Monday, March 7th, 2011
The Alberta government’s proposed land-use framework is a well-intentioned piece of legislation that has become mired in controversy. It seeks to end the free-for-all on Alberta’s landscapes that emerged after the dissolution of regional planning commissions by the Klein government in the mid-1980s. The Alberta Land Stewardship Act and two companion pieces of legislation wisely divides the
Monday, March 7th, 2011
TrafficCast International, Inc. today announced that Econolite Canada, Inc. will distribute its BlueTOAD™ line of products, enabling localized sales services and technical support in the ten provinces and three territories of Canada. Econolite Canada is an innovator of transportation management solutions and represents a wide range of advanced technology products, including traffic signal controllers, traffic management
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Garmin International Inc., announced the G1000H, an all-glass avionics system designed specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market. The G1000H provides important flight data — flight instrumentation, navigation, communication, weather, terrain, traffic, identification, and diagnostics and maintenance computer — and presents it digitally to the pilot on large, high-resolution displays. “The G1000H is a highly flexible
Monday, March 7th, 2011
The Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) measurement standard has been chosen by Government organisations in three continents as the common standard for measuring the energy efficiency of data centres. This will allow data centre operators to measure, calculate, improve and communicate the energy efficiencies of their data centres worldwide. Read More
Monday, March 7th, 2011
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Alakopru Dam, part of a project to carry potable and irrigation water from Turkey to northern Cyprus, will take place in the Anamur district in the southern province of Mersin on Monday. Water from the Alakopru Dam will be carried to Turkish Cyprus via underwater pipes. Each year 75 million cubic
Monday, March 7th, 2011
North American harbours are not effective enough for Maersk to place its new behemoth ships on routes to the continent, according to managing director Eivind Kolding. Kolding’s comments came as the company announced it had ordered ten ships, each with a capacity of 18,000 20-foot containers and a length of 400 metres. Maersk also has the
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Gas giant Gazprom wants to engage the Danish-based Moller-Maersk Group in Arctic energy projects. In a meeting between the companies this week, Gazprom Deputy Aleksandr Ananenkov invited the Danish energy and transportation company to cooperation in the Arctic. On the meeting agenda were joint initiatives related to all-year-round offshore drilling in Arctic fields, a press release
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Germany recently began introducing gasoline containing a higher percentage of biofuels. But consumers have so far been skittish, leading to production chaos and shortages of traditional gasoline. Some politicians have called for laws mandating that biofuels be scrapped altogether. Read More
Monday, March 7th, 2011
On February 26 the launch vehicle Soyuz, successfully placed in orbit the new generation GLONASS-K satellite. Today, 26 Glonass satellites are in orbit, with 22 of them currently fully operational. In the third quarter of 2011 there are plans to launch three more satellites. Glonass satellite coverage is currently at 99 percent of the planet and includes an
Monday, March 7th, 2011
The United Nations Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF) ended on Wednesday with a clear commitment to sustainable economics and to a fundamental reform of UNorganisational structures. Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen, who gave the keynote speech on UN environmental reform on Wednesday, stressed: “The long overdue restructuring of national economies worldwide towards a green economy will only
