Sunday, July 10th, 2011
The Australian government has unveiled plans to impose a tax on carbon emissions for the worst polluters. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said carbon dioxide emissions would be taxed at A$23 ($25; £15) per tonne from 2012. The scheme – the country’s biggest economic reform in a generation – will cover some 500 companies that are responsible for
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
At 63, Pyne has his eyes on a highway that most people don’t see: Unused lanes requiring zero maintenance and less fuel to ride.vHe envisions a new transportation industry that would employ hundreds of thousands of people. But when he talks about it, some people tell him he’s crazy. “Nobody seems to recognize the value
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
D point clouds of natural environments relevant to geomorphology problems (rivers, cliffs…) often require to classify the data into elementary relevant classes. A typical example is the separation of riparian vegetation from soil in fluvial environments, the distinction between fresh surfaces and rockfall in cliff environments, or more generally the classification of surfaces according to
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Kerala finance minister K.M. Mani on Thursday presented the first budget of the newly-sworn in United Democratic Front government (UDF), which proposes additional revenue mobilisation to the tune of Rs6.15 billion (Dh503.91 million) for the 2011-12 fiscal. The finance minister also expects the state to run a big public debt in excess of Rs838 billion.
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Europe’s farm subsidies have long been controversial, but in these tough economic times a novel idea has been gaining traction – why not divert some of the money to look after nature? Emmanuel Feys leaves the tractor running as he comes in from his potato field for a quick chat. He singlehandedly runs his family’s 160-hectare farm
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Big moves are being make to protect the Okanagan’s greatest asset: our lake. Conservation officials are making an Aquatic Habitat Index so they can compare the health of various parts of Okanagan Lake. They’ve just mapped all 289km of the shoreline. Read More
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
The Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) Program is to carry out a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping exercise of rice, soya and maize fields in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana. The programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is scheduled to begin from July
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The mass transit bus system in Bogotá, Colombia known as Transmilenio may hold lessons for Santiago’s Transantiago system, according to El Mercurio. The Transmilenio network supports 1.7 million people each day, representing one-quarter of all transit in Colombia’s capital city. And unlike Chile’s Transantiago, almost all of the passengers pay. Read More
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Both Norway and Russian can from today start mapping the hydrocarbon potential of the delimited waters in the Barents Sea. A Norwegian seismic vessel is already on its way to the area. One month after the exchange of ratification documents, the Norwegian-Russian treaty comes into force. On the seventh of June, the Norwegian and Russian foreign
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Web users in Germany are less likely to visit social-networking sites than any of their European neighbours, according to a new study of internet habits published by the European Commission. Only 37% of German internet users make use of such services, compared with 80% in Hungary. Indeed, internet geeks in the EU’s eastern member states
