Sentences with phrase «issue about fossil fuel»

I think the issue about fossil fuel «subsidies» which keeps popping up among the True Believers, needs further explanation, though.

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While the money is modest compared with that donated by fossil fuel interests, the support provides GOP candidates with added credibility on clean energy, an issue polling shows swing voters care about.

On Tuesday, a Twitter account for Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, posted a series of tweets about climate change, an issue that President Trump has called a hoax while promising to promote the drilling and use of fossil fuels.

Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor's Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Plays explores in detail the environmental and social impacts of shale gas development in the United States, identifying key questions for investors and also broader issues about shale gas development's implications for extending the era of fossil fuel dominance.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

There are frequent rail accidents and pipeline explosions, evidence of long term water contamination esp around Dimock PA and in WY, non disclosure agreements forced on people whose health has been damaged from exposure to toxic emissions, secrecy about all of these issues, and climate changes caused by too much fossil fuel emissions.

That said, in general - in the United States, at least - the issue isn't so much about denying global warming as much as it is about protecting and favoring the major fossil fuel industries:

SHARE co-chair Mert Simpson told The Alt that the organization has had discussions with Assembly members McDonald and Fahy about halting the use of fossil fuels in the project, leading them to bring the issue to the Assembly.

It is vital in sustainability education to give space for learners to develop their own visions for a sustainable future whilst reminding participants about the issues underpinning the need for change — climate change, peak oil, global inequity and the financial cost of fossil fuels.

Recycling is high on the agenda for the schools - which both belong to Focus - Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust based in the North West of England — with Thornhill receiving a shout out from local MP Paula Sherriff during Prime Minister's Question Time after she received a letter from students concerned about the UK's reliance on Fossil Fuels; an issue the MP said that, if tackled, would support the sustainable future of the green economy.

Even for those of you who are interested in seeing a reduction in our dependence on fossil fuels — and I know how passionate young people are about issues like climate change — the fact of the matter is, is that for quite some time, America is going to be still dependent on oil in making its economy work.

My focus is on the accusation that skeptic climate scientists are paid fossil fuel industry money to lie about the issue to the public.

But after years of disappointments on climate issues, protestors say that dropping the pipeline is a chance for the Obama Administration to prove it is still serious about combating climate change and freeing the US from its long dependence on fossil fuels.

Read more about the cities» lawsuits: Climate Legal Paradox: Judges Issue Dueling Rulings for Cities Suing Fossil Fuel Companies

But with fossil fuels, the issue is no longer just about siting, choosing among sources carefully, or mitigating impacts after the fact; we must stop expanding their use immediately and categorically, and transition away from them over time.

Notice, by the way, that the issue here isn't just about pushing «renewable energy» as an alternative to fossil fuels.

[2] Cook is the author of GelbspanFiles.com, where he «dig [s] deeply into the accusation that scientists and others who express skepticism about the theory of man - made global warming are being paid by the fossil fuel industry to lie about the issue.»

To quash the notion that no valid scientific criticism exists against the idea of man - caused global warming, enviro - activists often say «denier scientists» are paid by the fossil fuel industry to lie about the issue, insinuating a parallel to expert «shills» who did the same for «big tobacco».

Climate change: IPCC issues stark warning over global warming Call to «stop dithering about fossil fuel cuts» as expert panel warns entire globe is affected

The reason goes back to the original point of the PR campaign by the fossil fuel lobby — to create a sense of doubt in the public mind about this issue.

Epstein has launched a website, fossilfueldebate.com where he presents his case on the issue — that «McKibben is dead wrong about fossil fuels and our environment.»

I submit that Oreskes has long been little more than a mouthpiece in this issue, basically just parroting what was already said in various talking points about a «scientific consensus», journalists not needing to give equal time to skeptics, and that a set of Western Fuels leaked memos indicts such skeptics as paid co-conspirators with fossil fuel industry people.

And the larger question is, why do no others corroborate his accusation that skeptic scientists were paid to lie to the public by fossil fuel interests about the global warming issue?

The fossil fuel industry continues to try to confuse the public about the real science of climate change, and Congress has dragged its feet on the issue.

Needless to say this has been deeply disturbing to an «ordinary Joe» (with 5 grandchildren) who has made an effort to understand the science and the politics that underlie the climate change «debate», especially since my country has become such an important player in the fossil fuel business with its tarsands and pipeline industries that affect us all, so I've tried to find out more about Judith Curry's recent contributions to the debate, not so much the hair - splitting, angels on the head of a pin, esoteric dissections of graphs and stats that I see here on your website but the ethical stance that you take on the larger issue of «killing» the IPCC and all it represents.

He'll talk about building on our work to #StopAdani, the push for fossil fuel divestment and the groundbreaking NYC legal case against five of the world's biggest oil companies, and ensure climate change is the number one issue on any election agenda.

Moreover, I would suggest that those of us in «the electorate» who are well - informed about this issue are well aware that changes in public policy — including putting a price on carbon pollution, directly regulating GHG emissions, and providing effective support for the development and deployment of efficiency and renewable energy technologies on a scale at least comparable to the subsidies that fossil fuels have received for a century — are far more effective than the options that any individual can currently choose, and are in fact crucial to making more such options available to all of us.

In this case, your unsupported generalization that «the electorate could not care less» about climate change was rebutted with actual opinion polls showing that significant majorities of «the electorate» do, in fact, care a good deal, and consider the issue a priority for the President and the Congress, and support policies to regulate GHG emissions and to hold fossil fuel corporations responsible for the full costs of their products.

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The issue is magnified by uncertainty about the national and global economy, despite Australia's strong position, which strongly depends on fossil fuels.

Of course, this is bad because natural gas is still a fossil fuel that produces greenhouse gases, and the new natural gas discoveries require fracking, which brings a whole other bunch of issues and uncertainties about the environmental impact.

Every week, I'll bring you important stories from across the country about the impacts and politics of climate change, the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources and environmental issues like water and public lands.