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«Support investment in sustainable energy with tax - policy that is at least equal to the benefits given to fossil fuels.»

In that case any credit - fueled increase in investment would likely have resulted in a net improvement in China's debt servicing capacity, in which case, with government debt at well below 25 % of GDP, rising debt would not be a concern.

«There's a lot of people betting that this stock is going down and I think this analyst is just adding fuel to the fire,» King Lip, chief investment officer at Baker Avenue Asset Management in San Francisco, said of Morgan Stanley's downgrade.

Revenue from equities trading as well as advising on mergers, IPOs and debt issuance helped fuel gains at the investment bank, with UBS saying the results would have been even stronger excluding currency effects.

Until we understand this do not expect the global crisis to end anytime soon, except perhaps temporarily with a new surge in credit - fueled consumption in the US (which will cause the trade deficit to worsen) and more wasted investment in China (which, because it is financed with cheap debt, which comes at the expense of the household sector, may simply increase investment at the expense of consumption).

Lower fuel bills will act as a tax cut to boost growth instead, said Mark Dowding, the co-head of investment - grade bonds at BlueBay Asset Management, which oversees $ 66 billion.

Against this backdrop, we maintain our scenario of a strengthening cyclical recovery, with euro area GDP growing at around 1.8 % this year and next, above potential, on the back of rising domestic demand (household consumption and investment) fuelled by bank credit.

New survey data from Hartford Funds reveals that market volatility and geopolitical events are fueling investor anxiety, yet most aren't taking advantage of the full suite of investment options that may help manage risk exposure at a lower cost *, namely strategic beta exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Against this backdrop of ECB support, we maintain our scenario of a stronger cyclical recovery, with euro area GDP growing at around 1.8 % this year and next, above potential, on the back of rising domestic demand (consumption and investment) fuelled by bank credit.

The donation will go towards a campaign in Uganda aimed at providing more than 12,000 refugee households with a grant to change their life by enabling business growth and other opportunities fueled by investment.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

It is time to not only ban fracking, but halt new investments in fossil fuels and related infrastructure, including pipelines, gas - fired power plants, fracking waste dumps, fossil fuel storage depots in the salt caverns by Seneca Lake, LNG exports at Port Ambrose, crude oil «bomb trains,» and a tar sands oil heater at the Port of Albany.

The track and bridge maintenance required per the lease terms do not constitute capital investments and are not deductible from the gross revenue (nor are things like rolling stock expenses, fuel to run the trains and maintenance carts, etc.) At that, the rail inspection report shows CMRR has only completed 20 % of the track maintenance they are liable for under the lease.

Hawkins opposes any investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines and power plants, LNG port terminals, liquefied propane and butane and natural gas storage in the Seneca Lake salt caverns, and crude oil heaters at the Port of Albany.

Some want to emulate the success of the United States in bringing down energy prices via shale gas - a fossil fuel that can help cut greenhouse emissions if it replaces coal but at the same time can divert investments from cleaner energy.

Implementing key policies and investments in those three systems — from phasing out fossil fuels to stopping deforestation to ramping up energy efficiency — could deliver at least half of the emissions cuts needed by 2030 to lower the risk of dangerous climate change, said Jeremy Oppenheim, the report's program director.

Historically, commercial companies have outspent universities and the federal government at least 10 - to - 1 in research of algae fuels, an inverse pattern compared with investment for other forms of biofuels.

«Cost competitive, energy responsible cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass or from forestry waste like sawdust and wood chips requires a more complex refining process but it's worth the investment,» Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at the Range Fuels facility groundbreaking in November.

«We looked at six different options — including solar, wind and the use of fuel cells — and geothermal gave us the highest return on investment,» said M. Arthur Gensler, Jr., Board Member and Chair of the Buck's Construction Committee.

Both story lines may have been factors, however, another reason for the 2008 «pain at the pump» was the flood of speculative money into the commodities markets fueled by investment banks and their institutional clients.

Yes, you still see their branding everywhere, but now that's canopy & forecourt investment they provide in return for long - term fuel supply agreements — most forecourts are now operated by individual owners, who own one or two sites at most.

At this stage, adding dealers makes sense — it offers Applegreen incremental gross profit, requires little up - front investment (canopy & forecourt branding), extends the reach of its fuel network & «Low Fuel Prices, Always» price promise, and leverages its own fuel buyinfuel network & «Low Fuel Prices, Always» price promise, and leverages its own fuel buyinFuel Prices, Always» price promise, and leverages its own fuel buyinfuel buying *.

While manufacturers may be garnering the most interest from private - equity firms, some key investments have been made at the distributor level, which has fueled a high rate of consolidation under the growing Phillips Pet Food & Supplies and Animal Supply Company umbrellas.

Here's the reaction from Burton Richter, who is an emeritus professor of physics at Stanford University and author of a valuable book on energy, to my query about how society can best balance its research investments and hedge its bets in trying to move beyond fossil fuels:

Provided investment in solar increases ($ 26 - 33 billion per year is required) the US could be generating 10 % of its electricity from solar power by 2025, and doing it at a lower cost than from conventional fuel sources.

They also recommended prompt investment in projects aimed at capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from power plants on a large scale — something that many energy experts say has to happen because coal will continue being used as a fuel for decades.

At a plausible GHG emissions price of $ 50 / t CO2eq under a future US carbon mitigation policy, such co-production systems competing as power suppliers would be able to provide low - GHG - emitting synthetic fuels at the same unit cost as for coal synfuels characterized by ten times the GHG emission rate that are produced in plants having three times the synfuel output capacity and requiring twice the total capital investmenAt a plausible GHG emissions price of $ 50 / t CO2eq under a future US carbon mitigation policy, such co-production systems competing as power suppliers would be able to provide low - GHG - emitting synthetic fuels at the same unit cost as for coal synfuels characterized by ten times the GHG emission rate that are produced in plants having three times the synfuel output capacity and requiring twice the total capital investmenat the same unit cost as for coal synfuels characterized by ten times the GHG emission rate that are produced in plants having three times the synfuel output capacity and requiring twice the total capital investment.

Carbon Tracker compared demand for fossil fuels in a 1.75 C world — the mid-point of the Paris Agreement — with demand in a 2.7 C world, looking at oil, gas and coal production to 2035 and capital investment to 2025.

Maintaining the momentum, and not forgetting where we started out, we rejoined with our Divest London friends at the beginning of 2016 with a sea - shanty / flooding themed event at City Hall, and celebrated a short while later when all four leading candidates for Mayor of London committed to work to phase out London - wide fossil fuel investments.

The Commission might well question Dominion's plan to lock its customers into a bad investment in fossil fuels over the next twenty years at the expense of smarter renewable alternatives.

The new goal, put forth at a tripartite summit meeting this week by the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico, might well mark a turning point away from the continent's outmoded obsession with fossil - fuel independence, and toward a shared investment in a clean energy revolution.

If people look at a gas plant and see a low cost capital investment, they are only looking at a small portion of the overall cost because someone else had to invest the capital into the fuel delivery system that moves the vapor from the deposit to the plant.

«The 124 - mile Constitution pipeline, planned to run through five counties and two states, and hundreds of waterways is the sort of massive fossil fuel investment that would have locked our region into continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels and irreparably damaged precious water resources at a time when we need instead to be protecting these resources and speeding the transition to 100 percent renewable energy for all.

In a climate discourse dominated by targets and carbon caps, Gates has provided a refreshing and clear - eyed look at the first - order importance of direct public investment to develop clean, affordable technologies to replace fossil fuels on a global scale.

The ConBrio B.E.S.T. Income Fund had the highest level of fossil fuel investment out of those we looked at.

The task force's recommendations are aimed not only at big fossil fuel companies, but at the banks, insurance companies, investment managers and shareholders, who «sit at the top of the investment chain and, therefore, have an important role to play in influencing the organizations in which they invest to provide better climate - related financial disclosures,» the report said.

In accord with those values, we now move that the University makes a binding public commitment to phase out, at the least, over no more than five years, all investments in fossil fuel companies listed in the Carbon Tracker Top 200, seeking where advisable alternative investments in renewable energy.

All the spin in the world can't cover up that the European Commission is attempting to push through large scale investment in fossil fuel infrastructure at taxpayers» expense.

There are around 116,000 gasoline stations in the United States, so any serious attempt at producing fuel - cell vehicles will require a huge investment in fueling stations.

«We encourage our portfolio companies to increase their exposure to clean energy growth markets relative to legacy fossil fuels, and applaud Enbridge's investments in this respect,» said Jeanett Bergan, head of responsible investments at Norwegian insurance giant KLP, which holds $ 100 million of Enbridge stock.

Beyond pricing instruments, the other approaches include regulation under the Clean Air Act, energy policies not targeted exclusively at climate change, public nuisance litigation, and NIMBY and other public interventions to block permits for new fossil - fuel related investments.

Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»

But if new investments come at the cost of renewable energy, not fossil fuels, they don't move the ball forward.

The problem is that instead of reducing fossil fuels, these investments come at the expense of the renewable energy created by I - 937.

The era of fossil fuels is at the beginning of the end, coupled with our need to urgently address climate change — massive investment in Renewable energy is the logical conclusion.»

In many cases, policy support will therefore be necessary to encourage investment in bioenergy development — at least until price parity with fossil fuels is in sight.

In the past three years, the North American and European commercial and investment banking sector has engaged in fossil fuel financing practices that are deeply at odds with the global climate agreement reached at COP 21 last December.

Although renewable facilities require upfront investments to build, they can then operate at very low cost (for most clean energy technologies, the «fuel» is free).

In a report launched at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, they also say that increasing cumulative energy system investment by 30 % to 2050, favouring renewable energy and energy efficiency, could create over 11 million additional energy sector jobs, completely offsetting job losses in fossil fuels.

In «Dirty Deals ``, Friends of the Earth Europe and other environmental groups reveal how U.S. negotiators at the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks work to undermine the EU's Fuel Quality Directive and unleash exports of dirty fuels, including tar sands oil, a highly intensive source of greenhouse gas emissions.