The percentage of doctorate holders in nonacademic S&E occupations who are underrepresented minorities increased from 4.4 percent in 1990 to 6.1 in 2005, a substantial increase if it were not over a very small base.18 Myers and Turner concluded that market forces such as wages play a more prominent role in affecting faculty representation in the short
run than pipeline factors designed to increase the supply of minority faculty.19
Not exact matches
A gas
pipeline running from Russia to China through Siberia is under construction, with a price tag of more
than $ 55 billion.
So is scrutiny of ExxonMobil and the U.S.
pipeline authority, the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA): the ruptured
pipeline had been installed in the late 1940s, and
ran through a densely populated area, yet it was transporting heavy crude, which might be more hazardous
than regular oil.
«Although these reports have varied in terms of affected volume estimates, the
pipeline has been
running at less
than full operating pressure after a line break in North Dakota in November 2017.»
The opposition come less
than a week after the Rochester Town Board in Ulster County adopted a resolution that supported the town boards of Rosendale and New Paltz, which have formally objected to the
pipeline proposed to
run through their towns.
The system enables large - bore, multi-cylinder engines used in trains,
pipelines, backup diesel generators and other fields to
run efficiently while producing lower levels of harmful emissions
than they do currently.
«Treating this
pipeline facility and company differently
than all other regulated projects and entities that operate in Vermont would arguably
run afoul of federal pre-emption principles that explicitly bar states from regulating oil
pipeline safety; potentially constitute an impermissible attempt to nullify the President's exercise of his foreign affairs power under the U.S. Constitution as reflected in the Presidential Permits issued to Portland Pipe Line and potentially impose an unconstitutional burden on foreign or interstate commerce.»
Pipelines that carry dilbit typically
run at higher pressures
than those transporting conventional crude.
All of these characteristics make transporting tar sands crude by
pipeline much more dangerous
than conventional crude, and is something decision makers must carefully consider when they review permits for the growing network of new and repurposed tar sands
pipelines that will
run through or near hundreds of communities and thousands of streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes and aquifers in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
In Florida, for example, the Sabal Trail underground
pipeline — a project of Florida Power and Light and Next Era Energy — will cost over $ 3 billion and
run nearly 500 miles through Georgia and Florida to provide more
than 1 billion gallons of natural gas to the state daily.
The department said it had received more
than 1.2 million comments on TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL
pipeline that would
run from oil sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries and ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Our movement can never question if Keystone XL is worse
than Flanagan South (an Enbridge
pipeline running from Illinois to Oklahoma), or whether tar sands, fracking, or mountaintop - removal coal mining is worse.
Reining those in «is going to have a much bigger emissions effect in the long
run than one
pipeline,» Trembath said.
Our movement can never question if Keystone XL is worse
than Flanagan South (an Enbridge
pipeline running from Illinois to Oklahoma), or whether tar sands, fracking or mountaintop removal coal mining is worse.
A new study by the National Academy of Sciences found that «
pipelines carrying heavy Canadian oil sands fuel are at no greater risk of a spill
than those
running conventional crude.»
The consumption deficit compared to last year would be even larger if liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and
pipeline gas to Mexico were not
running more
than 2 Bcf per day ahead of the 2016 pace.
He totally opposed
running a
pipeline to Kitimat, B.C., from Alberta, despite the fact
pipelines are safer
than rail cars (duh again!)