Sentences with phrase «company acts on climate»

The Friends of the Earth Netherlands case is the first climate lawsuit demanding a fossil fuel company acts on climate change, rather than seeking compensation.

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On Monday, the White House announced that another 68 companies have taken the pledge, called the «American Business Act on Climate,» bringing the total corporate participants to 8On Monday, the White House announced that another 68 companies have taken the pledge, called the «American Business Act on Climate,» bringing the total corporate participants to 8on Climate,» bringing the total corporate participants to 81.

A company that publicly pats itself on the back for putting new lightbulbs in their main office — while ignoring the real source of its climate pollution — clearly isn't serious about cleaning up its act.

«The full value of the SEC's 2010 interpretive guidance can only be realized if we actually monitor companies» climate disclosures and act on the information — or absence of information.»

Holding corporations legally accountable for climate change is a tough challenge because of regulatory and jurisdictional issues, statutes of limitation, the difficulty of assigning specific damages to any one company, and fossil fuel companies» arguments that they acted prudently based on their assessments of risk at the time.

As of December 1, 2015, 154 companies signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.

Thirteen major US companies today took the White House's «American Business Act on Climate» pledge to slash their greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate Climate» pledge to slash their greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate climate change.

Today, more companies than ever are signing up to act on climate change and play their part in delivering on the aims agreed in Paris.

The President has said electricity rates will «necessarily skyrocket,» coal companies will face bankruptcy, and if Congress does not act on climate change and cap - tax - and - trade, he will.

Building on the foundation of national climate plans from 187 countries, the Paris Agreement is a reflection of the remarkable momentum from cities, companies, civil society groups and others that complement the global will to act that has grown over the years since the first international conference on climate change in 1992.

As long as the response of climate scientists is to act like tobacco companies getting caught out on lung cancer - with flying squads of marketing and sales experts - they are wasting their time.

And most recently, the White House announced that 81 companies representing more than $ 3 trillion in annual revenue signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge «to demonstrate their support for action on climate change and the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low - carbon, sustainable future.Climate Pledge «to demonstrate their support for action on climate change and the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low - carbon, sustainable future.climate change and the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low - carbon, sustainable future.climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low - carbon, sustainable future.»

With a carbon fee - and - rebate policy called the Climate and Community Reinvestment Act of D.C., companies that buy and sell fossil fuels in the District would pay a steadily - rising fee on each ton of heat - trapping pollution they cause.

Tim DeChristopher committed one of the most famous acts of climate activism in the nation: by bidding on a parcel of land that oil and gas companies were keen to snap up during a midnight hour auction put on by the Bush administration (and of course, being entirely unable to pay for it), he inspired the fledgling, next generation green movement to fight back.

Other companies claim to accept the core findings of climate science and the serious risks associated with continued reliance on their products, while acting in ways that belie that claim.