Sentences with phrase «oil lobby groups»

That, in itself, was an oddity in a country at a time it was becoming normal for government climate policies to be cooked up in the boardrooms of Calgary oil lobby groups, as happened with B.C.'s «climate leadership plan» under former premier Christy Clark's Liberal government.

Not exact matches

In 2014, The New York Times reported on Pruitt's extensive industry ties — which included oil and gas companies, utilities and lobby groups.

The Alberta government announced the formation of the group yesterday along with its three co-chairs: Dave Collyer, the former president and CEO of the the oil industry's top lobby group the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Tzeporah Berman, an environmental advocate and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at York University, and Melody Lepine, a member and Director of Government and Industry relations with the Mikisew Cree First Nation.

Well Bill, I guess I do not see your group / religion as any more than a powerful lobby group, no different than oil and gas, defence industries, tobacco, NRA gun industry, etc..

The lobby group that represents gas companies in New York, the Independent Oil and Gas Association, has begun its own effort to win back public opinion.

Jim Smith, with the Independent Oil and Gas Association, a lobby group for the gas industry, says recent events may be influencing New Yorkers to think more positively about fracking.

Cherie Messore, with the Independent Oil and Gas Association, a gas industry lobby group that is helping pay for the ads, says the spots are aimed at showing there's support for fracking.

Those Democratic committees have accepted large checks from special interest groups that routinely lobby the Legislature, including insurance companies, defense contractors, oil companies and labor unions.

The protest, organized by MoveOn.org and NYH20, an anti-gas drilling group, called for BP to pick up the entire tab for the gulf clean - up, and also spoke against the influence of the oil lobby on Washington.

Not only has Dr. Soon lied to us and our lawmakers about the seriousness of global warming — he even lied directly to Congress in 2003 about his sources of funding at a time when he was promoting his study funded by the American Petroleum Institute, the $ 200 million / year oil and gas lobbying group.

The comment taken from the leftist rag the Guardian, «Scientists and economists have been offered $ 10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today»...

The president of another powerful lobby group, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, believes the oil - price slide may have helped his cause.

And I'm not meaning what their advisers who have vested interest in oil companies and other lobbying group tells them.

But the prospect has spawned a fierce lobbying effort by conservative Republicans and some coal, oil and industry groups, which are urging Mr. Bush to abandon his campaign stance and any mention of carbon dioxide.

In July 2008 alone, oil sands companies held a total of 36 meetings with Canadian ministers and government officials, while only seven environmental groups and associations reported lobbying activity.

Exxon said it cut off funding for some groups opposed to climate change in 2005, but the oil giant continued to support the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-- groups that have lobbied against climate - related government policies.

They have enlisted the help of conservative lobby groups funded by the oil industry to attack US government scientists if they produce work seen as accepting too readily that pollution is an issue.

A month before the well failed, the nation's leading oil and gas lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute, published 60 pages of guidelines for monitoring and maintenance of storage wells.

It is also no exaggeration to say that these enviro lobby groups have done more to exacerbate the so - called «CO2 problem» than the «oil lobby» ever did.

According to the notes, Michael Whatley, policy adviser of the fossil fuel lobby group Consumer Energy Alliance, which receives funding from Peabody Energy along with other coal, oil, and gas companies, underlined the industry's urgent need to mobilize state public officials, including legislators, attorneys general, environmental and public utility commissioners, and energy officials in many states.

The oil and coal industries, as well as groups like the National Association of Manufacturers, all vehemently opposed cap - and - trade and shelled out millions lobbying Congress.

Here we explore the various Brussels lobby groups the oil giant is a member of.

American ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has partnered with climate activism group 350.org Australia to launch a campaign to freeze fossil fuels investments, by encouraging Australians to lobby their local governing bodies to ensure that none of its assets are in coal, oil and gas.

The group just hired Paul Bailey, a former operative for the oil and electric power industries, as its top lobbyist and will soon fill three more upper - level positions, bolstering a fleet of fixers who spent more money than anyone else — nearly $ 10 million last year — lobbying on climate change - related legislation, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

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.

One of the most influential groups in attacking the science, economics and diplomatic foundations underlying the climate crisis is: The Global Climate Coalition — the main lobbying arm of the oil, automotive and heavy manufacturing sectors in the arena of climate change.

In 2009 the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, the oil and gas lobby group, awarded Mitchell the JN Pierce Award for Media Excellence «for leading the newspaper's coverage of climate change policy», which proves that the greenhouse mafia does have a sense of humour.

FracFocus's operational costs are paid for by the oil and gas industry lobbying groups American Petroleum Institute (API) and America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA).

«[Alberta Premier Alison] Redford and Canadian oil companies may benefit from the pipeline, but folks here at home will be the ones taking on all of the risk, without any reward,» said Rachel Wolf, a spokeswoman for the All Risk No Reward group, in response to Redford's recent visit to Washington to lobby for the approval of Keystone XL.

Myriam Douo, lobby transparency campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe continued: «With ENTSOG there is a clear conflict of interest: members include subsidiaries of big oil and gas companies like Engie, OMV, Mol Group, E-On and Gazprom and climate - change deniers Centrica.

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

Ward said that at a July meeting with Exxon the oil company had pledged to him that it would stop funding lobby groups that misrepresented the consensus view on climate change science.

-- According to the Calgary Herald, Travis Davies, spokesman for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canada's largest oil and gas industry lobby group, industry is pleased with the draft report.

«It is a disturbing development to see a politically motivated group like ALEC join forces with the shadowy palm oil lobby from Malaysia and Indonesia as well as with huge agribusiness companies Cargill and Wilmar to pressure the EPA to overturn what is supposed to be a science - based decision made in the best interests of the American people,» said Laurel Sutherlin with the Rainforest Action Network, in a statement.

This includes oil & gas giants like ExxonMobil ($ 344,000, 2007 - 2012) and Big Oil's top lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute ($ 88,000, 2008 - 201oil & gas giants like ExxonMobil ($ 344,000, 2007 - 2012) and Big Oil's top lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute ($ 88,000, 2008 - 201Oil's top lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute ($ 88,000, 2008 - 2010).

Scientists and economists have been offered $ 10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.

The society had sent an official letter to Exxon, complaining about the oil company's «inaccurate and misleading» portrayal of the science of climate change and about its funding of lobby groups that deny global warming is taking place.

The oil and gas lobby group American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) coordinated opposition in 2013 to both the Renewable Fuel Standard Program and ozone limits with Pruitt's office.

The aerial message is directed to arriving attendees of the meeting and highlights the Koch Brothers ongoing use of their vast oil profits to push a polluter agenda through campaign contributions, lobbying, and funding fronts groups and think tanks.

Now, every self - respecting oil company channels money into front groups, lobbying campaigns, and PR efforts, not just during a spill, but all the time to keep public opinion in check, and to hedge against such disasters.

With a job description that entails commenting on news items day in and day out, it's waaaay easier to isolate certain groups and refer to them in perpetuity as «bad guys» than to deploy sincere empathy on a daily basis: 50 % of my blogging oeuvre bemoans entities like Big Oil, the 2010 congressional GOP, climate change deniers, or the coal lobby.

Or look at the gaming of the peer review system — not by mainstream climate scientists, but by fringe researchers with links to oil - funded lobby groups: