Sentences with phrase «environmental progress report»

«The High Cost of Fear,» a new in - depth Environmental Progress report, uses publicly available data, the best - available peer - reviewed scientific research and simple methods to calculate economic and environmental impacts of a nuclear phase - out in South Korea.

In a new Environmental Progress report, the «The High Cost of Fear,» we calculate a minimum impact of $ 10 billion per year, thousands of avoidable deaths from air pollution, and failure to achieve South Korea's Paris climate commitments.

The New York League of Conservation Voters has issued its «Environmental Progress Report» grading the legislature on its priority issues for the recently adjourned legislative session.

The League's Environmental Progress Report grades progress on its priority issues from A to C.

Environmental Progress reported earlier this year that two top former aides to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo worked with a major Cuomo campaign contributor, the natural gas company Competitive Power Ventures, to close the Indian Point nuclear plant.

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VICTORIA — New Democrats are introducing a bill calling for the creation of a sustainable development board which would report to policy makers about key indicators of economic, environmental and social progress.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

The 2017 Sustainability Report highlights annual progress and key achievements in environmental performance, social responsibility and corporate governance.

The report also describes the company's progress against its 2020 sustainable agriculture and environmental -LSB-...]

WASHINGTON, DC — The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today released a new report spotlighting progress and achievements by food, beverage and consumer products companies as they seek to reduce their environmental footprints and promote sustainable business practices.

Following a status report from consultant Glenn Gidaly of Barton & Loguidice, DPC regarding progress toward submitting a grant application for New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation funding to upgrade Rosendale's water supply system, supervisor Jeanne Walsh rolled all of the town's many annual housekeeping items into a single resolution, expeditiously ensuring that town employees would continue to get paid.

Environmental groups have long raised questions about this track record, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently joined the chorus, releasing a report that charges the agency with taking actions that have «impeded... progress in helping assure the public of safe drinking water.»

Recently, in an article published in the journal Nature Energy, lead author Yong Yan, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, reported a key breakthrough in the basic science essential for progress toward this goal.

Several recent government reports, however, have underlined China's poor performance in meeting its own environmental targets (see China admits failure to make environmental progress).

A hallmark of impact investing is a commitment by the investment's manager to measure and report the social and environmental performance and progress of underlying investments.

Eurostar, the high - speed passenger service between Britain and mainland Europe, today published its first Tread Lightly Report, revealing progress towards achieving its environmental targets.

Last week, the UN's 2013 Human Development Report issued a stark warning: «Environmental inaction, especially regarding climate change, has the potential to halt or even reverse human development progress.»

The analytical report presents work in progress on the scientific understanding of global environmental change, as well as foresight about possible issues on the horizon.

This activity report shares information on the progress made over the last three years across key areas of ICAO's environmental protection activities.

December 12th, 2017 by James Ayre, Clean Technica, followed by https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/11/plug-hybrids-can-cut-emissions-much-pure-electrics/ A new report from the European Energy Agency (EEA) on the state of Europe's progress to date on the achievement of climate and environmental goals relating to the transport sector has been released.

If we try to predict what the situation might be in California two years from now by looking at a time - traveled progress report published in the summer of 2017 concerning the impacts the Governor's order actually had on the process of managing state government — we might conclude than anything under the sun can and will happen, including the possibility that the processes state agencies use in making their decisions are gummed up to such an extent that all of California's regulatory and planning activities which affect environmental issues slow to a crawl or even stop altogether.

The report was authored by the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, a climate justice advocacy group, and Redefining Progress, a nonprofit policy institute.

The strategy, launched in June 2009, was built on the idea of establishing challenging but achievable objectives, in order to improve the NCC's environmental performance in five specific action areas: reducing waste, enhancing biodiversity, preventing pollution, leading in environmental practices and combating climate change.The NCC will present the second annual detailed progress report of its Environmental Strategy at its Board of Directors public meetienvironmental performance in five specific action areas: reducing waste, enhancing biodiversity, preventing pollution, leading in environmental practices and combating climate change.The NCC will present the second annual detailed progress report of its Environmental Strategy at its Board of Directors public meetienvironmental practices and combating climate change.The NCC will present the second annual detailed progress report of its Environmental Strategy at its Board of Directors public meetiEnvironmental Strategy at its Board of Directors public meeting this June.

The Last Friday, Environmental Progress (EP) reported that two top former Cuomo aides under federal prosecution for influence - peddling had lobbied on behalf of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a natural gas company, to kill Indian Point.

As an organization that's focused on taking action to help build a sustainable economy, you're already familiar with the process of measuring and understanding your environmental impact, setting targets for improvement and reporting your progress annually.

Via Joe Romm at Climate Progress this report by Thomas Sterner and Martin Persson from the leading US environmental thinktank, Resources for the Future *, endorsing the key conclusions of the Stern Review.

COTAP commits to the annual monitoring and reporting of our projects» social and environmental progress throughout the lifespan of each project.

The report, «Taking on Big Challenges,» details the progress of Ecomagination (first covered here, with subsequent updates about cheap hydrogen production and nuclear power), GE's commitment to imagine and build innovative technologies that help customers address their environmental and financial needs and help GE grow, and it appears to be a success on all fronts.

(06/07/2012) Scientists warn that the Earth may be reaching a planetary tipping point due to a unsustainable human pressures, while the UN releases a new report that finds global society has made significant progress on only four environmental issues out of ninety in the last twenty years.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee has produced a report on UK progress on reducing Fluorinated gas (F - gas) emissions.

Developed various environmental projects and reported their progress to the management of the company

Leading funding efforts for nonprofit organizations in the Seattle metropolitan area focused on environmental laws and climate change initiatives; writing government and foundation grant proposals, performing interviews to fulfill grant requirements, producing QA and progress reports, and successfully securing funds to accelerate organizations» missions.