His posts paint a comprehensive view
of global environmental issues from an economic standpoint.
Successful management
of global environmental issues would require political leadership that McKibben, Brand and others say hasn't materialized.
International Journal
of Global Environmental Issues, 2 (3 - 4), pp. 267 - 280.
In 1974, with support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Lester Brown founded the Worldwatch Institute, the first research institute devoted to the analysis
of global environmental issues.
The first Earth Day was held in 1970 as a way to boost awareness
of global environmental issues.
Not exact matches
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect
of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels
of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments
of the aerospace industry, levels
of air travel, financial condition
of commercial airlines, the impact
of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition
of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization
of the anticipated benefits
of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing
of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition
of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration
of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization
of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels
of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability
of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope
of future repurchases
of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level
of other investing activities and uses
of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition
of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery
of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits
of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits
of diversification and balance
of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome
of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact
of the negotiation
of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect
of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect
of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions,
global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect
of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
of 2017),
environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability
of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition
of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits
of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing
of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence
of events that may give rise to a right
of one or both
of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee
of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million
of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects
of the announcement or the completion
of the merger on the market price
of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation
of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value
of the United Technologies» shares to be
issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability
of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
By Kaz Janowski, editor at SciDev.net I have become aware
of a growing weariness with the pessimistic narratives around climate change, migration and other
global environmental issues and events.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Karen Harbert, president and CEO
of the U.S. Chamber's
Global Energy Institute,
issued the following statement today regarding the
Environmental Protection Agency's issuance
of an advanced notice
of proposed rulemaking addressing carbon emissions from power plants:
This rise
of the environment as an election
issue is due to a number factors, including greater public interest in
environmental issues (such as
global warming) and the appearance
of green politics at the federal level.
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.
Most
of us are more immediately involved in
issues of gender, ethnic pluralism, and justice than in
global environmental questions.
They were strongly committed to
global issues of justice, to specific ministries with those at the margin
of our own society, to peacemaking, and to
environmental concerns.
Long food supply chains are actually far from a simple matter because they tie into a number
of social and
environmental issues, including the
global carbon footprint, product quality and sustainability, too.
Investments and collaborations to promote
environmental sustainability: Through
global alliances such as the Trash Free Seas Alliance, founding
of the bio-PET NaturALL Bottle Alliance, and investments in large - scale organizations like Closed Loop Fund, Keep America Beautiful and start - ups like RecycleUp, Nestlé Waters is collaborating with stakeholders across the PET value chain to create shared solutions to one
of the world's most pressing
environmental issues.
Banrock Station is now the
global wine industry leader in
environmental issues, with part proceeds
of every sale contributing to conservation projects around the world.
A lot
of concern rose about the arsenic content.Arsenic naturally occurs in the Earth's crust and due to
global environmental issues it's content is rising.
Urging the people
of Osun to monitor trends across the world for
environmental issues, the Bureau said unless this is done, the magnitude
of the
global worries over the environment would not be fully appreciated.
Pete Demola April 22, 2018 The Sun Plattsburgh − Earth Day is serious business in the Adirondacks and across the North Country, and the public took advantage
of the sunny weather over the weekend to celebrate the
global event designed to boost awareness
of environmental issues.
They'll discuss a range
of environmental issues including expanding the bottle bill, brownfields, access to public land,
global warming and much more.
Forest ecosystems are central to most
of today's
global environmental issues.
Eliza Reilly, executive director
of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a non-profit which seeks to strengthen student learning and interest in STEM by connecting course topics to
issues of local, national and
global importance, said rethinking STEM education is necessary to produce graduates equipped to tackle society's
environmental, economic and political challenges.
Since 1977, IIASA's annual 3 - month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA's ongoing research on
issues of global environmental, economic and social change.
Sagarin hopes that the results, appearing in the 26 October
issue of Science, will encourage others to look for
environmental responses to
global warming in data sets collected informally by individuals or communities, like a bird - watcher's records.
McCright's study, «Cool dudes: The denial
of climate change among conservative white males in the United States,» was published online in July and printed in the October 2011
issue of Global Environmental Change, which ranks first out of 77 journals on environme
Environmental Change, which ranks first out
of 77 journals on
environmentalenvironmental studies.
Under the Carter administration, CEQ (along with the U.S. Department
of State) drafted The
Global 2000 Report to the President (pdf) in 1980, which proved prescient about a host
of environmental issues, from climate change to biodiversity loss.
Lomborg, a Danish political scientist with a background in statistics, argues in his text that claims made by environmentalists about
global warming, overpopulation, energy, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety
of other
issues are exaggerations unsupported by a proper analysis
of environmental data.
Environmental groups have been frustrated by the Bush administrations rejection
of the Kyoto treaty and what Sohn describes as its tendency to deny, deflect blame and delay when it comes to
issues involving
global warming.
At
issue are some
of the techniques developed by
environmental economists for analysing the costs and benefits
of preventing
global warming.
«The reason we think biofuels can reduce
global warming is because we assume the feed crop will take carbon out
of the air,» says Tim Searchinger
of Princeton, the lead author
of a report on biofuels»
environmental impact in a February
issue of Science [subscription required].
«In addition to the direct loss
of forest, there was a widespread shift
of the remaining
global forest to a more fragmented condition,» explains Kurt Riitters, a research ecologist and team leader with the U.S. Forest Service Eastern Forest
Environmental Threat Assessment Center and the lead author
of a study describing the phenomenon, published in the January 2016
issue of Landscape Ecology.
It has also grown tremendously in the past twenty years, in line with increasing concerns about scientific and technical
issues of every kind, from nuclear power to
global environmental change.
From economic impacts in cities like San Diego and London to crops in Memphis to
global greenhouse gases, the framework
of telecoupling (socioeconomic and
environmental interactions over distances) lays out a dynamic, complex view
of how
issues of sustainability reach across the world — and then impacts rush back.
This includes MOUs with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC / UNESCO); the International Maritime Organization (IMO); the
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP); the Partnerships in
Environmental Management for the Seas
of East Asia (PEMSEA); the State Oceanic Administration
of the People's Republic
of China (SOA); the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT); the Cluster
of Excellence on the Future Ocean at Christian - Albrechts Universitat zu Kiel, Germany; the European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology (EurOcean); the University
of Malta; the State Enterprise on Caspian Sea
Issues at the President
of Turkmenistan in Turkmenistan; and the High Seas Alliance among others.
When the freelance life felt too isolating, I joined ASU's Julie Ann Wrigley
Global Institute
of Sustainability as a grant editor, a job that integrated
environmental issues, science writing, and editing.
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Does his undeniable impact in turning the Church's public focus to
issues of global poverty and migrants» rights, not to mention his use
of the position to advocate for
environmental causes or his papal subtweeting
of Donald Trump, make him a valuable ally?
Today's young people, as they move into adulthood, will face momentous
issues of responding to
environmental degradation, climate change and the role
of human activity in causing or exacerbating
global warming.
The choice
of this theme fosters
environmental justice in the context
of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and the UN International Year
of Sustainable Energy for All, putting forward the link between local and
global issues.
Teachers should allow students the chance to take ownership
of their school's energy and
environmental issues, so that they can not just lead the change within their school community, but also further afield, says Luke Wynne
of Global Action Plan.
Teen Hoopla highlights the potential
of the Internet to heighten students» awareness
of such local and
global issues as
environmental pollution, while providing teachers and students with avenues, ideas, and plans for social action.
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If recent headlines are a reliable barometer
of the state
of the world — «43 Missing Students, a Mass Grave and a Suspect: Mexico's Police»; «Egyptian Judges Drop All Charges against Mubarak»; «Boehner Says Obama's Immigration Action Damages Presidency»; «U.N. Panel
Issues Its Starkest Warning Yet on
Global Warming» — then it seems that we are living in an age
of intense violence, unbridled corruption, purposeful gridlock, and such persistent
environmental degradation that frequent drought, flooding, and hurricanes have become the new normal.
Mr. Nodal states, «The Citizen Artists have employed a collaborative process with a multidisciplinary approach, involving all creative disciplines in collaboration with politicians,
environmental activists, scientists, and community organizers to help individuals and communities understand and face the challenges
of environmental justice,
global environmental degradation, and for the last eight years, US indifference to
environmental issues facing our world.
His work deals with
issues which are as relevant to London as Lhasa:
global warming,
environmental degradation, overpopulation, alcoholism among the young, and the desire to form one's own identity in a world
of mass media and the erosion
of culture and tradition.