Sentences with phrase «global coal lobby»

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In the mid to late 1990 she also worked with the Global Climate Coalition, a special interest group of coal, oil and utility companies, set up to lobby against international action on climate change.

«Perhaps if they had spent more time and money diversifying their business rather than on lobbying against climate action and sowing the seeds of doubt about the science, they might not have joined the long (and ever growing) list of bankrupt global coal companies.»

The legislation's prominent defenders, like CAP's Joseph Romm, labeled green critics of the bill «global warming deniers» and told anyone who would listen that Waxman and Markey had pulled a fast one on the coal lobby.

When the coal and oil lobby could not disprove the findings by the IPCC that human - induced global warming is under way, it launched a second round of attacks — this time on the reputations and integrity of Dr. Benjamin Santer and other unsuspecting scientists who have been blindsided by the personal nature of the assaults.

But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricCoal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electriccoal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electriccoal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricity.

Saying «reduction of particulate emissions is hurting efforts to reduce global warming from CO2» is nonsense (or spin from the coal lobby) equivalent to saying «turning off my air conditioner is hurting my efforts to keep my house cool by opening the doors and windows to let in cool breezes.»

It is absolutely true that America's oil and coal lobbies have consistently blocked legislation and mis - represented facts about global warming to the American people.