Sentences with phrase «adverse impacts»

The letter expressed strong opposition to free - roaming cats within the U.S. «due to the adverse impacts of these non-native predators on federally listed threatened and endangered species, migratory birds, and other vulnerable native wildlife.»

Most of the constituent stocks belong to small and mid-sized companies that are susceptible to price volatility, adverse impacts of economic changes, and limited liquidity.

The use of credit checks has grown and at the same time questions have emerged about the fairness of the practice, whether the results of the credit check correlate to job performance and whether there are any adverse impacts.

Even the government can not ignore this fact and can only try to curb the effects and adverse impacts that are a result of the high risk created by the market activities.

In particular, there could be adverse impacts on a purchaser's sale of an ETF that leaves the program.

The objective of the first subtopic is to develop and demonstrate friction and wear reduction technologies for light -, medium -, or heavy - duty vehicles that improve fuel efficiency of legacy vehicles by at least 2 %, and / or improve fuel efficiency of future vehicles by at least 4 % (improvement based on comparative results from engine dynamometer, chassis dynamometer testing, or test track, e.g., SAE J1321) without adverse impacts on vehicle performance or durability.

In the ensuing 16 years since issuance of its 1995 strategy, the Department has remained committed to these principles and has worked to avoid, minimize, or mitigate disproportionately high and adverse impacts of its programs, policies, and activities on minority and low - income populations.

The Department of Transportation is announcing an initiative to permit, on an experimental basis, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recipients and subrecipients to utilize various contracting requirements that generally have been disallowed due to concerns about adverse impacts on competition.

«My hope in future years is that our superintendent, in partnership with the N.C. General Assembly, will prevent adverse impacts to our students through budget cuts,» said Davis.

Though Ahn and Vigdor concede that North Carolina's implementation of AYP — including merit bonuses to teachers who increased student test score growth — may have ameliorated any possible «adverse impacts» on either top - performing or struggling students, they conclude that high - performing kids can benefit from accountability.

GLSEN recognizes that forces such as racism and sexism have similarly adverse impacts on communities and supports schools in seeking to redress all such inequities.

The field acknowledges these challenges, but we must consider that efforts to raise the bar may have adverse impacts on attaining diverse candidates.

By providing greater accountability of investment in environmental restoration projects, REF helps justify the case for minimizing adverse impacts on human health and the environment.

This highlights the potential adverse impacts of honoring parental requests on the equitable distribution of education resources.

12.4 by 2020 achieve environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle in accordance with agreed international frameworks and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment

14.2 by 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration, to achieve healthy and productive oceans

These are plant based substances that are similar to estrogen and can have adverse impacts on both men and women.

You'll be better able to moderate the adverse impacts of stress.

This study, the largest to date, contributes to growing evidence suggesting that these PBDEs — polybrominated diphenyl ethers --(flame - retardant chemicals) have adverse impacts on child neurobehavioral development.

Both of these conditions can have adverse impacts on both mom and baby, so it's important to address them.

Healthy and productive soil captures more carbon than it releases, and can contribute significantly to mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change.

Plant from multiple species, seed sources, and climate zones, particularly from locally - adapted sources Manage to maintain genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity Create opportunities for rapid natural selection for species with high predicted potential for adverse impacts from climate change (Sturrock et al. 2011; Erickson et al. 2012; Alfaro et al. 2014; FAO 2014) Plant drought tolerant and native species Retain diversity of species and promote legacy trees Manage or restore mosaic (variable pattern of species and ages) and maintain or improve landscape connectivity Plant in asynchronous rotations and manage for diverse age classes Thin, plant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoming)

Michigan State students note how Willie Soon now refutes research indicating adverse impacts from ocean acidification, a global crisis that is married to climate change (both problems stem from humans burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere).

The end of the year also saw international negotiators agree to a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions to keep that temperature from rising beyond 2 °C (3.6 °F) above pre-industrial levels to limit the adverse impacts of warming, such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels and potentially more extreme weather.

A growing number of studies have demonstrated adverse impacts on marine organisms as a result of ocean acidification, including the following: ref

-- The term «most vulnerable communities and populations» means communities and populations that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, including impoverished communities, children, women, and indigenous peoples.

-- The term «most vulnerable developing countries» means, as determined by the Administrator of USAID, developing countries that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, considering the approaches included in any international treaties and agreements.

-- In providing assistance under this section, the Administrator of USAID shall give priority to countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, that are most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, determined by the likelihood and severity of such impacts and the country's capacity to adapt to such impacts.

«Overall, climate change is projected to have substantial adverse impacts on future mortality, even considering only a subset of the expected health effects,» the agency said in its latest «Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Selected Causes of Death.»

«Our empirical results suggest that local entrepreneurial activities or self - employment can also reduce adverse impacts of trade shocks, and it is advisable to better coordinate these kinds of policies in order to achieve greater policy efficiency,» the researchers said.

Senior author Francine Laden, ScD, Professor in the Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology at Harvard Chan School, added, «We are currently working to determine if individuals who make healthier lifestyle choices are less susceptible to the adverse impacts of air pollution, and to determine if similar patterns of susceptibility are seen in men.»

It is difficult to predict who will have worsening heart failure, and these events are not only immediately very discomforting to the patient, but also have other important adverse impacts.»

For individuals, the adverse impacts include greater mental health problems, more physical health complaints, greater burnout and, in the worst case scenario, suicide,» Dr Tuckey says.

Some of the adverse impacts of melting permafrost are changing pathways of ground and surface water, interruptions of regional transportation, and the release to the atmosphere of previously stored carbon.

Yet the two groups of moose do share a similar climate, so Hoy and her team wondered if the skulls of Isle Royale moose would reveal adverse impacts of climate change.

The report notes that, among other adverse impacts, livestock production is responsible for 18 percent of global greenhouse - gas emissions.

Numerous animal studies document their adverse impacts on developmental, metabolic, reproductive and other bodily systems.

Taking into account the disastrous effects of the 2003 and 2010 heat wave events in Europe, and those of 2011 and 2012 in the USA, results show that we may be facing a serious risk of adverse impacts over larger and densely populated areas if mitigation strategies for reducing global warming are not implemented.

«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.

«I don't see how you can call yourself someone progressive, the leader of the City of New York, and not come out or at least consider the prospect of legalizing marijuana, given the adverse impacts on communities of color,» James said.

Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker of the village of Buchanan, which encompasses Indian Point, warned earlier this month that the move could have adverse impacts on her constituents.

The DEC spokeswoman says the agency is continuing the state's on - site monitoring of all operations and air emissions to ensure that there continue to be no adverse impacts to the surrounding community or the environment.

Shelley also believes that climate change denial is a hurting our future and supported Climate and Community Protection Act, a bill that would help put New York on track to minimize the adverse impacts of climate change through a reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resiliency of the state with respect to the impacts and risks of climate change.

A process is in place if unreasonable adverse impacts to agriculture would occur.

«Because of the close proximity of the 137 - unit Ezra Prentice Homes residential housing development to Global's facility, the potential for these proposed changes to have significant adverse impacts on the environment must be fully analyzed,» D.E.C. officials wrote in a letter.

Fracking has also raised concerns about the potential for drinking water contamination and other adverse impacts in densely populated regions unaccustomed to an industry that has until recently been active mostly in the West and Gulf Coast.

«Our board asks our Planning Board attorney to begin researching — using the SEQRA framework — how to construct a findings statement that is conditional on no PILOT and full taxation for Park Point because adverse impacts can not be mitigated.»

«The project's significant benefits to water quality clearly outweigh any minimal adverse impacts to ecologically degraded and underutilized wetlands, which have been disconnected from tributaries by channels constructed by the Army Corps in 1948,» Cuomo wrote.

The Executive Budget's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 8.75 per hour is well - intentioned legislation with unintended, adverse impacts.

Regarding the Solar Farm proposal currently before the Town Board, solar energy is always good, but a large facility has to be reviewed so as to ensure that the adverse impacts, such as the potential impacts on aesthetics and the natural character of the surrounding area, are either avoided or minimized to the point that they are not significant.