Sentences with phrase «whether fossil fuel companies»

They can tell us whether fossil fuel companies are also taking the climate change threat into serious consideration in their budgets.

One such tactic includes facilitating ongoing and potential joint investigations into whether fossil fuel companies and industry groups mislead the public about the dangers of climate change or the viability of renewable energy resources.

One such tactic [the group will pursue] includes facilitating ongoing and potential joint investigations into whether fossil fuel companies and industry groups mislead the public about the dangers of climate change or the viability of renewable energy resources.

«The question isn't whether renewable energy supplants fossil fuels, but whether fossil fuels companies can delay the transition long enough to destroy the climate.»

Not exact matches

House Democrats, led by Reps. Ted Lieu of California and Peter Welch of Vermont, also announced Thursday they are planning a broader probe into when other energy companies first understood that fossil fuels drive climate change, what they did with that information and whether they funded or participated in sowing doubt about the matter.

For those who aren't familiar with Willie Soon's fossil fuel company contracting over the last fifteen years, there is probably a legitimate question of whether or not this guy deserves to be in his current pinch.

An article in the latest issue of The Economist explores whether acknowledgement that some fossil fuel stocks are unburnable means companies with big coal or oil reserves are overvalued, at least on long time horizons.

This paper examines Chevron's current disclosures in the context of Carbon Tracker's April 2015 Blueprint, where we identified the key company information needed by investors to understand whether and how fossil fuel companies are managing energy transition risk.

Whether it's pushing banks to stop project - level loans to pipelines, demanding insurance companies to stop underwriting fossil fuel infrastructure, or pressuring cities to stop using fossil fuel funded banking, «no new fossil fuel finance» is a driving movement strategy.

The individual consumer could then use their consumer power and choose whether they are prepared to support (be a customer) with a company which is potentially making most of its money from Fossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thFossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thfossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between the two.

If there are companies — whether utilities or fossil fuel companies — committing fraud in an effort to maximize their short - term profit at the expense of the people we represent, we want to find out about it and want to expose it and we want to pursue them to the fullest extent of the law, prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

«If there are companies — whether utilities or fossil fuel companies — committing fraud in an effort to maximize their short - term profit at the expense of the people we represent,» he continued, «we want to find out about it and want to expose it and we want to pursue them to the fullest extent of the law, prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.»

The probe was prompted in part by reports in the Los Angeles Times and the online publication Inside Climate News, alleging that Exxon researchers expressed concerned about climate change from fossil fuel emissions decades ago, even as the company publicly raised doubts about whether climate - change was scientifically valid.

«While the future is uncertain, the debate about whether climate change is a material risk for fossil fuel companies is settled.

In multiple U.S. states and territories — including New York, California, Massachusetts and the Virgin Islands — state Attorneys General are investigating Exxon's depth of knowledge regarding the climate impacts of burning fossil fuels, and whether the company broke the law by fueling anti-science campaigns through corporate contributions to organizations and individuals working to sow doubt and confusion about global warming.

Even committed climate activists (and they are legion on Twitter), understand that accusations of murder — whether in connection to climate skeptics or fossil fuel companies — are over-the-top.

At the heart of the debate is whether to tax energy companies for extracting natural gas from the Marcellus Shale, a geologic formation rich in fossil fuels that runs underneath the western half of the state.

Yesterday, Kari marched up to Rachel again and asked her whether we were taking money from fossil fuel companies.

The individual consumer could then use their consumer power and choose whether they are prepared to support (be a customer) with a company which maybe making most of its money from Fossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thFossil fuels or Nuclear but then adds a large amount to invest in renewable energy OR not be associated with companies which deal in fossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between thfossil fuel based electricity at all: i.e. not supporting = not being part of the problem philosophy — OR any cross-over between the two.

R&D for renewable energy, de-funding the EPA Energy Star program, ignoring the Social Cost of Carbon, renewing leasing / sale of coal on Federal lands without regard to whether the coal companies are paying a reasonable price, threatening to open more Federal lands to fossil fuel extraction... the list goes on.

Under the same grant the contrarian scientist also published two papers questioning whether climate change was dangerous for polar bears and whether the Arctic was warming, without disclosing the fossil fuel companies that funded his work.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D - RI), who has long advocated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate whether Exxon and other fossil fuel companies violated the RICO statute by disputing the role of fossil fuel burning in global warming, at a recent hearing, asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch if she'd considered using RICO against fossil fuel companies.