Sentences with phrase «years of delayed action»

Each five years of delayed action on climate change now could result in as much an additional eight inches of sea level rise by 2300, stark new research shows.

«The $ 8 million in donations the real estate industry made to Christy Clark paid for years of delayed action on skyrocketing housing costs,» said Horgan.

Not exact matches

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

But if the plan still has plenty of funding and momentum for now, the delay might be good planning, so that officials, provinces, and project developers know that climate action is not a one - year wonder.

On Tuesday, the Solar Energy Industries Association said that the president's action would result in the loss of roughly 23,000 jobs in the solar industry this year, as well as the delay or cancellation of billions of dollars of investments.

Some of the changes, such as introducing a mobile order - and - pay app that was delayed after the franchisee association threatened legal action over its launch, are needed in order for Tim Hortons to compete against players such as Starbucks, which launched a similar app in Canada last year.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

It would need firsthand knowledge of an entirely pagan country to say for certain that these impressive spiritual qualities are growing spontaneously, rather than being the delayed action of many years of unconscious Christian absorption.

Zabaleta confirmed Gundogan has damaged the same knee he dislocated earlier in the year, a setback that saw him out of action for four - and - a-half months and delayed his City debut until mid-September.

Also note: because of the Republican donors» delay in getting into the action this year, their advertising money won't go as far, since I.E. groups buying ads late in the cycle are paying premium prices.

These actions generate $ 500 million of savings, including $ 180 million from accelerating Medicaid Redesign Team initiatives and delaying investments, leveraging $ 200 million in current - year under spending to generate 2013 - 14 savings, and $ 120 million from a 6 percent reduction to OPWDD Medicaid rates for not - for - profit providers.

They are also asking for an overall review nine months into the program; the redeployment of staff and resources from projects like station painting and retiling to signal repair and track inspection; better ways to report causes for subway delays; and a comprehensive plan for the future that details how work from the Subway Action Plan will be carried forward over the coming years.

In the time it will take to install the necessary infrastructure to support the tolls, the panel hopes that the MTA's Subway Action Plan will bring some stability to a subway system that has experienced a soaring number of delays in recent years.

«The proposed implementation delay of two more years, on top of seven years of work undertaken already, is the latest in a series of cost - avoidance actions taken in regard to this high need and grossly underserved group of children,» Nayowith wrote.

Due to these actions by the Governor, after years of delay ground is expected to be broken next week on this valuable economic development for New York.»

«Members of Congress must take action to delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act for a period of no less than one year.

The increased trend of delaying decisions that would upset bills» supporters until after session ends corresponds with a broader pattern of delaying executive action until the last two months of the year.

Cuomo said the state can afford the borrowing because of his fiscally conservative actions over five years and, in the event of an economic slump, the state has health reserves and enough flexibility to scale back or delay some borrowing and building.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday delayed action for a few weeks on a bill to increase the minimum wage, a top political and policy priority of the White House and congressional Democrats this election year.

«Every year of delay increases the costs and difficulties of effective action.

The new study finds that as much as 37 % of global investment in coal power plants over the next 40 years could be stranded if action is delayed, with China and India bearing most of these costs.

Arriving in theaters after being delayed for almost a year, Paramount has released G.I. Joe: Retaliation in 3D, a sequel to the live - action G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie.

The quality of the feedback students receive often declines through the years of school, with younger children being more likely to receive feedback that is opportunistic, immediate and action - focused, and older students more likely to receive feedback that is planned, delayed and judgemental.

The commissioner may delay identification of an LEA for corrective action for a period of one year pursuant to section 1116 (c)(10)(F) of the NCLB, 20 U.S.C. section 6316 (c)(10)(F)(Public Law, section 107 - 110, section 1116 [c][10], 115 STAT.

The legislature voted to delay action pending a year of study by its Select Committee on Education.

11 While the ruling called for more urgent action from districts to desegregate their schools, the ambiguity of the phrase provided ample leeway for officials such as those in Prince Edward County to implement delaying tactics.12 In fact, in the years following the Brown rulings, Virginia's NAACP chapter continuously fought county officials in court as they refused to set a start date for integrating the public schools.

If your only reason for doing a Roth conversion was to beat the rate increase, it now appears you can delay that action at least two more years — and a lot can happen in that time, perhaps including a move toward major reform of the tax system.

There is certainly knowledge required, but a lot of the learning can be done through action, not paying for expensive seminars or delaying for years until you know absolutely everything.

The action title joins a long list of anticipated games which also have been delayed until next year including: BioShock 2, Red Steel 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction and among others.

First conceived way back in 2008, only one short year after the release of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune on PS3, a big - screen adaptation of Naughty Dog's iconic action - adventure series has been in the works for almost a decade now, and though stuck in development hell for much of that time, with constant fundamental changes delaying the project on numerous occasions, the film's survival has never really felt in doubt.

2015 was set to be a fantastic year for Zelda fans, but with Wii U's The Legend Of Zelda delayed until at least 2016 the festive schedule looked bereft of any Link based actioOf Zelda delayed until at least 2016 the festive schedule looked bereft of any Link based actioof any Link based action.

Senator McCain: why did you fail to show up for the Energy Bill vote that has added another year of delay on action?

Of course government all over the world will do anything to delay any real action and they could have another 10 - 20 years to do just that.

«Despite several years of highlighting the need for effective communications and outreach, we have really made very little headway, and I know that we can not delay action in this area much longer,» Dr. Pachauri wrote.

Industry has used this argument to delay action on endocrine disruptors for years, in spite of calls for the use of the precautionary principle and the obligations in Europe for suppliers to prove safety before they are allowed to sell their products.

To be blunt, we risk throwing away the work of 20 years and further delaying the action that is truly required.

Rudd's now planning to delay the scheme's introduction for a year to 1 July 2011 and set a nominal carbon price of $ 10 a tonne with an unlimited number of permits until 1 July 2012, so there will be NO effective action for another three years.

After a two hour delay in getting final approval by the UN Secretariat and Mexican security officials for an already sanctioned action, we spoke out in behalf of the those who no longer have a voice — the victims of the many climate change - related disasters worldwide in the past year.

Huffingtonpost: Delaying global action on climate change by 20 more years will put the goal of keeping the world relatively cool out of reach forever, no matter how much money humanity later spends to try to solve the problem, a new study finds.

The 35 year delay in taking significant action has made the task of avoiding dangerous climate change increasingly more challenging.

They include: (1) a 35 year US delay on climate action has made the problem extraordinarily challenging to solve, (2) US greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions are more than any country responsible for rise in atmospheric concentrations to present dangerous levels, (3) US ghg emissions not only threaten the US with climate disruption but endanger many of the poorest people around the world, (4) the Obama administration's pledge to reduce ghg emissions is far short of the US fair share of safe global emissions.

Although Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R - Alaska) resolution was defeated in the Senate, Senator Jay Rockefeller's (D - West Virginia) proposal of a two - year delay of Clean Air Act regulatory action is still pending; and depending upon the outcome of the November elections, there may be a series of further Congressional actions to tie the hands of EPA in this regard.

Though scientific consensus must always be open to responsible skepticism given: (a) the strength of the consensus on this topic, (b) the enormity of the harms predicted by the consensus view, (c) an approximately 30 year delay in taking action that has transpired since a serious climate change debate began in the United States in the early 1980s, (d) a delay that has made the problem worse while making it more difficult to achieve ghg emissions reductions necessary to prevent dangerous climate change because of the steepness of reductions now needed, no politician can ethically justify his or her refusal to support action on climate change based upon a personal opinion that is not supported by strong scientific evidence that has been reviewed by scientific organizations with a wide breadth of interdisciplinary scientific expertise.

They've spent years denying the reality of global warming and doing everything possible to delay action.

We have seen the tactics of climate contrarians before with cigarette propaganda tactics, as noted HERE: «An identical strategy succeeded in delaying government action against tobacco companies for years despite overwhelming evidence of the hazards of cigarettes».

The government of Kathleen Wynne is being urged to move quickly to negotiate with First Nations who may be impaired by the semi-privatization of Hydro One — or risk legal action that would stymie the $ 15 - billion deal and lead potentially to years of delay.

The administrative dismissal of actions for delay has caught many lawyers by surprise, and has led to several hundred claims and almost $ 10 million in claims costs in just three and a half years.

Rule 48, which permits the administrative dismissal of actions for delay, has been responsible for over $ 10 million in claims costs over the past three years.

[5] Conversely, a delay of approximately 7.5 years was held not to be inordinate in the context of an action against a number of defendants for breach of fiduciary obligations.

Two - year trial deadline repealed under new rule change Featured Monday, 26 January 2015 08:00 Written By Yamri Taddese Print Email Print Email Share 0 inShare.Some lawyers are expressing relief following the repeal of rules that automatically dismissed actions for delay after two years if they hadn't made their way onto a trial list.