Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Open Season Plan filed by Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline, LLC. Denali will commence its open season on July 6th, 2010.”We are pleased that the FERC has approved our open season plan,” said Bud Fackrell, Denali President. “This approval confirms that Denali’s plan is complete
Monday, June 7th, 2010
The world’s second coldest capital after Ulaanbaatar, Astana is situated deep in Kazakhstan’s northern steppes, where temperatures drop to -40F in the winter, and howling, icy winds blow through from Siberia. Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev however plans to combat the temperatures with the project, named Indoor City, which will be about 2km in circumference, twice
Monday, June 7th, 2010
An American expert on land-use planning says Calgary should focus on rejuvenating its inner-city neighbourhoods. Robert Liberty, a metro councillor in Portland, Ore., spoke at a conference on sustainable development at the University of Calgary over the weekend. Liberty has been a leader in inner-city redevelopment, as well as transportation and land-use planning, in Portland.
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Created by Euroscience, ESOF – Euroscience Open Forum – is the biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. At ESOF meetings leading scientists, researchers, young researchers, business people, entrepreneurs and innovators, policy makers, science and technology communicators and the general public from all over the world discuss new discoveries and debate the direction
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Google faces a privacy investigation here in Canada. Canada is just one of several countries who have opened investigations into Google, Inc. questioning their ability to be able to gain private information from people who used their wireless networks. The investigation circles around Google’s Street View Service which is also part of the Google Earth
Monday, June 7th, 2010
The health of marine ecosystems is declining, and use conflicts in the marine environment are increasing, in part because of new needs for ocean space for emerging industries such as wind and wave energy and aquaculture. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a process for analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities
Monday, June 7th, 2010
The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution today awarded its first “Innovation in Technology and ECR” Award to the MarineMap Consortium, a group that brings together partners from University of California, Santa Barbara, Ecotrust, and The Nature Conservancy. The Award was presented at the Institute’s ECR 2010 conference in Tucson, Arizona. MarineMap incorporates Google Earth
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural activity in the United States can now be tracked with unprecedented resolution because of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read More
Monday, June 7th, 2010
ITAR TASS – Russia’s “High-Latitude Arctic” expedition is heading for the northern port of Murmansk. Russian polar explorers, members of the “High-Latitude Arctic-2010” expedition and the crew of the icebreaker ‘Rossia’ officially closed the North Pole – 37 drifting station in the Arctic on Saturday. Read More
Monday, June 7th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Climate negotiators are in the German city of Bonn this week debating a stalled proposal to award UN-administered carbon credits to projects that capture and bury carbon dioxide. Read More
