Sentences with phrase «with calamitous consequences»

McKay contrasts the proud investigative journalism tradition that brought down the Standard Oil monopoly at the turn of the last century and the Nixon presidency in the 1970s with a form of business reporting that has been «notorious for failing to detect bubbles before they burst with calamitous consequences.»

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USA Today «s house editorial today bemoans the fact that Climategate «gives ammunitiion to the skeptics,» but concludes that «the overwhelming scientific consensus remains that the Earth is warming, largely because of human activity, with potentially calamitous consequences involving melting ice caps, rising sea levels and shifting agricultural patterns.»

Beginning with just one meter of sea level rise, our nation would be physically under siege, with calamitous and destabilizing consequences.