Sentences with phrase «offset by the activities»

By having funds spread out across multiple stocks, a downturn in one will be partially offset by the activities of the others, which can provide a level of portfolio stability.

Not exact matches

Leaving aside the fact that a relatively anemic 15 % of Canadians are physically active enough to satisfy even modest government recommendations — Health Canada suggests 150 minutes per week of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity — the evidence is mounting that you can not offset the deleterious effects of sitting simply by exercising more.

While a link between idleness and poor heart health has been established for nearly six decades, the paradigm that emerged said long periods of sedentary behaviour ought to be all right as long as it was offset by enough physical activity.

Likewise, any small increase in default activity is likely to be offset by an increase in merger & acquisition activity and equity initial public offerings (IPOs).

Tax gains can be offset by tax losses through regular investment activity or tax loss harvesting.

Automatic stabilizers offset fluctuations in economic activity without direct intervention by policymakers.

These provisions are partially offset by tax base - broadening provisions, including reducing the limit on interest deductions ($ 172 billion), eliminating the domestic production activities deduction ($ 95 billion), limiting carryover of net operating losses ($ 156 billion), eliminating the orphan drug tax credit ($ 54 billion), and eliminating private activity bonds ($ 39 billion).

This inflow was partly offset by $ 48.7 - million of financing expenditures that were driven by $ 37.4 - million in interest paid on outstanding debt, and $ 46 - million of investing activities primarily at Hudbay's Peru and Manitoba operations.

Excluding noncash cap rental adjustments and lease termination fees, FFO per share growth was 3 % during 2017, reflecting strong same property NOI growth offset by net disposition activity.

Also, declines in new dwelling construction are likely to be partially offset by relative strength in renovation activity.

The effect of this weakness in the consumer sector on overall activity was, to some extent, offset by robust growth in business investment.

However, these effects would be partially offset by the accompanying dampening influence on demand and activity, which could reduce domestically sourced inflationary pressures.

Past experience suggested any short - term setback could be offset by increased expenditure in the months ahead, as infrastructure is rebuilt and economic activity rebounds.

That history, coupled with the generous use of interview narrative from rescuers, the rescued, and non-rescuers throughout the book, more than offsets any fear that the Oliners» project, by focusing on rescue activities, might diminish the horror of the Holocaust.

Mr Chen said impacts from a fall in the birth rate may be offset by increased pricing activity by the formula makers, while a further fall in breast - feeding rates also may provide a boost.

The potential advantages of such activities are offset by a big disadvantage: They take time.

According to previous studies, that amount — between 44 million and 146 million metric tons of CO2 — offsets a tiny fraction of the estimated 35.3 billion metric tons of CO2 generated by the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial activity in 2013.

Climate models show that the additional particles caused by human activity produce a cooling effect which partially offsets the greenhouse effect.

A new climate change modeling tool developed by scientists at Indiana University, Princeton University and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration finds that carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere owing to greater plant growth from rising CO2 levels will be partially offset by changes in the activity of soil microbes that derive their energy from plant root growth.

«By suggesting that being physically active may offset some of the deleterious consequences of routinely engaging in high levels of sedentary behaviour, this study further emphasises the importance of physical activity in the promotion and maintenance of health.

-- Activities that receive support under this part shall not be issued offset credits for the greenhouse gas emissions reductions or avoidance, or greenhouse gas sequestration, produced by such aActivities that receive support under this part shall not be issued offset credits for the greenhouse gas emissions reductions or avoidance, or greenhouse gas sequestration, produced by such activitiesactivities.

Over a long enough period of time, the increased carbon burial could help offset a small fraction of carbon emitted by human activities such as fossil fuel burning, says study coauthor Antje

-- Activities that receive support under this subtitle shall not be issued offset credits for the greenhouse gas emissions reductions or avoidance, or greenhouse gas sequestration, produced by such aActivities that receive support under this subtitle shall not be issued offset credits for the greenhouse gas emissions reductions or avoidance, or greenhouse gas sequestration, produced by such activitiesactivities.

-- The Secretary shall establish by rule a program to conduct research to develop additional projects and activities for crops to find additional techniques and methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester greenhouse gases that may or may not meet the criteria for offset credits established under the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

CMHC says slower activity in oil - producing provinces such as Alberta will be partly offset by increased activity in British Columbia and Ontario.

The expenses allocated to rental use may be used to offset rental income on schedule E, and are only limited by the passive activity and at - risk rules.

Any losses incurred by your business activities may be offset against other income earned (such as your investment income or wages), subject to certain conditions.

The serenity of the lake was offset by Lengai's massive form, looming over our shoulders as a reminder of our night's planned activities.

A recent paper by Vecchi and Soden (preprint) published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has been widely touted in the news (and some egregiously bad editorials), and the blogosphere as suggesting that increased vertical wind shear associated with tropical circulation changes may offset any tendencies for increased hurricane activity in the tropical Atlantic due to warming oceans.

By supporting local eco-friendly activities, San Francisco's novel offsetting program, dubbed the San Francisco Carbon Fund, would seek to redress one of the most commonly criticized aspects of carbon offsets: namely, the oft inscrutable nature of the projects being funded.

According to the mayor's press release, it will also provide «City government, residents and businesses information regarding the true costs of carbon intensive activities, which are likely to be much higher than nominal amounts charged by several current offset programs.»

But there are offsets between GHGs / aerosol combinations and solar activity (especially as derived by Hoyt and Schatten), which may have been underestimated (see Stott e.a. 2003) If one simply should compare only the influence of solar (by H&S or even LBB) with the increase in heat content of the oceans, one can get a similar conclusion: that solar is the main driving force in ocean heat content.

By supporting local eco-friendly activities, San Francisco's novel offsetting program, dubbed the San Francisco Carbon Fund, would seek to redress one of the most commonly criticized aspects of carbon offsets: namely, the oft

According to analysis by the Los Angeles Business Council, the new solar program will create over 4,500 jobs, generate $ 500 million in economic activity, and offset 2.25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2016.

No, no, no, no... we are really in an ice age offset by human activity.

The Green Guides also note that it is «deceptive to claim that a carbon offset represents an emission reduction if the activity that causes the reduction is already required by law».

Their purpose is to assist in the mitigation of global warming by compensating or «offsetting» an emissions - producing activity by investing into offsets that improve efficiency, conserve energy and biodiversity, and change in behaviour.

Starting January 1, 2016, the Administrator shall issue no offset credit pursuant to this subsection if the activity generating the greenhouse gas emissions reductions or avoidance, or greenhouse gas sequestration, occurs in a country and sector identified by the Administrator under subsection (c).

Note, for example, how the temperature trend in the first decade of the 21st century was generally flat because an upward push by anthropogenic forces was temporarily offset by a downward pull as solar activity decreased and the oceans absorbed more heat than usual from the atmosphere (sea water temperatures continued to rise).»

For example, the scientific explanation that temperatures have not risen since 2001 is because an «upward push by anthropogenic forces was temporarily offset by a downward pull as solar activity decreased and the oceans absorbed more heat than usual from the atmosphere (sea water temperatures continued to rise)».

-- The Secretary shall establish by rule a program to conduct research to develop additional projects and activities for crops to find additional techniques and methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester greenhouse gases that may or may not meet the criteria for offset credits established under the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

ARB's approval of OPRs and verification bodies is a critical step in kicking off activity in the California offset program since to be eligible for compliance, all offset projects are required to be developed using an ARB approved protocol, registered on an approved OPR and verified by accredited verifiers.

My point is not that we can't keep burning fossil fuels (unfirtunately there's plenty), but rather that it is an entropy - creating process — there's no way this sort of activity is somehow offset by solar energy (which, you'll recall, is the only difference between us and an chaos - prone closed system).

Carbon Offsets are verified reductions of GHG emissions, designed to help minimize climate change by compensating or off - setting an emissions - producing activity.

Carbon credits assist in the mitigation of climate change by compensating or «offsetting» an emissions - producing activity.

As such, we are aware that a Touring Pass event like Taste the Season, does create some GHG emissions - producing activities, like guests driving toNiagara - on - the - Lake,» said Roselyn Dyck - Cieszkowski, Committee Chair, Taste the Season, «By purchasing Carbon Offsets we are doing our part to minimize GHG emissions our event creates by investing in GHG reduction initiatives happening in our own backyard.&raquBy purchasing Carbon Offsets we are doing our part to minimize GHG emissions our event creates by investing in GHG reduction initiatives happening in our own backyard.&raquby investing in GHG reduction initiatives happening in our own backyard.»

generate new jobs in the renewable energy sector that would more than offset job losses in the fossil fuel industry, with further jobs being created by energy efficiency activities, and;

This may be especially so now that we appear to be entering a period of lower solar activity (i.e. natural cooling), which could be offset by the CO2 GH effect.

Consistent with these previous studies, Meehl et al. (2013)(PDF available here) estimate a Maunder Minimum would cause about 0.26 °C cooling, but as soon as solar activity began to rise again, that cooling would be offset by solar warming.

Activities in LULUCF provide a method of offsetting emissions, either by increasing the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere (i.e. by planting trees or managing forests), or by reducing emissions (i.e. by curbing deforestation and the associated burning of wood).