Sentences with phrase «fuel extraction face»
President Donald Trump's efforts to boost fossil fuel extraction face a courtroom hurdle of his own making.
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«The science is really becoming quite clear into the effects of fossil fuel extraction and consumption, and so renewable energy development is important to make our state more resilient in the face of climate change and these challenges.
Too often, they are on the front lines of climate disaster and fossil fuel extraction, facing structural injustices worsened by climate change.
The decision to retain holdings in the fossil fuel industry flies in the face of recommendations from a climate change committee appointed by Reif, which this summer issued a report noting that three - quarters of the committee supported «targeted divestment from companies whose operations are heavily focused on the exploration for and / or extraction of the fossil fuels that are least compatible with mitigating climate change.»
We are also facing extreme extraction of fossil fuels, in particular coal mining, hydraulic fracking, and tar sands, as well as tar sands pipelines.
Moreover, facing the problem squarely and honestly runs contrary to a shared value system — one that discounts the need for government regulation, favors industry growth and profit over public health and safety, and places a high priority on maximizing domestic fossil fuel extraction.
We stand in solidarity with, and offer our full support for, the growing wave of impacted communities around the world who are taking action to defend and protect their lives and livelihoods in the face of fossil fuel extraction and climate change.
The fossil fuel extraction industries, faced with the knowledge that the very product they sell is the main culprit behind the destabilization of our global climate system, have a moral obligation to find ways to drastically reduce carbon emissions to Earth's atmosphere so as not to leave behind a climate system inhospitable to human life.