Sunday, August 15th, 2010
THE HINDU – Asserting that oil and gas blocks are national assets and companies are merely contractors, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is of the view that the reported strategic stake sale of oil fields in Rajasthan by Cairn India to London-based Vendanta Resources could be allowed only with prior government permission that would
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Visitors are stalking Britain’s rural communities in unsuitable footwear, offering farmers the deal of a lifetime. They’re not pushing a wonder fertilizer or trying to side-step their local farmers’ market in the hunt for a new superfood, but offering help to cash in on the new gold rush – solar power. Read More
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
OPTIMUM POP – A multi-million pound project to create a testing platform for wave energy devices in Cornwall has ground to a halt. Engineers have postponed plans to float the copper cable ashore after it sank, raising fears it could become enmeshed on the seabed. The cable, which was 650ft (200m) from land on Thursday
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
EL MUNDO – The internal report prepared by the Xunta de Galicia on the causes of fire and the circumstances surrounding the death of two brigades while quelling a fire in Forestry Fornelos confirmed that the fire was caused. Read Moreter of the image, the Regional Minister Samuel Alfonso Rueda and Juárez. | Efe
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
HERALD SCOTLAND – According to Waterwatch Scotland (WWS), because the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has a duty to play up the benefits of competition as well as to regulate the industry, it has not pursued apparent licence breaches by certain private providers. WICS has hit back that the consumer agency’s views are insufficiently
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Clark Labs is pleased to announce the release of another CD in their Global Data Archive Series. This new CD includes monthly global precipitation and sea surface temperature data, critical for climate monitoring and research. The CD is available for only $30 plus shipping and handling. It is also available as a downloadable product.
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched a REDD+ online database. The purpose of the database is to make information on REDD+ readiness activities and projects readily accessible for analysis and learning. The database mainly provides profiles of REDD-plus projects using a common template, but the intention is to also provide country summaries
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
KUWAIT TIMES – Europe’s second-biggest utility, GDF Suez, is set to take control of smaller UK rival International Power, creating the world’s largest independent power producer in terms of revenue. International Power shareholders will receive a special dividend of 92 pence once the deal is completed, totaling 1.4 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) and at the
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
UNEP – They’ve clocked up 5,000 kilometres on the road, passed mountains, rivers, deserts and forests and also repaired their fair share of flat tyres. And today, the Greek conservation group, Green Project, made a pit-stop at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi during an environmental road-trip that will
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
WELSH GOV – Three of the new appointments are to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and one is to the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Following an open selection exercise, the Minister has appointed Ms Melanie Doel, Mrs Carys Lloyd Howell and Professor Alan Terence Arthur Lovell to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and
