Sentences with phrase «economic harm in»

Although oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform site may in fact be creating the greatest environmental and economic harm in U.S. history so far, there is new evidence that another looming environmental problem is likely to produce far worse environmental and economic impacts not only for the United States but particularly for some of the poorest people around the world.

Under the treaty, the word «adaptation» is restricted to adaptation to adverse effects of warming from human - generated greenhouse gases (and to economic harm in, for example, places like Saudi Arabia that pump oil; they'll be standing in line for some of the cash).

But others feared a listing would cause massive economic harm in the 11 western states where the bird lives, and fuel political efforts to gut the law.

Not exact matches

However, as long as there is not significant job loss or reduction in economic growth, there does not appear to be a great deal of harm in having a higher minimum wage even if the benefits are relatively modest.

«Daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling under New York law, causing the same kinds of social and economic harms as other forms of illegal gambling, and misleading New York consumers... Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country.

Symptoms include lack of energy, changes in appetite and sleep patterns, substance abuse, anxiety, and thoughts of self - harm, which, while clearly not great for mental or physical health, also take a toll on economic productivity.

The Remain campaign would have us believe the EU would impose tariff barriers in retribution, but the truth is we import nearly # 70bn more from the continent than we sell there, so it would be an absurd act of economic self - harm for the EU to start a trade war with Britain.

It has produced a 23 - page report warning of dire economic consequences if the state follows North Carolina's path by pursuing a policy that would harm tourism, alienate employers and dissuade talented millennials from staying in or moving to Texas.

Within a broader framework — which seeks to protect the full range of interests that antitrust laws were enacted to safeguard — the potential harms include lower income and wages for employees, lower rates of new business creation, lower rates of local ownership, and outsized political and economic control in the hands of a few.407

In fact they were in conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulIn fact they were in conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulin conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulin our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm resulin the weaker countries lest global environmental harm result.

Worse, in allying themselves with conservative interests, people at and near the bottom wind up supporting economic causes» privatization, low taxes, deregulation» that objectively do them harm.

APHIS can not run away from its regulatory responsibilities to protect farmers from environmental and economic harm that are the direct result of GE contamination in the promotion of agricultural biotechnologies.

He questioned the view that we need not be concerned with heavy concentration, instead preferring «standard economic wisdom» that «mergers resulting in high levels of concentration in markets with substantial barriers to entry will usually reduce competition and cause harm to consumers and our economy.»

Beyond the food safety vulnerabilities, food fraud creates tremendous economic harm and undermines peoples» trust in the food supply chain, extending to companies, the food industry and even public institutions.

There are a few exceptions: If you're in the highest paid 10 percent of wage earners at your company and your manager can show that your absence would cause substantial economic harm to the organization, you can be denied «restoration,» which is the guarantee that you can return to the same or an equivalent job.

Most Americans had no idea that «pink slime» was in 70 % of our nation's ground beef supply until widespread news reports exposed that fact last spring, and it was evidently such an unwelcome surprise that stores began dropping the product in response, causing serious economic harm to its manufacturers.

There are a few exceptions: Your employer isn't required to keep your job open for you if you're in the highest - paid 10 percent of wage earners at your company and your employer can show that your absence would cause substantial economic harm to the organization.

The state's top economic development official says a plan in Congress to eliminate the historic tax credit program would harm efforts to revitalize cities in New York.

There was a perception that Britain leaving the EU would harm Portugal's economic interests (17 articles) and would also be bad for tourism and for Portuguese workers in the UK.

Ms Lagarde reiterated her support for the UK's current economic policy, but warned that finding the right balance and not consolidating too quickly in a way which could harm recovery and job prospects was a challenge for advanced economies.

«In such a make - believe world, economic reality is marginalised and the eurocrats plough on, regardless of the harm that is being done.»

A smoker, for example, tends not to suffer the economic harms that have social costs as a heroin addict as it tends not to impair abilities in the same way, so they have less burden on social programs.

FURIOUS Tory MPs told Germany to stop meddling in UK affairs after Angela Merkel's top economic advisers declared Brexit must be stopped - because it will harm our economy.

Fred Floss, director of the union - backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than two percent a year, would result in what his group calls a decade of austerity that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

Eligible businesses must be located in Erie County and be able to document the economic or physical harm that they suffered during the storm.

Recall that the Economic Community Of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice had in December 2012 ordered the government to hold oil companies and other perpetrators of the environmental damage accountable, ensure reparation for the collective harm done to the communities; restore within the shortest possible time the environment of the Niger Delta; and prevent the occurrence of damage to the environment.

In short, parliament must be ready to exercise veto power over any Brexit deal that does not ultimately serve the national interest — because this government simply can not be trusted not to deliver serious economic self - harm on the altar of blind ideology.

In 2008, during a BBC One This Week interview between Abbott, Michael Portillo and Andrew Neil about who was history's worst dictator, Abbott said about the Chinese dictator Mao Zedong: «I suppose some people will judge that on balance Mao did more good than harm... He led his country from feudalism, he helped to defeat the Japanese and he left his country on the verge of the great economic success they are having now.»

«New York, the financial capital of the world, is leading the nation in taking decisive action to protect consumers and our financial system from serious economic harm that is often perpetrated by state - sponsored organizations, global terrorist networks and other criminal enterprises,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.

Fred Floss, director of the union backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than 2 % a year, would result in what his group calls a «decade of austerity,» that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

«Political instability can lead to economic instability, and this can lead to a health crisis with the most vulnerable people in society the most likely to be harmed,» said Silverman.

The nearly 33,000 road deaths and more than 3.9 million injuries in 2010 cost Americans $ 871 billion in economic loss and societal harm, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

In addition to economic value lost in the timber sector, drought reduces water quality, harms the quality of recreation activities, decreases rangelands suitable for livestock grazing and boosts wildfire risIn addition to economic value lost in the timber sector, drought reduces water quality, harms the quality of recreation activities, decreases rangelands suitable for livestock grazing and boosts wildfire risin the timber sector, drought reduces water quality, harms the quality of recreation activities, decreases rangelands suitable for livestock grazing and boosts wildfire risk.

But the likelier outcome isn't the emergence of a supervirus as much as an overall increase in pathogen pollution — nuisance infections that drain health and economic resources, harming people, crops and livestock.

And in New Orleans, a substantial group of African - American voters believed that the financial harm done by firing thousands of teachers after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 undermined the economic base of the black community, hurting students more than the school improvements helped them.

Segregated schools continue to disproportionately harm Black and Latino students and schools are becoming more and more segregated by race and socio - economic status every day, especially in states like California.

It's estimated that in terms of economic loss and societal harm, car crashes cost the U.S. $ 871 billion each year.

In the same way, corporations have a right to not have to worry about being harmed by those that might have an economic interest in their demisIn the same way, corporations have a right to not have to worry about being harmed by those that might have an economic interest in their demisin their demise.

Mortgage rates would rise, and other interest rates would rise, harming economic activity, but the economic tempo would still increase as people would seek to use their money before it declines in value.

Merely because a life insurance company has an economic interest in not selling insurance to someone who might harm the insured, does not mean that the insurable interest argument relies on the self - interest of the insurer.

In the U.S., outsourcing is a hot topic; whether it helps or harms the economy is the subject of frequent debate among economic experts.

EHV - 1 and EHV - 4 can cause significant economic harm to the U.S. equine industry.2 An outbreak of EHV - 1 at the Hawthorne Race Course in suburban Chicago in October 2012 resulted in four confirmed cases, two horse deaths and numerous quarantines, prompting officials to cancel a day of racing.

In a series of cases subsequent to Palila, [FN96] plaintiffs with economic interests dependant on the forestry industry challenged the FWS» definition of harm, primarily the inclusion of habitat modification and degradation.

If a city that is the economic engine of a state can not find support for its chosen path to clearing its streets of traffic estimated to cause billions of dollars in lost productivity, that doesn't bode well for a world with astonishingly variegated nations trying to find a common path to limit climate risks without harming economies.

There's plenty to do to ensure that gas extraction takes place in ways that don't threaten states with environmental or economic harm.

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

In addition to the harm caused to individuals and communities, these impacts carry significant economic consequences.

Since we began in December 2012, we have added to our concerns the economic and social harm caused by rocketing power prices and unreliable power supplies, the product of heavily subsidised and intermittent wind power: the results that have played out in Australia's wind power capital, South Australia, will cripple that State at an economic and social level for decades to come.

Climate deniers live in a fantasy world where (i) rising temperature can do no economic harm to the planet and (ii) any attempt to mitigate rising temperature will bankrupt the planet.

The evidence for this widespread failure to understand the practical significance of seeing climate change as a moral issue includes the almost universal failure of the press or advocates of climate change policies to ask those governments, businesses, organizations, or individuals who oppose national climate change policies on the grounds of national economic cost alone whether they deny that in addition to national economic interest nations must comply with their obligations, duties, and responsibilities to prevent harm to millions of poor, vulnerable people around the world.