Sentences with phrase «serious economic disruption»

Periodic outbreaks of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa caused major loss of life and serious economic disruption.

Periodic outbreaks of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa, including an epidemic between 2013 and 2016, caused major loss of life and serious economic disruption in the three countries where it occurred: Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

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If there's a bright spot for the province, however, it's that the ongoing disruption of Alberta oil sands production — estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be about 1.2 million barrels a day, comprising nearly $ 1 billion in economic activity — has contributed to a rally in global oil prices that could give producers, and therefore the Alberta economy, a badly - needed lift once production is finally back on - line (assuming, of course, the fires are eventually extinguished and oil sands operations escape serious damage).

The New York Independent System Operator has stated many times that Indian Point's closure would drastically reduce grid reliability resulting in blackouts, brownouts, economic disruption, and serious safety issues.

«Assimilating e-lending to the lending of physical books... does not take into account the economic reality of the book chain and is likely to lead to serious disruptions on the nascent e-book market», the federation said.

Fossil fuels are so fundamental to the operation of capitalism and the world today that serious reductions, if they were even tried under capitalism, would lead to a period of extraordinary economic disruption.

A «decline in the availability of cheap energy» — i.e. peak oil, and more generally peak fossil fuels, could — if we handle it very stupidly — cause some very serious economic and social disruptions to human society.