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These organisms seem to have been able to quickly colonise the sea floor, and we often see one dominant species on these fossil beds, how this happens ecologically has been a longstanding question -- these filaments may explain how they were able to do that. – Alex Liu	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Reinstating the ban would also send a strong signal to energy investors that the fossil fuel era is drawing to a close. – Oil Change International	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
At a time when we need to rapidly transition away from dirty fossil fuels to 100% clean energy, this bill points us in the wrong direction. – Sierra Club	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There is strong fossil evidence that red algae existed over a billion years ago, and we know the red and green algae diverged from a common ancestor, so, although this doesnt fundamentally change the way Ill think about theevolutionof life, the discovery of this green algal fossil helps fill an important gap and strengthens an emerging timeline for the evolution of early, complex life. – Timothy Gibson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Previously, the oldest widely accepted fossilized green algae was about 800 million years old, this work confirms what many have expected based on the existing, though sparse fossil record, which is that green algae likely existed about a billion years ago. – Timothy Gibson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Those who have labeled fossil fuels the enemy have misidentified the enemy. – Garret Graves	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If you don't have these plants you need fossil fuel plants, to reach the zero-emissions target you need systems that emit zero. – Iberdrola Chief Executive Ignacio Galan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Although the series of annual levels of CO2 have always seen a year-on-year increase since 1958, driven by fossil fuel burning and deforestation, the rate of rise isn't perfectly even because there are fluctuations in the response of ecosystem carbon sinks, especially tropical forests, overall, these are expected to be weaker than normal for a second year running. – Richard Betts	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Our analysis suggests we will see a disruptive and rapid change to align to a new zero carbon system, with fossil fuel aligned assets becoming obsolete or needing significant modification. – Tristan Smith	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Dan Lipinski and Dan Lipinski dwindling circle of fossil-fuel funded Democrats are a threat to the Democratic Party truly being a party of the people. – Marie Newman from Illinois third	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
These are necessary steps to strengthen oversight of oil and gas extraction as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean energy sources. – Gavin Newsom	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I'm pleased to have been an early backer of Bill Gross's novel solar concentration technology, its capacity to achieve the high temperatures required for these processes is a promising development in the quest to one day replace fossil fuel. – Bill Gates	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are rolling out technology that can beat the price of fossil fuels and also not make the CO2 emissions, and that's really the holy grail. – Bill Gross	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I've spent over a decade fighting oil companies and beating them at the ballot box. I've led the charge for clean energy across the country at the ballot box, i've worked to stop pipelines. I've worked to stop fossil fuel plants. We're talking about the future, but you can look at my history and know that this is something that is an absolutely top priority for me. – Tom Steyer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
For the first time, we were able link together time, fossil plants, fossil animals and temperature in one of the most critical intervals of Earth's history. – Tyler Lyson	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The EIB is the largest multilateral bank on the planet so the bank's proposal to end financing for fossil fuels by the end of 2020/next year would send a very strong signal to the global financial market. – Yossi Cadan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The scale of the ice loss was immediately evident as we reached altitude but it was only by comparing the images side-by-side that the last 100 years of change were made visible. It was both a breathtaking and heartbreaking experience, particularly knowing that the melt has accelerated massively in the last few decades, unless we drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, there will be little ice left to photograph in another hundred years. – Kieran Baxter	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It is imperative the government should take serious actions and put pressure on other states and global powers to radically reduce the use of fossil fuels. – Sarah Lasenby	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It's hard to treat oil sands differently (from) coal, because of the similar environmental effects in the extraction, and we decided to treat these fossil fuel products equally. – Jeanett Bergan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If banks are serious about sustainability and stepping up to address the climate change challenge, we would expect to see a shift in how their sustainable finance commitments compare with their fossil fuel finance, for now, most banks' annualized commitments are considerably less than what they provide to fossil fuels on an annual basis. – Giulia Christianson	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Nature is angry. And we fool ourselves if we think we can fool nature, because nature always strikes back, and around the world nature is striking back with fury, there is a cost to everything. But the biggest cost is doing nothing. The biggest cost is subsidising a dying fossil fuel industry, building more and more coal plants, and denying what is plain as day: that we are in a deep climate hole, and to get out we must first stop digging. – Antonio Guterres	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There is a cost to everything. But the biggest cost is doing nothing. The biggest cost is subsidising a dying fossil fuel industry, building more and more coal plants, and denying what is plain as day: that we are in a deep climate hole, and to get out we must first stop digging. – Antonio Guterres	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Being climate smart is not an added cost. It's actually smart business and what the business model of the future will look like ... Everything around fossil fuels and daft use of resources will be expensive. – Ingka Chief Executive Jesper Brodin	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If any of you have been to Los Angeles 20 years ago, you'll remember the sky was brown. You go there now, the sky is blue and you know why? Because leaders decided to lead and we took on these big fossil fuel companies, we have some of the most important and strongest laws in the country and we made a difference. – Sandy Hook	Found on CNN 4 years ago

These organisms seem to have been able to quickly colonise the sea floor, and we often see one dominant species on these fossil beds, how this happens ecologically has been a longstanding question -- these filaments may explain how they were able to do that.

– Alex Liu

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Reinstating the ban would also send a strong signal to energy investors that the fossil fuel era is drawing to a close.

– Oil Change International

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

At a time when we need to rapidly transition away from dirty fossil fuels to 100% clean energy, this bill points us in the wrong direction.

– Sierra Club

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is strong fossil evidence that red algae existed over a billion years ago, and we know the red and green algae diverged from a common ancestor, so, although this doesnt fundamentally change the way Ill think about theevolutionof life, the discovery of this green algal fossil helps fill an important gap and strengthens an emerging timeline for the evolution of early, complex life.

– Timothy Gibson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Previously, the oldest widely accepted fossilized green algae was about 800 million years old, this work confirms what many have expected based on the existing, though sparse fossil record, which is that green algae likely existed about a billion years ago.

– Timothy Gibson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Those who have labeled fossil fuels the enemy have misidentified the enemy.

– Garret Graves

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you don't have these plants you need fossil fuel plants, to reach the zero-emissions target you need systems that emit zero.

– Iberdrola Chief Executive Ignacio Galan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Although the series of annual levels of CO2 have always seen a year-on-year increase since 1958, driven by fossil fuel burning and deforestation, the rate of rise isn't perfectly even because there are fluctuations in the response of ecosystem carbon sinks, especially tropical forests, overall, these are expected to be weaker than normal for a second year running.

– Richard Betts

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our analysis suggests we will see a disruptive and rapid change to align to a new zero carbon system, with fossil fuel aligned assets becoming obsolete or needing significant modification.

– Tristan Smith

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Dan Lipinski and Dan Lipinski dwindling circle of fossil-fuel funded Democrats are a threat to the Democratic Party truly being a party of the people.

– Marie Newman from Illinois third

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

These are necessary steps to strengthen oversight of oil and gas extraction as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean energy sources.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I'm pleased to have been an early backer of Bill Gross's novel solar concentration technology, its capacity to achieve the high temperatures required for these processes is a promising development in the quest to one day replace fossil fuel.

– Bill Gates

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are rolling out technology that can beat the price of fossil fuels and also not make the CO2 emissions, and that's really the holy grail.

– Bill Gross

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I've spent over a decade fighting oil companies and beating them at the ballot box. I've led the charge for clean energy across the country at the ballot box, i've worked to stop pipelines. I've worked to stop fossil fuel plants. We're talking about the future, but you can look at my history and know that this is something that is an absolutely top priority for me.

– Tom Steyer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

For the first time, we were able link together time, fossil plants, fossil animals and temperature in one of the most critical intervals of Earth's history.

– Tyler Lyson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The EIB is the largest multilateral bank on the planet so the bank's proposal to end financing for fossil fuels by the end of 2020/next year would send a very strong signal to the global financial market.

– Yossi Cadan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The scale of the ice loss was immediately evident as we reached altitude but it was only by comparing the images side-by-side that the last 100 years of change were made visible. It was both a breathtaking and heartbreaking experience, particularly knowing that the melt has accelerated massively in the last few decades, unless we drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, there will be little ice left to photograph in another hundred years.

– Kieran Baxter

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It is imperative the government should take serious actions and put pressure on other states and global powers to radically reduce the use of fossil fuels.

– Sarah Lasenby

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's hard to treat oil sands differently (from) coal, because of the similar environmental effects in the extraction, and we decided to treat these fossil fuel products equally.

– Jeanett Bergan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If banks are serious about sustainability and stepping up to address the climate change challenge, we would expect to see a shift in how their sustainable finance commitments compare with their fossil fuel finance, for now, most banks' annualized commitments are considerably less than what they provide to fossil fuels on an annual basis.

– Giulia Christianson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Nature is angry. And we fool ourselves if we think we can fool nature, because nature always strikes back, and around the world nature is striking back with fury, there is a cost to everything. But the biggest cost is doing nothing. The biggest cost is subsidising a dying fossil fuel industry, building more and more coal plants, and denying what is plain as day: that we are in a deep climate hole, and to get out we must first stop digging.

– Antonio Guterres

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is a cost to everything. But the biggest cost is doing nothing. The biggest cost is subsidising a dying fossil fuel industry, building more and more coal plants, and denying what is plain as day: that we are in a deep climate hole, and to get out we must first stop digging.

– Antonio Guterres

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Being climate smart is not an added cost. It's actually smart business and what the business model of the future will look like ... Everything around fossil fuels and daft use of resources will be expensive.

– Ingka Chief Executive Jesper Brodin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If any of you have been to Los Angeles 20 years ago, you'll remember the sky was brown. You go there now, the sky is blue and you know why? Because leaders decided to lead and we took on these big fossil fuel companies, we have some of the most important and strongest laws in the country and we made a difference.

– Sandy Hook

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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