Sentences with phrase «public by fossil fuel interests»

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?

Not exact matches

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

However, the NYT, to their credit, did cover the current efforts by the BLM to sabotage the expansion of solar thermal electricity generation in the U.S.: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27solar.html — that would be the same BLM that has been working overtime to transfer public lands to fossil fuel interests for the past 8 years or so.

Friedman... would have viewed climate change as a negative externality associated with burning fossil fuels and would have believed that society was entitled to recover its losses from those who emit carbon to advance their economic interests... While there is a market for the products that are associated with greenhouse gas emissions — like electricity, fuel and steel — there is no market for the pollution inflicted by their manufacturers on the public.

While working at the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Soon has received funding from fossil fuel interests including the American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil, the electric utility Southern Co., Donors Trust and the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, according to public records obtained by Greenpeace and the watchdog group Climate Investigations Center.

Documents posted online by Common Cause, a public advocacy organization, show that Dominion executives sit on ALEC's energy, environment, and agriculture task force, along with Joseph Bast of the climate - denying Heartland Foundation and representatives of major carbon polluters and fossil - fuel interests including Koch Industries - related entities and Exxon - Mobil.

But Gabe Elsner, co-director of the public watchdog group Checks and Balances Project, said the legislation and economic reports amount to «a one - two punch against clean energy laws across the country» by fossil - fuel interests.

Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

«The American public deserve [sic] an honest debate that isn't polluted by the best junk science fossil fuel interests can buy,» Markey said in a statement.

EPI's investigation reveals an ongoing effort by utilities and fossil fuel interests to influence public officials through university courses and conferences and fund reports authored by academic staff to boost lobbying efforts targeting state government officials and decision makers.

The accusation that skeptic climate scientists are paid by the fossil fuel industry to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» has two parts: the 1991 - ’95 span when it got little public interest, and late 1995 to the present, when it became far more widespread.

The Stanford University climate scientist was a passionate advocate for sober and reasoned discourse on the globe's changing climate, and he often spoke out against dishonesty in the public sphere — whether by opinion - makers, politicians, fossil fuel interests, or news personalities.

And the funding of a systematic disinformation campaign — see, for example, my Hub on Hoggan's «Climate Coverup» — by fossil fuel interests is a matter of public record.

James Hansen, the director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies who first warned the world about the dangers of climate change in the 1980s, has joined other scientists in submitting statements to be considered by a judge at the Information Rights Tribunal on Friday... James Hansen told the Guardian: «Our children and grandchildren will judge those who have misled the public, allowing fossil fuel emissions to continue almost unfettered, as guilty of crimes against humanity and nature... If successful, the FOI request may, by exposing one link in a devious manipulation of public opinion, start a process that allows the public to be aware of what is happening, what is at stake, and where the public interest lies.»»