Sentences with phrase «environmental matters as»

Providing consultations on environmental matters as the Pathfinder North America Environment Champion serving all 50 states and Canada.

For example, Connecticut's Public Utility Environmental Standards Act ranks environmental matters as an important part of the state's regulatory mandate.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward - looking statements, including, but not limited to: uncertainties involving interpretation of drilling results, environmental matters, lack of ability to obtain required permitting, equipment breakdown or disruptions, and the other factors described in Paramount's disclosures as filed with the SEC.

6William Blackstone argues for Schweitzer's role as mentor in the animal liberation movement in «The Search for an Environmental Ethic,» in Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy, ed.

Bilbro argues that the Puritans perpetuated «a damaging dualism» by viewing salvation as a solitary matter unconnected to economic life and its environmental costs.

For example, an increase in environmental heterogeneity may facilitate the emergence of ideologies having more loosely connected elements, such as an individualistic ideology that decouples specific tenets by regarding them as matters of personal preference.

Resurgence magazine may be called the flagship of many of these groups; it is in many ways an excellent magazine and is deeply concerned with «spiritual awareness» as well as with environmental matters, but needless to say it considers orthodox Christianity to be totally irrelevant.

Perhaps this is another reason why many Church people are ignorant of, or hostile to, Green and environmental matters - they perceive them as extreme left - wing issues.

In us, matter is brought into direct synthesis with spiritual mind... [it] is subsumed and transformed into a more perfect state by direct union with the Godhead... It is this destiny and this environmental harmony that is lost by sin in the first generation... this threatens the eternal frustration of human nature - spiritual as well as physical death.»

Interviewer: «As well as supporting fish movement, flows of environmental water can generate movement of organic matter with benefits for water quality.&raquAs well as supporting fish movement, flows of environmental water can generate movement of organic matter with benefits for water quality.&raquas supporting fish movement, flows of environmental water can generate movement of organic matter with benefits for water quality.»

The environmental importance of organic matter content is its capacity to limit physical damage and to improve nutrient availability as well as biological activity.

Energy Saving Trust chief executive Philip Sellwood added: «With a network of advice centres across the UK, we will be able to offer millions of people free and impartial advice on environmental matters such as energy efficiency, renewable technologies and greener transport.

I would therefore be very pleased if anyone better informed about such matters could let me know why meetings conducted with webcams over the internet are not pretty much as good as face - to - face meetings, given the environmental cost of the latter.

After leaving office, Pataki joined Chadbourne & Parke LLP as counsel on environmental and corporate matters.

In other volunteer personnel matters before the Town Board last week, Joe Hayes was reappointed to the Gardiner Planning Board for another seven - year term, and Environmental Conservation Commission member John Sansalone was reappointed as the town's liaison to the Ulster County Environmental Management Council.

As Deputy Secretary for the Environment, Mr. Iwanowicz is responsible for representing the Governor on the full range of environmental policy matters.

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) should be carried out to assess the situation, and a plan put in place as a matter of urgency to begin the clean up process.

Meanwhile, existing coal - fired power plants, many of which date to the 1970s or earlier, will continue to face pressure to close as other environmental regulations target conventional coal pollutants like nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter.

The study also shows that wetlands, thought of as a useful tool for conservation and carbon sequestration, may require consistent flooding to realize environmental benefits from organic matter accumulation.

As one city environmental official told me when I recently visited, no matter how much he curbs pollution from industry, smog continues to suffocate because of more and more cars.

Yet «as a practical matter, the announcement and paperwork would have the effect of removing the U.S., setting it on a certain course for withdrawal,» says Scott Fulton, president of the Environmental Law Institute.

Furthermore should removal or downlisting occur, the whales would still be protected in Australian waters as a Matter of National Environmental Significance, because they are considered migratory species.

An analysis by a team of North Carolina - based environmental and planning researchers concludes that densely populated regions with compact urban development that discourages commuting by car — widely touted as a way to increase public exercise and reduce harmful automobile emissions — may only slightly lower average regional particulate matter (PM) concentrations in air.

Moreover, continuing high rates of population growth, especially in Africa and Asia, will make matters even worse, exacerbating environmental degradation as well as retarding economic and social development.

To avoid local extirpation of these marine mammals (which are listed nationally as a «Matter of National Environmental Significance»), an experimental approach was used to evaluate two management approaches to mitigate bycatch: pingers (acoustic alarms) and passive acoustic monitoring.

Dr. Ruth Patrick (1907 - 2013) probably needs no introduction to the readers of The American Naturalist, or to anyone who has taken an interest in environmental matters over the last half century, for she has become so well known and so influential in her work with water as to become something of a household name.

Individual traits, such as sex and social rank, and environmental effects, such as the amount of rainfall and the abundance of prey, also matter, but the ability of individuals to form and maintain social bonds in triads was key, according to the study, which appears today in the journal Ecology Letters.

When those two years of regular exercise take place may not matter, as long as they're in the 20 - year window, said Dr. Benjamin Levine, a study co-author and director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

It's actually enriching as an artist, no matter what it is, whether environmental issues or social justice issues, equality or education, etc..

Simply observing a delay in progress and pointing out that there is a limit to the human life span (it is a matter of ceilings, you know) would blind one to the obvious reforms that the nation could adopt that might improve life expectancy, such as reducing rampant alcoholism, bringing its AIDS epidemic under control, and cleaning up its environmental messes.

The DOT Order directs the Department to consider EJ objectives when administering the requirements of NEPA; Title VI and related statutes; the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (URA); Congressional authorized planning requirements; other laws, regulations, and executive orders, that address or affect infrastructure planning and decisionmaking; social, economic or environmental matters; public health; and public involvement.

Jon joined DOT in September 2009 as Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Operations, where he helped manage a group of 15 professionals who provided advice on a broad range of issues related to DOT's emergency response activities, the Freedom of Information Act, privacy law, environmental law, aviation economic issues, security (including cyber security) and other matters.

The DOT EJ Order directs the Department to consider EJ objectives when administering the requirements of NEPA; Title VI and related statutes; the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended; planning statutes in Title 23, U.S. Code and Title 49, U.S. Code; and other statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders that address or affect transportation infrastructure planning and decision - making; social, economic or environmental matters; public health; or public involvement.

If environmental issues matter to you, reading documents on an ebook reader like this might appeal, because it uses a fraction as much energy as a laptop.

Other exclusions include losses as a result of environmental hazards, native land claims, zoning bylaw violations and other matters that are covered under home insurance.

It is generally caused by foreign matter, bacteria, chemicals or environmental irritants (such as smoke.)

They now cover environmental matters, including pollutants both inside the home and out, as well as recent hot - button topics, such as Mad Cow disease, Lyme disease, and the West Nile virus.

This mode is an absolute blast, as all of the chaotic mayhem of the smash series shines through brilliantly as all matter of items, environmental events and more all add up into a consistently exciting experience.

From his early multichannel video installation diamond sea, 1997, to his more recent performance - based works, such as SONG I, 2012/2015, the exhibition unfolds around the major moving - image installations that articulate Aitken's central subject matters, from catastrophic environmental depredation to unprecedented technological mediation; self - contained, decentralized communication; and the incursion of commerce into every aspect of our social relationships.

Isaac Julien is joined by Giuliana Bruno, Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University and author of the upcoming book Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media, for a discussion of Julien's prolific and diverse moving - image work, and its active migration from cinema screen to gallery installation in such recent works as Vagabondia (2000) and Baltimore (2003), both of which take as their subject the space of the museum; the immersive video installation Ten Thousand Waves, on view in the Museum's atrium through February 17; and his most recent installation, the seven - screen PLAYTIME.

** Schmidt and his vision were, however, one and the same: there was no conceptual detachment, no cynicism, and in the process of pursuing his own truth, he touched on the theatricality and the teasing antilogic of surrealism, the notion of the readymade, the improvisational vitality of abstract expressionism, the psychological fabric of assemblage, environmental sculpture, and light phenomena as subject matter.

However, Salt's interest in America's decomposing wreck yards and homesteads should not be mistaken as environmental political commentary, rather his interest and devotion to this subject matter reveals the subtle beauty of these natural and urban landscapes.

We have various options such as modifications to capitalism, better regulation of environmental matters, or alternatives to capitalism.

And here is the real meat of the matter: if the eco-tax works as an environmental measure, the airlines will lose passengers.

Public health experts who work on the «shale fields» among impacted citizens have been ringing alarm bells: «I don't know if I have ever seen a problem as widespread as this with as little information collected about it, and as relaxed an attitude in terms of the sense of urgency, in the sense of responsibility on the part of the state and federal governments, and for that matter, the drilling industry,» cautioned a seasoned public health toxicologist David Brown from Southwest Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush Stories.

As a practical matter, environmental groups have had little impact on the collapse of nuclear power in America.

The nonprofit I work for, the Science and Environmental Health Network, has been collaborating with Harvard Law School's Human Rights Clinic on law as if future generations mattered.

«As most informed, well - educated MAD readers know, the subject of global warming and greenhouse gases is a matter of serious environmental debate.

Higher density sources of fuel such as coal and natural gas utilized in centrally - produced power stations actually improve the environmental footprint of the poorest nations while at the same time lifting people from the scourge of poverty... Developing countries in Asia already burn more than twice the coal that North America does, and that discrepancy will continue to expand... So, downward adjustments to North American coal use will have virtually no effect on global CO2 emissions (or the climate), no matter how sensitive one thinks the climate system might be to the extra CO2 we are putting back into the atmosphere.