Sentences with phrase «fuel funded climate»

during a floor speech in which he scrutinized the undue influence of fossil fuel funded climate deniers in Virginia.

Also, Inside Climate News recently described a new study published in Science about how fossil - fuel funded climate - science deniers disingenuously shift their arguments and use normal scientific uncertainties to deflect attention from the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change and argue for no action to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions.

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Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial cClimate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial cclimate risk has shot up in financial circles.

House Democrats, led by Reps. Ted Lieu of California and Peter Welch of Vermont, also announced Thursday they are planning a broader probe into when other energy companies first understood that fossil fuels drive climate change, what they did with that information and whether they funded or participated in sowing doubt about the matter.

Fund managers are worried that some oil fields could become worthless as governments try to reduce fossil - fuel consumption to fight against climate change.

The remaining funds went towards two companies aimed at reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and so counteracting the problem of climate change: Tesla Motors ($ 70m), a luxury electric car manufacturer that has since expanded to provide energy to homes and businesses through battery technology; and SolarCity ($ 10m) which seeks to offer a cleaner and more affordable energy solution.

The University at Buffalo Foundation used an offshore fund to invest in fracking and fossil fuels, even as university officials sought to portray UB as a national leader in climate - change and sustainability research.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

Nations could help by cutting funding on climate research, and boosting funding for the solution to climate change, which we already know: use less fossil fuel.

It remains unclear, however, how much such passenger - funded partnerships do to alleviate climate change and they are a poor substitute for a carbon - neutral alternative jet fuel.

Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would slash global carbon emission by 20 percent and raise government revenue by 2.9 trillion, well over the funds needed for intelligent policy and action on climate adaptation.»

«These documents are breathtaking, and they reveal what many of us have long suspected: That there is a campaign afoot by groups directly funded by the fossil fuel industry and right - wing foundations such as Koch Industries to mislead the public about climate change,» Pennsylvania State University climatologist Michael Mann wrote in an email to LiveScience.

Trump also made specific (and ambiguous) promises about energy and climate on his Web site and on the campaign trail, such as canceling funding for the United Nations Green Climate Fund and lifting restrictions on fossil fuel develclimate on his Web site and on the campaign trail, such as canceling funding for the United Nations Green Climate Fund and lifting restrictions on fossil fuel develClimate Fund and lifting restrictions on fossil fuel development.

Today, Senator Ed Markey (D — MA) said the Soon disclosures are prompting him to write to fossil fuel companies and trade associations, asking them to disclose their funding of outside researchers involved in climate research.

Their banners testified to the issue's complexity: no - nukes signs next to calls for zero - carbon power, «grandparents for climate action» next to signs deploring pension funds» fossil - fuel investments.

And it's very clear that the Koch Brothers, the largest privately held fossil fuel interest and major funders of the public relations campaign to deny and attack the science of climate change — they have a level of influence now within the Trump Administration unlike anything we've ever seen before.»

A new report shows how multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, gave over $ 9 billion in funding for fossil fuel projects in 2016, nearly all of it following the Paris Agreement being reached and despite claims that they were acting on climate and adjusting their investment strategies.

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

So that's a good development, but what saddens me is the fact that he spent millions of dollars of Virginia taxpayer money and forced the University of Virginia to come up with significant funds themselves, wasted on this witch hunt, wasted on this personal vendetta, this effort that he was using to try to discredit climate science, to do the bidding of the fossil fuel interests that fund his campaigns.

Moniz is already taking heat from some environmental campaigners for his work directing the M.I.T. Energy Initiative, which — like many university energy and climate research hubs — receives ample funding from industries selling or dependent on fossil fuels.

And the right thing simply can not include funding dirty energy and false solutions in any of their forms — fossil fuels and CCS, climate smart agriculture, biofuels, waste incineration, nuclear energy and big dams (and surely a few others as well).

State Street Corp.'s asset management arm on Wednesday launched its first fossil - fuel free exchange - traded fund, citing investors» concerns over climate change.

You do take funds from fossil fuel companies for your skeptic «research» in order to distract, obfuscate, and confuse voters into thinking climate change is not happening or that it isn't the fault of us humans.

Fossil fuels aside, GCF - watchers must remain hyper - vigilant about the GCF funding false solutions like so - called climate smart agriculture, biofuels, waste incineration, nuclear energy and big dams.

In his dispatch from the 2010 ICCC, Stacy praised presentations by climate deniers like Dr. Wei - hock «Willie» Soon, who for years secretly amassed funding from fossil fuel and utility interests like ExxonMobil and Southern Company.

[Willie Soon's fossil fuel funding, and failures to disclose, are hot in the news right now, see New York Times, The Guardian, Inside Climate News, and DeSmogBlog.]

This is no accident, and what is happening in Croatia is a perfect example of what's going on — our decision - makers talk a good climate game, but continue to fund fossil fuels.

Earlier in this suit over fossil fuel funding, says the LAT, the Bush administration argued that «alleged impacts of global climate change are too remote and speculative» to be part of project reviews.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and refusal to contribute to the Green Climate Fund threatens low - cost financing that has helped fuel the solar market in India.

The 6 MW wind farm helps reduce the country's dependence on imports of diesel fuel, freeing up funds for investment in infrastructure (which could include infrastructure that is climate change resilient).

For decades, fossil fuel - funded groups, free market think tanks (some of which also qualify as fossil fuel funded groups) and the fossil fuel industry itself have known the importance of the public's understanding of the state of climate science.

The Heartland Institute is a fossil fuel - funded front group with over $ 800,000 in contributions from fossil fuel interests that has routinely attacked clean energy policies and the science behind climate change.

«While Americans have rallied in support of clean renewable energy at home, the U.S. Export - Import Bank has made it a priority to handout money to fossil fuel companies to work on projects abroad,» said Kate DeAngelis of Friends of the Earth U.S. «If Trump gets his way, U.S. Export - Import Bank will become a slush fund for Big Oil's plans to accelerate climate change.

• Washington state's King County files a climate change lawsuit against five prominent fossil fuel companies and asks them to establish a fund to pay for the effects of global warming.

He founded an anti climate - action think tank, the Science and Environmental Policy Project, using fossil fuel funds.

But it is true that some of the fossil - fuel funded groups that formerly argued that there is no global warming have reacted to criticism by changing their argument to «the climate is always changing,» as if that somehow disproves the scientific consensus that human greenhouse - gas emissions are causing dangerous warming.

Exxon is by no means the only fossil fuel source of climate science denier funding; the Koch brothers are also heavily involved.

In truth 10 of its protagonists have either been funded directly by fossil fuel companies, or have received paid employment from lobby groups funded by these companies, which campaign against taking action on climate change (11).

But Michaels — who at one point estimated 40 percent of his funding came from the fossil fuel industry — has been caught repeatedly making inaccurate climate claims, including on Fox News and in the Washington Post and Forbes.

Cramer has a long record of climate change denial (apropos of nothing, over his career Cramer has received more than a half million bucks in funding from the fossil fuel industry, more than twice as much as any other industry).

Traditional fossil - fuel investments account for a big chunk of those energy bets, which has sparked a showdown between student activists who say it is morally wrong to support an industry contributing to global climate change, and colleges and universities under pressure to raise funds for financial aid and facilities.

The Paris Agreement sealed in 2015 brought together the U.S. and European Union with big developing nations from China to India to Brazil in pledging limits on fossil - fuel pollution and funds to help poorer countries adapt to climate change.

In spite of its climate - friendly rhetoric, the WBG continues to disproportionately fund dirty energy projects within its core energy portfolio, with nearly half of energy lending — more than US$ 15 billion — going to fossil fuels in the last four years.

It's been think tanks funded by fossil fuel interests and Republican politicians that have made climate change a political issue.

ExxonSecrets documents how climate deniers are funded through fossil fuel money laundered through right - wing think tanks:

In 1996, when the IPCC released its second assessment report, stating that the human impact on climate was «discernible», a fossil - fuel - industry - funded group called the Global Climate Coalition accused the IPCC author Benjamin Santer of making unauthorised changes to make global warming appear more certain than climate was «discernible», a fossil - fuel - industry - funded group called the Global Climate Coalition accused the IPCC author Benjamin Santer of making unauthorised changes to make global warming appear more certain than Climate Coalition accused the IPCC author Benjamin Santer of making unauthorised changes to make global warming appear more certain than it was.

An overarching framework for right - wing and fossil fuel opposition to climate science and climate risk management can be found at Greenpeace's website ExxonSecrets, which documents «Exxon Foundation and corporate funding to a series of institutions who have worked to undermine solutions to global warming and climate change.»

They misrepresent the state of climate science, reciting talking points that can be found on any of a number of denialist websites, or heard at conferences sponsored by fossil - fuel funded groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Nathaniel Keohane, Vice President for Global Climate, Environmental Defense Fund, said: «In the same week that we learned global carbon pollution is on the rise again after three flat years, the Trump administration came to Bonn to sell the world on fossil fuels.

Fourth Place: The Koch Brothers for funding the promotion of bad climate science Fourth place goes to fossil - fuel billionaires Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries, Inc., who provide substantial funding to groups and politicians who deny the science of climate change....