Sentences with phrase «corporate energy interests»

All in all, a number of U.S. fossil - fuel development and export policy positions suggest an administration that is attempting to straddle climate and energy policy in such a way that it wins support on the progressive side for having a proactive domestic climate policy while, in effect, failing to challenge the obstacle to climate change mitigation posed by corporate energy interests and their global ambitions.

You can point the finger at all sorts of participants in this battle, but I believe (and we have been examining and discussing at length on this site for more than 8 years now) the principal drivers of the polarization are coming more from: (1) the corporate energy interests who are protecting their profits against regulation and other policies that would move the system away from fossil fuels, and using their clout in the political process to tie things up; (2) right - wing anti-government and anti-regulatory ideologues whose political views appear threatened by scientific conclusions that point toward a need for stronger policy action; (3) people whose religious or cultural identities appear threatened by modern science; and so forth.

Not exact matches

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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.

Driving the industry, investors say, are consumer interest in the environmental and economic benefits of energy efficiency, corporate sustainability mandates and essentially a bet that at some point there will be a price on carbon emissions.

A low fee, broad market exchange traded fund for the U.S. economy as a whole, a global ETF and a Canadian broad ETF equally weighted to reduce concentration in banks and energy, and a 5 to 10 year corporate bond ladder would add diversification with dividends from stocks and interest from bonds and produce a more secure portfolio.

The result is a suite of 160 clean and neat «what if» scenarios, but very little (at least if the summary reflects what's coming in the full 900 - page report at the end of the month) on how the more aggressive scenarios for cleaning up the global energy supply might actually be achieved in the real world of competing and conflicting national, corporate and personal interests.

Wired's April issue has a few nuggets of interest; in its business trends column, Gabriel Sherman notes that «while cutting energy use and rolling out earth - friendly products may attract a growing environmentally conscious customer base, corporate

«There is a clear conflict of interest — Glenn Vaad was a high - ranking representative of a corporate lobbying group that is coordinating a national attack on clean energy,» explains Gabe Elsner, Executive Director for the Energy and Policy Institute, «In the past year, ALEC's utility and fossil fuel members lobbied lawmakers in at least 15 states to introduce legislation repealing Renewable Energy Portfolio Stanenergy,» explains Gabe Elsner, Executive Director for the Energy and Policy Institute, «In the past year, ALEC's utility and fossil fuel members lobbied lawmakers in at least 15 states to introduce legislation repealing Renewable Energy Portfolio StanEnergy and Policy Institute, «In the past year, ALEC's utility and fossil fuel members lobbied lawmakers in at least 15 states to introduce legislation repealing Renewable Energy Portfolio StanEnergy Portfolio Standards.

Further fueling these conflict of interest charges, Xcel Energy has been a corporate funder of ALEC in the past and contributes hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to EEI.

The third and fourth players, and there are more, are elected officials and corporate interests (the energy mafia playing their endgame through the final gasps of peak oil).

President Reagan reversed Carter, but his successors, Congress, courts, environmental activists, regulatory agencies and disparate corporate interests launched American energy policies on a roller coaster ride.

2017 was one of the most exciting years yet for energy storage, as several markets saw formative policy developments, interesting business models materialize and a rush of corporate merger and acquisition activity.

Of the 54 identified corporate sponsors, twenty - two are energy related firms, their front groups, or firms representing energy interests.

«What we need is a true energy transformation with people at its heart, which means getting away from vested corporate interests and investment in fossil fuels, and instead supporting community - controlled renewable energy,» said Susann Scherbarth.

When we started our Daily News all those years ago, we were virtually the only source for people interested in renewable energy, green building, the organic industry and corporate sustainability.

In reality, however, rather than addressing the interests of the energy - poor, the NEA is joint funded by the state and corporates with an interest in energy efficiency.

Train executives are banking on travelers» new - found interest in energy efficiency and lower carbon footprints to buoy their networks» expansions; the allure of solid profits - a roundtrip, first - class ticket between London and Paris can cost upwards of $ 866 (though coach tickets can be found for $ 120)- has also made high - speed trains a winner in the corporate playbooks.

Picon's resignation has triggered an election to replace him as the international firm's senior partner, with developing markets managing director Andrew Darwin, Amsterdam tech partner Joris Willems, China energy head Carolyn Dong, London corporate partner Jon Hayes and Brussels competition partner Bertold Baer - Bouyssiere all understood to be interested in the role.

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