The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States.

Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection

And although you don't read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.

There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy

Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.

The United States Department of Agriculture and the food industry collect sales statistics and keep accurate records

"Gamification is about understanding what it is that makes games engaging and what game designers do to create a great experience in games, and taking those learnings and applying them to other contexts such as the workplace and education," explains Kevin

At least 65 million people in the United States have a criminal record.

Even the United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended mail delivery.

In 2018 alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49 billion in the United States.

In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder.

In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.

In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision.

It produces about two million tons of salt that is shipped to more than 1,500 places in the northeastern United States.

Regulating the fashion industry in the United States won't be easy, Record says.

since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States.

The United States has one of the best highway systems in the world.

The United States Postal Service has a system to ensure its employees’ safety.

Today in the United States there are 72, 000 centenarians.

Today, the EFK program operates over 144 branches in 32 states within the United States and in 21 countries.

"If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they're primarily centered around ‘Let's get these kids' grades up,' and not around ‘Let's get these kids access to the same kinds of oppor

As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at

At some 2,300 miles in length, the Mississippi is the longest river in the United States.

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate "free-riders": causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate chan

For example, in the United States, a family can be considered poor if their income is less than 50% of the national average family income.

For example, the United Arab Emirates has endorsed an ambitious target to draw 24% of its primary energy consumption from renewable sources by 2021.

For example, the United Nations Children's Fund estimates that some 11 million children in Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El nio weather phenomenon in decades.

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme

In fact, in line with past experience, capital expenditure in the oil sector has dropped sharply in many producing countries, including the United States.

In the 1960s, the United States devoted nearly 17% of discretionary spending to research and development, reaping decades of economic growth.

In the United States, up to forty percent of all food goes uneaten, despite the fact that one in seven American households lacks regular access to good food.

It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the Wri, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to bu

Many major donors and the United Nations are targeting hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children.

Nations from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, with the goal of a universal and potentially legally-binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Now a new study has provided another contribution to the debate, uncovering strong evidence that adolescent well-being in the United States really is experiencing a decline and arguing that the most likely cause is the electronic riches we have given them

On the one side, you have the United States government's mighty legal and security apparatus fighting for data of the most sympathetic sort: the secrets buried in a dead mass murderer' phone.

simultaneously, technological advancement and global economy has reduced demand for well- paying blue collar jobs here in the United States.

Space Policy Directive-3 lays out general guidelines for the United States to mitigate the effects of space debris and track and manage traffic in space.

The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist's smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government.

The European Union's level of international co-authorship is about twice that of the United States, Japan, and India.

The oldest continuously operated commercial hydro-electric plant in the United States is on New York's Hudson river, and it went into commercial service in 1898.

The roots of his speech, given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations, stretch back to 1972, and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

They include the United States, Austria, Costa rica, South Africa and Germany.

Twenge and her colleagues also found that across the key years of 2013-16, well-being was indeed lowest in years where adolescents spent more time online, on social media, and reading news online, and when more youth in the United States had smartphones.