Sentences with phrase «over the fossil fuel industry»

It's a model (so it ai nt the truth) but it a nice one to illustrate the point you make about emerging systems of influence that are rapidly taking over the fossil fuel industry.

Not exact matches

Viewed in one dimension, the standoff over construction of a 1,172 - mile, $ US 3.8 billion oil pipeline pits thousands of protesters massed on the prairie to safeguard a sole source of tribal drinking water from the fossil fuel industry and its allies in government and finance.

Traditionally the industry has been a heavy user of fossil fuels, primarily oil, the price of which has fluctuated from under $ 15 a barrel 20 years ago to peaks of $ 90 to over $ 100 now, making fossil fuels such as bunker oil vastly more expensive.

The old way of doing business, with big centralized power companies and industries that are totally reliant on fossil fuels, is over, he says.

The jist of this is that we must NOT suddenly switch off carbon / sulphur producing industries over the planet but instead we must first dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from every conceivable source, then gradually tackle coal / fossil fuel sources to smoothly remove the soot from the air to prevent a sudden leap in average global temps which if it is indeed 2.75 C as the UNEP predicts will permanently destroy the climates ability to regulate itself and lead to catastrophic changes on the land and sea.

So, if Inhofe lets money dictate his policies, what does it mean that the top three contributors to his campaign are dirty energy companies (Koch industries being # 1), or that he has taken well over $ 1 million from the fossil fuel industry since 1999?

During the last century or so, over half of the CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning, industry, and deforestation have been absorbed by natural sinks such as the forests and oceans.

He has accepted more than $ 1.2 million in money from the fossil - fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers.

Even though the country already generates over 99 percent of its electricity from renewable sources and ran entirely on alternative energy for 250 days in 2016, completely banning fossil fuels across all industries will likely prove difficult.

Re # 43, A «collosal political jump forward» would be for the US to strip all subsidies from the fossil fuel industry, and to strip all subsidies from fossil - fuel intensive agricultural industry as well (over $ 35 billion a year), and to deliver those subsidies to solar, wind, and carbon - neutral agricultural industries — as well as instituting a hefty carbon tax on all fossil fuels, and agreeing to strict emissions caps, and mandating energy efficient technology in all areas.

They involve billions of dollars of subsidies of fossil fuel industries, of airport expansion and of road building, regulations which favour dirty technologies over clearn ones, granting planning permission for coal fire stations but refusing it for wind turbines, etc..

The transition away from fossil fuels will take some time, but over the last year and a half, we have already taken unprecedented action to jumpstart the clean energy industry.

It's important to note that there's also sometimes a kind of «false inequivalence» in the fight over climate science and policies — an implication that the lack of action on greenhouse gases is largely the result of the unfair advantage in money and influence held by industries dealing in, or dependent on, fossil fuels.

The banking sector has been the target of numerous campaigns over the years with tax avoidance, excessive directors» remuneration, investments in the fossil fuel industry and investments in nuclear weapons continuing to be key pressure points.

Over the last two decades, there has been an attempt to use shareholder action to change the behaviour of the fossil fuel industry.

Accusations of corrupt fossil fuel industry influence over skeptic climate scientists are irrelevant material — worthless — in the absence of any physical evidence (full context document scans, undercover video / audio transcripts, leaked emails, money - transfer receipts) proving such skeptics were paid and orchestrated to lie about the certainty of catastrophic man - caused global warming.

DeSmogBlog has documented how over the years, the sponsors of Heartland's semi-annual ICCC events have included special interest groups that have received millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industry.

The biggest failing of the economic models that predict ruin is that they are unable to account for the industries that will, over time, grow to replace the fossil - fuel based industries.

Between 2010 and 2012 alone, individuals and companies in the fossil fuel industry spent an unprecedented $ 90.5 million to elect friendly Republicans, an increase of 66 percent over the previous two election cycles (compared with $ 15.7 million they gave to Democrats), according to Center for Responsive Politics data.

The fossil fuels industry is routinely — and wrongly — pilloried in the mainstream media over its purported obfuscations surrounding climate change.

But while his fans play up his association with the environmental group, they fail to mention his much stronger ties to fossil fuel - intensive industries: For over 20 years, he's been a paid spokesman for companies involved in «mining, energy, forestry, aquaculture, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing.»

Cramer has a long record of climate change denial (apropos of nothing, over his career Cramer has received more than a half million bucks in funding from the fossil fuel industry, more than twice as much as any other industry).

Maybe someone should clue Smith in on this, if he can hear it over the sound of fossil fuel industry donations pouring into his coffers.

Smith's most dramatic rush to the legal defense of the fossil fuel industry was his unprecedented move last year to issue subpoenas to two state attorneys general and several nongovernmental advocacy groups over the states» climate change fraud investigation of Exxon.

Worry over the environment, and a desire to challenge the fossil fuel industry, is what is leading some people to join the cleanweb movement.

Government giveaways in the form of permanent tax breaks to the fossil fuel industry — one of which is over a century old — are seven times larger than those to the renewable energy sector.

We've crossed this epic milestone just weeks ahead of the Global Divestment Mobilisation, when people all over the world will be taking action to highlight the moral urgency of cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry and pushing their institutions to divest.

That effectively stopped the project dead in its tracks, because for the foreseeable future, biofuels will be more expensive than fossil fuels since industry has to do all the work that Mother Nature did for free over the eons.

Our local councils invest over # 14 billion in the fossil fuel industry, but already there are nearly 50 local groups and campaigns taking action to divest local government, with more springing up every month.

«At the current rate of capital expenditure, the next decade will see over $ 6 trillion allocated to developing the fossil fuel industry.»

If the propaganda and articles generated by the industry are any indication there is serious concern by fossil fuel users over any attempts to impose limits on mercury emissions from coal burning sources.

The global fossil fuel industry faces a loss of $ 28 trillion in revenues over the next two decades, if the world takes action to address climate change, cleans up pollution and moves to decarbonise the global energy system, according to European broking house Kepler Chevreux.

The New York Times writes «He has accepted more than $ 1.2 million in money from the fossil - fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers.»

The latest resolution calls on Trump and Congress to hand over the power to regulate and permit fossil fuel development on public lands to the states, where the industry has its greatest power and influence over government.

Major global insurance companies are urging G20 leaders to commit to a specific timeline for rapidly phasing out fossil fuel subsidies — something they've repeatedly failed to do over the years despite numerous promises to end support for the industry.

There were so many committed friends and allies from organizations all across the board all working together in a grand coalition to step in where this administration won't, and make common sense changes to our laws to favor the interests of the people over the greed of the fossil fuel industry.

So, if Inhofe lets money dictate his policies, what does it mean that the top three contributors to his campaign are dirty energy companies (Koch industries being # 1), or that he has taken well over $ 1 million from the fossil fuel industry since 1999?

Moreover, facing the problem squarely and honestly runs contrary to a shared value system — one that discounts the need for government regulation, favors industry growth and profit over public health and safety, and places a high priority on maximizing domestic fossil fuel extraction.

This would come as no surprise to the industry, which as been foreshadowing such a scenario since the start of the year, and it makes it pretty much official: There is no need for any new fossil fuel generation over the next decade, and wind farms will dominate Australia's new build in the years to come.

Among those who have taken some interest in addressing climate change, there have over the last decade or so been discussions about whether a focus on curtailing the activities of the fossil fuel industries or a focus on reducing demand for fossil fuels is the right single or leading method to move society into a transition away from fossil energy.

A wave of legal challenges that is washing over the oil and gas industry, demanding accountability for climate change, started as a ripple after revelations that ExxonMobil had long recognized the threat fossil fuels pose to the world.

«Drillers fear that federal protections for more threatened and endangered animals could drive up their costs at a time when the industry is already battered by low oil prices, growing competition from renewable energy, and increasing attention from investors and regulators over the climate - altering impacts of fossil fuels,» DeSmog's Sharon Kelly wrote.

They announced their decision to move its entire investment portfolio out of the fossil fuel industry over the next three years.

As the science of man - made climate change has become increasingly certain over the last three decades of work by thousands of researchers, a cadre of deniers, often funded by fossil fuel industries,... Continue reading →

«Over the past 15 years my co-authors and I have been subject to a crescendo of by politicians, typically aligned closely with fossil fuel interests or front groups advocating for the fossil fuel industry, that see the need to discredit this iconic graphic.»

DT has also been a funder of part - time Smithsonian researcher and climate science denier Dr Willie Soon, whose other funding over the last decade has come entirely from the fossil fuel industry.

Actually, to many of us climate realists, the fossil fuels industry has ceded too much ground to the climate alarmists over the past decade.

It does: women's struggle is a big inspiration for people all over the world to stand for what is right and organize in their communities, and that includes thousands of climate activists and people who, today, are facing and confronting the fossil fuel industry.

In a conversation with Yale Environment 360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert, he talks about what he's learned about the power of the fossil fuel industry — and why the battle over Keystone is far from over.

According to a recent private report seen by Newsweek from the multinational banking and financial firm HSBC, «The speed of the collapse in energy prices over the past three quarters has taken the fossil fuel industry by surprise.»