Sentences with phrase «caused by energy companies»

The letter to the Environmental Protection Agency from Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma carried a blunt accusation: Federal regulators were grossly overestimating the amount of air pollution caused by energy companies drilling new natural gas wells in his state.

The Guardian: «Electricity prices spikes caused by energy companies «gaming» the system, report finds» 2016/08/11, by Michael Slezak.

Not exact matches

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

That's causing problems for a wind project that's been in development by Avangrid Renewables, an international energy company with wind farms in Herkimer and Lewis counties, for years.

That has posed a significant challenge for state regulators and energy companies trying to determine if methane pollution was caused by industry.

The laboratory spun off a company, Spirae, and built a futuristic, computer - driven test bed that could simulate the operations of a large power grid and instantly adjust for power fluctuations caused by the often fickle nature of renewable energy.

«It's a difficult time at the moment, and the policy uncertainty is the main cause of it,» said Shaq Mohajerani, an Australian spokesman for wind farm company Union Fenosa, owned by Spanish energy giant Gas Natural.

But those incidental take permits usually span only about 5 - 10 years, and a condition of those permits is that for every eagle killed by a wind turbine, the energy company has to offset the loss by ensuring birth of a new eagle somewhere else or prevent an eagle in another location from dying from other causes.

Investing in the energy sector can be riskier than other types of investment activities because of a range of factors, including price fluctuation caused by real and perceived inflationary trends and political developments, and the cost assumed by energy companies in complying with environmental safety regulations.

Given the financial stakes, it is little wonder that alternative - energy companies, «green» investment firms, and biofuel producers are lobbying hard for more government largesse, and marketing their cause directly to the public by highlighting its supposed benefits for the environment, energy security, and even employment — none of which withstand scrutiny.

DTE noted there's «a substantial capacity and energy supply need beginning in 2022, primarily caused by the Company's projected retirements of River Rouge, St. Clair, and Trenton Channel power plants from 2020 - 2023.»

The Daily Mail has published a bombshell secret memo sent by leading #ExxonKnew activist - lawyer Matt Pawa to billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, outlining a strategy to bring state - level class action lawsuits against energy companies and charging them with causing global warming.

If that case it would only have been a matter of time before the U.S. or at least some U.S. energy companies could have been sued for potentially any damage caused by any extreme climate event worldwide.

I think this comes not especially from Individualism per se, but from smart campaigning by oil and coal companies, which realised that by depicting climate change action as a left - wing, environmentalist, Egalitarian conspiracy, they could enlist anti-Egalitarians as unwitting foot soldiers in the cause of enduring profitability for the incumbent energy suppliers.

This untold chapter in Exxon's history, when one of the world's largest energy companies worked to understand the damage caused by fossil fuels, stems from an eight - month investigation by InsideClimate News.

In the past, these IPCC reports have turned into a lightning rod for attacks by organizations like the Heartland Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who claim to tout freedom and liberty as their cause, but enjoy big dollar sponsorship from coal and oil companies like Koch Industries, Murray Energy, and ExxonMobil.

Now, let's assume that the «right» amount of margin for a duel fuel energy company is # 50, and then that the current October price was caused by increases in wholesale costs, and the other actual rises.

In equally significant work, the team successfully defended the energy supplier RWE in climate liability proceedings against allegations brought by a Peruvian Andean resident that the company had caused the melting of a glacier in the Andes by CO2 emissions.

A lawyer for Trans Mountain, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Canada, told a judge at hearings on the injunction application that the protesters» goal was to cause so much financial harm through delays that the company would be forced to abandon the $ 7.4 - billion project, which has been approved by the National Energy Board and the federal government.

Offshore wind farm — claim against a well — known energy company arising out of disruption of fishing grounds caused by the construction of an offshore wind farm.

• Reduced HVAC repair and maintenance cost by 30 % per annum through implementation of vigilant and proactive preventive maintenance SOPs • Hand soldered a damaged electrical equipment component, saving the company a cost of up till $ 12K in terms of machine replacement • Implemented energy saving and cost effective power usage strategies which led to a reduction in the company's annual operational costs by 15 % • Timely identified and rectified a fault in blue print implementation, saving the client from a massive loss of cabling and installation expenses caused by shot circuiting