The Sierra Club
takes fossil fuel money.
Why is
taking fossil fuel money wrong for sceptics when these climate change bodies take it?
It is wrong to CONDEMN fossil fuels as a danger to the planet, then
take fossil fuel money.
Either answer would make you look a little foolish regarding
taking fossil fuel money by climate change groups.
As I've discussed elsewhere, the Sierra Club has also
taken fossil fuel money.
In the latest Cornwall Alliance film, Paul Driessen, CFACT's senior policy advisor, says: «I'm often accused of
taking fossil fuel money - I'm still waiting for the check from ExxonMobil».
«Scientists like Dr. Soon who
take fossil fuel money and pretend to be independent scientists are pawns.»
The Sierra Club and the Nature Conservancy
take fossil fuel money [link].
Not exact matches
Its not just the liberals, prior to their entrance on stage» it was the conservatives
taking in this
money for
fossil fuel approvals.
BC Chamber of Commerce massively promotes and supports these
fossil fuel and energy projects, since they believe it enhances «business growth» in BC, and since it appears only
money talks in this province, boycotting their membership is a first step in demanding those corporations
take an ethical stand for the protection of BC on this matter.
An international coalition of Catholic institutions have pledged to
take their
money out of
fossil fuels.
Zephyr Teachout claimed that John Faso «
took»
money from
fossil fuel companies while they were trying to use eminent domain to build a pipeline on the properties of residents in the 19th Congressional District.
Was Teachout right about Faso
taking money from
fossil fuel companies that planned to use eminent domain?
«And John Faso
took money from
fossil fuel companies as they tried to
take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline.»
«We're not going to be intimidated by people who
take a lot of
money from
fossil fuel companies and then do their bidding,» Schneiderman said.
They can not tell us how much
money will be invested in green energy R&D, whether fertility rates will go up or down, whether we will dig up all the remaining
fossil fuels and burn them, or the outcomes of numerous other decisions that affect the atmosphere — though they can tell us what will probably happen if we do or don't
take them (see «Earth, 2100 AD: Four futures of environment and society «-RRB-.
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?
Historically, Dr. Balling has
taken plenty of
money from
fossil fuel interests, which brings in funding not only to Balling's predetermined «research,» but hundreds of thousands of dollars in overhead payments to Arizona State University (see Balling's 1997 testimony to the Minnesota News Council).
As far as I can tell, he has made a point of avoiding associations with the main body of scepticism, nor has he
taken money from the
fossil fuel industry or the Scaife crowd.
Recently, there has been a renewed focus on how much
money Willie Soon has
taken from
fossil fuel companies for his «research» (over a $ 1 million dollars).
(05/01/2013) The cities of San Francisco and Seattle have pulled their
money out of
fossil fuel companies,
taking a climate divestment campaign from college campuses to local government.
This would encourage conservation and development of
fossil -
fuel alternatives without
taking any
money out of the private economy.
For years, environmentalists have been attacking Soon for
taking money from energy companies with
fossil fuel interests, the only update the Times story added was that Soon allegedly did not disclose this to academic journals he was being published in.
Fossil Free Southwark's first members met one another in February 2015 underneath the letter «N» whilst spelling out the words «Divest London» in front of Tower Bridge as part of a Global Divestment Day event calling on City Hall to take its money out of fossil
Fossil Free Southwark's first members met one another in February 2015 underneath the letter «N» whilst spelling out the words «Divest London» in front of Tower Bridge as part of a Global Divestment Day event calling on City Hall to
take its
money out of
fossil fossil fuels.
Considering that at least 43 % of the letter's signatories have received
money from the
fossil fuel industry, being given large sums of
money just for being climate «skeptics» and publishing error - riddled nonsense like this op - ed, the sheer nerve it must have
taken to make this «follow the
money» argument is astounding.
Milloy, who actually calls himself the «junk man» with no apparent sense of irony, is a denier - for - hire who happily
takes money from tobacco interests, chemical interests and of course
fossil fuel interests to do their dirty work, attacking seemingly any scientist whose findings threaten their financial bottom line.
We are making it the year when no politician can seriously claim to care about protecting our generation's future and still
take money from
fossil fuel executives, their front - groups, or lobbyists.
They are the ones who attacked it as a party plank, they are the ones who have been
taking millions in
fossil fuel money to fund an organized disinformation campaign about it, they are the ones who harass climate scientists.
They're currently
taking the tire - iron to Willie Soon for
taking money from
fossil -
fuel corporations.
You mean, like the head of the IPCC
took money from a
fossil -
fuel corp for the sex - book launch that emboldened him to try out his character's best lines on real - life gals?
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?
Citigroup are making the Citigroup buildings energy efficient, but what they didn't say was whether they would stop investing in or
taking money and profits from their
fossil fuel customers.
Taylor dismissed the idea that his group pushed for the measure because it has accepted
money from
fossil -
fuel firms: «The people who are saying that are trying to
take attention away from the real issue — that alternative energy, renewable energy, is more expensive than conventional energy.»
Some of the papers cited by the IPCC predate the Harvard Smithsonian Center involvement, but Soon's long history of
taking fossil fuel industry
money is well established.
During MSNBC's coverage of Hurricane Irma on Saturday, NextGen Climate founder Tom Steyer argued that politicians who
take money from
fossil fuel companies and lie about climate change don't want to talk about climate change now because they have «enabled»
We see that Cuccinelli is
taking the
money from the
fossil fuel companies in exchange for persecuting Dr. Michael Mann.
Why not
take the revenue from the fee created to tax
fossil fuels and use that
money to invest in green businesses and entrepreneurs?
The billions spent by the
fossil fuel industry to capture, refine, and distribute
fossil fuels, and the billions in profit they
take back in return, comprise that «BIG
money» that spent on the «CAGW side.»
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.»
Pielke is one of seven academics under Grijalva's investigation for allegedly
taking money from the
fossil fuels industry in exchange for research.
So just to be clear — are you saying you have no problem with ELPC and your employer
taking money from
fossil fuel and clean energy companies?
Yesterday, Kari marched up to Rachel again and asked her whether we were
taking money from
fossil fuel companies.
Is it a conflict of interest for Breitbart news to
take money from a
fossil fuel company and report on that
fossil fuel company?
Imagine
fossil fuel companies
taking responsibility for their CO2 emissions and imagine the beef industry
taking that CO2 and storing it in the soil, where it enables the production of more food, on less land, for less
money, using less water.
Morano counters that the Sierra Club also
took money from
fossil fuels, then alleges that «climate change believers want to call us criminals and lock us up.»
The
fossil fuel divestment movement recognizes that as well, and argues that by
taking money away from polluting industries and redirecting it toward renewables, then businesses, universities and non-profits can help jump - start the energy revolution.
As was reported by Karl Mathiesen in The Guardian, 2014/07/30, «dozens of cities, institutions and investors are
taking their
money out of
fossil fuel companies after the launch of the divestment campaign in the US around 18 months ago.»
Have any
taken money from
fossil fuel interests, directly or indirectly, to influence climate change policy?
True, if «ethical» investors simply remove their
money from
fossil fuels, the chances are that many other investors will be willing to
take their place.