Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Biofuels have been championed as an energy source that can increase security of supply, reduce vehicle emissions and provide a new income stream for farmers. These claims are contested, however. Critics assert that biofuels will increase energy-price volatility, food prices and even life-cycle emissions of greenhouse gases. This paper presents salient facts and figures to
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
SCHILLER INSTITUTE – When the Comecon and the Soviet Union began to disintegrate in 1989-91, Lyndon LaRouche and the Schiller Institute proposed an economic reconstruction plan, first for Europe, and then for Eurasia. In 1989, we put forward the program for the so-called “Productive Triangle: Paris-Berlin-Vienna,” and in 1991, the program for the infrastructural and
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
CNN Money – India’s air express carrier and logistics-services provider Blue Dart Express Ltd said it will invest 10 bln rupees to ramp up infrastructure, with the aim of becoming market leader in the express industry over the next five years. Read More
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
GERMAN GOVERNMENT – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office, from January to June 2007, the German railway companies together transported 180.1 million tonnes of goods. This was 10.4 million tonnes of goods more (+6.1%) than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Read More
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
In April 2002, the German Federal Government published its national strategy for sustainable development, entitled “Perspektiven für Deutschland” (Perspectives for Germany). The strategy’s core element consists of 21 indicators. The purpose of the indicators is to monitor the sustainability of the economy, the environment and the society. The first progress report was published in 2004.
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
BBC NEWS – The most direct shipping route from Europe to Asia is fully clear of ice for the first time since records began, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. Historically, the Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has been ice-bound through the year. Read More
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Lenticular printing-customers like it because it grabs attention, increases product recognition and boosts sales. xpedx introduces Opticular(TM) for digital special effects, a production package for lenticular printing that gives print and creative professionals an easy and inexpensive way to produce special effects such as zoom, flip, 3D imaging, motion and morph. Read More
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
UK GOVERNMENT – The latest edition of Sustainable development indicators in your pocket has been published, giving an updated picture of the UK’s environmental, social and economic wellbeing. For the first time the booklet includes some measures of personal wellbeing in the population. Read More
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogota (EAAB), the water and sewer utility of Colombia’s capital and largest city, has selected SewerGEMS, Bentley’s urban sewer modeling solution, to support the utility’s sewer master plan. The plan’s key goals include extending wastewater and stormwater services coverage to the entire metropolitan
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
A high tech $350,000 Canadian “bird” is flying above the Richmond Ranges looking deep into the hills for gold this week. The large torpedo shaped sensor is suspended beneath a helicopter that has been surveying parts of the ranges to the north-west of Blenheim. It’s known colloquially as a bird. Read More
