Sentences with phrase «early knowledge»

Furthermore, while early knowledge of fractions and division were found to be good predictors of students» overall mathematics achievement in high school, they were poor predictors of skill in other areas, such as spelling or passage comprehension.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Uncertainty has quadrupled (while that which I hold as certainty has merely doubled), and so on with the occasional backtrack to re-examine earlier knowledge, until I become omnipotent (which I suspect will never actually occur).

Back in the Depression of the 1930s, he worked as a farm laborer gaining early knowledge of the land and working conditions at that time.

«It's a story with striking parallels to the investigations into ExxonMobil's early knowledge of climate change and later efforts to deceive investors, policymakers and the public on the issue,» EPI said.

In the aftermath of the scandal, Winterkorn apologized but denied that he had early knowledge of wrongdoing.

All that we can say with confidence, however, is that our earliest knowledge of humankind takes us back only to the point where humans were already scattered into groups, living a tribal existence, each with its own language and culture.

Hugh, Did you have early knowledge (even by a matter of hours) of the Kindle Scout program?

One of the best ways to do this is to get an early knowledge of the disease, recognize its symptoms early on so that treatment can begin early which may save the breed from a lot of trouble.

Think Big Tobacco, which had early knowledge of the cancer dangers of its products.

Despite this early knowledge, by 1989 some powerful utility interests had joined...

to the investigations into ExxonMobil's early knowledge and ongoing deception on climate change.

Despite this early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

It is a story with striking parallels to the investigations into ExxonMobil's early knowledge and ongoing deception on climate change.

Energy and Policy Institute's recent report, «Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities» Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968 - 2017» reveals that scientists had begun to warn electric utilities about climate change by 1968.

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities» Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968 - 2017