Sentences with phrase «influence over the oil»

OPEC and the oil majors may exercise some influence over oil prices in the very short term, but in the medium run they have proved to be price - takers, not price - makers.

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In addition, the correlation between oil and the Canadian dollar has weakened over the past three years, suggesting that recent price swings in oil haven't been of great enough magnitude to materially influence the loonie.

And while Canada - wide median incomes were up by an inflation - adjusted 3.5 per cent over that time, the performance was heavily influenced by oil - rich provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan — a trend that's since hit a wall, thanks to the collapse of global oil prices.

And in the villages, the rice paddies are plowed while transistor radios next to the field broadcast the changing prices of oil — which influence fertilizer and marketing costs — along with the latest pop music from all over the world.

Retailers sit at the top of the palm oil pyramid — and have huge influence over what manufacturers do.

«It's also clear that oil companies wield tremendous influence over the regulatory regime that governs their operations.

MoveOn.org rallied in Union Square Thursday, calling for end of the oil industry's influence over D.C.

They have substantial influence over how their bosses are perceived — and the best are adept at pouring oil on troubled waters.

For instance, at a time when oil was shipped by rail, the oil baron John Rockefeller used his influence over the Pennsylvania rail board to get a covert, dual pricing system.

His early oil sketches, painted outdoors and characterized by their bright colors, fluid brushstrokes, and prioritization of the expression of mood and atmosphere over topographical details, greatly influenced the Impressionists.

First — why would anyone assume that a media organ, such as WSJ, will give an honest account of the major threat to its very major advertizers (Big Oil & Big Auto) that provide an essential portion of its revenues, beside having unparalleled influence over other sectors» advertizers?

Mann and other scientists like him have no control and little influence over UN actions (think «oil for food»).

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.

We estimate that the coal and oil industries spent an astounding $ 427.2 million over the first six months of 2008 to influence public opinion and public policy.

The ALEC Academy, and subsequent lobbying from the oil - industry, demonstrates that TransCanada sees value in developing a list of states supportive of the project to influence the federal debate over KXL approval.

Because the oil companies have the kind of influence over Congress that 12,000 Americans simply don't — through back room dealing and strategizing, they've managed to disingenuously tout the pipeline as a jobs and domestic energy issue.

Creamean J. M., M. Maahn, G. de Boer, A. McComiskey, A. J. Sedlacek and Y. Feng (January 2018): The influence of local oil exploration and regional wildfires on summer 2015 aerosol over the North Slope of Alaska.

In patients with angiographically - documented coronary artery disease and co-morbid depression, dietary supplementation with EPA - rich fish oil over six months will influence the severity of depressive symptoms.