Sentences with phrase «own against fossil fuels»

At the workshop, scientists and lawyers had discussed copying a strategy against the fossil fuel industry that had been used to great effect against Big Tobacco — namely trying to prove that it had covered up knowledge that its products were harmful.

From the U.S. / Turtle Island, I stand in solidarity with the Native American, First Nations, and other indigenous nations, near, far, and wide against ALL fossil fuel pipeline projects!!

All the while, Puerto Ricans don't have the luxury of waiting for the grid of the future, so renewable energy entrepreneurs must compete against fossil fuel generators.

The mounting evidence for climate change, and all its tragic consequences, has provided a powerful argument against fossil fuel power stations: the burning of coal, gas and oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is almost certainly responsible for global warming.

After winning a fracking ban, one of the most significant strikes against fossil fuel usage in the nation, New York's environmental groups are eager to score another victory such as a rejection of proposed natural gas pipelines by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

«I stood with you against fossil fuel lobbyists, and together we protected our water and our land against fracking,» Teachout said.

Environmentalists, meanwhile, have made the project a symbol of their broader fight against fossil fuels and global warming.

For example, following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the organization rallied supporters to challenge President Donald Trump's support for fossil fuels and to fight against fossil fuel infrastructure.

If radical action against fossil fuels becomes necessary, these investments will suddenly turn bad.

The judge in the cities» lawsuit against fossil fuel companies has ordered the contrarians to reveal who paid for their research and any connections to the case.

By the 2040s, the Blueprints world sees renewable energy technologies compete on price against fossil fuels, which are well managed with carbon capture and storage.

It seems to me that the most likely explanation for the NYT «correction» was that the paper's editors were worried about creating a legal basis for global - warming lawsuits against fossil fuel interests, as «prior knowledge of harm caused» played a central role in the tobacco lawsuits — and the head of the American Petroleum Institute PR push is Edelman, previously of «second - hand tobacco smoke is not a problem» fame.

Without that, all he's got to sustain his opposition to government intervention against fossil fuels is the argument from consequences.

A year packed with bold climate actions against the fossil fuel industry and a growing movement telling its own stories of impacts and resistance at the frontlines of climate change in new and inspiring ways.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island who has endorsed the use of RICO against fossil fuel industries since May, made a similar argument in his weekly climate speech, delivered Tuesday on the Senate floor.

Today's executive order only strengthens our resolve to protect our region against fossil fuels and transition to clean...

The voice against fossil fuel subsidies has internationally grown stronger the last couple of years - both among civil society and world leaders - but it is apparent that European decision makers don't feel enough pressure to start putting their money where their mouth is.

At every level, from macroeconomic management to the day - to - day business of money markets, the tide is turning against fossil fuels.

The next major step is to continue to motivate and engage the movement in order to achieve a large - scale victory against the fossil fuel interests that are still trying to cling to their remaining power base no matter what the ultimate costs to our communities, our economy, and the planet.

AGW bandwagon is not against fossil fuel extraction (except maybe coal).

Enviro - activists believe they are headed toward the light at the end of the tunnel on the man - caused global warming issue with this growing collection of lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.

The Obama Administration opened many fronts in its war against fossil fuels.

RAGA has called the rule «unlawful» and a prime example of the federal Environmental Protection Agency exerting authority that it doesn't have to carry out a political agenda against fossil fuels.

First Of Its Kind In The World: Goldman Awardee, Groups File Petition Against Fossil Fuel Companies

Last May, we brought the Pacific Climate Warriors, Pacific Island activists organizing against fossil fuels, to the Canadian tar sands to build solidarity with Indigenous allies.

This movement is riding a serious wave of momentum — let's let this be the start of a revolution against fossil fuels.

But that was before the Obama Administration's onslaught against fossil fuels, starting with coal.

The proposition sceptics make is that the «hockey stick» is just too convenient and came along when those trying to make a case against fossil fuels were not making much headway.

In 2012 only 22 % of Germany's electricity came from renewables, and their energy revolution, Energiewende, calls for 80 % by 2050, yet the system is already crumbling under the rules that work against fossil fuels.

The «cuts both ways» argument was among those raised by 13 Republican attorneys general in a letter urging their Democratic counterparts to stop using their law enforcement power against fossil fuel companies and others that challenge the climate change catastrophe narrative.

Consume less, share more and stand up against fossil fuels, urban sprawl, destructive infrastructures and resource extractivism.

If the tabaco industry was sued for the damage they did with their product and mis - information, is there grounds for similar action against the fossil fuel industry?

Her plan is based entirely on other means of achieving the target - even though wind is by far the lowest cost form of renewable energy, and solar is likely to become cheaper by 2020 with continued support to the point where it competes directly against fossil fuel generation.

From forest fires to the fight against fossil fuels in Germany, the UK and Brazil, the meeting discussed the most critical projects, or the `

It's time religious leaders take a stand against fossil fuels With the moral issues in mind, Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate, called upon all religious leaders to take a public stand against fossil fuels, whose high emissions of greenhouse gases are said to increase the rate of climate change.

corrected link: It's time religious leaders take a stand against fossil fuels http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201405/its-time-religious-leaders-take-stand-against-fossil-fuels-28873

filed by local governments against the fossil fuel industry seeking compensation to help pay for the costs of dealing with local climate impacts.

In September 2017, San Francisco and Oakland filed lawsuits against fossil fuel energy companies, «blaming them for the effects of climate change.»

The argument against fossil fuel use is that it has negative externalities.

Religious leaders called on faith communities to take concrete action against the fossil fuel industry through divestment, as a way to «put the money where our mouth is.»

On December 10th, he advocated — in 40 separate tweets — attempted murder charges against fossil fuel companies.

There is no immediate risk from anything that's out or in the pipe line against fossil fuels.

Dangjin Citizens, united against fossil fuels, holds a massive banner.

And this is a common phenomena by many who engage in similar types of activism against fossil fuels.

Pipeline opponents garnered national attention last month, when some 40,000 protesters (according to organizers) assembled in Washington, D.C., to urge the White House to take a stand against fossil fuel emissions by vetoing the project.

«The remarkable story of the transition of Port Augusta from coal to renewable energy — which won a competitive tender against fossil fuel — is also a preview of the future of power generation around the world.»

UCS is a sponsor of the campaign to use the federal RICO Act against fossil fuels companies and non-profit climate realist think tanks such as The Heartland Institute.

In recent years, Hansen has focused his attention on legal battles involving climate issues, such as suits against fossil fuel developments and defending activists arrested while protesting fossil fuel facilities.

The case against the fossil fuel industry largely relies on proving that these companies deceived the American public about the threats posed by consuming their products.

It's hard to imagine major institutions turning against the fossil fuel industry.