Sentences with phrase «environmental issues in this country»

«No. 1, Scott Pruitt — that's the biggest environmental issue in the country right now,» Boyajian said to applause at a forum at SUNY Adirondack earlier this month.

I hate to say this, but part of our present - and human - centric ego problems relating to environmental issues in this country is religion.

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Many countries look to the United States Coast Guard for setting maritime standards across the world as well, not just on safety but also on security and also on environmental issues, so very unique in that regard.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Earlier today, South Korea's deputy director for environmental issues told Bloomberg they «found it necessary» to begin an investigation into similar cars sold in their country.

Although TPP is often seen as another in a line of treaties aimed at liberalizing trade further, a more important goal may have been to «raise the bar» on trade, and to set up a body of rules, including on environmental and labor issues, with which to create pressure for countries like China to comply.

China should be poised to become the biggest country in the world in economic terms within a few years, but its environmental issues might stop that from happening.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

I have tried to go beyond this by starting the conversation around environmental issues faced by the poor in developing countries and around small - scale non-political solutions.

All three give editorial priority to environmental issues, all three have invested heavily in different language sites or country - specific sites, and all three are «digital natives» with a strong interest in which format works on which platforms.

Yet the granting of more powers would produce a profound change in the range of mechanisms available to address environmental issues; the country's authorities could then take an integrated approach to governmental and legislative powers.

The government has previously been at pains to emphasise its green credentials, though environmental issues have recently taken a backseat in the wake of the country's economic woes.

Pete Demola April 22, 2018 The Sun Plattsburgh − Earth Day is serious business in the Adirondacks and across the North Country, and the public took advantage of the sunny weather over the weekend to celebrate the global event designed to boost awareness of environmental issues.

In Africa alone, the continent with the highest fertility rate and lowest use of modern contraceptives, 26 countries will double their population by 2050, according to the U.N. «Fundamentally if you're looking at World Population Day, it is at heart a women's rights issue,» said Roger - Mark DeSouza director of population, environmental security and resilience at the non-partisan policy Wilson Center, based in Washington, D.C. World Population Day is meant to draw attention to the challenges we face with a human population that is constantly growinIn Africa alone, the continent with the highest fertility rate and lowest use of modern contraceptives, 26 countries will double their population by 2050, according to the U.N. «Fundamentally if you're looking at World Population Day, it is at heart a women's rights issue,» said Roger - Mark DeSouza director of population, environmental security and resilience at the non-partisan policy Wilson Center, based in Washington, D.C. World Population Day is meant to draw attention to the challenges we face with a human population that is constantly growinin Washington, D.C. World Population Day is meant to draw attention to the challenges we face with a human population that is constantly growing.

Still, just 4 percent of people say environmental issues in general are the top issue facing the country today.

That work, published online in Environmental Health Perspectives on May 4, found that living near toxic sites leads to health impacts comparable to all the combined malaria issues in those three countries, or as much as the total negative impacts of air pollution.

Application is an environmental issue in industrialized countries like the United States because of high energy input, increased greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and other adverse effects on ecosystems and human health.

AmeriCorps is a national network of service programs that connects more than 100,000 Americans each year to serve our country's most critical needs in areas including environmental issues, disaster relief and education.

He acknowledged African Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in showcasing good Practices in environmental management saying this will promote the entrenchment of environmental issues into the mainstream of various planning and policy instruments at all levels, in all countries.

- The objectives of WTM World Responsible Tourism Day are to drive these changes within the tourism industry by educating both the sector and individual travelers on more responsible travel behavior, sharing knowledge about how countries and destinations can be made more sustainable, educating the market on key environmental issues related to tourism, and harnessing the influence of World Travel Market in driving the responsible tourism agenda forward.

The installation above, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was organized by Vanessa Dalmau, an artist and campaigner who founded 350 Dominicana, a youth group focused on the ethical issues raised by an environmental problem when the source of emissions is mainly rich countries and anticipated impacts are mainly in poorer ones.

It's clear that the European Commission and many politicians know that this is wrong, but there's been a lot of pressure from some nations — notably the heavily forested Nordic countries that are normally leaders on environmental issues — to leave the carbon accounting loophole in place, because it's making it so much easier for everybody to hit their climate targets.

There is a carbon sequestration project that to my knowledge is not currently listed in the «environmental projects in poor countries» as usually defined, that helps address these issues: we could pay farmers to crop carbon.

Water in the Middle East is no longer just an environmental concern but also a fraught political issue, as allocation of water resources and wastewater treatment develop into additional sources of conflict between Israel and its neighboring countries.

Some of his previous roles include: Partnership Director at Plugged In, an organization working in East Palo Alto, California that connects individuals and cultivates minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology; International Production Coordinator at Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, which created the largest video archive in the world, containing more than 52,000 interviews conducted in 56 countries around the world; Youth Manager at the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, which engaged more than 800 teens a year in community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of BelaruIn, an organization working in East Palo Alto, California that connects individuals and cultivates minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology; International Production Coordinator at Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, which created the largest video archive in the world, containing more than 52,000 interviews conducted in 56 countries around the world; Youth Manager at the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, which engaged more than 800 teens a year in community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of Belaruin East Palo Alto, California that connects individuals and cultivates minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology; International Production Coordinator at Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, which created the largest video archive in the world, containing more than 52,000 interviews conducted in 56 countries around the world; Youth Manager at the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, which engaged more than 800 teens a year in community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of Belaruin the world, containing more than 52,000 interviews conducted in 56 countries around the world; Youth Manager at the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, which engaged more than 800 teens a year in community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of Belaruin 56 countries around the world; Youth Manager at the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, which engaged more than 800 teens a year in community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of Belaruin community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of Belaruin the forests of Belarus.

This programme aims to introduce green growth as a solution for addressing the development challenges facing countries in Asia and the Pacific; to familiarize participants with appropriate assessment tools to measure emerging environmental / economic / social issues in the region; to assist with the integration of green growth concepts into socio - economic policy planning.

In a few years Greenpeace spread to several countries and started to campaign on other environmental issues such as commercial whaling and toxic waste.

Writing in Environmental Research Letters (ERL), a team advises that if the country is to achieve national goals and increase utilization up to US levels, in addition to addressing the much - discussed issues related to grid integration, China will need policy measures to address turbine siting and technology choices.

Pakistan's federal Ministry of Environment, already struggling to address growing climate - related disasters, ran into problems in June 2011, when an amendment to the country's constitution suddenly devolved increased power to provincial governments, despite fears that provincial - level officials might lack the capacity and competency to deal with pressing environmental issues.

But lead paint remains a major environmental health issue in developing countries — including the Philippines.

... we have political extremists — some of them in our own country — who would have the United States evade and ignore tough issues like global climate change, ozone depletion, or any number of threats to human and environmental health.

CLIMATE 2011: Relatively little scholarly work has focused on comparative evaluation of South Asian countries» environmental performance (EP) in addressing issues of vulnerability to climate change.

In the years since winning the Prize, Ona has stayed actively involved in many environmental issues facing Gabon and neighboring countrieIn the years since winning the Prize, Ona has stayed actively involved in many environmental issues facing Gabon and neighboring countriein many environmental issues facing Gabon and neighboring countries.

He is often invited to participate as an expert on environmental finance issues, including with the US State Department, UK government, OECD, United Nations and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, as well as with government ministries in forest countries such as Brazil and Peru and with other NGOs.

Simonov believes that China is already conscious of existing environmental lapses and double - standards in its domestic and overseas development priorities and plans, and he emphasizes that this is why in spring 2017 the country issued its «Guidance on Promoting Green Belt and Road.»

For many journalists, especially those working in developing countries, coverage of sensitive environmental issues is severely constrained by a lack of accessible information and data.

More than three - quarters of these plants are proposed in India and China, nations already struggling with air quality and environmental issues associated with coal emissions, and coal remains an existing source in many countries.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives.

More forecasting and critical evaluation, less dawdling on existing, well studied issues: that, in a nutshell, is the main recommendation made by a broad coalition of 35 scientists, environmentalists, journalists and policymakers, who were asked to put their collective brainpower together to draw up a list of the 25 future environmental threats that might arise in the U.K. up to 2050 (but could just as well apply to most countries around the world).

To remedy this, she suggests encouraging more women to go into environmental fields, increasing women's representation in decision - making roles, and educating a broader spectrum of women about water issues through nontraditional methods like soap operas — which have already proven successful in other countries at boosting awareness about population and family planning.

Socialist and Communist countries are often the worst in this regard, so increasing the role of the state in their economies may result in particularly bad problems with environmental issues.

He acknowledged African Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in showcasing good Practices in environmental management saying this will promote the entrenchment of environmental issues into the mainstream of various planning and policy instruments at all levels, in all countries.

In no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actionIn no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actionin rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actionin poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actions.

China was the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, ranking at number 118 out of 178 countries in Yale University's Environmental Performance Index from 2016, which ranks countries based on their performances on environmental issues regarding protecting the health of humans anEnvironmental Performance Index from 2016, which ranks countries based on their performances on environmental issues regarding protecting the health of humans anenvironmental issues regarding protecting the health of humans and ecosystems.

In 2012, Professor David Boyd, one of Canada's leading academics on environmental law and policy, reviewed the constitutions and case law of the 193 U.N. member countries on this very issue.

The Blog was one of the first in the country to address legal issues facing manufacturers and distributors and is written by experienced lawyers covering issues concerning environmental, health, and safety / OSHA, labor and employment, and corporate compliance and litigation.

And I would agree with you that environmental issues are more front - of - mind than they ever have been in the Canadian public in any event, but they're not necessarily front - of - mind for political leaders across the country....

A shareholder with Baron & Budd's Environmental Litigation Group, Celeste currently represents plaintiffs in several states across the country who face a variety of contamination issues.

In connection with the firm's work as lead global counsel to ITOCHU Corporation in its US$ 1.68 billion acquisition of the Asia fresh fruit and global packaged foods businesses of Dole Food Company, coordinated local counsel in more than 15 countries throughout the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East, including the investigation of real estate and foreign ownership matters, compliance, health, safety and environmental issues, competition, foreign exchange, regulatory and employment matterIn connection with the firm's work as lead global counsel to ITOCHU Corporation in its US$ 1.68 billion acquisition of the Asia fresh fruit and global packaged foods businesses of Dole Food Company, coordinated local counsel in more than 15 countries throughout the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East, including the investigation of real estate and foreign ownership matters, compliance, health, safety and environmental issues, competition, foreign exchange, regulatory and employment matterin its US$ 1.68 billion acquisition of the Asia fresh fruit and global packaged foods businesses of Dole Food Company, coordinated local counsel in more than 15 countries throughout the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East, including the investigation of real estate and foreign ownership matters, compliance, health, safety and environmental issues, competition, foreign exchange, regulatory and employment matterin more than 15 countries throughout the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East, including the investigation of real estate and foreign ownership matters, compliance, health, safety and environmental issues, competition, foreign exchange, regulatory and employment matters.

Reflecting the comprehensiveness of our domestic practice, our Latin American group attorneys have extensive experience counseling clients from various industrial sectors on a wide range of issues arising under the domestic environmental regulations of most Latin American countries with emphasis in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.