" ( According to Hoover's IPO Scorecard, however, 31, not six companies went public on the major U. S. stock exchanges in 2008, a year when the economy was much worse than 2007 ( when 209 companies went public ) or 2006 ( 205 IPOs ).

According to the World Bank and International Finance Corporation's Municipal Scorecard 2008, which complements the annual Doing Business report, the municipality of Estelí ranks 1st and 2nd, out of 143 municipalities in ten Latin American countries, in quality and efficiency to obtain a construction permit and municipal operating license respectively.

According to C. Michael Hogan, the Daugava River began experiencing environmental deterioration in the era of Soviet collective agriculture ( producing considerable adverse water pollution runoff ) and a wave of hydroelectric power projects.

According to a 1983 article in the journal Science, " soot found on ceilings of prehistoric caves provides ample evidence of the high levels of pollution that was associated with inadequate ventilation of open fires.

According to estimates, as a result of desertification processes and pollution, biological productivity of the ecological systems in Turkmenistan has declined by 30 % to 50 % in recent decades.

According to a 2006 United Nations initiative, the livestock industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation worldwide, and modern practices of raising animals for food contribute on a " massive scale " to air and water pollution, land degradation, climate change, and loss of biodiversity.

According to Channel 4's " The Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK " TV show Guildford was the 9th best place to live in Britain in 2006 but slipped to 12th position in 2007, largely due to the pollution produced by the numerous cars found on the roads.

According to Aristotle, the ephors annually declared war on the Helots, thereby allowing Spartans to kill them without fear of religious pollution.

According to Catholic News Service ( CNS ) and the Catholic News Agency ( CNA ), Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, the incumbent Archbishop of New York, announced before reviewing the city's parade on St. Patrick's Day 2012 that the Cathedral would undergo a massive five-year, three-phase, $ 175 million renovation because of crumbling bricks, faulty heating, and acid rain and pollution that has eaten away at the Tuckahoe marble of the 135-year-old church.

According to marine ecologist Chris Frid, the fishing industry points to pollution and global warming as the causes of unprecedentedly low fish stocks in recent years, writing, " Everybody would like to see the rebuilding of fish stocks and this can only be achieved if we understand all of the influences, human and natural, on fish dynamics.

According to the President, the program had reduced air pollution more than all other programs under the Clean Air Act of 1990 combined.

According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, " the lake is affected by nonpoint source pollution from agriculture ( pesticide and fertilizer use, manure production, and sedimentation resulting from poor tillage practices ), residential land use ( septic systems, lawncare, and construction ), and streambank erosion.

According to Xinhua news agency, the Leshan Giant Buddha and many Chinese natural and cultural heritage sites in the region have seen degradations from weathering, air pollution, and swarms of tourists.

According to Acts 15, the Council of Jerusalem c. 50, customarily believed to have been led by James the Just, determined that Religious male circumcision ( assumed by some to signify conversion to Judaism ) should not be required of Gentile followers of Jesus, only basic abstentions: avoidance of " pollution of idols, fornication, things strangled, and blood " ( KJV, Acts 15: 20, also Genesis 11: 1-8 ( idolatry ), 9: 20 ( sexual depravity ), 9: 5 ( cruelty to animals ), 9: 3-4 ( abstention from blood )).

According to Newsweek, Gore complied with their request, writing to the United States Environmental Protection Agency to oppose tighter water pollution control requirements (" Gore's Pollution Problem ", Newsweek, 24 November 1997 ).

According to the U. S. Forest Service the use of old-style two-stroke engines, previously common in vehicles designed for off-road use, also causes concerns about pollution.

According to Kyrgyz State Agency on Hydrometeorology, in 2004-2008, water pollution index of the Chu River in Chu Valley ranged from 0. 25 to 0. 7 units that is interpreted as Class II (" Clean water ").

According to Kazakhstan Hydrometeorological Service ( Kazhydromet ), water pollution index of Shu ( Chu ) River in Jambyl Province of Kazakhstan amounted to 2. 01 ( Class III, " Moderately polluted ") in 2008, and 1. 83 ( Class III, " Moderately polluted ") in 2009.

According to Pevsner, the bridge has " good sturdy balusters ", although these have been replaced over the years because of degradation due to pollution.

According to the agreement, certain animal feeding operations ( AFOs ) received a covenant not to sue from the EPA in exchange for payment of a civil penalty for past violations of the CAA and an agreement to allow their facilities to be monitored for a study on air pollution emissions in the agricultural sector.

According to the State Government, through Cetesb, the Sao Paulo environmental agency, 1200 industries, corresponding to 90 % of the industrial pollution load released into the river Tietê, joined the project and stopped to launch all kinds of wastes and contaminants into the water course.

According to a 2006 report by the Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative, the livestock industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation worldwide, and modern practices of raising animals for food contributes on a " massive scale " to air and water pollution, land degradation, climate change, and loss of biodiversity.

According to the Port, the Green Flag program reduced air pollution by 600 tons in 2007 and is expected to do better in 2008.

According to a study done for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency ‎ by the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science, portions of Montana will experience a 200 % increase in area burned by wildland fires, and an 80 % increase in air pollution from those fires.

According to the oceanographer Sylvia Earle, " Undersea noise pollution is like the death of a thousand cuts.

According to Puglisi, in the post-1960 period the Times displays a more symmetric type of watchdog behaviour, just because during presidential campaigns it also gives more coverage to the typically Republican issue of Defense when the incumbent President is a Democrat, and less so when the incumbent is a Republican.

According to the liberal watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, there was a disproportionate focus on pro-war sources while total anti-war sources only made up 10 % of the media ( with only 3 % of US sources being anti-war ).

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; According to pro-Palestinian watchdog groups

; According to pro-Palestinian watchdog groups

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; According to pro-Palestinian watchdog groups

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According to Seth Ackerman of FAIR, a liberal media watchdog, seven to eight U. S. newspapers picked up the photo along with the original erroneous caption.

According to The Washington Post, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ), a watchdog group, asked the Internal Revenue Service in 2005 to revoke CCF's tax-exempt status, alleging that Berman and his company had used CCF to direct over $ 7 million charitable money to himself and his company since 1997, an allegation Berman rejects.

According to the Trinity Foundation, an evangelical watchdog group, the physical churches are only associated with the mail-based ministry as a cover that allows the lucrative operation to retain tax-exempt church status.