Sentences with phrase «determine whether plants»

States would have exclusive authority to regulate the growing and processing of industrial hemp and determine whether plants meet concentration limits.

In the next two years, legal decisions affecting roughly two - thirds of the state's coal - fired power plants are expected to determine whether those plants have any future...»

While it is up to the N.R.C. to determine whether plants are licensed to operate, the state licenses the facilities» use of river water for operations and can theoretically put a halt to operations by withholding or limiting permission on the basis of concerns over water quality.

While it is up to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to determine whether plants are licensed to operate, the state licenses the facilities» use of river water for operations, and can theoretically put a halt to operations by withholding or limiting permission on the basis of concerns over water quality.

Stack had been given six months to determine whether the plant should be scrapped or saved.

As a result, the changing severity and intensity of wind and storms, as well as the changing habits and population sizes of animals all determine whether a plant will move an inch or a mile in a given season, regardless of temperature.

Not exact matches

Many of its adherents refuse to acknowledge the sanctity and equality of human life, instead taking the so - called «quality of life» approach, which determines the moral value of each organism — whether human, animal, or plant — by measuring its individual cognitive capacities.

Such tests will determine whether a problem in growing healthy plants is due to nutrition or a physical defect in the soil, such as poor texture or chemicals.

Now, whether this is specifically because of the plant protein, or the fiber, or the antioxidants, etc. is to be determined.

The EPA has asked nine City of Lockport residential property owners for permission to take soil samples at their homes, because it is trying to determine whether there was off - site contamination from the former Flintkote plant on Mill Street, which the agency tore down last year in a Superfund cleanup project.

But no one had studied the sediment record in enough detail to determine whether the animals and plants actually endured without variation prior to the extraterrestrial impact.

Cartan - Hansen described the importance of the research in determining whether the outbreak of white nose syndrome had reached southwestern Idaho (there was no evidence of it in the power plant building), and she noted that humans can spread the disease by transporting the fungus on their shoes and clothing from caves harboring infected bats.

In the past, researchers have examined herbal medicines by running assays for toxic compounds and using DNA tests to determine whether a specific plant or animal is present.

The researchers, led by Sara Jaeger, Jeremy McRae, and Richard Newcomb of Plant and Food Research in New Zealand, found that for four of the ten odors tested, there was indeed a genetic association, suggesting that differences in the genetic make - up determine whether a person can or can not smell these compounds.

Five University of Alberta researchers, including students, participated in a leading global initiative to determine whether there are widespread and consistent patterns in plant biodiversity.

One area that requires scientific expertise is environmental assessment, in which the site that will house the turbines is studied to determine whether drinking water, plants, or animals will be affected by a new wind - power facility.

«Using satellite - based remote - sensing equipment can allow scientists, and therefore policymakers, to determine with accuracy whether carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides detected in the vicinity are truly from the plant, or from other sources,» said Rodica Lindenmaier, postdoctoral research associate and first author of the paper.

«At plant level, probes can be positioned at continuous levels of depth to determine the salt concentration to which roots are exposed and whether this concentration changes with the depth of the soil or in different weather conditions.

Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether exotic marine plants successfully invade new territory and replace native species, UNSW Sydney - led research shows.

«We're trying to determine whether or not there was an increase in plant productivity, or huge algae blooms in the ocean, that died and fell to the sea floor, basically burying CO2.

Robinson is working with the coal - mining company, Solid Energy New Zealand, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology to determine whether certain soil amendments will reduce plant uptake of cadmium.

The executive director will consult with the editor - in - chief and Publications Committee chair to determine whether to convene an Ethics Review Committee (ERC; president, past president, editors - in - chief of both Plant Physiology ® and The Plant Cell, Publications Committee chair, and the editorial board member who is handling the manuscript in question).

The real important question is what is Earth's climate sensitivity since this will determine if doubling the amount of CO2 (say, by 2100AD) will increase the temperature by 1 or by 5 °C, and whether CO2 is just plant food or also a pollutant.

The ultimate key in determining whether to eat a food is weighing the cost / benefit ratio — eating a plant based on its nutrient density versus its toxic load.

Now, whether this is specifically because of the plant protein, or the fiber, or the antioxidants, etc. is to be determined.

Just two days after the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources» Office of Oversight and Investigations released a damning review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (mis) use of science in determining whether or not various plant and animal species should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the Department of the Interior announced a new policy likely to make matters worse.

Whether in the acrylic flower forms he has burgeoning off small panels or the vast, almost drapery - like gouaches on paper he has bedecked with yet more stylized floral, and animal, forms, Zakanitch celebrates nature - plants, birds, other wild beings - in a way that determines a fine line between the naïve and the elegant, the dopey and the exquisitely limned, the hermetic and the expository.

The key factors determining carbon emissions for corn - based ethanol are (1) whether coal or natural gas is used to power the ethanol plant, (2) whether distillers grains are dried or sold wet, and (3) whether expansion of corn acreage comes mainly from reduced acreage of lower - value crops or if idled land is brought into production.

U.S. scientists are also currently working to determine whether radioactive material from the plant has reached the kelp beds off the California coast.

Does any of this help the farmer determining when or whether to plant a crop?

-- In any criminal action, civil action, or administrative proceeding, a State regulating the growing and processing of industrial hemp under State law shall have exclusive authority to determine whether any such plant meets the concentration limitation set forth in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of section 102 and such determination shall be conclusive and binding.».

The Supreme Court has already accepted several challenges to an EPA regulation cutting mercury pollution from power plants, and it will determine whether the agency should have taken into consideration how much the rules would cost utilities.

To determine whether the electric power industry made optimal choices, we analyzed all power plants built since 1973.

The Grapes of Change will determine whether CO2 is important or not — but it is the temperature that is decreasing — and the increase in CO2 is maintaining the plant growth neccessary for our food etc..

The legislation also would allow states authority to determine whether any such plant meets the exclusion.

Additionally, the bill gives States exclusive authority in this matter, in any criminal or civil action or administrative proceeding, to determine whether any such plant meets that concentration limit.

By three to one (75 %) the public believes that the EPA, not Congress, should determine whether stricter limits are needed on air pollution from electric power plants.

To determine whether the power industry made optimal choices, we analyzed EIA data on all 5,242 reported generation plants, separating plants built by firms with monopoly - protected territories and plants built by independent power producers.

Splash a new coat of paint on the exterior, pick up the trash around the grounds, plant fresh flowers, and restripe the parking lot — then cash in on the goodwill you've bought from the residents and work on the long - term changes that will determine whether the project lives or dies.

Check out your local nursery and determine whether or not you will need annual flowering plants which require full sun or shade.