Sentences with phrase «high per capita»

Its award - winning school system and high per capita income level draws families and businesses to the area, leading Oldham County to be one of the fastest growing counties in the state.

Hefty populations and employment rates, along with high per capita...

This is particularly true for all developed nations such as the United States which have very high per capita and historical emissions.

These countries have very small populations and thriving economies that contribute to high per capita emissions.

«It must be pointed out that climate change has been caused by the long - term historic emissions of developed countries and their high per capita emissions,» she said, adding that developed countries have responsibilities for global warming «that can not be shirked.»

The more the industrialized community looks at a comprehensive approach, the worse the U.S. looks because of our high per capita emissions.

«They (industrialised nations) also have high per capita incomes which gives them the highest capacity to bear the burden.

Some non-Annex 1 countries including China and Mauritius claim that their non-Annex 1 status is justification for making no binding commitments to reduce their ghg emissions even though a substantial percentage of their population has very high income and high per capita emissions.

The United States and Canada also have very high per capita emissions.

«With Australia's exceedingly high per capita emissions, we have a greater responsibility to make larger cuts to our emissions.

It is still the case that 10 % of the rights to auction allowances will be redistributed from Member States with high per capita income to those with low per capita income in order to strengthen the financial capacity of the latter to invest in climate friendly technologies.

[iv] In one sense, having high per capita emissions makes it easier for Australia to cut emissions than other countries, because there is more «low - hanging fruit».

If a wealthy nation with high per capita emissions refused to adopt emission reduction targets, it would be impossible to persuade developing countries to adopt targets in subsequent commitment periods.

Given the high per capita carbon emissions in the US, this is not a good thing.

Leaders in both the United Kingdom and Germany, with high per capita historical emissions, would seem to be good candidates, yet they have hesitated, despite «green» credentials.

The Chinese - and the UN - insist that rich countries with high per capita levels of pollution must cut emissions first, and help poorer countries to invest in clean technology.

Given the high per capita carbon emissions in the US, this is not a good thing.

True, the state does have a wealth of pharmaceutical and health care companies (Merck, Wyeth, Merck), and a relatively high per capita GDP ($ 49,038), suggesting there's more money than usual to pay for health care.

Newfoundland and Labrador also has some of the highest per capita rates of a number of diseases, including colon cancer, diabetes, and psoriasis.

The British government disputes this, pointing out that Scotland has higher per capita public - sector spending than England and so is more indebted.

Even when compared with countries with stricter laws, the US has had the highest per capita prison population in the world since 2002.

I wondered out loud if Boulder was the «highest per capita collection of entrepreneurs in the U.S.» I have no idea if this is true but from my travels around the U.S. it feels like something that might be true.

With nearly 6,000 solar employees, the state also has the highest per capita solar employment.

«Qatar has one of the highest per capita GDPs in the world.

The conservatives and their beloved drug war are taking a clear social problem and making it vastly worse by felonizing even small time dealing, throwing so many people into prison till the «land of the free» has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world and making those people all but unemployable when they get out.

Compare this to the United States» 30,136 gun - related deaths in 2003 — nearly eight times higher per capita than New Zealand's figures — and our reason for being satisfied becomes more clear.»

Who gives a damn if the atheist rate is higher per capita, the REAL NUMBERS are 70 out of 100 babies are being killed by someone who is religious.

In states with higher per capita income, greater housing prices, Ivy League schools, and other fine universities, Obama's greatest win was in Massachusetts (romney's political experience) with about 60 % of the vote.

The Nation of Qatar, roughly the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island, is the world's leading producer of natural gas and has the highest per capita income of any country in the Arab world.

We have the highest per capita ratio of education executives to students in the world.

The highest per capita spending was in Switzerland (274 euros), and Denmark had the highest organic market share (9.7 percent of the total food market).

The Northern Territory Government announced its floor pricing plans in late February after an alcohol review by former NT Supreme Court chief justice Trevor Riley who found the NT had one of the highest per capita rates of alcohol consumption in the world.

The highest per capita spending was in Switzerland (274 Euros), and Denmark had the highest organic market share (9.7 percent of the total food market).

The highest per capita spending was in Switzerland (210 euros) and Denmark (163 euros).

Few people know that The Bahamas have the third - highest per capita income in North America (after the U.S. and Canada), but Marvin does.

It's one of the most crowded scenes in golf and the only noticeable movement was the cigar smoke wafting from the shadows to the sunlight (the Masters has to boast the highest per capita population of half - zip - sweater - wearing cigar - smoking men in the world).

Staten Island had the highest per capita rate of overdoses in the city, with The Bronx having the largest number of deaths.

Because these counties with have some of the highest per capita incomes in the country.

As a result, Ken - Ton ranked a miserable 400 out of the 681 NYS school districts in the fed's dataset (where 1 = the highest per capita aid (all sources); 681 = the lowest).

Besides being a listening post for troubled nearby Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago had the highest per capita rate of Islamic State recruitment in the Western Hemisphere, according to the State Departmemt website.

I had preferred Teachout... but Cuomo is right the economic impact of Bonespurs tax plan will take a toll on the economic viability of the state with the nations highest per capita Gross State Product for 2016.

Also, Catalonia has a significantly higher per capita income than Spain; it may be regarded as subsidising the rest of Spain, and might be financially better off if it became independent.

A report from the state Department of Health shows the stark toll the heroin epidemic has taken in Dutchess County, which has the highest per capita rate of overdose fatalities.

NY State had the highest per capita Gross State Product of any state in 2016.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Schenectady County had the highest per capita crime rate in New York.

«'' he's going to force the state legislature, which has bankrupted the state, to come in every day at a much higher per capita cost.

«Amazon floodplains and river channels — maintained by seasonal floods — promote nutrient cycling and high biological production, and support diverse biological communities as well as human populations with one of the highest per capita rates of fish consumption,» said Castello.

African populations harbour the greatest genetic diversity and have the highest per capita health burden, yet they are rarely included in large genome studies of disease association.

The U.S. had the world's highest per capita water footprint, at 2,842 cubic meters per annum.

Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.