Sentences with phrase «with fossil fuel industry»

GigaOm has an extensive report on fossil fuel subsidies, which helps to explain: «when an industry has been subsidized for almost a century, as is the case with the fossil fuel industry, the ways in which those companies are supported get numerous and complex.

I actually have great respect for the rule of law, because I see what happens when it doesn't exist, as is the case with the fossil fuel industry.

On the 25th of May, we're taking action across Africa to demand that African governments break ties with the fossil fuel industry.

As one activist at the blockade said in an interview: «We are here because we reject the port's complicity with the fossil fuel industry.

Trump's folks are there in Bonn, with their fossil fuel industry patrons, to flip the bird at the world, and that certainly won't help.

Any senator who votes for Pompeo for Secretary of State will be sending a clear signal that they are choosing to side with fossil fuel industry polluters over people and the planet.

That's the unsurprising outcome of the Abbott government's review of the Renewable Energy Target, undertaken by climate denialists associated with the fossil fuel industry.

With the fossil fuel industry and their allies wielding powerful influence over our Congress, we need to accelerate the change and solutions here in the Northwest.

For all practical purposes, the collective Greenpeace organization committed outright political suicide two weeks ago, essentially telegraphing to the entire world that they never had the evidence they claimed they had, proving skeptic climate scientists lie to the public under a pay - for - performance arrangement with fossil fuel industry people just like the way shill experts lied for the tobacco industry.

Nearly a full year before late spring 1991, the date Ross Gelbspan essentially assigned as the beginning of those four scientists» association with the fossil fuel industry.

I submit that Oreskes has long been little more than a mouthpiece in this issue, basically just parroting what was already said in various talking points about a «scientific consensus», journalists not needing to give equal time to skeptics, and that a set of Western Fuels leaked memos indicts such skeptics as paid co-conspirators with fossil fuel industry people.

As for our relationship with the fossil fuel industry, it's the same as everyone else — they pay for our ideas, we never accept money to voice theirs.»

«I am proud to work with the fossil fuel industry.

In response to a Reddit user's question regarding Epstein's sources of funding, Epstein wrote he was «proud to work with the fossil fuel industry,» which he believes has «historically done a horrible job of educating the public,» and thinks his ideas «will help [the fossil fuel industry] make a better case for freedom.»

[30] As for Epstein's relationship with the fossil fuel industry, he writes «it's the same as everyone else — they pay for our ideas, we never accept money to voice theirs.»

[Translate] Environment This isn't the first time right - wing operatives allied with the fossil fuel industry have targeted...

According to a detailed analysis by the blogger Deep Climate, McIntyre and McKitrick's criticism of the Hockey Stick graph was aggressively promoted and disseminated by an echo chamber of think tanks and blogs, all of which had financial or ideological associations with fossil fuel industry funders.

Something similar is happening right now with the fossil fuel industry.

Under President Trump, US leadership is waning, or could become oppositional, as the president allies himself with the fossil fuel industry and threatens withdrawal from Paris.

The decision once again highlights EPA Chief Scott Pruitt's deep ties with fossil fuel industry leaders.

association with the fossil fuel industry, d) Ross» contrarian book, and e) the fair sprinkling of nasty comments made here about «consensus» scientists individually and generally, their absence should come as no surprise.»

(Dunlap and McCright, 2011:144) The mainstream conservative movement, embodied in conservative foundations and think tanks, quickly joined forces with the fossil fuel industry (which recognized very early the threat posed by recognition of global warming and the role of carbon emissions) and wider sectors of corporate America to oppose the threat of global warming not as an ecological problem but as a problem for unbridled economic growth.

So does it not follow that the same invalidation happens to scientists who promote man - caused global warming when anything remotely associated with the fossil fuel industry is seen in their vicinity?

Any association of anything remotely connected with the fossil fuel industry automatically invalidates any criticism a skeptic scientist might offer to the idea of man - caused global warming.

We've crossed this epic milestone just weeks ahead of the Global Divestment Mobilisation, when people all over the world will be taking action to highlight the moral urgency of cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry and pushing their institutions to divest.

From universities, to faith, to health, to local government and pension funds, as we pass the «100 commitments» mark, there's now a powerful range of institutions that have publicly committed to cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry.

For a minority of the do - nothing group, it is simply a matter of financial self - interest associated with the fossil fuel industry.

He said there are «whole sections» of the tobacco court decision where «you can remove the word «tobacco» and put in the word «carbon,» and remove the word «health» and put in the word «climate,» and the parallel with the fossil fuel industry climate denial campaign is virtually perfect.»

Right - wing collaboration with the fossil fuel industry is obvious, but connivance of liberals is widespread.

If you're a student, you can call on your university to break ties with the fossil fuel industry and stand up for our future.

For promoters of man - caused global warming, they've put all their faith into assuming skeptics» associations with the fossil fuel industry — however tenuous — renders the skeptics untrustworthy.

And because it is nicer to paint to music, many of these actions were accompanied by live concerts and other activities to denounce the lack of climate action coming from the government as well as their connivance with the fossil fuel industry.

I also imagine that this is the reason why there has been such a lot of debunking of climate science since the problem has become mainstream with the fossil fuel industry being represented at every turn in the fight for cuts in greenhouse gases that as yet we have none!!!!

Re «Instead, what is needed is for scientists like the contributors to this site to write to Gerald Wheeler and ask him to reconsider the NSTA's alliance with the fossil fuel industry, to stop distributing (not to mention co-producing!)

The fact that the whole time, they're rubbing shoulders with scientists whose work is connected with the fossil fuel industry just goes to further dispel the myth.

But I've never met any Serbian as dumb as this guy, so I'm going with fossil fuel industry shill.

Pruitt was confirmed as the EPA's new head by the Senate in February, 52 - 46, after fierce resistance from Senate Democrats who opposed the former Oklahoma attorney general because of his close ties with the fossil fuel industry, among other things.

Eminent bishop and Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu has called on businesses to cut ties with the fossil fuels industry, in the same way as they did with South African companies during apartheid.

The recent U.S. elections have thrown targets like these into doubt, as Republican lawmakers allied with fossil fuel industries have tightened their grip on Congressional power.

He came up in Oklahoma conservative politics, where alliance with fossil fuel industries and hostility toward federal regulators are taken for granted and the only serious political threat is from the right.

Not exact matches

As much as his approach puts him at odds with conventional economic wisdom, Keller can also seem at odds with himself — a registered Republican who calls for more regulation of industry; a plastics maker who speaks out against U.S. reliance on fossil fuels; a nonunion employer whose wages and benefits are a model for the region.

The fossil fuel industries are making moves in Europe, with oil suppliers cutting supply to drive up prices again.

The company is currently discussing with several states in the country to determine who it'll partner with to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in America, commit to inroads in green energy and attempt to innovate the state of the trucking industry.

In plain terms, we are choosing to penalize our own energy industry with severe financial measures, when other jurisdictions like the U.S. are slashing taxes and red tape, rejecting carbon taxes, and calling for expanded fossil fuel production due to growing global demand.

For example, the growth of secondary industries and their use of fossil fuels has led to the imminent exhaustion of fossil fuels and the pollution of the atmosphere with excess carbon dioxide and other gases.

Casarino will present «Perspectives on Partially Bio-Based Materials,» which focuses on bio-content sources, coupling agents and compatabilizers, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 2:30 p.m. DuPont led the industry with the first families of high - performance renewably sourced materials to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

«Ministers must now come up with a sensible plan that protects the UK's solar industry and allows cash - strapped homes and businesses to free themselves from expensive fossil fuels by plugging into clean energy.

Long Island activists and superstorm Sandy victims on Wednesday urged Republican Senate and Assembly candidates to reject political contributions from wealthy donors with ties to the fossil fuel industry.

The wind energy industry, where Britain could be a world leader, has been thrown into disarray by a published letter to Cameron calling on him to withdraw subsidies to renewable sources of energy and stick with nuclear and fossil fuels,

The answer is politics: Getting rid of government regulations plays well with voters as well as with big - donor fossil fuel industries.