resources, an e-book or a paper book (they both have a big impact), and because we often worry about the effects of new technologies.

From the standpoint of national interests, how does one justify the monetary and energy expense of land reclamation in a country as big as China?

Fredrick D. Palmer, executive vice president for legal and external affairs at Peabody Energy of St. Louis, one of the world's largest coal producers, said it was not really necessary to lobby the Bush administration on the issue, because Big Coal's interests and the administration's views were in sync from the start.

inferring support for energy policy from the DoD interest in the above stated risks associated with climate variability and change requires a big leap of logic.

That's an interesting case because the ERCOT grid is pretty much one big energy island; there's little interconnection with other US grids.

$ 42,000 in initial purchase costs $ 1,470 in closing costs $ 8,400 in furnishing $ 24,148 in mortgage interest $ 16,506 in property taxes $ 15, 450 in energy costs $ 12,600 in maintenance HOW MUCH THAT BIGGER HOME WILL REALLY COST YOU OVER 30 YEARS ASSUMING YOU HAVE A 30 - YEAR MORTGAGE AT 4 %

The Big Bounce Theory is interesting in this regard as all the matter & energy in the universe endlessly expands and contracts.

By picking one specific area of only one of the spheres (surface temperatures), while it might be one piece of interesting information and it certainly it is quite true that surface temperatures have been flat at or near record high levels, focusing on this fact alone and the fact that climate models failed to have forecast it, does very little overall good if the goal is to educate the public about the bigger picture, i.e. anthropogenic climate change as an energy imbalance affecting the whole Earth energy system, including all the spheres discussed above.

I now realize the same big money financial interests that back fossil fuel use are the same big money financial interests that back so called green energy.

Or do we let the forces of obstruction — led by Big Oil and special - interest polluters — win, ensuring America's continued addiction to the dirty, unsafe energy of the 19th century?

King once remarked that «climate change poses a bigger threat than terrorism», that it is the «biggest challenge our civilisation has ever had», and that foreign spies and US energy interests were behind attempts to undermine public confidence in climate science and the attempt to build an international agreement at Copenhagen.

I know people like you want to believe that there is this big bad conspiracy of lies going on, and there's a great big energy industry that has a great big vested interest in making sure you can locate enough misinformation to come to this conclusion.

Attempts to use Solyndra to tarnish the reputation of the entire clean energy sector are being backed by big money interests like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity.

Molly Walsh, climate justice and energy campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said «Across Europe, communities know that big energy companies do not have people's best interests at heart and are not making the changes we need to fight climate change.

At the end of the day, competition and free markets should shape U.S. energy policy, not handouts or favors for special interests like Big Wind.

One of the biggest areas of interest will be the growth of energy crops for biomass power stations.

Today though, the central government increasingly sees the opportunity for stimulating businesses — the biggest end users of energy — and has introduced a number of incentive schemes for renewable energy investment that are already attracting interest.

The article is published as part of the newspaper's Keep it in the Ground campaign against fossil fuel companies, encouraging big capital investors to move their interests out of brown energy — «divestment».

One gets depressed watching American politics, where the Democrats pander to big coal and the Republicans are fighting renewable energy, or Canadian politics, where national parties are fracturing into regional self - interest.

A big shout out to my friends at Southern Energy Management who undertook the installation (And a declaration of interest: Southern Energy are a client in my day job).

In private, big energy firms were offered sweetheart deals to acquiesce to the climate bill, including expanded offshore drilling for oil giants like BP and taxpayer subsidies for coal and nuclear interests that outstripped those for clean energy.

Money is a great motivator for anything, and likely the biggest one when it comes to reducing energy usage at home, but a study done for the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) found that U.S. utility customers were interested in smart grid technologies for much more than just the ability to save money.

And so imagine on a mine project, on a pipeline project, on a real estate development, on an energy project, on an electrical transmission line, on a rail project, on a bridge project, on a big highway project, all of those types of projects could have an adverse affect on an aboriginal interest.»

«I've always had a big interest in construction, projects, energy and natural resources», he says.

The biggest homeowner tax deductions revolve around your mortgage interest, home improvement costs, keeping your house energy efficient, and mortgage points.

Yun said interest rates will continue to rise, but he doesn't expect big jumps in the years ahead because inflation remains in check and energy prices aren't expected to go up to any significant degree in the years ahead.

Rakishev, who has interests in mining, energy and banking in Kazakhstan, said the biggest challenge for him is Ablyazov's allegation of political persecution.