Sentences with phrase «hypocrisy of environmental»

The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer - funded government grants, and persuading people to send them money and invest in «ethical» stock funds.

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That smacks of environmental hypocrisy, Notley said.

The B.C. Liberals» legacy of environmental hypocrisy continues to grow as they push projects like the Enbridge tar sands pipeline that threaten the very way of life in our communities.

Here are just a few examples which show some of the reasons why the B.C. Liberal government will be remembered for its legacy of environmental hypocrisy.

There is a hypocrisy operating here that may be the worst environmental toxin of all.

I can see why some environmental organizations — WWF, Pew, and Greenpeace — put forth their compromise document, because they were frustrated with the hypocrisy of the current situation.

The biggest flaw in the neocon approach is the hypocrisy of applying the precautionary principle to spend trillions of dollars responding to «best available» military intelligence, but posturing to insist on 110 % certainty when it comes to taking action to avert possible environmental threats.

DiCaprio's environmental activism has met with accusations of hypocrisy in the past; in April, hacked internal Sony emails published by WikiLeaks revealed the actor used a private jet six times over a six - week period in 2014.

(You may never see a more perfect example of hypocrisy than the climate - change movement's ironclad belief that their vast funding is one hundred percent pure and noble — even when, as Curry notes, it comes from those eeeeeevil fossil fuel companies, who donate enormous sums of money to universities and environmental groups.)

Added Michael Shellenberger, President of Environmental Progress: «The hypocrisy of Food and Water Watch is breathtaking.

A big part of the reason is because Environmental Progress has loudly and repeatedly pointed out that closing nuclear plants in the name of climate change is not just hypocrisy but rather greenwashing of the worst order.

A promising book by an «ecologist,» called «The Wind Farm Scam» is tainted by climate denial and it's common in other books like «Paradise Destroyed...» These people make good points about the economic & environmental hypocrisy of wind sprawl, yet foolishly question the existence of gaseous atmosphere sprawl (it's really all the same bloat).

Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, an environmental group in Washington, says: «It is the height of hypocrisy for GE to be spending money advertising so - called green locomotives while lobbying behind closed doors against important standards needed to protect our health from train emissions.»