Sentences with phrase «gas industry interests»

Marita Noon is Executive Director of Citizens» Alliance for Responsible Energy, a lobby group funded by New Mexico oil and gas industry interests.

The report outlines the role of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) in defining the future of Europe's energy policy — a group established by the European Commission but made up exclusively of gas industry interests, including major gas and oil companies such as Engie, Enagas and OMV.

The new report outlines the role of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) in defining the future of Europe's energy policy — a group established by the European Commission but made up exclusively of gas industry interests, including major gas and oil companies such as Engie, Enagas and OMV.

For more than a decade, COGCC officials have interpreted this to mean balancing oil and gas industry interests against public health, safety and welfare.

A more exact measure of carbon footprint wanted While Krupp is a presence for environmental groups, the panel has come under fire from some for being too heavily weighted toward gas industry interests.

Not exact matches

President; Gardiner Group Capital, a family holding company with interests in the oil and gas industry, hotels, and fast foods

Ms. Kenny's signature is on a letter to the Harper government urging a gutting of environmental laws to further the interests of the oil and gas industry.

The main energy sources used in the industry are gas and electricity, but there is also significant use of diesel generation, and a growing interest and use of biogas and solar generation as alternatives in the face of conventional energy costs continuing to rise.

Ten companies or trade groups that lobbied on fracking and other issues of concern to the natural gas industry spent $ 4.5 million lobbying in Albany over the last three years, according to an analysis prepared by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Petroleum industry interests said the EPA's plan to regulate existing oil and gas operations was overkill.

Given the vastness of the world's marine methane hydrate deposits — more than twice the carbon reserves of all other fossil fuels combined — it's not surprising that government agencies and the petroleum and natural gas industries have long been interested in harvesting this new energy supply.

«The new rules approved by Colorado's Air Quality Control Commission, after taking input from varied and often conflicting interests, will ensure Colorado has the cleanest and safest oil and gas industry in the country and help preserve jobs,» Hickenlooper said.

ALEC is leading the nationally - coordinated attack on state renewable portfolio standards as part of an ambitious dirty energy agenda for the members of its anti-environmental task force, like Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, Peabody Energy, Duke Energy and other major oil, gas and coal interests.

For industries like oil and gas which rely on a sustainable pipeline of STEM talent, finding ways to inspire, attract and retain young people's interests in these critical subjects is an increasingly important part of their work.

Maintaining pupil interest in STEM subjects, especially among girls, is of vital importance to industries like oil and gas.

Moreover, shale gas output was supported by the relentless flow of «free money» from the Fed, the lowest interest rates in 5,000 years and a complete lack of capital discipline among industry participants.

This is one of the most unique payment programs in the industry as you can fill up at a gas station or buy groceries and — even if you carry a balance — you can avoid interest charges on these purchases by paying them in full each month.

Cal Dive International Inc. (NYSE: DVR) is an interesting play on the offshore oil and gas service industry.

The campaign is promoted by two interrelated groups, Choose Common Sense, which claims to have the interests of the hard - working people of the coal and gas industries at heart, and the Secure Energy for America Political Action Committee.

One of the interesting threads throughout Gasland Part II is how the film tells the stories of the different types and socio - economic level of families that have been harmed by the gas industry.

But what Groat and the university never mentioned in the report, news releases or other output related to the gas - drillling analysis was a suite of potential conflicts of interest deriving from Groat's gas - industry affiliations, income and investments.

Charles Koch and his brother David are majority shareholders in Koch Industries, an immense conglomeration of oil and gas companies with a global reach — and a definite interest in denying any link between fossil - fuel use and climate change.

In total, 15 staffers on the eight main energy and environment congressional committees previously worked as industry lobbyists on behalf of oil, gas, mining, coal, petrochemical, and electric utility interests.

One reason is that the stakes are incredibly high: On the one hand, mainstream climate scientists and environmental advocates who believe that there are severe consequences to failing to curb greenhouse - gas emissions; on the other, a loose coalition of skeptical or contrarian scientists, conservatives, industry interests, and outright cranks who may disagree on specific issues, but tend to believe the costs, economic and otherwise, of acting are staggering.

The ruling by appeals court judges — in a case that drew heavy state and industry legal opposition — reinterprets the mission of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to require more than balancing industry interests with protection of people and the environment.

He holds a majority controlling share in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a company with a market capitalisation of $ 47 billion and global business interests that include petrochemicals, oil, natural gas, polyester fibre, Special Economic Zones, fresh food retail, high schools, life sciences research and stem cell storage services.

Here is an interesting piece on all of the EPA laws that the oil & gas industry are exempt from.

Antoine Simon, extractive industries campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, said: «The EU's PCI list should be the cornerstone of the transition to sustainable energy but with more than 90 gas projects earmarked for support, it is an industry wish list, not a list of common interest.

It is therefore no wonder that the industrial gas (IG) industry has a big interest in the more efficient use of fuels.

Bowen Heath, who represents Halliburton, Koch Industries, and various other oil and gas interests for the lobbying firm McGuireWoods, had unparalleled access to the Commission.

The Koch Brothers» supposed «free market» political activities often line up with the financial interests of Koch Industries, the 2nd largest privately held corporation in the United States and a major fossil fuel conglomerate (invested in coal, oil, and natural gas among many other sectors).

Although Canadians have made some commitments to combat climate change (e.g., their ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions legislation), industry interests pushing forward on extraction are dominating climate concerns and leaving Alberta's regulators struggling to successfully implement their policies.

Coal to gas: the influence of methane leakage; an interesting paper on how methane leakage from the natural gas industry could prove worse for climate change than burning coal (and it doesn't seem to consider the leakage from coal seam gas).

He's also received $ 264,106 from mining interests, $ 262,467 from oil and gas, and $ 203,696 from chemical and related manufacturing industries.

Low oil and gas prices have roiled the energy markets, and the specter of rising interest rates has rattled investors» confidence in the industry's returns.

Members of Americans for Prosperity, a group founded and largely financed by oil industry interests, filed a lawsuit this week seeking to end New York State's participation in the 10 - state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

The job of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is to balance competing interests: To maintain wild areas while at the same time supporting extractive industries such as timber, mining, oil, and gas.

In one paid for by a coalition that includes oil and gas interests, former Oklahoma governor Frank Keating laments that «I signed a bill that was supposed to jump - start the wind industry, help the state and create jobs.

In this 112th Congress alone, oil, gas and coal interests gave over $ 20 million of this «dirty energy money» to our Senators and Representatives, to influence their votes around industry - friendly measures from dismantling the power of regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to approving the Keystone pipeline, to opening up the outer - continental shelf to drilling.

The oil and gas industry has lavished more than $ 440 million over the past six years on politicians, political parties and lobbyists in order to protect its interests in Washington, according to a new report by the Center for Public Integrity.

I found that these news sources have historical, material connections to American think tanks, Australian conservative political parties and economic interests in the fossil fuel, mining and energy industries — all of which oppose policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

We know the administration is feeling pressure to pile on new methane regulation from those who're more interested in halting natural gas development altogether than in making the process better for the environment — which demonstrably is industry's history and continuing goal.

Given that you are one of the largest recipients of funding from the oil and gas industry in the Senate, I am interested in knowing who paid for your flights over to Copenhagen?

In his first video he talks about how he became interested in the natural gas industry and how his first film came about.

Jeff advances his clients» interests in a broad range of contexts, including through the courts, consultations with the Crown and negotiation with industry including, in regard to regulatory decisions, land use and strategic planning, oil and gas, mining, hydroelectric development and the implementation of land claims agreements.

Every year, this event brings together multiple bodies who have an interest in international oil and gas and willing to listen to industry professionals.

Iran is highly interested in attracting foreign investors to renovate its oil and gas industries, as well as increasing its production and oil and gas exports.

Angola, Africa's second largest oil producer, had a GDP of USD 130 billion in 2014, while gold discoveries have combined with Mozambique's growing natural gas industry, making it increasingly interesting to overseas investors.

It will be interesting to see if leave is granted, because the decision goes beyond the oil and gas industry.

Ken Cronin UKOOG Chief Executive commented: «I am delighted to be working with the GMB, their history is immersed in the gas industry and we have a lot of common interest.