The phrase "upstream impacts" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the consequences or effects of an event or action on other events or actions that will take place in the future. For example, "The decision to increase taxes will have serious upstream impacts on the economy."
Including upstream impacts would greatly complicate the regulations.
Changes to wind resources and their upstream impacts on the energy industry have received limited academic attention, despite their risks earning interest from investors.
In their reply brief, four environmental groups argued that FERC should have considered the impacts of increased gas production because the pipeline would be the "legally relevant cause" of such upstream impacts and impacts were reasonably foreseeable.
In addition, the petitioners contended that FERC had improperly announced, in its denial of a petition for rehearing, a new policy of not providing upper-bound estimates of downstream and upstream impacts in environmental reviews.
Metals and minerals do not play a major role in energy generation except for in upstream impacts.
Upstream impacts on hydrological processes can be broadly divided into two types: (i) human-influenced activities related to land use and (ii) natural impacts related to climate (Nepal [2012]).
And the uncertainty it creates has a direct and immediate upstream impact on confidence, including the investment decisions of industry".
"It's probably the major upstream impact". A Connecticut-Massachusetts coalition is working to get a Federal budget appropriation for the clean-up.
For example, a company might use recycled materials for the packaging of a product, but leave the remainder of a product's upstream impact unaddressed.
The company said earnings are likely to decline sharply from the fourth quarter of 2008, when it recorded profits of $2.14 a share, due to the upstream impact of lower prices on crude and natural gas and the downstream effect of lower margins on refined products.
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