Sentences with phrase «environmental barriers in»

The journal article explains how comprehensive data - science methods were applied to a material - science degradation problem of PET films used as an environmental barrier in solar panels.

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In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Baumgartner, who became the first man to break the sound barrier after leaping from 128,100 ft above the Earth almost two weeks ago, urged the US Government to divert the money it spends on Mars toon environmental projects on Earth.

The United States - Chile FTA eliminates tariffs and opens markets, reduces barriers for trade in services, provides protection for intellectual property, ensures regulatory transparency, guarantees nondiscrimination in the trade of digital products, commits the Parties to maintain competition laws that prohibit anticompetitive business conduct, and requires effective labor and environmental enforcement.

«We hope that by continuing to share our methodology and tools we can lower the barrier for other institutions looking to incorporate social and environmental indicators into their due diligence or impact measurement,» Root Capital Senior Associate for Environmental Performance Elizabeth Teague wrote in a March 3 environmental indicators into their due diligence or impact measurement,» Root Capital Senior Associate for Environmental Performance Elizabeth Teague wrote in a March 3 Environmental Performance Elizabeth Teague wrote in a March 3 announcement.

«Based on these production issues and our goal to redesign and relaunch all of our packaging in a sustainable manner, with product protection and environmental concerns in mind, we decided on the new MasterBag Pyramid format and a high - barrier, paper - based outer packaging, following a lengthy development and testing phase,» confirms Thomas Holz, Managing Director and Tea Taster at TeeGschwendner.

CGF is urging all consumer goods companies to phase out harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) focusing on four key points; the installation of new refrigeration equipment in markets where viable, engagement with stakeholders to overcome barriers in markets where installation is not currently viable, reduction of the environmental impact of existing refrigeration systems and the development of individual targets and action plans to measure the first three points.

Marketing manager Nicoletta Maffini said: «Metallised NatureFlex from Innovia Films was a perfect fit for us due not only to its environmental attributes but also its excellent barrier properties to keep our organic Fair Trade chocolate in premium condition.»

Greencorps Chicago is a City of Chicago green industry job training program, run in partnership with WRD Environmental, for individuals with barriers to employment.

The legislation, which aims to tackle barriers to investment in energy efficiency, as well as enhance energy security and enable investment in low carbon energy supplies, has attracted criticism from some environmental groups.

Her doctoral research in environmental science brought education and cleaner air to underprivileged preschoolers, but her success carries a message for all students: that age, race, and disability need not be barriers to higher education.

New research published in ASM's Applied and Environmental Microbiology shows that pathogens can also jump the species barrier to move from humans to animals.

«In the subtropical - to - temperate transition zone south of the Great Barrier Reef, corals are at the limits of their distribution and environmental tolerances, as the water is cooler,» Dr Sommer said.

«It's really important we look at how these types of barriers might prevent landholders from getting involved in environmental offset programs and that we strategically manage weeds so that they don't become an intractable problem in the future.»

«This mobilization effect to meet the fetal demand may trigger the release of POPs to the bloodstream, where they may become available and cross the placenta barrier,» they said in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

In stunning new findings that have laid bare the limitations of marine parks as defenses against rapid environmental change, more than half of the corals surveyed in large chunks of this pristine stretch of the Great Barrier Reef are expected to soon be deaIn stunning new findings that have laid bare the limitations of marine parks as defenses against rapid environmental change, more than half of the corals surveyed in large chunks of this pristine stretch of the Great Barrier Reef are expected to soon be deain large chunks of this pristine stretch of the Great Barrier Reef are expected to soon be dead.

In hopes of getting around these barriers, members from many of these groups — including federal and state fisheries and wildlife agencies, water supply managers, irrigation districts, and environmental groups — came together in 2006 and began hammering out the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCPIn hopes of getting around these barriers, members from many of these groups — including federal and state fisheries and wildlife agencies, water supply managers, irrigation districts, and environmental groups — came together in 2006 and began hammering out the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCPin 2006 and began hammering out the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).

Environmental factors similar to those affecting the present day Great Barrier Reef have been linked to a major slowdown in its growth eight thousand years ago, research led by the University of Sydney shows.

«The city is on a good path... but it needs to be studying the barriers,» said Jeroen Aerts, a professor of risk management at the Institute for Environmental Studies in Amsterdam and lead author of the analysis, which also included researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.

-- The emission allowances provided pursuant to this Act to the States SEED Accounts shall support the implementation through State REEP programs of alternate means of creating incentives for, or reducing financial barriers to, improved energy and environmental performance in buildings, consistent with this section, including --

Disparities in access to critical resources, including preventive or therapeutic drugs, can be due to financial, educational, sociocultural, geographical or environmental barriers.

Some things we might do if we got desperate enough: scrub greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere technologically, geo - engineering to create cooling effects to offset greenhouse heating, [SLIDE 42] lots of adaptation policies, cropping patterns, heat drought and salt - resistant crops, strengthen public health and environmental engineering defenses against tropical disease, new water projects for flood control and drought management, dyke storm surge barriers, avoiding further development on flood plains in near sea level.

In the ocean, however, actively swimming animals like, say, large sharks have few physical barriers and may instead be restricted by their own environmental preferences.

In experiments, environmental and natural toxins — including herbicides and gluten — have been shown to degrade the gut barrier.

However, when the barriers to health are socioeconomic or environmental in nature, it may be difficult for the doctor to remove.

On the other hand, ingredients like alpha hydroxy acids and amino fruit acids can help exfoliate and deep clean, but they can also be overly acidic, which can disrupt the lipid barrier in skin and even weakens skin's natural defenses to environmental pollution.

Environmental factors that impact the gut — GMOs, gluten, herbicides, and antibiotics — can also impact the blood / brain barrier, another critical tight junction system in the body, which is why RESTORE users report enhanced mental clarity.

«Beyond barriers to learning outside the classroom in natural environments» reported that environmental - based education makes other school subjects rich and relevant and gets apathetic students excited about learning.

... Suffice it to say that until unbiased instruction is provided to children — resulting in equal exposure to challenging material, equal opportunity to respond and demonstrate knowledge, equally nurturing relationships, and the absence of discriminatory labels and barriers to accomplishment — one can not fully rule out environmental explanations for the achievement gaps that are documented.»

In addition to educating and inspiring people to make healthy choices, LiveWell Colorado focuses on policy and environmental changes that remove barriers to healthy living opportunities.

IPIC seeks to remove barriers to efficient and effective project permitting and environmental review, support formulation of environmental solutions for multimodal, complex, or otherwise challenging projects, and promote and share best practices across DOT to improve consistency and effectiveness in project delivery.

(c) The Secretary is authorized (directly or by grants or contracts) to conduct studies, investigations, and evaluation of the programs authorized by this ACT, and to make reports, with respect to abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of handicapped individuals, development of their potentialities, their utilization in gainful and suitable employment, and with respect to architectural, transportation, and other environmental and attitudinal barriers to their REHABILITATION, including the problems of homebound, institutionalized, and older blind individuals.

In addition, pets with skin allergies from environmental allergens (atopic dermatitis or atopy) have a poor skin barrier that causes their skin to be more «leaky», more prone to infections and more likely to become dry and flaky.

The five - story, U-shaped, beachfront hotel was designed by LLW Architects of Memphis, Tenn., to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, (LEED) Silver specifications and minimize the hotel's impact on the barrier island's sensitive surroundings.

Great Barrier Reef Environmental Management Charge (EMC) Included in your cruise fare is a per head fee which goes to the Government.

Other environmental attacks include the ring ropes, the turnbuckles, the ringside barrier, the announce table, or through tables that are set up in the ring.

Efforts in the WTO negotiations to eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods and services should be enhanced with a view to disseminating clean technology and skills.

These other factors include the economy, confusion over colder weather and other perceptual biases, general distrust of government, climate policies such as cap and trade that are not easily sold as effective or in line with public values, the absence of White House leadership on the issue, institutional barriers in Congress and at the international level, and the continued communication and policy missteps of some scientists and environmental advocates.

Success stories about harvesting America's wind were shared in terms of overcoming barriers in finances, community permitting, and environmental issues including visual, noise, and avian impacts.

(2007) • Contribution of Renewables to Energy Security (2007) • Modelling Investment Risks and Uncertainties with Real Options Approach (2007) • Financing Energy Efficient Homes Existing Policy Responses to Financial Barriers (2007) • CO2 Allowance and Electricity Price Interaction - Impact on Industry's Electricity Purchasing Strategies in Europe (2007) • CO2 Capture Ready Plants (2007) • Fuel - Efficient Road Vehicle Non-Engine Components (2007) • Impact of Climate Change Policy Uncertainty on Power Generation Investments (2006) • Raising the Profile of Energy Efficiency in China — Case Study of Standby Power Efficiency (2006) • Barriers to the Diffusion of Solar Thermal Technologies (2006) • Barriers to Technology Diffusion: The Case of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (2006) • Certainty versus Ambition — Economic Efficiency in Mitigating Climate Change (2006) • Sectoral Crediting Mechanisms for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Institutional and Operational Issues (2006) • Sectoral Approaches to GHG Mitigation: Scenarios for Integration (2006) • Energy Efficiency in the Refurbishment of High - Rise Residential Buildings (2006) • Can Energy - Efficient Electrical Appliances Be Considered «Environmental Goods»?

It is themed Sustainable and inclusive urban communities through urban agriculture and aims to bring together scientists from different disciplinary perspectives, studying motivations and barriers for individual and group practitioners, social, economic and environmental benefits of urban agriculture for the local communities and cities as a whole, as well as enabling and disabling factors for successful interaction between the local stakeholders in planning, accessing and using urban resources especially land and water.

This presentation provides context to WTO Doha round trade negotiations to reduce or eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in environmental goods and services.

Requires emission allowances to the states» SEED accounts to support the implementation through state REEP programs of alternative means of creating incentives for, or reducing financial barriers to, improved energy and environmental performance in buildings.

-- The emission allowances provided pursuant to this Act to the States SEED Accounts shall support the implementation through State REEP programs of alternate means of creating incentives for, or reducing financial barriers to, improved energy and environmental performance in buildings, consistent with this section, including --

There are no technical barriers to using 50 % renewables on California's grid, according to Laura Wisland's reading of «Investigating a Higher Renewables Portfolio Standard [RPS] in California,» a study by Energy plus Environmental Economics (E3).

electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

The research needs that have high priority in establishing the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of large - scale capture and disposal of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- from electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, more» system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

Conventional CCS technology relies on the use of energy - intensive chemical processes that erect significant economic barriers to widespread deployment, while also creating some negative environmental impacts thanks to toxic chemicals involved in the process.

Major Environmental Issues: Soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species is threatened by clearing for agricultural purposes; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the world, is threatened by increased shipping and its popularity as a tourist site; limited natural fresh water resources.

The results reported in this blog were published in a co-authored manuscript entitled, «Barriers to implementing climate resilient agricultural strategies: The case of crop diversification in the U.S. Corn Belt» in the journal Global Environmental Change.

The conclusions are in from a series of scientific surveys of the Great Barrier Reef bleaching event — an environmental assault on the largest coral ecosystem on Earth — and scientists aren't holding back about how devastating they find them.