Friday, October 7th, 2011
“From climate change to energy security, and green growth, IRENA’s mission touches on the key issues of our generation. As such, the importance of its success cannot be understated,” said Al Jaber in his opening remarks at the inauguration ceremony . “This important milestone for the agency demonstrates the strong global determination to work cooperatively to
Friday, October 7th, 2011
The statement came from chairman of State Land and Cartography Committee of Azerbaijan Garib Mammadov at the press conference held at the headquarters of New Azerbaijan Party on occasion of 20th anniversary of the state independence. To him, during the official visit of Russian president Dmity Medvedev to Azerbaijan, final documents were signed between the two
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Two key government watchdogs warned Wednesday that a $40 billion project to revolutionize air travel still is at risk of costly delays, even as its congressional champions worried that funding cuts might set it back further. Sitting side by side at a House subcommittee hearing, the inspector general for theTransportation Department and a director at the Government Accountability Office said that initial management
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Network Rail has unveiled plans to invest £10.5bn to deliver faster, more frequent services for passengers and freight users under the next five-year control period that runs from 2014 to 2019. The investment plans include the construction of the Northern Hub, worth £560m, in order to deliver more than 700 extra services a day between Leeds,
Friday, October 7th, 2011
A new team of investors is set to resume construction of the massive NorthPoint development, a $2 billion mini-city between Cambridge and Boston that will bring thousands of new homes, a shopping complex, and offices to a former rail yard. Read More
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
OpenDataRace is a contest to uncover Philadelphia-related data sets that are not yet available to the public. Non-profit organizations across the city have nominated data that would help them accomplish their missions and improve our region. Vote now for the data set that you think should be open and available. The top three data sets will earn
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The deadline for submission of abstracts for the 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” has been extended until October 15. Abstracts of 1 page of printed text maximum should also contain information about the author (full name, organization, contact info), preliminary name of the section and form of presentation (oral,
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
A senior U.S. senator came out swinging Wednesday in favour of TransCanada’s Keystone XL oilsands pipeline, telling Americans that rejection of the project would be “the biggest energy policy blunder in our history.” Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, warned that a decision by President Barack Obama to deny a permit for the pipeline would
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
3D Systems Corporation announced today that it acquired Kemo Modelmakerij B.V. (Kemo), a leading provider of on-demand custom parts services headquartered in Budel, The Netherlands. The company plans to continue all of its Kemo operations as 3D Systems Benelux and immediately offer its expanded range of 3D content-to-print solutions for the benefit of design-to-manufacturing professionals and
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today the release of Prolog Version 9 software, a new release featuring several product enhancements and performance improvements for the Prolog construction project management application suite. Designed specifically for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) organizations, the Prolog software solution offers the most complete project management system
