Sentences with phrase «by environmental constraints»

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Once again they can only explain away by appeal to another principle of order: for example, the neo-Darwinian argument that life on earth only seems to be teleological «because of environmental and molecular constraints on the direction of change» (from the online Wikipedia entry for «orthogenesis»).

If the need for more school places is identified, options for best meeting the need are considered by a multi ‑ disciplinary team of officers taking account of the number of places required, location, property and site feasibility, cost, environmental issues, school effectiveness and any town planning constraints.

By alleviating some of the inevitable constraints such as funding and lack of choice, Governor Scott is opening the door for schools to take charge of their students» learning while making responsible fiscal, environmental, and educational decisions.

If Dr. Hansen never imagined Scenario A as being a real possibility for the next 20 years, I guess indicated by his description «Scenario A, since it is exponential, must eventually be on the high side of reality in view of finite resource constraints and environmental concerns, even though the growth of emissions in Scenario A (~ 1.5 % yr - 1) is less than the rate typical of the past century (~ 4 % yr - 1)» then his subsequent comment (PNAS, 2001) «Second, the IPCC includes CO2 growth rates that we contend are unrealistically large» seems to indicate that Dr. Hansen doesn't support some of the more extreme SRES scenarios.

EcoOptimism attempts to cut through the negativism implied in so much of the environmental movement and explore the flip side — the opportunities that are presented by what appear to be constraints.

One major concern of environmental staff in the regulated community is an environmental constraint that can not be achieved by the actions of the affected sources.

«By analysing the potential impact of future carbon constraints driven by global climate change policies, our study shows a deterioration in the financial risk profiles for smaller oil companies that could lead to negative outlooks and downgrades,» said Michael Wilkins, head of environmental finance at Standard & Poor'By analysing the potential impact of future carbon constraints driven by global climate change policies, our study shows a deterioration in the financial risk profiles for smaller oil companies that could lead to negative outlooks and downgrades,» said Michael Wilkins, head of environmental finance at Standard & Poor'by global climate change policies, our study shows a deterioration in the financial risk profiles for smaller oil companies that could lead to negative outlooks and downgrades,» said Michael Wilkins, head of environmental finance at Standard & Poor's.

The economic constraint on environmental action can easily be seen by looking at what is widely regarded as the most far - reaching establishment attempt to date to deal with The Economics of Climate Change in the form of a massive study issued in 2007 under that title, commissioned by the UK Treasury Office.7 Subtitled the Stern Review after the report's principal author Nicholas Stern, a former chief economist of the World Bank, it is widely viewed as the most important, and most progressive mainstream treatment of the economics of global warming.8 The Stern Review focuses on the target level of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) concentration in the atmosphere necessary to stabilize global average temperature at no more than 3 °C (5.4 °F) over pre-industrial levels.

They say that now that the «well - heeled national environmental groups out of the picture» by agreeing to the deal, TXU will have an easier time minimizing costly environmental constraints.

And although such constraints are not directly connected to climate change driven by profligate combustion of fossil fuels, what humans achieve is a combination of genetic and environmental limitations.

Due to environmental reasons, the development of the transmission system is more and more affected by stricter constraints and limitations in terms of licensing procedures and construction times.

Of course, they do go on to explain that if one factors in environmental and economic constraints not covered by their opposition, then the difference drops to just 1.8 times higher.

Architects are involved throughout the construction process of buildings by effectively adapting their plans based on client needs, environmental factors, and budget constraints.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS * Saved 6 multi-million dollar programs from failure or stagnation while improving ROI by up to 30 % while reducing critical timeline constraints with process improvements, team involvement and dynamic approaches * Successfully developed high performance teams in departments ranging from 5 to 35 employees * Brought one environmental laboratory from overall negative cash - flow to high profitability in 5 months...