Sentences with phrase «fuel holdings»

As a result of that experience, my portfolio includes investments in companies with significant fossil fuel holdings.

Last September, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced its pledge to divest its fossil fuel holdings as part of a larger divestment movement that aims to deprive the industry of up to $ 50 billion (U.S.).

Subpar rocket fuels held the Americans back until the Army put Mary Sherman Morgan on the problem.

Yet at this forum, an on - campus debate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over whether the university should divest the fossil fuel holdings within its $ 11 billion endowment, might not have happened if market forces properly priced the economic and environmental costs of climate change, a theme that Anthony Cortese, the event moderator, alluded to at the outset.

Back in the room, a news story on fuel held the kids» attention while they took turns reading, but when it came to answering questions about the story many complained that the questions were too difficult or unclear, and I had to agree in some cases, so we brainstormed some ideas for answers.

According to the organization, more than 400 institutions and 2,000 individuals have pledged to divest fossil fuel holdings ahead of the planned UN climate change gathering in Paris later this year.

He also cited the decision of the heirs to the Rockefeller oil fortune to sell all the fossil fuel holdings in their $ 862m portfolio.

After more than five years of inspiring and creative campaigning from the climate movement, the New York City and State pension funds have committed to divesting their fossil fuel holdings from coal, oil, and gas.

«This proposal lays out a roadmap for New York's $ 200 billion Common Fund to take responsible steps to divest from its fossil fuel holdings, leading to a more secure retirement fund for countless New Yorkers while also helping to achieve the state's clean energy goals.»

Also at 11 a.m., Sen. Liz Krueger and Assemblyman Felix Ortiz host a forum on divesting the State Common Retirement Fund from fossil fuel holdings, Legislative Office Building, Room 944A, Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants the state's pension fund to divest of fossil fuel holdings.

DSM, founded more than a century ago as the Netherlands» national coal mining company (Dutch State Mines), has over time divested its fossil fuel holdings and is now committed to a future in technologies that aid the so - called «bio-based economy.»

In his Wired interview, the Revenant star urged technology players in Silicon Valley to join in the Divest - Invest movement, where individuals pledge to divest from fossil fuel holdings and invest in renewable energy technology.

To clarify, the context of the above snip had to do with state spending on education and social safety net programs, but that «you and me» reference covers far more ground than that, considering the Koch brothers» all - in approach to their fossil fuel holdings.

Long a target for climate campaigners who have urged them to ditch fossil fuels holdings, the world's pension fund managers sit on assets worth $ 35.4 trillion, according to 2015 figures.

With the divestment plan, the city's pension funds are among the largest investors globally to announce their intention to sell their fossil fuel holdings.

Carbon Tracker «spawned a financial concept powerful enough to rivet central bankers, anger oil moguls and fuel a grassroots movement to get investors to dump their fossil fuel holdings.»

The RFS mandate is legally considered satisfied when the fuel holds 10 % ethanol.

Reed College's Board of Trustees recently published its official rejection of Fossil Free Reed's petition to divest the college endowment of fossil fuels (Reed College won't divest fossil fuel holdings, web story, July 17).

California's two biggest pension funds lost more than $ 5 billion (U.S.) since June 2014 because of the declining value of their fossil fuel holdings, while Norway's massive sovereign fund, which has already divested many of its fossil fuel assets, still lost $ 40 billion between July and August, partly because of falling oil prices.

So if he does stick to his promises on renewables, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, and hybrid vehicles, he'll help loosen the grip that fossil fuels hold on all our lives.

If you think that global warming means slightly hotter weather and a modest rise in sea levels that will persist only so long as fossil fuels hold out (or until we decide to stop burning them), think again.

Museums are cutting ties with business leaders whose profit motives are at odds with independent science, and divesting from their fossil fuel holdings.

The University of Massachusetts announced it will divest all direct fossil fuel holdings and Boston College said it would avoid investments in coal and tar sands.

Davey said he supported calls for asset managers and banks to disclose the size of their fossil fuel holdings to investors.