Sentences with phrase «contributing about»

contributing about $ 1.6 billion and supporting 10 % of the workforce.

It is no surprise that the military is the largest employer, contributing about $ 6.1 billion to the economy annually.

He had been in the habit of contributing about $ $ 18 a year to the support of a crippled sister.

Two - Thirds West Antarctic Ice Sheet = 3.3 Meters Sea Level Rise What's more, though it's not likely to disappear entirely, about two - thirds of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could well melt — at some point past 2100 — alone contributing about 3.3 meters to global sea levels.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

«We've estimated that deforestation due to burning by humans is contributing about one - fifth of the human - caused greenhouse effect — and that percentage could become larger.»

Melting in West Antarctica is contributing about 1 - 2 millimeters a year to sea levels but that could rise if the acceleration trend continues, Pritchard says.

Global demand is expected to reach 680 quadrillion BTUs in 2040 — an increase of almost 25 percent — with China and India contributing about 45 percent.

Similarly, the climate scenarios were based on 2xCO2 equilibrium GCM projections from three models, where the radiative forcing of climate was interpreted as the combined concentrations of CO2 (555 ppm) and other greenhouse gases (contributing about 15 % of the change in forcing) equivalent to a doubling of CO2, assumed to occur in about 2060.

Right now, California (excepting Los Angeles and Sacramento) is consuming 38,000 MW of power, and renewables are contributing about 2,000 MW.

Tropical deforestation and disturbance are a leading source of global greenhouse gas emissions, contributing about the same share as the transportation sector.

The Thwaites Glacier alone is contributing about 10 % to the current globally averaged rate of sea level rise, which is about 0.13 inches per year, Joughin says.

That because there has been such a widespread destruction in forests and grasslands already and FF use has increased so much that today LULCC is only contributing about 10 % of what FF do now -LRB-?).

From the online calculator I used, we should be contributing about 20k a year to our RRSPs... which we do.

You're only contributing about 7 % of your family income to RRSPs currently, including your employer matching contributions.

Felix Rousseau, 25, a communications technician the military, is new to TFSA investing and just started contributing about two years ago.

We find that contributing about 12 % of your pre-tax income each year should be fine for most people, as long as you contribute regularly, invest wisely and don't take on a massive mortgage or large amounts of other debt.

Pinterest and Twitter are the other significant players here, contributing about 20 percent and 10 percent of referrals to online shopping sites.

Some days I'm tired, stressed, or grumpy, and I'm contributing about 10 percent to the marriage, and Jessie has to take the 90 percent.

As Arctic temperatures rise at about double the rate of the planet as a whole, Greenland's surface has been melting at a steady clip, contributing about 30 percent of the foot of global sea level rise since 1900.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

It is noteworthy that whereas ice melt from glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets is very important in the sea level budget (contributing about 40 %), the energy associated with ice melt contributes only about 1 % to the Earth's energy budget.

(The E.U. is scheduled to cover 45 % of the project's total cost, with the other six partners — China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States — contributing about 9 % each.)

The next biggest external source of radiation is, well, pretty much everything around us, contributing about 28 millirems per year.

However, with cost estimates rising, the government has proposed to have Tepco bear roughly 70 percent of the cost, with other electricity companies contributing about 20 percent and the government — that is, taxpayers — paying about 10 percent.

But they have an outsized impact, contributing about as much to VOC emissions as gasoline and diesel do.

There were 28 different tax - exempt foundations recorded as contributing about $ 60,000 to candidates or partisan groups.

The initiative will see MTN contributing about 200,000 Ghana cedis annually, towards the surgery and treatment with children living with hole in heart.

Executives and employees at real estate firms are among those contributing about $ 30 million to the Dems as of late August.

Fox Valley Villages is contributing about two miles of paths to the park district «s extensive linear trail system.

He could and should just add $ 5,758 to his 401k contribution a year by contributing about $ 500 extra pre-tax to minimize his tax expenses.

Eighteen months ago, export values were growing at 25 — 30 per cent, with growth in prices and underlying quantities each contributing about half of the overall increase.

It's a business that's now worth an estimated $ 650 million, contributing about two - thirds of his net worth.

The idea of contributing about all of her income into an individual retirement account seems too good to be true, but maybe it can be done.

If you've been taking advantage of automatic enrollment for a 401k plan through your employer, you've probably been contributing about 3 percent of your income towards that retirement fund.

According to company documents, Zynga contributed about 15 percent of Facebook's revenue in the first quarter of 2012, compared to 19 percent in the same quarter of 2011.

Texas contributes about 10 % to Home Depot's revenue, according to research firm Global Data.

In Social Security, taxpayers will contribute about $ 1 to its trust fund for every $ 1.10 retirees are projected receive in benefits over the next decade.

(Drywall accounts for about 1 percent of emissions worldwide, Surace estimates; heat loss through windows contributes about 5 percent.)

Los Angeles - based EHarmony plans to launch its recruitment service - Elevated Careers - in 2016, and expects the business to contribute about 60 percent of the company's revenue within three years.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has contributed about half a million dollars towards the construction of a walk trail on Rottnest Island, making it the largest contribution to the island by a corporate entity.

The UAW contributed about $ 5.6 million to that committee.

Nov 9 - Luxury apparel maker Canada Goose Holdings expects its fledgling direct - to - consumer business to contribute about half its profits in the long term, from about 14 percent in the three months through September, chief executive officer Dani Reiss said on Thursday.

Combined, they contribute about 48 % higher profit to their companies than average managers do.

Kodak said in a filing that it contributed about $ 245 million to its United States pension obligations last year, and that it has been unable to shrink those liabilities to a more manageable level.

The company's operations in Asia have normally contributed about 15 % of its total profits, with Hong Kong accounting for most of its Asian earnings.

These two factors alone contributed about $ 10 billion annually to deficit reduction.

Instead, the Bank has actually contributed about $ 3.8 billion in profits to taxpayers since 2009.

The employment figures, the highest since March of this year, was led by the service sector, which contributed about 150,000 jobs, while the manufacturing sector added 85,000 employees to its payroll.

The State Department estimated the $ 8 billion project would generate about 1,950 construction jobs annually in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas over a two - year period and contribute about $ 3.4 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product.