Sentences with phrase «significant public risk»

At the project's inception, the facility carried approximately 120,000 auto trips per day, but it presented significant public risk as it was seismically vulnerable and structurally deficient.

Not exact matches

In January, the Monetary Authority of Singapore urged the public «to act with extreme caution and understand the significant risks they take on if they choose to invest in cryptocurrencies.»

This was the first application for a resource consent under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act, Public Act 2012 No 72 (the EEZ Act) and, like the Northern Gateway project, it promised economic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environmental risks.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

In these positions, they have also gained significant and diverse management experience, including strategic and financial planning, public company financial reporting, compliance, risk management and leadership development.

At the same time, the community should advocate for necessary change and self - regulate in areas where there are significant risks of public harm that have not been addressed by current law.

As bankers, we are concerned about growth and returns - regulators about safety and soundness - central bankers with the competing interests of systemic risk and economic growth - and politicians have to deal with significant public discourse.

Food safety manager certification helps ensure a safer dining environment and mitigates the risk of outbreaks of foodborne illness, which offers significant protection and peace of mind to the public and any food service organization.

He proposed that a person should only be held in jail if a judge finds a significant flight risk or threat to public safety, and otherwise should be released on his or her own recognizance.

«We must reform our bail system so a person is only held if a judge finds either a significant flight risk or a real threat to public safety.»

In May last year, we were at significant risk of a downgrading in our international credit rating, with a catastrophic impact on public services, business and consumer confidence, a long period of stagflation, and a contraction in the economy.

The public should be warned that they need to monitor health issues, and the state should highlight that there is significant body of scientific research that demonstrates risk, said Courtney Carignan, a research scientist at Harvard University's School of Public Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chempublic should be warned that they need to monitor health issues, and the state should highlight that there is significant body of scientific research that demonstrates risk, said Courtney Carignan, a research scientist at Harvard University's School of Public Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemPublic Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemicals.

«Without access to housing subsidies provided by the City, as well as resources such as public housing and consistent access to supportive housing, far too many homeless young people are at significant risk for violence, abuse and exploitation.»

«This bill will create a mechanism for ensuring that systemwide issues are evaluated by an independent body and that only youth who have committed certain crimes or who are deemed to be a significant risk to public safety are placed with O.C.F.S.»

ALBANY — A long - awaited study released by the Cuomo administration on Wednesday determined several «red flags» about hydraulic fracturing that could pose «significant public health risks,» officials said at a public meeting of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet.

The researchers argue that adopting such a policy could lead to significant public health risks.

«Small spills at gas stations could cause significant public health risks over time.»

The study examined whether becoming a volunteer at the time of widowhood is associated with reducing the risks of loneliness, which is a significant public health concern, particularly for those who have lost a spouse, linked to poorer physical health, depression and even earlier mortality.

High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke and is also a significant public health burden, costing the United States about $ 110 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2015, according to American Heart Association estimates.

The odds of type 2 diabetes were not statistically significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons among the second generation, but co-corresponding author Dr. Sun Changhao, professor of nutrition and dean of the School of Public Health at Harbin, noted that these people were only in their 20s and 30s and could still be at increased risk as they age and that the research team will continue to follow up on these participants.

«The association is significant in that it's real, but that doesn't mean it's not a very low risk,» says lead author Madelyn S. Gould, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and public health at Columbia University, in New York.

According to a detailed report published by the the Center For Science In The Public Interest there is significant research linking these artificial food dyes to cancer risk and many other harmful health conditions.

During the sentencing, Judge Gregory Dickinson said: «There is a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm occasioned by the commission of further offences.

The Public Accounts Committee, School standards at risk from significant financial pressures, 29 March 2017: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee/news-parliament-2015/financial-sustainability-schools-report-published-16-17/

While private - school choice carries significant risks for students, public - school choice is not a bad thing to be avoided at all costs.

Ms Baldwin also pointed to a «lack of policies and procedures» to «ensure public funds are protected and to secure best value for those funds», and said there had been «a significant number» of breaches of the academies financial handbook relating to a «lack of recruitment, independence checks, risk management and internal controls».

Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).

The UAS Integration Pilot Program will help tackle the most significant challenges to integrating drones into the national airspace and will reduce risks to public safety and security.

-- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, modify, or amend any State, county, or local law, ordinance, or regulation applicable to food handling which is designed to protect the public health from individuals who pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others, which can not be eliminated by reasonable accommodation, pursuant to the list of infectious or communicable diseases and the modes of transmissability published by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The program will help tackle the most significant challenges in integrating drones into the national airspace while reducing risks to public safety and security.

«FDA does not believe raw meat foods for animals are consistent with the goal of protecting the public from significant health risks, particularly when such products are brought into the home and / or used to feed domestic pets; however, we understand that some people prefer to feed these types of diets to their pets.»

Some activists feel very negatively about the idea of corporate outreach, so even though there is little risk of alienating the public, there is significant risk of contributing to divisions within the community of animal advocates.

Without a pound, significant numbers of stray and abandoned animals roam throughout the county, endangering public safety and putting the animals at risk of suffering from untreated injuries or illness, starvation or abuse.

Organized veterinary medicine, that reaped great profits for the drug companies selling antibiotics, vaccines and a host of other drugs, never voiced concern over the proliferation of cruel factory farms, so - called concentrated animal feeding operations that now blight rural America, helped put family farms out of business and now pose significant environmental and public health risks.

Beyond the issue of social irresponsibility that relates to importing stray animals into a country that has worked to solve its own stray animal problem for most of this century, a significant public health risk is posed by the mass importation of animals from countries where standards of veterinary medicine are not as high as they are in the US and where diseases and parasites that are not found here currently may be endemic.

2) unless a raw protein product has been subjected to a process that eliminates pathogens that can make pets and people ill, it poses a significant public health risk to both pets and pet owners.

These programs are often opposed by the public, and are often seen as posing a significant risk for at - large pet cats.

Greg Ferrara, senior vice president of government relations and public affairs for the National Grocers Association, says merchants that aren't able to put their new equipment into service risk incurring significant losses in the form of chargebacks caused by fraudulent or disputed charges.

Are we talking a few minor revisions of interest to experts in the field or significant revisions that affect public policy, risk management, planning, and engineering?

Zucker said he had identified «significant public health risks» and «red flag» health issues that require long - term studies before fracking can be called safe.

This analytical report highlights that while public finance is already playing a significant role in the low carbon sectors, most of the money is targeted at the late - stage construction finance phase once most of the project development risk is removed.

Beyond coal - related carbon emissions being a primary contributor to climate change, studies have found that coal - fired electricity has significant public health risks; a 2016 analysis found that coal dust is responsible for about 22,900 premature deaths per year throughout the E.U.

The reason, as noted above, is that although nuclear power has beneficial low - carbon attributes, it also has significant environmental, public safety, and national security risks — and that propping up old nuclear plants is expensive.

I'll argue that if you're one of the ~ 3M persons living in the Ben Tre and Long An provinces of Vietnam situated on the Mekong Delta, unsupported claims such as Lindzen's «The evidence is that the increase in CO2 will lead to very little warming, and that the connection of this minimal warming (or even significant warming) to the purported catastrophes is also minimal» is hardly a tight argument and is ethically extremely dubious, aimed as it is at paralyzing the public policy response necessary to protect those people at risk.

The workshop focused the discussion on climate communication with diverse U.S. constituencies, and the challenge of building awareness among the disengaged and the unconvinced that climate change is occurring due to human causes, poses significant risks to our well - being, and can be addressed through changes in energy technologies, public policies, and the actions of individuals.

In recent weeks, «rogue» bike share companies have launched, uninvited, in U.S. cities with flimsy equipment and limited or no public notification, posing significant safety risks to the public, and fully divorced from larger transportation planning and municipal needs.

James» quote - «In the BAMS article, the authors criticize others for irresponsible public statements on global warming and praise their own caution, yet the press release they quote asserts an «increased risk» of category - 5 hurricanes threatening the southeastern U.S., but neither their own two articles, nor the data they claim to have used, show any such statistically significant trend.»

In the BAMS article, the authors criticize others for irresponsible public statements on global warming and praise their own caution, yet the press release they quote asserts an «increased risk» of category - 5 hurricanes threatening the southeastern U.S., but neither their own two articles, nor the data they claim to have used, show any such statistically significant trend.

Adults at risk of obesity, hypertension, or conditions linked to blood pressure, show significant improvement to daily exposure to public parks.

Significant progress in reducing emissions and limiting climate change could be achieved if companies 1) unequivocally communicate to the public, shareholders, and policymakers the climate risks resulting from continued use of their products, and therefore the need for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the 2 °C global temperature target; 2) firmly reject contrary claims by industry trade associations and lobbying groups; and, 3) accelerate their transition to the production of low - carbon energy.