Sentences with phrase «government study estimated»

A recent government study estimated that $ 955 billion worth of damage and 11,000 deaths could result from a magnitude 7.3 earthquake directly under the northern part of Tokyo Bay — a monster quake many seismologists believe is long overdue.

Federal officials don't track how many people in the U.S. have been harmed, but a recent government study estimated 410,000 babies are born each year at risk for mercury poisoning because of high levels in their mothers» bodies.

A recent government study estimates that roughly 80 % of adults in the US do not get the recommended amounts of exercise each week, setting themselves up -LSB-...]

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A new study, called Private Companies, Professionals and Income Splitting, says a mid-range estimate on the the loss to government coffers is about $ 500 - million based on 2011 tax data

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».

Since its creation, the PBO has published its own economic and fiscal forecasts, studies on fiscal sustainability, information on government spending and estimates of proposed government initiatives.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».

The Productivity Commission should be tasked to undertake a study of reforms agreed to by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments to estimate their effect on revenue in each jurisdiction.

The analysis supports a previous government study in 2001 which estimated that over 3 billion dollars could be saved if half of new mothers breastfed their babies.

And reforms to the work and study tiers of the Points - Based System have been estimated by government impact assessments to yield reductions in net migration smaller than required if they are to bear a proportionate share of a reduction in net migration large enough to meet the numerical goal.

· This 200,00 children is in addition to the 400,000 more children that the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has previously projected will be living in relative poverty by 2015 as a result of coalition policies, and the 800,000 more children it estimates will living in relative poverty by 2020 (http://www.ifs.org.uk/comms/comm121.pdf) · The government has not disclosed the likely impact of its sub-inflation uprating on absolute poverty rates which measure whether children are experiencing a real, as opposed to relative, fall in the standard of living.

First independent study shows US government got their sums right with estimate of 4.1 million barrels of oil

The study applied «medium to high» future emissions estimates of heat - trapping gases, as assumed by the California state government, to models designed to assess what effect climate change would have on national parks like Yosemite, Death Valley, Redwood, Joshua Tree and Sequoia.

A new study suggests that more methane is leaking than the U.S. government estimates — but natural gas remains less polluting than coal

The «cheerleader» study cost the government about $ 4000, Vul estimates, the cost of conducting an experiment with human subjects and the computing time needed to analyze the results.

Just as oil and natural gas fields have been found to be emitting more methane than official government estimates suggest, a new study shows that more methane than previously thought may be leaking from the other end of that system — cities, where people actually use natural gas for heating and cooking.

The latter is based on his finding that studies of sensitive issues, such as government recommendations on levels of alcohol and sugar consumption, were delayed, although he could not estimate how often that has occurred.

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — A team of university and government scientists, selected by an expert review panel convened by the Mississippi - Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, will conduct an independent study to estimate the number of red snapper in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Prior to the execution of this agreement, Louisville Metro Government conducted an economic and fiscal impact study that shows that DWP's festivals have over $ 63 million in estimated economic impact to Louisville annually.

Extending the scheme to 100 leading independent schools, covering 62,500 pupils, would cost the government about # 215m per year, the study estimates.

The peer - reviewed study which appeared in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, estimated that methane emissions from B.C.'s shale gas basins are now at least 2.5 times higher than provincial government estimates.

Our study highlights another pattern as well, of a disconnect between the optimistic estimates by government policymakers of the impact that the mandates will have on rates and the harsh reality of the soaring rates that typically result.

A study published earlier this year found that methane emissions from the natural gas industry were likely 50 percent higher than previous government estimates, but that switching from coal to natural gas would still cut greenhouse gas emissions.

More inclusive studies put the value of subsidies — which include tax breaks, cheap access to government land, and many other provisions that favor the fossil fuel industry — even higher, with estimates ranging between $ 14 and $ 52 billion per year.

The study, Cycling: Getting Australia Moving, funded by the Australian government and prepared by Melbourne University and the Cycling Promotion Fund concluded that thanks to the increased health of cyclists, public health services are spared an estimated $ 227.2 m AUD annually.

Wrote scopes of work, prepared government cost estimates, and conducted negotiations with contractors to deliver over $ 2 million in contractor land use and planning studies while independently performing land use planning analyses on a multidisciplinary team that created master plans, business case analyses, transportation plans, and capital improvement programs.

To examine this issue further, the Federal government funds the National Incidence Study (NIS), which is an attempt to provide a more accurate estimate of the incidence of child abuse and neglect by including in its sample, children who were investigated by child protective service (CPS) agencies, children screened out by CPS without investigation, and children seen by community professionals who were not reported to CPS.

My major issue is this: $ 17.4 billion: The estimated total amount that marijuana prohibition costs state and federal governments every year, according to a 2010 study by Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron.