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As the head of the Regulatory Unit at the Institute for Public Affairs, a right - wing think tank with close ties to greenhouse sceptics, Moran's role has been to support the Government and the fossil fuel corporations with anti-environmental opinions about climate science, the costs of emission reductions and the pitfalls of renewable energy.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most revered figures of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a key backer of the divestment campaign that helped end the system, was an early backer of fossil fuel divestment and said in 2014: «People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.»
«We are proud to honor 20 Top Corporations for their world - class leadership in partnering with women's business enterprises to sustain innovation in this country and fuel our economic growth,» said Linda Denny, president and CEO of WBENC, the leading authority on and advocate for women's business enterprises (WBEs) as vendors and suppliers to the nation's leading cCorporations for their world - class leadership in partnering with women's business enterprises to sustain innovation in this country and fuel our economic growth,» said Linda Denny, president and CEO of WBENC, the leading authority on and advocate for women's business enterprises (WBEs) as vendors and suppliers to the nation's leading corporationscorporations.
BC is one of few provinces with no limit on corporate donations (as is Saskatchewan, whose leading political party appears to have benefitted handsomely from vast sums of money from Alberta - based fossil fuel corporations over the last decade).
By divesting the state from any business with corporations who fuel Iran's terrorist activities and pursuit of nuclear weapons, we are doing our part to make the world a safer, more secure place.
He said he is concerned with the control big corporations like Walmart, the National Rifle Association and those tied to fossil fuels seem to have.
The party said investigations have shown that the Federal Government has been lying to Nigerians on oil - related issues while using the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to bandy figures with intentions to arrive at government» s predetermined agenda to increase the price of fuel.
«With Ken Adams as President and CEO, the Empire State Development Corporation will fuel New York - based innovation and create jobs at home while helping to transform the state into a world - class center for business and new ideas,» Cuomo said in a press release.
Tesoro Corporation plans to foster the development of biocrude, made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries along with conventional fossil crude oil to produce lower - carbon drop - in fuels.
We're so far off track, with the Standard American Diet, and the corporations that fuel it ruling the world, we've literally lost a whole body of knowledge.
An attempt to track down the people behind the Golden Fang corporation leads to an amusing, jittery, dope - fueled escapade with a coked - out dentist, Dr. Blatnoyd (Martin Short at his weirdest best), and an addict runaway named Japonica (Sasha Pieterse).
The van became an instant hit not only with small business, but also large corporations who saw the Transit Connect as a way to lower their fuel bills for their fleet.
Volvo Car Corporation's 1.6 - liter diesel combined with the automatic Powershift gearbox now delivers the same low fuel consumption and CO2 levels as the manual DRIVe versions.
In 1957 the American Motors Corporation outfitted the Rambler with an electronic fuel injection system, called the Electrojector, on a 5.4 - liter V8.
With Trump and the Republicans running the Government, look for the transition to clean energy and EVs to be delayed as long as they can make it happen and as long as the fossil fuel corporation can bribe them to act in their interests and not the people's best interest.
Developed by the Eaton Corporation - with design elements that had been tested for over 500,000 miles (800,000 km)- allowed various engine computers to decide how many cylinders were needed to power the car for optimal fuel economy.
A total of 20 first generation fuel cell hybrid vehicles (FCHV) were placed in service in California with universities, corporations and government agencies.
Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Valero Energy Corporation is the world's largest independent petroleum refiner and marketer, supplying fuel and products with 16 refineries and 10 ethanol plants stretching from the U.S. West and Gulf coasts to Canada, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.
The attacks on climate science have nothing to do with any actual political ideology, and everything to do with the ONE BILLION DOLLARS PER DAY PROFIT that the fossil fuel corporations want to keep raking in for as long as they can get away with it.
Which is exactly the scam that the fossil fuel corporations have gotten away with for a century or so, to their vast profit, and to the grave detriment of everyone else.
Even as our nation is pivoting toward a more sustainable energy future, America's oil and coal corporations are racing to position the country as the planet's dirty - energy dealer — supplying the developing world with cut - rate, high - polluting, climate - damaging fuels.
When the UNEP - led Partnership for Clean Fuel and Vehicles (PFCV)-- with the involvement of car manufacturers, car manufacturer associations and petrol corporations — launched in 2002, about half of the world's countries still used leaded petrol, causing massive health and societal impacts.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation plans to create a $ 1.0 - billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas - to - liquids (GTL) fuels.
The EU has so far continued to align itself with historic polluters like the USA and Australia, blocking progress towards a conflict of interest policy which could protect the UN climate talks from the harmful influence of fossil fuel corporations and their lobbyists, who have been delaying and weakening progress on effective climate action.
One reason is that countries and corporations have to figure out how to get the energy they need in cleaner ways — replacing fuel - guzzling equipment with more efficient technology, for example, or embracing renewable sources of energy like wind farms.
If corporations in the fossil fuel industry and their supporters are guilty of the misdeeds that have been documented in books and journal articles, it is imperative that these misdeeds be stopped as soon as possible so that America and the world can get on with the critically important business of finding effective ways to restabilize the Earth's climate, before even more lasting damage is done.
This could be seen as a tribute to the relative political power of the fossil fuel industries and high - consumers of fossil energy (large corporations and the affluent) versus the power of the unemployed and youth; the former are treated, if at all, with gentle «nudges» while the latter are viewed as «clay to be molded» by elites.
But with fossil fuel burning continuing at near record levels globally, and with many corporations and political bodies around the world dragging feet on greenhouse gas emissions cuts, the level of heat - trapping carbon held aloft in our airs will continue to rise for some time.
The Koch Brothers» supposed «free market» political activities often line up with the financial interests of Koch Industries, the 2nd largest privately held corporation in the United States and a major fossil fuel conglomerate (invested in coal, oil, and natural gas among many other sectors).
We stand with the millions of people around the world paying for the ignorance and arrogance of countries and fossil fuel corporations who put the interests of profits ahead of the needs of people.
Representatives from major fossil fuel corporations and industry groups had joined forces with operatives from major conservative think tanks and public relations experts to draft what they called their Global Climate Science Communications (GCSC) plan.
Mike Brune, the head of the Sierra Club — an organization that is on the record accepting tens of millions of dollars from fossil fuel and renewable energy investors and corporations with an interest in shutting down nuclear plants — falsely accused «Pandora's Promise» of being associated with the nuclear industry.
Dismukes runs Acadian Consulting, whose clients include Duke Energy, NRG Energy, CLECO Corporation, Sempra Energy, along with several other utility and fossil fuel entities.
China's leading electric vehicle maker BYD announced Wednesday to team with US Hybrid Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cells battery - electric bus.
In this case, your unsupported generalization that «the electorate could not care less» about climate change was rebutted with actual opinion polls showing that significant majorities of «the electorate» do, in fact, care a good deal, and consider the issue a priority for the President and the Congress, and support policies to regulate GHG emissions and to hold fossil fuel corporations responsible for the full costs of their products.
Too many of the media institutions are controlled by holding companies with large interests in fossil fuels — hence, the real solution to the problem might be something like antitrust regulations for media corporations.
The letter, circulated on July 2nd, calls on U.S. corporations with trucking fleets to join 19 leading companies in avoiding fuel from refineries that take Canadian tar sands.
Tesoro Corporation plans to foster the development of biocrude, made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries along with conventional fossil crude oil to produce lower - carbon drop - in fuels.
Today, with the urgency to reduce carbon emissions and keep more than the two third of the world fossil fuel reserves under the ground, big corporations and countries are attempting to present nuclear as a solution to climate change.
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