Sentences with phrase «fuel interests on»

After Greenpeace revealed that Willie Soon has taken over $ 1 million in payments from fossil fuel interests on «research» intended to undermine climate science, his credibility has evaporated.

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Environmentalists have long scrutinized Exxon Mobil for giving money «to dozens of right - leaning interest groups whose main purpose was to cast doubt on that very science» despite understanding the link between global warming and the burning of fossil fuels as early as the 1970s, according to the New York Times.

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

There actually isn't a lack of interest, on the financial side, in fueling Alzheimer's research given the critical need for it and the rewards that life sciences firms would reap from even a modestly - successful product.

So policy makers focus on «core inflation,» which ignores changes in prices for fruit, vegetables, gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, mortgage interest, intercity transportation, tobacco products and indirect taxes.

While the money is modest compared with that donated by fossil fuel interests, the support provides GOP candidates with added credibility on clean energy, an issue polling shows swing voters care about.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan may have helped fuel the sharp move before Yellen's speech by saying the central bank can afford to be patient on raising interest rates even while noting it should shrink the balance sheet soon.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

But short - sellers may have regained an edge after a burst of market volatility earlier this year fueled by fears of rising U.S. interest rates and the Trump administration's tough talk on trade.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Interest in the surging bitcoin and opening of futures trading continued to fuel bets on cryptocurrency - related stocks, many of which have risen exponentially in value in the past three months.

With a fuel duty rise due this summer and the possibility of strikes by fuel tanker drivers, it will be interesting to measure the impact on the oil companies and whether BP and Shell can ensure that any blame attached is shared around equally, rather than disproportionately focused on them.

The selling has raged on in the days since, fueled partly by fear that higher inflation would lead the Fed to accelerate its interest rates hikes and weaken the economy and the stock market.

As far as I can tell, rising interest rates are likely to impact on QE fuelled equity overvaluations (as the small rise so far did), but rising rates also directly hit the value of bonds and bond funds — so they appear to be much more correlated than traditional wisdom suggests.

«Fossil fuel companies are very powerful economic interests,» said Ruth Santiago, an attorney in Puerto Rico working on environmental issues.

NEW YORK The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

On balance, it seems likely we're in a speculative bubble, fuelled by the record low interest rates of recent years and the arrival of Buy To Let investors scared of the stock market.

If you're interested in food, sustainability, the politics of food, the next administration, health care, minimizing dependence on fuel, feeding the world... take a few minutes to read or skim this article.

The only reason this was better than elimination quali was because there was at least some interesting guesswork going on with teams having to judge the driver's fuel loads on the Sunday morning runs.

Believe me when I tell you, many eyes were wide with interest when I told them that these same veggies were lurking in the cafeteria waiting to be put on a tray, eaten, and fuel a brain.

Two years ago here on BrightonYourHealth, we focused a lot of energy on this topic and fueled the public's interest by providing a successful analysis comparing thirty days of typical school menus in France to America (interested in seeing these articles click on category: school lunch on top of this page).

There's a really interesting article in the New York Times on how Obama tapped the power of social networks to fuel his run for the presidency.

The comic fueled national interest in the bill on «The Daily Show» by spending nine minutes of air time to attack Republican Senators who didn't support it.

A reader flagged an interesting, yet overlooked, aspect of Jacob Gershman's very interesting WSJ story about the lack of consensus among New York Tea Partiers on GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who's banking in no small part on the support of disaffected Republicans to fuel his hoped - for primary victory over Rick Lazio.

«The reason we don't do more national events or media is we do not want to fuel media speculation that he is interested in running for president when he is solely focused on being the best governor he can be,» said Josh Vlasto, a spokesperson for the governor.

Taxes: This ingredient almost deserves to be in the ugly category but for some interesting ideas on tax simplification and promises on stamp duty, inheritance tax and the adoption of Andrew Lilico's Fair Fuel Stabiliser.

He said, «Any increase in fuel pump price would be an indirect tax on Nigerians to fund APC interests and, considering the pains Nigerians have suffered under this... government, this intended hike will be callous.

Iain Duncan Smith has found an interesting way to trim spending on winter fuel payments.

That's a serious zinger for a guy like Cuomo, whose entire 2010 platform was all about taking on the so - called «special interests,» although the definition of who fell into that category was rather subjective — unions and lobbyists, yes; business organizations that fueled the Committee to Save NY, no.

The nation's leaders will need to take on entrenched interests, particularly in fossil fuels.

With the growing use of mastectomy, fueled by celebrity disclosures and growing patient interest, further research is necessary to monitor whether the short - term employment consequences seen in this study will translate into longer term impacts on these women's employment and well - being, say the study authors.

Recent spikes in the price of uranium — perhaps due to renewed interest in nuclear power as an alternative to fossil fuels as global warming makes its presence felt — have led to a surge in applications for new uranium mining permits on otherwise protected federal lands.

What is exciting about these findings is that «now we have a handle on the genes that comprise a universal toolkit for building stomata,» Bergmann explained, «plants apparently use the same common parts, but the ways these parts function and interact with each other are different, which is both interesting from a discovery science perspective and could be harnessed to improve growth performance in grasses that humans use for food or fuel.»

Dr. Autrey's current research interests are focused on materials and approaches to hydrogen storage for small power and on - board fuel cell applications.

The grant will also be used to host an annual workshop focused on developing chemical separations for the fuel cycle designed for undergraduate and graduate students, post doctorate fellows and faculty from collaborating institutions and a summer school course for any U.S. undergraduates interested in the field.

While government entities are still working on providing a final storage repository for used nuclear fuel, there is already an interest in removing fuel from sites, especially from permanently shut down ones.

Dr. Soon's reaction to Greepeace's request for clarity on the Donors Trust grants doesn't give us much confidence that they aren't simply obscuring more donations from fossil fuel interests, rich political ideologues, or both.

Dr. Ager's research interests include the fundamental electronic and transport characteristics of photovoltaic materials, development of new photoanodes and photocathodes based on abundant elements for solar fuels production, and the development of new oxide - and sulfide - based transparent conductors.

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

As someone interested in nutrition, I started researching foods to help fuel my immune system and keep me healthy — something my doctors, even when I asked about it, didn't have any advice on.

I'll get in a second to why this could be important for you if you're trying to boost your sports performance or to figure out what you're supposed to eat you know, during endurance but the other thing that was interesting was that there was another study that looked at basically how your body taps into this intramuscular triglyceride and it was found that the, when your body is tapping into intramuscular triglyceride sources, your intramuscular triglyceride pool to use that stuff as an energy source during exercise, it can actually cause a little bit of an insulin response and cause your pancreas to have to work a little bit, to churn out insulin in order for you to be able to effectively tap into this adipose tissue and so it's one of those things where there is a little bit of stress on the pancreas when you're tapping into these intramuscular triglycerides even though they're used as a really really potent source of fuel for you when you're out there performing specifically endurance exercise and in this case, for this fasted, male endurance athletes, 60 - 70 % intensity.

I have a physician friend into integrative health who shared an interesting perspective regarding the mitochondria cells not getting proper sulfur protein (among other nutrients) on a vegan diet in order to properly fuel themselves and fight off diseases like Barrett's.

I was interested in seeing how relying on ketone bodies for fuel would help my body, mental performance, and improve my blood glucose control and symptoms.

Eli Roth's best movie since Hostel Part II, Death Wish follows Bruce Willis» Paul Kersey as he embarks on a campaign of uncompromising vengeance after his wife (Elizabeth Shue's Lucy) and daughter (Camila Morrone's Jordan) are attacked and left for dead - with Paul's revenge - fueled exploits eventually garnering the interest of two overworked detectives (Dean Norris» Kevin Raines and Kimberly Elise's Leonore Jackson).

Fueled by paranoia that an out of control government was intent on harming civilians — an irrational fear that has never gone away — The Andromeda Strain may have been a product of its time, drug - induced climax and all, but remains interesting viewing today.

A standard gangster story on its surface, The Drop patiently develops some interesting ideas as it progresses, minimizing the focus on money and playing up the concept of a gangster demimonde fueled primarily by insecurity, with pointless squabbles over reputation and petty personal grudges keeping the cycle of violence flowing.

Early on, big infusions of campaign cash from teacher unions and from interest groups fueled Indiana's Superintendent of Public Instruction race.

this may be of interest to you, I was chasing a P2293 and 171 507 and I think a 174 code on a 2006 Jetta GLI, I had replaced the «Low Pressure» fuel pump and also the high pressure pump cam follower (that's where you helped), BUT because I am a small business (just me) I can not afford all the diagnostic equipment that Mr VW can, so I sent the customer to Mr VW to diagnose the problem, they assured her it was the Vacuum pump, so I purchased and fitted it and sent her on her way, oh shit phone call check engine light back on, when I checked the 2293 code had gone but not the others, why am I not surprised VW screwed a customer!!!