Sentences with phrase «major environmental events»

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Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread environmental and occupational pollutant that has emerged as a major cause of pathobiochemical events and damage in a number of organs.

And Corbyn took nine months of badgering to agree to meet the major environmental charities, including Greenpeace and the RSPB, only for him to cancel it when the shadow environment secretary, Kerry McCarthy, who had been organising the event, resigned a fortnight ago.

This timeline includes some major natural events, man - made disasters, environmentalists that have had a positive influence, and environmental legislation.

According to data released by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which tracks the nation's major weather and climate events, there were 16 «billion dollar» disasters in the United States in 2017, tying the record set in 2011 for most billion dollar disasters in a single year.

In any event, major environmental groups pushed back, Hurowitz said:

«This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, but also from other social and environmental issues,» he said in a book chapter he co-authored in «Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier thisevents including climate, but also from other social and environmental issues,» he said in a book chapter he co-authored in «Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier thisEvents and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier this year.

A paper by Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, published in the November issue of Geology, a journal of the Geological Society of America, suggests a major tectonic event may have triggered the rise in sea level and other environmental changes that accompanied the apparent burst of life.

On the Democratic side, unions, pro-choice groups, and environmental groups plan major events and parties during this time and book prime local spaces well in advance (there were still spaces available at the university and at local libraries however).

In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported adverse reactions from flea & tick control products had doubled since 2005 — mainly due to misapplication.1 After an extensive evaluation of all flea & tick products, the EPA found most adverse drug events were minor, but there were major incidents, too.

Founder Felix Kramer is a marketing strategist and communicator with an entrepreneurial track record with startups; in the environmental realm, he has managed major events and run campaigns and organizations.

[43] In addition, Shell planned to drill exploratory wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas during the summer of 2012, which environmental groups filed a lawsuit about in an attempt to protect native communities, endangered wildlife, and the Arctic Ocean in the event of a major oil spill.

What are the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, of which added CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a part, but also from other social and environmental issues?

The Assembly hosted several events that brought together major players on environmental issues.

Environmental hypotheses of African faunal evolution propose that major faunal speciation, extinction, and innovation events during the Pliocene - Pleistocene were mediated by changes in African climate or shifts in climate variability.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences partners with Bullfrog Power to choose renewable electricity for all administrative and event spaces Toronto — Having just announced that Bruce Cockburn will be acting as The 2013 JUNO Awards Sustainability Ambassador, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and Bullfrog Power are making a major environmental...

Environmental hypotheses of African faunal evolution propose that major faunal speciation, extinction, and innovation events during the Pliocene - Pleistocene were mediated by changes in Africa

Now, I know that the environmental damage from wasting a goal post, which is made out of freaking metal, is huge and who knows what the paint is doing to the life in the pond (even though they are usually retrieved from the pond afterwards) but I bring it up just to point out that, yeah, anyone that supports college sports or attends any kind of major event with a lot of people and concessions or wipes their butt will be contributing to waste.

That was why they re-set the accident classification at level 7 on the UN's International Nuclear Events Scale - i.e. involving «major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures».

We are specialists in inquests, fatal accident investigations and corporate manslaughter, and our 24/7 incident hotline offers instant support in the event of a major accident, fatality or environmental incident.

Since major depression has at its roots many sources, such as, but not limited to, developmental trauma, loss, complicated bereavement, physical and physiological states, medication side - effects, as well as genetic and environmental factors, a thorough examination of the events and experiences that proceed its onset is vital.

In addition to major areas of wilderness, Tilden Park includes several developed features, including environmental education areas, extensive botanical garden, swimming lake, golf course, model farm, miniature train, merry - go - round, and event venue.

Other major pre-migration risk factors include child disposition, environmental factors, as well as individual and family functioning before the traumatic events.