Not exact matches
The rules require «
resource extraction issuers» to disclose payments that are
made to further the commercial development of
oil, natural gas, or minerals, and are generally consistent with the types of payments that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) suggests should be disclosed.
Three such examples are Aimsio, a digital ticketing software that streamlines field operations by enabling users to file reports, dispatch
resources and track project progress all from one central location; DarkVision, which developed a new ultrasound technology that allows companies to create 3D images of the inside of
oil wells, enabling them to
make more informed and cost - effective production decisions; and Unsist, which uses artificial intelligence to help
oil and gas companies
make better production and operational choices.
And Hamm would know, because Continental
Resources was a pioneer in
making oil from shale rock profitable in North Dakota.
maybe not the bike, its
made with addition of energy secured from
oil resources.
Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Commission shall issue final rules that require each
resource extraction issuer to include in an annual report of the
resource extraction issuer information relating to any payment
made by the
resource extraction issuer, a subsidiary of the
resource extraction issuer, or an entity under the control of the
resource extraction issuer to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose of the commercial development of
oil, natural gas, or minerals...
Several
oil and
resource mining companies (including one that's up 1,500 % in the past year) are poised to
make billions from this under - the - radar hotspot.
Rather, there are known supplies of
oil, coal and other natural
resources whose quantities tend to expand as their prices rise,
making it more profitable to explore for new deposits.
They might argue for the strengthening of American hegemony to enforce all these policies, and to
make sure that the United States would control global natural
resources, especially
oil.
These things are problematic to focus on, since they are deeply personal, yet on a societal level they
make very little difference — meaning that they can alienate someone very quick, yet, even their perfect application (lifelong marriages between men and women only) would not cure our social ills — what about wars, starvation, national debt, environmental decay, cheating banks,
resource depletion, peak
oil etc. etc?
The measures involve working towards
making the market work better to reduce price volatility, ensuring the best use of existing
oil resources, accelerating a switch to alternative energy sources and further investment in alternative energy supplies.
Nana Ama Amafoa, the Queenmother, appealed to the First Lady to assist in the mobilisation of women in the communities so they could be
resourced and
make their livelihoods, which were mainly farming, gari and palm
oil making, more viable.
«Our project is to
make Ghana a regional production and manufacturing centre, by weaving together our numerous natural
resources, such as our food produce, extensive cash crops, gold, bauxite, iron ore,
oil and gas, with our talents and energy to turn our nation into an economic powerhouse in West Africa and beyond,» he explained.
So there is a huge immanent pressure to get off of
oil, but it
makes absolutely no sense to switch to another limited
resource that will then only again run out.
When it got to the turn of the Council of Elders, the regional chair spoke, Hon Hackman spoke, I spoke and I spoke on the economy, but you don't talk about the economy by starting with the
resource location;... I started by talking about how poorly this economy has been managed that we have gone from GHS9.4 bn debt to GHS110bn debt at the time, and how growth, without
oil, was 1.9 bn and had dwindled to about 4 % etc.,... And I said something which I've said in this room: that Ghana is not poor and that the
resource base of this country is found in five regions and I mentioned the regions specifically because I was
making a strong economic argument.
The PIAC Vice Chair further urged the government to put in place a comprehensive plan to extract the
resource and not to repeat the mistakes
made in the extraction of gold, bauxite, diamond and
oil.
As government revenue rises to record levels due to
oil and gas production, especially with the oncoming $ 7bn ENI gas project, the new government will have more
resources to devote to improving basic healthcare, build productive livelihoods through private - sector led job creation, deepen decentralise decision
making, pumping water into neighbourhoods and building roads.
Conventional asphalt works fine, but Kjellberg is working with the Natural
Resources Research Institute in Duluth to
make a microwave - specific mix from recycled shingles and taconite tailings, especially since improved
oil - refining technology is reducing asphalt supplies.
We are replacing synthetic
oil - based adhesives with products
made from renewable
resources, and we are getting rid of unhealthy emissions of commonly available fibreboards and chipboards.
Gas hydrates — a mixture of ice and methane — are found only under high pressure and at cold temperatures, and they are expected to
make up a significant portion of the energy mix once existing
oil fields dwindle, says David Scott, manager of the Northern
Resources Development Program for Natural
Resources Canada.
Research and development to advance coal, natural gas,
oil, and other fossil energy technologies, which will help the country
make greater use of our rich natural energy
resources and help keep down energy costs, are funded at $ 635 million — a decrease of $ 33 million below the fiscal year 2017 enacted level and $ 355 million above the budget request.
So reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Fisheries Service which
makes a case for boosting domestic seafood production, noting that Americans eat a lot of seafood, and import 86 percent of it, creating a U.S. seafood trade deficit that now exceeds $ 10.4 billion annually, second only to
oil when it comes to natural
resources.
We believe in nourishing people today and for generations to come with the earth's
resources in mind — which is why we created an
oil made from one of nature's first foods and an original source of oils and good fats — algae.
We
make Thrive ® Culinary Algae
Oil to nourish people today and for generations to come with the earth's
resources in mind.
Emu
oil is
made up of a unique fatty acid blend that is distinct from other common animal - and plant - derived
resources.
This book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural
resource systems and new technologies.The experiences
made by the researchers of the School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Science (SAFE) of the University of Basilicata offer a wide and multidisciplinary approach to the identification and testing of different solutions tailored to the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the region and the surrounding areas.Basilicata's productive system is mainly based on activities related to the agricultural sector and exploitation of natural
resources but it has seen, in recent years, an industrial development driven by the discovery of
oil fields.
Designed to remove
oil and dirt from pets» ears, the eco-friendly Pura - Tips are
made with renewable plant - based
resources, and the organic mullein
oil acts as a natural disinfectant.
The money you
make from these
resources is used to buy stronger digging tools,
oil for your lamp, ladders, and elevators.
The artist painted a large wooden sign with a selection from the Book of Revelations and placed it on the melting ice of rural Canada as a portent of the
oil and natural gas concerns that will descend once global warming
makes the region's
resources easier to reach.
Unfortunately, fossil fuels are so abundant that
resource depletion is not going to
make them too expensive to use, so that emissions fall in time (indeed,
resource depletion of
oil this side of 2050 will mean coal and gas will be used for synthetic fuels - pushing emissions up even faster that I think the IEA recognise).
It appears to me that the family of humanity is beginning to come face to face with a myriad of growing global challenges — air pollution, sea and land contamination, global warming, peak
oil, diminishing global supplies of grain, overfishing, the dissipation of Earth's scarce
resources, desertification, deforestation, urban sprawl and autoban congestion are examples — the sum of which could soon become unsustainable, given a finite planet with the relatively small size and
make - up of Earth.
Steve Davies: Ingeo is not
made from
oil, and instead, is 100 percent annually renewably
resourced.
In order to «fully develop» the Mountain West's
oil shale
resources, a 16,000 square mile area would have to be stripped of all vegetation, flattened and drilled on a density that would
make even Texans blush.
I also believe it is impossible to go «cold turkey» and that our national security depends on our independence from foreign
oil — thus we need to dig for more of our own
resources while we
make the transition.
And to the extent that we're using
oil, it
makes sense for us to develop our
oil and natural gas
resources here in the United States and not simply rely on imports.
As Pertamina shifts
resources from
oil into the development of geothermal energy, it could become the first
oil company — state - owned or independent — to
make the transition from
oil to renewable energy.
Even if you
made a 0 emmisions vehicle it would still be polluting because it takes x gallons
oil to produce each tires, it takes fuel and
resources to run the factories that produce the cars.
Israel's precarious relationship with its
oil - rich neighbors
makes energy and
resource independence a national security priority.
Donations are
made (primarily for tax reasons) from all sorts of individuals and companies, including
oil and other natural
resource companies, to the charitable foundations, who then pass it on to the funding organisation that donates money to the environmental NGO.
We are getting close to world peak production on
resources like
oil and natural gas, and we shouldn't be using them to dig up coal and
make even more pollution delivering WY coal to Georgia.
Another company, Solazyme, Inc, hopes to get around the problem by feeding algae with renewable
resources, such as waste sugars and starches, so they can
make oil without sunlight and no matter where they are in a container.
There are other issues that are important to a lot of people and their numbers are increasing as they learn about the other issues: health for humans and animals, job creation, protection of the environment, balance of trade deficit due to imports of
oil, preservation of natural
resources that have better uses than just being burned, energy independence, global warming, the prestige that early adopters enjoy and the good feeling some people get from knowing that they have
made a decision that is good in some way.
Jane Dale Owen, granddaughter of one of the founders of Humble
Oil, the parent company of ExxonMobil,
made a strong appeal to shareholders to put more pressure on corporate leadership to divert its
resources to cleaner more renewable forms of energy.
The United States must continue to
make progress in developing our many
oil and gas
resources across the nation, including offshore in areas like the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, to relieve the many growing pressures facing the American people.
America's environmentalists, legislators, judges and bureaucrats have already
made hundreds of millions of acres of
resource - rich land off limits — and rendered centuries of
oil, gas, coal, uranium, geothermal and other energy unavailable.
«It's those kinds of restrictions that in the end affect American credibility, and in the moment when we have to put through an important policy,
makes it much more difficult to negotiate,» Pascual said at a Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee hearing Thursday called to build support for ending the ban in place since the 1970s Arab
oil embargo.
More recently, the focus of the climate debate has centered on man -
made or anthropogenic warming, particularly as a consequence of the burning of natural
resources like coal,
oil, and natural gas and the associated carbon dioxide emissions.
IF hemp were legalized, since hemp is SUPERIOR to other available natural
resources, a few petrochemical monopolies would no longer be feasible... including monsanto's GMO cotton business that consumes HALF of the petrochemical pesticides sprayed in the USA, Hearst's deforestation business would no longer profit from destroying our forests, and we would no longer need Rockefeller's fossil fuels - because we can replace coal (electricity) with hemp pyrolysis, and we can replace gasoline with vegetable
oil methanol, and dupont's toxic plastic business would be replaced with non-toxic, biodegradable, stronger, lighter, hemp plastics like they're already using to
make Mercedes car parts.
The new administration and Congress should take note of the progress
made by the market and continue to build, not hinder, the development of our nation's enormous supply of
oil and natural gas
resources, rather than pursue policies that either restrict production or add unnecessary regulatory regimes that limit the use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.
Oil production, like many
resources, is instead limited primarily by the availability of new ideas and a legal system that
makes it profitable to exploit them.
The recently - elected parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the new government, should
make wide - ranging changes to how mineral,
oil and forest
resources are managed, said Global Witness in a new briefing published today.