Sentences with phrase «environmental pressures on»

So it is reasonable to assume, despite the economic and environmental pressures on fossil fuels in the future, that the per capita fossil fuel useage would continue to grow, albeit at a slightly lower rate; a reasonable estimate would seem to be a 30 % increase overall above today's value by 2100.

Apart from the environmental pressures on the lions, the dominant maneater also had severe wounds in his mouth and jaw, potentially driving him to prey on humans.

Studies by social psychiatrists emphasize the role played by environmental pressures on the development of personality illnesses.

While there is obvious environmental pressure on miners and utilities in the coal business, the number one coal killer is an unlikely source: hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

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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.

Here in the United States we're catching all the heat and pressure on the environmental issues — and we obviously want to take care of our natural resources and our environment — but there's absolutely none on China.

Responding to pressure from environmental opponents and fearful residents, shale - rich Quebec, France, New York and New Jersey have all imposed moratoriums on shale gas drilling pending further study of environmental and health impacts.

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.

This has increased pressure on companies with oil sands assets to improve (i.e., reduce) their environmental footprint, and in some cases, to divest such assets.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allied organizations — Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, BankTrack.org, and others — have mounted pressure on the financiers to withdraw their pipeline investments.

On October 28, 1994 Premier Klein told the media that he had axed the appointment as a result of public pressure from the oil industry and environmental groups who claimed the posting would politicize the regulatory board.

At that time there was pressure on the World Bank to do environmental impact studies on its projects.

There will be downward pressure also on workplace conditions and environmental standards.

Aquaculture has the capacity to relieve the severe pressure of production on the world's oceans, but some environmentalists accuse it of causing environmental problems of its own.

It is such a powerful message, what one meat - free day can do to reduce environmental impacts and pressures on our environment.

We can reduce our environmental impact since food waste puts unnecessary pressure on land and natural resources and results in additional greenhouse gas emissions.

And all of us in the environmental sector and beyond need to work together in these early days of the May government to pile on the pressure.

In a statement, Ms Spelman said: «We hope that the Liberal Democrats under Mr Clegg will join us in putting pressure on the government to devolve power to local authorities, communities and individuals, in our opposition to ID cards and in our commitment to social justice and environmental progress.»

Local environmental activists are putting pressure on Onondaga County to change advisory signs about eating fish caught in Onondaga Lake.

That local pressure, in turn, could put pressure on the state government's environmental regulators.

ALBANY — Opponents of shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing gathered in Albany on Monday to keep up the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he prepares to decide whether to allow the practice after four years of studying its health and environmental impacts.

«I hope that now this information is in the public domain it will entail both a downward pressure on overall expenditure and also make MPs think twice about the environmental impact of their journeys and how it could be lessened.»

Part of New York state sits on the same shale formation, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been hesitant to open the state up to extraction, over pressure from environmental advocates.

At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the elder Mr. Skelos, 68, used his position as majority leader to pressure a real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer — firms that depended on his support as senator for legislation that benefited their interests — to provide Adam Skelos with consulting work, a direct payment of $ 20,000 and a job that required him to do virtually no work.

Mr. Skelos, 67, a Long Island Republican, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, 33, were found guilty on Friday of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges, for schemes that exploited the senator's position to pressure a developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide the son with hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees and a no - show job.

And so you're going to see development of mega cities all across this country and the environmental pressure is on the land there are only going to be intensified because of that.

Pan: Per capita, they are still obviously way behind the United States and other industrial nations and there is this argument that the United States and the West, you know, they went through their industrial revolutions and we need to go through ours, but still that ignores the argument that the others, the lessons learnt, you know, China should be able to take a different path and there is a budding environmental movement right now in China, trying to put pressure on the government to do something about this, but again, you know, these officials are addicted to economic growth.

«Environmental change and consumer pressure — the conchs being the consumer — can impact foundation species like oysters on their own,» Kimbro said.

«We have the unique opportunity now to plan for a coming explosion of urbanization in order to decrease pressure on ecosystems, improve the livelihoods of billions of people, and avoid the occurrence of major global environmental problems and disasters,» said Roberto Sanchez - Rodriguez, professor emeritus of environmental studies at the University of California, Riverside.

The antibiotic action is an environmental pressure; those bacteria which have a mutation allowing them to survive will live on to reproduce.

According to Gidon Bromberg, a lawyer for the Israel Union for Environmental Defence, one of the organisations behind Eco-Peace, political pressures on the Palestinian leadership could mean that work on the port might start before a solution to the sand flow problem is found.

«Salmon farming is a huge business in the UK, Norway and beyond, and while it does reduce the pressure on wild fish stocks, it can also create its own environmental pressures through genetic disruption.

After the German Environment Ministry came under pressure from environmental groups, the German Research Ministry ordered that the experiment be put on hold while independent scientific reviews by non-German scientists were done.

Nonetheless, a growing awareness of environmental issues began seeping into Discover's ad pages, reflecting new pressures on the oil and automobile industries and a new sensibility among consumers.

Collects data on salinity, temperature, and pressure — fundamental data on all types of environmental change, from varying weather conditions to climate variations.

Others, like Tom Burke, founding director of U.K. - based environmental group E3G, dismissed the Nature piece as «an ivory - tower view of life» that focuses on what is being said in academic literature rather than what is happening on the ground as countries slowly but surely buckle to international pressure to take on climate responsibly.

Their findings shed light on a fascinating way that environmental pressure can give rise to the origins of a new visual receptor.

Environmental activists said they are heartened by the number of countries that are moved to action but said pressure must remain on nations to both improve their targets and build a way in the Paris deal to regularly review and ratchet up carbon - cutting commitments.

Neither the selective pressure nor the evolutionary response could have been identified with the methods used by the majority of studies that examine how wild populations respond to environmental changes, which predominantly concentrate on changes in the phenotype.

But the changes — heavy traffic, loss of nearby stockyards, smog and dust from drilling, growing waste ponds and pits and the pressures on the schools from temporary worker families — have strengthened their environmental commitment.

Pushed by environmental organizations and seeing the risks of being associated with environmental destruction, companies like Unilever and McDonalds are pressuring their suppliers to stop expanding production on forest land,» says Martin Persson.

Bringing together the observed macaque behavior and environmental conditions, we interpret the variation seen in macaque stone tool selection and shellfish characteristics on Koram and NomSao Islands as the result of a feedback loop driven by the level of predation pressure.

As long as they understand that there is pressure, environmental pressure, on organisms to adapt — antibiotic resistance by bacteria represent a form of evolution — but let's not call it evolution because that buzz word turns people off.

Reid's pledge follows 48 hours of intense pressure on the White House from major green groups, marking the first time many large environmental organizations have so openly and loudly targeted Obama and Reid — and it produced extraordinarily rapid results.

The Cambrian Explosion is the outcome of changes in environmental factors leading to changes in selective pressures, in turn leading to adaptive diversification on a vast scale.

The Portal is an online platform including summaries of the state of knowledge on CEP priority issues, the management of those issues and environmental pressures.

Patterns of disease, tissue loss and bleaching have been described on coral reefs worldwide and are increasing under increased environmental pressures.

Published in Nature, this review looks into the values of different pollinators on issues including food secutiry and biodiversity, their status and trends, risks from environmental pressures and the consequent management and policy response options to safeguard pollinators.

Abstract: As human pressure on the marine environment increases, safeguarding healthy and productive seas increasingly necessitates integrated, time - and cost - effective environmental monitoring.

In particular, IIASA researchers will focus on how potential phosphorus market crises might put pressure on the global food system and create environmental ripple effects ranging from expansion of agricultural land to phosphorus price - induced changes in land management, which could exacerbate the already existing imbalance between carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen.