Sentence examples for opposed carbon from inspiring English sources

But Britain has long opposed carbon taxes, raising doubts over whether the tax could win approval.

BP is also a card-carrying member of a trade organisation that lobbied against the EU setting renewables and energy efficiency targets for 2030; and opposed carbon pricing while supporting it publicly.

He has surrounded himself with mainstream, pro-free-trade economists, watered down (though failed to veto) "Buy America" provisions in the fiscal stimulus, and opposed carbon tariffs in the cap-and-trade bill now before Congress.

The Senates in both states are narrowly split between Democrats and Republicans, who have generally opposed carbon-reduction measures as too costly to consumers and burdensome for businesses.

Some environmentalists oppose carbon capture from coal under any circumstances.

That Seattle Times headline seemed to be restating the obvious, that oil companies will always oppose carbon pricing.

But here in Washington State, where the legislature is currently debating cap and trade legislation, the oil industry is opposing carbon pricing with everything it's got.

It's worth noting that Public Citizen recently had obtained information revealing that Google's Senior Energy Policy Counsel participated in ALEC meetings as recently as July -- meetings whose agenda included opposing carbon regulations and expanding natural gas exports.

The $2 million Steyer is contributing to the fund, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, is in addition to the $100 million he has pledged to spend on political campaigns against Republican candidates who deny climate change or oppose carbon emission reductions.

As it is part of the heptazine ring, linked by a double and a single bond to two opposing carbon atoms, the sp-bonded nitrogen atom is the principle participant that contributes to band-gap absorption and therefore is an extremely important part of the structure.

She opposed a carbon tax.