Sentences with phrase «term economic harm»

The study, Vulnerability and Adaptation of US Shellfisheries to Ocean Acidification, breaks new ground by identifying the communities along our nation's shores that will most likely suffer long - term economic harm from ocean acidification, revealing a mosaic of vulnerability to ocean acidification nationwide.

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«Adding an arbitrary expiration for reasons unrelated to the special permit process or requirements would not only set a dangerous and questionable precedent, but would also hinder our ability to make MSG and New York City the long - term home of even more world - class events, and would harm a business that has served as a significant economic driver for the City for generations.»

It's estimated that in terms of economic loss and societal harm, car crashes cost the U.S. $ 871 billion each year.

Among other issues, the term — as it is defined now — leads not only to the obligation to help countries facing climatic risks, but also those facing economic harms from a premature abandonment of fossil fuels (language demanded, no surprise, by Saudi Arabia).

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

However, framing the harm of emissions in terms of their global effect, while framing the economic benefits of increased employment as a local benefit, makes costs look small and benefits large.