ABS may not cure all that ails our legal system, but as
with environmental matters, even small steps in the right direction can make a constructive difference.
Fred, you also say «ABS may not cure all that ails our legal system, but as
with environmental matters, even small steps in the right direction can make a constructive difference.
Extensive experience
with environmental matters related to real estate and corporate transactions and alternative energy matters.
Resurgence magazine may be called the flagship of many of these groups; it is in many ways an excellent magazine and is deeply concerned with «spiritual awareness» as well as
with environmental matters, but needless to say it considers orthodox Christianity to be totally irrelevant.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions
with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements
with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements
with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts
with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and
environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships
with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely
matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance
with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
One school of thought says she should just plow ahead
with her
environmental agenda; history will be on her side in the end, since no one today (outside of maybe a few U.S. Republicans) doubts that the question of phasing out fossil fuels is not a
matter of if but when.
On a recent visit to Canada, Voser discussed energy and
environmental matters, along
with the state of the European economy and doing business
with China.
«We will explain how shareholder proposals on
environmental, social, and corporate governance
matters often raise issues
with a direct impact on long - term shareholder value (e.g., effective management of climate change risk or encouraging stronger board oversight and independence).
There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward - looking statements, including, but not limited to: uncertainties involving interpretation of drilling results,
environmental matters, lack of ability to obtain required permitting, equipment breakdown or disruptions, and the other factors described in Paramount's disclosures as filed
with the SEC.
But if that is the case, why are there so few public statements,
with the «conservative» label attached to them, that tell us exactly what policy should be in the
matter of education, welfare provision,
environmental protection, planning law, urbanization, infrastructure, and everything else that
matters to the ordinary citizen?
In us,
matter is brought into direct synthesis
with spiritual mind... [it] is subsumed and transformed into a more perfect state by direct union
with the Godhead... It is this destiny and this
environmental harmony that is lost by sin in the first generation... this threatens the eternal frustration of human nature - spiritual as well as physical death.»
«The Meat Free Monday campaign fits perfectly
with Brookwood's Planet
Matters environmental policy and our Eating for Life healthy eating programme.
Interviewer: «As well as supporting fish movement, flows of
environmental water can generate movement of organic
matter with benefits for water quality.»
Among the services DP&F can provide are assistance
with sales and purchases of wineries and vineyards, debt / equity financing, grape sale / purchase agreements, alcohol beverage regulation, land use planning,
environmental regulation, establishment of wine appellations, broker and distribution agreements and terminations, license transfers, labeling
matters, litigation involving wine contamination (including cork taint), and business succession planning.
But one of the most important findings of this new cohort of researchers is that for most children, the
environmental factors that
matter most have less to do
with the buildings they live in than
with the relationships they experience — the way the adults in their lives interact
with them, especially in times of stress.
Energy Saving Trust chief executive Philip Sellwood added: «
With a network of advice centres across the UK, we will be able to offer millions of people free and impartial advice on
environmental matters such as energy efficiency, renewable technologies and greener transport.
I would therefore be very pleased if anyone better informed about such
matters could let me know why meetings conducted
with webcams over the internet are not pretty much as good as face - to - face meetings, given the
environmental cost of the latter.
[16] On
environmental matters, Thornberry has worked
with Friends of the Earth and World Wide Fund for Nature to campaign for a Climate Change Bill and a Marine Bill.
Among other points of contention, health department employees dismissed an advisory limit for human consumption of PFOA set by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency, and argued that their differences
with the federal authorities were a
matter of «philosophy» and not just science, according to a senior EPA official's handwritten notes from a phone conference
with state officials.
Based on recommendations included in the report, the Governor is introducing a program bill that would ban the provision of single - use, plastic carryout bags at any point of sale, and would provide the Department of
Environmental Conservation
with exclusive jurisdiction over all
matters related to plastic bags and film plastic recycling.
With that formerly dominant
environmental matter largely settled in New York, the anti-fracking community has turned its energy to opposing the transport of fracked gas from other states — infrastructure that they argue enables dependency on insufficiently clean energy sources.
For a number of years, this lab in a cavern has hosted the UK's search for dark
matter, along
with super-sensitive radio - isotope testing equipment for
environmental and climate studies, for example.
Another thing that we really like about them is that they're able to perform the same way
with the same quality no
matter what the
environmental conditions.
In his own lab, he is raising nematodes on soil enriched
with different types of produce — sugary versus fibrous, for example — and finds that no
matter what the food source and the resulting
environmental microbial diversity, worms have similar sets of bacteria in their guts.
The budget calls for the elimination of about a dozen agencies dealing
with science and
environmental matters, including the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the $ 10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which supports early - stage startups.
An analysis by a team of North Carolina - based
environmental and planning researchers concludes that densely populated regions
with compact urban development that discourages commuting by car — widely touted as a way to increase public exercise and reduce harmful automobile emissions — may only slightly lower average regional particulate
matter (PM) concentrations in air.
Dr. Ruth Patrick (1907 - 2013) probably needs no introduction to the readers of The American Naturalist, or to anyone who has taken an interest in
environmental matters over the last half century, for she has become so well known and so influential in her work
with water as to become something of a household name.
With performances multiplied by 100 in terms of brilliance and coherence, EBS will lead the way in pushing back the boundaries of scientific exploration of
matter, and contribute to answering the great technological, economic, societal and
environmental challenges confronting our society.
The liver from a pasture - raised cow
with a perpetually cud - filled maw can undoubtedly handle its relatively light toxic load; the liver from a CAFO - cow feeding on grain and exposed to
environmental pollutants is surely another
matter entirely.
A smart strategy No
matter the source of your craving (whether it began
with an
environmental cue or an emotional need) there's another tactic that helps derail the chemical cascade: Focus on your short - and long - term health goals.
Environmental issues aside, the burning of paraffin wax contaminates the air
with soot and carcinogenic particulate
matter.
The documentaries «Food
Matters», «Hungry for Change», «Cowspiracy», and especially «Forks Over Knives» are also all very interesting and keep their focus on the science and health benefits of following a plant - based diet, along
with the
environmental impact of the SAD (standard American diet).
Researchers behind the study, published in the journal
Environmental Health Perspectives, found that preterm births associated
with particulate
matter — a type of pollutant — led to more than $ 4 billion in economic costs in 2010 due to medical care and lost productivity that results from disability.
The relationship he develops subsequently
with his wife (Amanda Seyfried) pulls him closer to the
environmental cause and causes him to question the church's responsibility in
matters of social justice and its very earthly compromises
with unethical corporations.
With technological advancements continuing to change our world and daily lives, the need for more focus on the socioeconomic, political, and
environmental trends youth will face in the future is a critical part of the discourse on the learning that
matters most.
Co-sponsored
with The Critical Social and
Environmental Psychology and The Urban Education Programs, NYCORE, (In) equality
Matters Advanced Research Collaborative at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and The Urban Research - Based Action Network (URBAN).
In CEQ's NEPA regulations, «' tiering» refers to the coverage of general
matters in broader
environmental impacts statements...
with subsequent narrower statements or
environmental analyses... incorporating by reference the general discussions and concentrating solely on the issues specific to the statement subsequently prepared» (40 CFR 1508.28).
What
matters most is ending extreme poverty and the population growth, conflict and
environmental destruction that go
with it.
These days, certainly, the issues that
matter most — terrorism and
environmental change, for example — are laden
with uncertainty and shaped by interwoven forces like religion, poverty, greed and technology.
Ecoartspace, an organization that focuses on addressing
environmental issues through the visual arts (the image below, from a 2009 exhibition, is by Nils - Udo), got in touch
with me recently about a planned spring exhibition of small works on paper devoted to a simple question: What
matters most?
Public health experts who work on the «shale fields» among impacted citizens have been ringing alarm bells: «I don't know if I have ever seen a problem as widespread as this
with as little information collected about it, and as relaxed an attitude in terms of the sense of urgency, in the sense of responsibility on the part of the state and federal governments, and for that
matter, the drilling industry,» cautioned a seasoned public health toxicologist David Brown from Southwest
Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush Stories.
But Roger A. Pielke, Jr., the blogging political scientist at the University of Colorado and a frequent antagonist of the center's
environmental blogger, Joe Romm, shot back, asserting that the scientists, by associating
with an advocacy group pressing a particular agenda on climate, were making
matters worse.
The nonprofit I work for, the Science and
Environmental Health Network, has been collaborating
with Harvard Law School's Human Rights Clinic on law as if future generations
mattered.
But if you think about the fact that these coffee containers are made of three different types of material and are stuffed
with compostable organic
matter, it's easy to see the
environmental impact add up.
Yes, many people repeat Gelbspan's line about reporters giving unfair media balance to crooked skeptic scientists, but it doesn't take much additional digging to see where a Senior Producer at Turner Broadcasting, Teya Ryan, made her case in 1990
with a lengthy opinion in the Society of
Environmental Journalists Winter 1990 - 91 newsletter about media balance being «artificial, a
matter of giving equal air time or newshole space to dissenting views of questionable merit.
That's why the Rev. Crosby said he is again proposing a resolution that Exxon name at least one director
with a strong background in
environmental matters.
The silencing suggests that the administration values «pro-growth» policies over
environmental goals and stands
with industry, no
matter the cost.
Through our global network of local writers, we are continuing our award - winning coverage of global and local
environmental challenges,
with a focus on the people for whom the ecosphere
matters in a direct way: rural dwellers who have little means to protect themselves against adverse conditions; communities that need to switch to sustainable development in order to survive; poor women and children, who are the most vulnerable in natural disasters.Sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The World Bank (WB), IPS also maintains the award - winning Tierramérica, a specialised information service on environment and development.
With our growing understanding of the importance of environmental protection and of healthy lifestyles — and with the state leveraging quality of life as one of its key assets in an effort to grow our economy — the park system matters today more than ever,» said Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks & Trails New Y
With our growing understanding of the importance of
environmental protection and of healthy lifestyles — and
with the state leveraging quality of life as one of its key assets in an effort to grow our economy — the park system matters today more than ever,» said Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks & Trails New Y
with the state leveraging quality of life as one of its key assets in an effort to grow our economy — the park system
matters today more than ever,» said Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks & Trails New York.
If societies take on
environmental issues ranges from hard left «environment trumps all other concerns» to hard right «environment doesn't
matter at all», while academia covers merely «trumps all others» to «mildly important but requires a balance
with others» then the «centre» of academia will be significantly different from that of society in general — the whole bell curve is shifted left.