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Fossil fuel subsidies are irrational and inefficient: the reason for them is political, low oil prices create a window for political consensus for getting this (subsidy removal) done. – Tim Gore	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is no excuse for the richest countries to continue to subsidize the fossil fuel industries, we are calling on them to cut those and channel the money into (climate) adaptation. – Tim Gore	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Peabody settlement ... should be seen as a shot across the bow to any company that faces regulatory risk in its core business, whether you produce junk food, high-priced pharmaceuticals or fossil fuels. – Andrew Logan of Ceres	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
With only isolated skulls or shells, we are unable to fully understand how different species of fossil turtles are related, and what roles they played in their ecosystems. – Randall Irmis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The right information allows skeptics and evangelists alike to back their convictions with their capital, it will reveal how the valuations of companies that produce and use fossil fuels might change over time. – England Governor Mark Carney	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That underscores what I see every day as a financial advisor - that the demand for fossil-free investment products is increasing. – Thomas Van Dyck	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, Brazilian support is crucial if the world is going to call time on the age of fossil fuels in Paris, now we need to see Brazil spelling out how precisely it intends to do this. – Iain Keith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, Brazilian support is crucial if the world is going to call time on the age of fossil fuels in Paris, now we need to see Brazil spelling out how precisely it intends to do this. – Iain Keith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The fossil record is incomplete enough that if you’re in a new area or a new time, there’s a fair chance that the dinosaurs there are going to be distinct, Steven Jasinski said. For instance, scientists might discover a toe from a brand new species, but such subtle differences may be unrecognizable or impossible to prove. [ T ] hings that we call separate species today would be very, very hard to tell apart based on their skeleton( crow versus raven, for example). – Nick Longrich	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Climate negotiators must dare to push boundaries and exclude fossil fuels as an option and reward solutions that are long-term sustainable and renewable. – Stockholm Mayor Karin Wanngaard	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
At the rate we are using fossil fuels, a solar to hydrogen conversion technology will eventually become economically viable no matter what. – Kevin Sivula	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our children will work in energy tomorrow - they just won't work in fossil fuels, in the meantime, for social justice, economic justice and stability, we need ... negotiated, planned outcomes that people can touch at both the national and industry and enterprise level. – Sharan Burrow	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For a long time, we thought carbon dioxide from fossil fuels was the main man-made greenhouse gas harming the planet. That changed overnight when in 1975 I published this paper in which I discovered that there are other gases in the atmosphere which are even more potent. – Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Electricity is like oil for us and is the most abundant resource, my target for Bhutan is a 70 percent reduction in fossil fuel imports by 2020. – Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The new species is yet another confirmation that Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, was not the only potential human ancestor species that roamed in what is now the Afar region of Ethiopia during the middle Pliocene, current fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille study area clearly shows that there were at least two, if not three, early human species living at the same time and in close geographic proximity. – Yohannes Haile-Selassie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Current fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille study area clearly shows that there were at least two, if not three, early human species living at the same time and in close geographic proximity. – Yohannes Haile-Selassie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
However, I think it is time that we look into the earlier phases of our evolution with an open mind and carefully examine the currently available fossil evidence rather than immediately dismissing the fossils that do not fit our long-held hypotheses. – Yohannes Haile-Selassie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You couldn’t even see toward the end of the block because the pollution was on eye level, all these dresses I was making for Urban Outfitters, they were all made out of fossil fuels. – Yael Aflalo	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This fossil won't win a beauty contest, but fortunately it preserves enough anatomy that we were able to compare it to other dinosaurs and be confident of its identification. – Christian Sidor	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The point is not really to devalue the stock, rather to make a statement to those companies, our students, and those who might be paying attention (including you!) that it is prudent to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. It is a tactic, a means of calling attention to the problem. – David Frank	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The new fossil species these authors describe show a transitional state between other fossil Kogiids and the two living species, its skull is like those of the living species except that it has a longer snout that is not downturned. – Jonathan Geisler	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
New insights into the evolution of this group will primarily come from the fossil record, not additional study of the living species. – Jonathan Geisler	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's exciting to know more about the evolution of this enigmatic group, an entire description of a new fossil pygmy sperm whale — that's really valuable. – Nicholas Pyenson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is not hypocritical to use fossil fuels in order to try to get ourselves off of fossil fuels, particularly since this is simply unavoidable! – David Frank	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Fossil fuel subsidies are irrational and inefficient: the reason for them is political, low oil prices create a window for political consensus for getting this (subsidy removal) done.

– Tim Gore

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is no excuse for the richest countries to continue to subsidize the fossil fuel industries, we are calling on them to cut those and channel the money into (climate) adaptation.

– Tim Gore

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Peabody settlement ... should be seen as a shot across the bow to any company that faces regulatory risk in its core business, whether you produce junk food, high-priced pharmaceuticals or fossil fuels.

– Andrew Logan of Ceres

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

With only isolated skulls or shells, we are unable to fully understand how different species of fossil turtles are related, and what roles they played in their ecosystems.

– Randall Irmis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The right information allows skeptics and evangelists alike to back their convictions with their capital, it will reveal how the valuations of companies that produce and use fossil fuels might change over time.

– England Governor Mark Carney

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That underscores what I see every day as a financial advisor - that the demand for fossil-free investment products is increasing.

– Thomas Van Dyck

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, Brazilian support is crucial if the world is going to call time on the age of fossil fuels in Paris, now we need to see Brazil spelling out how precisely it intends to do this.

– Iain Keith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, Brazilian support is crucial if the world is going to call time on the age of fossil fuels in Paris, now we need to see Brazil spelling out how precisely it intends to do this.

– Iain Keith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The fossil record is incomplete enough that if you’re in a new area or a new time, there’s a fair chance that the dinosaurs there are going to be distinct, Steven Jasinski said. For instance, scientists might discover a toe from a brand new species, but such subtle differences may be unrecognizable or impossible to prove. [ T ] hings that we call separate species today would be very, very hard to tell apart based on their skeleton( crow versus raven, for example).

– Nick Longrich

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Climate negotiators must dare to push boundaries and exclude fossil fuels as an option and reward solutions that are long-term sustainable and renewable.

– Stockholm Mayor Karin Wanngaard

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

At the rate we are using fossil fuels, a solar to hydrogen conversion technology will eventually become economically viable no matter what.

– Kevin Sivula

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our children will work in energy tomorrow - they just won't work in fossil fuels, in the meantime, for social justice, economic justice and stability, we need ... negotiated, planned outcomes that people can touch at both the national and industry and enterprise level.

– Sharan Burrow

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For a long time, we thought carbon dioxide from fossil fuels was the main man-made greenhouse gas harming the planet. That changed overnight when in 1975 I published this paper in which I discovered that there are other gases in the atmosphere which are even more potent.

– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Electricity is like oil for us and is the most abundant resource, my target for Bhutan is a 70 percent reduction in fossil fuel imports by 2020.

– Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The new species is yet another confirmation that Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, was not the only potential human ancestor species that roamed in what is now the Afar region of Ethiopia during the middle Pliocene, current fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille study area clearly shows that there were at least two, if not three, early human species living at the same time and in close geographic proximity.

– Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Current fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille study area clearly shows that there were at least two, if not three, early human species living at the same time and in close geographic proximity.

– Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

However, I think it is time that we look into the earlier phases of our evolution with an open mind and carefully examine the currently available fossil evidence rather than immediately dismissing the fossils that do not fit our long-held hypotheses.

– Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You couldn’t even see toward the end of the block because the pollution was on eye level, all these dresses I was making for Urban Outfitters, they were all made out of fossil fuels.

– Yael Aflalo

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This fossil won't win a beauty contest, but fortunately it preserves enough anatomy that we were able to compare it to other dinosaurs and be confident of its identification.

– Christian Sidor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The point is not really to devalue the stock, rather to make a statement to those companies, our students, and those who might be paying attention (including you!) that it is prudent to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. It is a tactic, a means of calling attention to the problem.

– David Frank

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The new fossil species these authors describe show a transitional state between other fossil Kogiids and the two living species, its skull is like those of the living species except that it has a longer snout that is not downturned.

– Jonathan Geisler

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

New insights into the evolution of this group will primarily come from the fossil record, not additional study of the living species.

– Jonathan Geisler

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's exciting to know more about the evolution of this enigmatic group, an entire description of a new fossil pygmy sperm whale — that's really valuable.

– Nicholas Pyenson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is not hypocritical to use fossil fuels in order to try to get ourselves off of fossil fuels, particularly since this is simply unavoidable!

– David Frank

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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