I am heartily sick of the guardian taking the undisputable
facts of global warming and using it to fuel a fear campaign to scare everyone into cutting back on global emissions.»
The facts of global warming are inherently weird, and they run contrary to our evolved instincts.
Collaborating with scientists and cultural informers in confronting
the facts of global climate change, the artists participating in the Carbon 14: Climate is Culture exhibition respond to various aspects of the climate challenge in poignant, nuanced, subversive, often humorous, and always passionately human ways.
First of all, people who know
the facts of global warming realize that it is not an «ideological» issue, and don't care whether phony «skeptics» call themselves «conservative» or «liberal».
There has long been an overwhelming consensus about the basic
facts of global warming.
Hence when
the facts of global warming collide with the ideology of unfettered economic activity, the facts are routinely denied simply because they imply the need for state intervention.
Indeed, Boxer told reporters at a press conference this week that the new push by foes to challenge on the fundamental
facts of global warming will backfire since it will put «new attention on the science — and that's good.»
Since, even now, when debates about
the fact of global warming is largely over, no nation is considering taking the really drastic actions that might significantly reduce the catastrophes that lie ahead, it seems that we are all too likely to experience judgment for our collective sins.
First there is
the fact of global warming as revealed by measurements.
The fact of global warming is that we are going to need some combination of all kinds of clean energy.
This shrug of resignation, so casually dismissing the downsides that science is unable to dismiss, seems to be the latest fashionable replacement for dismissal of
the fact of global warming, or of its largely human origins, now that those positions are so opposed to the scientific consensus that they have been forced to the fringe.
For example, you are correct to note that
the fact of global warming is only the first step toward public policy analysis, but it is a necessary first step.
He does not address
the fact of Global Change or its (serious) implications, but asserts that there is not the public support for reacting to Global Warming while pursuing truthiness, by distorting the issue, rather than truth.
Ebell insists that neither he nor his colleagues dispute
the fact of global warming as they once did.
Nor does he shake
the fact of global warming.
Not exact matches
Those business owners have long complained that the disparity is unfair, especially in view
of the
fact that many multinationals pay much less than the 35 percent statutory corporate tax rate by exploiting abundant loopholes and tax breaks available to large,
global corporations.
In
fact, a recent Nielson study found that 70 percent
of global consumers trust online reviews, up 15 percent within a four - year period.
Sarah Herrlinger, director
of global accessibility policy for Apple, said a key challenge with implants was
fact that audiologists do not always prescribe a matched set
of Cochlear implants.
Nothing speaks to this more than the
fact that Tesla has the highest customer satisfaction levels and the highest percentage
of customers who say that their next car will be a Tesla in the entire
global auto industry.
If you need evidence
of this
fact, consider China's massive state mining operations and stake in Bitcoin, undeniably viewed as a tool for leverage on a
global scale.
Despite the
fact that the company launched in the midst
of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in funding from investors such as New York City - based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch
of the eponymous,
global entrepreneurship support network.
«The problem for China is compounded by the
fact that, unlike Japan, the vast majority
of Chinese have not participated in this boom,» says George Friedman, CEO
of Stratfor, a
global intelligence company.
Thousands
of people joined a
global March for Science with Washington the epicenter
of a movement to fight back against what many see as an «assault on
facts» by populist politicians.
In
fact, South Korea was named the «big winner»
of 2012 by Canadian Business, due largely to the
global success
of its homegrown brands, such as Hyundai and Samsung.
«The
fact that this is our first
global mania,» adds Novogratz, «will make this the single most speculative bubble
of our lifetimes.»
He points to the
fact that Smith is currently investigating the activities
of federal climate scientists whose research last year undermined claims by Climate Change skeptics that
global warming was going through a «hiatus».
Well, here's a
fact that may change your mind: Apple had the most profitable year ever during what we call the biggest
global recession
of all times.
The true cause
of this situation is the
fact that the
global economy is growing at a slow pace, and there is more money chasing safe investing opportunities than there are those opportunities.
In
fact, we are looking to lower our beta exposures in certain areas
of global equity markets.
In 2014, Barcelona - born Scytl, an electronic voting tool, secured $ 104 million in investment; in
fact, it's changed the
global landscape
of political engagement in just a few years.
The boom has driven Intuitive to $ 2.7 billion in 2016
global revenue, with more than 70 %
of sales being recurring in nature — a
fact that underscores the advantage that comes from being the first major player in a rapidly growing market.
And the
fact that Cavendish bananas are seedless clones
of each other means there's zero genetic diversity in the entire
global population to allow for a resistant population to develop.
I leverage the
fact that I'm a columnist for one
of the largest entrepreneurial platforms every day, and this gives me credibility and authority on a
global level.
«I think the
fact now that there is Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, and that people continue to mine both, is unfortunate,» says David Treat,
global head
of Accenture's acn capital markets blockchain unit, whose team continues to use the Ethereum code base in their work with clients, like big banks.
In
fact, 36 percent
of millennial entrepreneurs use more than five mobile apps to run their businesses, according to this year's j2
Global mid-year small business report.
In
fact, over half
of global marketing professionals surveyed report video has the highest ROI
of all
of their different types
of content.
According to Martin Slumbers, chief executive
of The R&A, the governing body that organizes the event, «We are operating in an increasingly
global marketplace and have made the decision to award the prize fund in US dollars in recognition
of the
fact that it is the most widely adopted currency for prize money in golf.»
«The
fact that we have seen over # 1 billion worth
of venture capital investment into London fintech companies since the EU referendum vote offers further proof that
global investors still believe London will remain a leading fintech hub for many years to come,» Rajesh Agrawal, London's deputy mayor for business, said in a statement Thursday.
There are myriad services, many
of them free, specifically tailored to deepen Canadian companies» presence in emerging markets — something Todd Winterhalt, vice-president and managing director
of global trade for Export Development Canada (EDC), feels is important in order to change the
fact that 70 %
of Canadian exporters sell primarily to the U.S. «Diversification
of trade is a good thing,» he says.
However, environmentalists have highlighted the
fact that Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal Party government remains very keen on burning fossil fuels — a primary cause
of global warming.
«We saw ourselves — the company, the management, the leadership, all the way to the rank and file — as this powerful
global media company,» Flanders says, «and, in
fact, we were a powerfully recognized brand, but our businesses, each one
of them, was weaker than the next.»
In
fact, this kind
of negotiated tax increase might be a far preferable outcome for the world's savers, investors and high - income earners than the increasingly likely alternative: persistent uncertainty over the
global financial system or the consummation
of that uncertainty in an asset - value - destroying economic downturn.
In
fact, Morgan Stanley predicts that driverless cars will save the U.S. $ 1.3 trillion a year by 2035 to 2050, for a
global annual saving
of $ 5.6 trillion.
That's symbolic
of the
fact that there are more countries competing for market share, even as
global exports
of good and services are growing at meagre rate
of about 3 %.
In
fact, «member communities» are now visited by more than two - thirds (67 percent)
of the
global online population, including social networks and blogs, according to The Nielsen Company, a
global research firm.
In
fact, fifty - one percent
of global marketing executives point to video over other types
of content for best return on investment and marketers who use video grow revenue forty - nine percent faster than non-video users.
«The
fact that Uniqlo ranked 91 is evidence
of how far we have to go... we have only just begun as a
global brand,» Jay acknowledges.
«While everyone is focused on valuation and bubbles (to some degree rightfully so), the
fact remains that the last few years have been supported by a low level
of net equity issuance that has, all else equal, supported prices,» says Dan Greenhaus, chief
global strategist at BTIG.
Fun
Fact: Says Niño: «While we don't wear white hats, the collective fixer team have lent a helping hand in everything from national elections, Fortune 50 mergers and acquisitions to
global humanitarian crises, Oscar - award winning films and even a couple
of U.S. Supreme Court cases.
But even as the market faltered in the summer, and worries about the
global economy erupted, the pace
of corporate combinations continued; in
fact, it appeared to speed up.