Sentences with phrase «stand against coal»

At least since then she has taken a tougher stand against coal, perhaps as a result of the backlash.

While the recent moratorium on new coal leases on federal land will not directly impact the Colorado Roadless Rule decision, advocates are hopeful it signals that the Obama Administration will use this opportunity to take another stand against coal and climate pollution.

Not exact matches

However, Kitzhaber didn't take a stand for or against exporting coal, which supporters say would increase rural jobs and tax revenues in Oregon and Washington.

«I'd let them stand on their own and compete against coal and natural gas and other sources, and let utilities make real - time market decisions on those types of things as opposed to being propped up by tax incentives and other types of credits that occur, both in the federal level and state level.»

Democrats and Republicans had, in the course of a few short months, effectively switched policy positions on energy, with Democrats voting to hand trillions in new subsidies to coal - burning utilities and power plants while gutting Clean Air Act restrictions on the construction of coal - fired power plants, and Republicans, long - standing coal boosters, voting against a pro-coal bill.

The Clexit group's secretary is Viv Forbes — a director of Australian company Stanmore Coal who has long stood firm against the tsunami of evidence linking greenhouse gas emissions to risky climate change.

The Lummi's stand against Big Coal is not isolated.

Regardless of who wins the election, that means standing firm against the continued expansion of the fossil fuel sector into new and high - risk territories, whether through tar sands, fracking, coal exports to China or Arctic drilling.