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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.

Exxon and its Canadian partner, Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSE: IMO), outlined a strategy for West Coast Canada LNG, or WCC LNG, in a 141 - page report to the provincial government's Environmental Assessment Office.

I asked her about reports that her government is planning to raise Alberta's $ 15 per tonne carbon price to $ 40 per tonne as a means to getting American approval for the pipeline project — a price that environmental critics say would be still too low.

«It's ironic that the Committee report should come out in the midst of today's court hearings into the Site C dam, a megaproject approved by the federal and province governments over the objections of First Nations and despite a highly critical environmental assessment.»

New group to report to government on policies and business models that could help enhance environmental protection

These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

Report author and SCIAF Policy Officer Jo O'Neill said: «Despite efforts to tackle irresponsible businesses by governments, human rights and environmental abuses continue to take place, and all over the world human rights defenders continue to be threatened and killed.

Air pollution contributes to thousands of deaths across the country every year, but government promises to tackle the problem are failing, according to a new report by the environmental audit committee (EAC).

Last week however, the information commissioner ruled not only that it was in the public interest to release the reports, but also that the government saying HS2 didn't have any environmental implications to prevent release under Environmental Information Regulations was simply environmental implications to prevent release under Environmental Information Regulations was simply Environmental Information Regulations was simply not the case.

The NAO report is also critical of government departments» failure to monitor their own environmental impact.

Biodiversity loss in England remains severe despite government conservation attempts, an environmental audit committee report said today.

Its report, Lofty Ambitions, said because three - quarters of all recipients were not classified as fuel - poor and the payments did not provide incentives to reduce CO2 emissions, they were not helping the government's environmental agenda.

The Government's housing policy fails to recognise the importance of the environment, according to a new report from the Environmental Audit Committee.

A spokesman for Environmental Advocates responded — saying the groups based its report on the information that the DEC reported to the federal government.

But the July 15 fundraising report may prove even more crucial for Lazio's chances as potential big - time donors assess his ability to beat Cuomo, said Bill Mahoney, a researcher at the New York Public Interest Research Group, a not - for - profit focused on environmental and government - reform issues.

Up to now, the federal government has failed to support the research needed to prepare for the health consequences of hotter weather, according to a March 2009 report in Environmental Health Perspectives, by Balbus and colleagues around the United States.

Environmental groups have long raised questions about this track record, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently joined the chorus, releasing a report that charges the agency with taking actions that have «impeded... progress in helping assure the public of safe drinking water.»

A Government Accountability Office report released Oct. 2 said Congress should require U.S. EPA to consider a wider range of environmental effects when deciding which fuels are eligible under the federal biofuels use mandate (E&EN ews PM, Oct. 2).

A Government Accountability Office report says environmental regulators are failing to adequately enforce rules for wells used to dispose of toxic waste from oil and gas drilling

But a report produced for Greenpeace by John Whitelegg, a geographer at the Lancaster - based environmental consultants Eco-Logica, says there is no evidence to support the government's belief.

In developing the report, various applications were used to stimulate discussion among synthetic biologists, ecologists, environmental scientists and social scientists, as well as representatives from government, the private sector, academia, environmental organizations and think tanks.

«We are concerned about reports that federal agencies — including the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency — have issued directives to staff that may silence the voices of scientific researchers and others working for the federal government,» said Holt in a statement.

The Chinese government recently released a report detailing some of those environmental efforts, including new laws focused on water pollution and treatment and plans to enforce them.

«Every additive that we use is very carefully evaluated, not just by the industry, but also independently by government agencies to look at all the materials we use in plastics,» said Mike Neal, a consumer and environmental affairs specialist at PlasticsEurope, an industry trade association, and a co-author of the report.

Several recent government reports, however, have underlined China's poor performance in meeting its own environmental targets (see China admits failure to make environmental progress).

To better address China's development problems, the report recommended the government set up three new bodies — environmental and energy ministries and a regional development agency.

The Overseas Development Administration, in consultation with other relevant government departments, is examining the documentation on the project, particularly the least - cost analysis study and the reports on safety and environmental impact assessment.

«The complacency of governments about acceptable levels of environmental radioactivity has been punctured by this authoritative report.»

Japan's environmental reputation suffered a blow last week when a government report cleared the way for the completion of a dam that will tame the last free - flowing river left on the country's main island of Honshu.

«Withdrawing Kathleen Hartnett White's nomination is the right thing to do, and I believe it is past time for this administration to nominate a thoughtful environmental and public health champion to lead this critical office in the federal government,» Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said after hearing reports of White's plan to withdraw.

New group to report to government on policies and business models that could help enhance environmental protection

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In the Commonwealth Government's Excellence in Research for Australia 2012 National Report, JCU research received the highest ranking of «well above world standard» (rating 5) in the areas of environmental science and management, ecological applications and medical microbiology.The University also received an «above world standard» ranking for research in the areas of materials engineering, immunology, tourism, biological sciences, agricultural and veterinary sciences, fisheries sciences, veterinary sciences, inorganic chemistry, earth sciences, geochemistry, and geology.

A council representing government agencies affected by the spill — which killed thousands of seabirds — approved the park service's project, including a final environmental report last November.

The White House in February sent out draft guidance to the Department of Interior and other government agencies urging them to reassess how they dispense «categorical exclusions» that allow many projects, including the Deepwater Horizon's ill - fated drilling effort, to avoid having to undertake detailed environmental impact reports required under the National Environmentaenvironmental impact reports required under the National EnvironmentalEnvironmental Policy Act.

The Environmental Audit Committee published a report today, recommending that the government introduce a 25 - pence (around USD$.34) «latte levy», or tax, on every disposable coffee cup.

Incentives should include exemption of microbusinesses (under 20 employees, and under $ 2 million annual revenue) from the more onerous reporting, environmental liability, minority quotas, employee liabilities, OSHA hassles, and taxation (including patent «maintenance fees»), imposed by the federal government.

As I write in Chapter 1 of the report, in comparison to the relative diversity in goals among national environmental groups historically, conservative think tanks, advocacy groups and aligned industry associations are marked by a much narrower outlook focused on limited government, reduced regulation and economic growth.

It turns out that it was not a government expert or official that wrote the State Department's recent environmental impact report on the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline, but rather it was written by a contractor paid by TransCanada!

Finding a place to hike or picnic in Scotland's cities just got easier with the introduction of what is thought to be the world's first comprehensive, interactive online map of urban green space — 429 square miles in all.The interactive map, prepared by the charitable organization Greenspace Scotland with government support, allows anyone with access to a computer to search for green space using place names or postcodes, or just by scrolling around, the BBC reported today, noting the environmental as well as recreational benefits:

In July 2008 alone, oil sands companies held a total of 36 meetings with Canadian ministers and government officials, while only seven environmental groups and associations reported lobbying activity.

But in a report that I wrote about last year, an expert panel convened by the National Research Council sharply criticized the federal government's efforts to identify possible health or environmental risks of nanotechnology.

by Jason Devaney NewsMax The U.S. government has kept the recipients of $ 25 million in legal fees stemming from environmental lawsuits a secret in the Obama administration, according to a new report.

But we'll forge ahead with our aggressive reporting on environmental and energy topics, including climate change, land use, threatened ecosystems, government policy, the fossil fuel industries, the growing renewables sector and consumer choices.

(09/11/2013) Eight Indonesian villagers have sued the country's president and a number of other high - level government officials over the impacts of climate change and environmental destruction in their province, reports Mongabay - Indonesia.

The email, dated 3 June 2002, reveals how White House officials wanted the CEI's help to play down the impact of a report last summer by the government's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in which the US admitted for the first time that humans are contributing to global warming.

Friendly faces paid us a visit: Thuli Makama dropped by on her way back to Swaziland following her fellowship at the Environmental Law Alliance (ELAW) in Oregon; Raoul du Toit came to town for the 2013 Wildlife Conservation Expo; and Ma Jun spoke at a standing - room only event about his work to engage Chinese citizens in reporting environmental violations and holding the government accountable in enEnvironmental Law Alliance (ELAW) in Oregon; Raoul du Toit came to town for the 2013 Wildlife Conservation Expo; and Ma Jun spoke at a standing - room only event about his work to engage Chinese citizens in reporting environmental violations and holding the government accountable in enenvironmental violations and holding the government accountable in enforcing laws.

Environmental groups and other private institutions rarely fund peer - reviewed climate research, Schmidt said, so while they might pay academics to speak at events or to review a report, that's «chump change» compared with the size of government grants.

This is a requirement of much government legislation around the world — often in trading standards or consumer protection law — as well as forming the basis of the Green Guides, so organizations with a global presence can apply the same principles to all of their reporting and environmental claims worldwide.

The report by environmental advocacy group the Climate Council said the government needed to do more to reduce carbon emissions harming Australia's beaches, national parks and the Great Barrier Reef.