Friday, July 8th, 2011
Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved at second reading the founding of a State Company “Strategic Infrastructure Projects”, a mega-structure to be in charge of the construction of three largely neglected highway projects. The new body created with adopted amendments to the Roads Act will seek to accelerate the construction of “strategic infrastructure projects”, namely the Struma Highway (running from
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The Treasury should ringfence money from fuel duty to cut rising public transport fares in a bid to rebuild trust in green taxes, MPs urged on Thursday. The public has lost trust in green taxation because the Treasury appears to use it as a revenue-raiser rather than an effort to reduce pollution, the environmental audit committee
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Providence Resources, the Irish exploration company that has begun the biggest ever exploration programme in Irish waters, said it has completed the first three-dimensional seismic survey of the Barryroe area off the south coast. Providence will examine information from that survey to reach a conclusion on whether there is oil in the area. The Barryroe prospect
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
TGS will commence acquisition of a new 3D multi-client survey which covers 1,100 km2 over the Magnus Basin, including the southwest to northeast striking “End of the World” fault. TGS will also reprocess approximately 6,500 km2 of 3D seismic data in the same area to build a combined project of 7,600 km2. The new seismic data will be
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
lockaded by Israel and Egypt, impoverished and subject to Islamic strictures, the Gaza Strip isn’t on the itinerary of most of the world’s tourists, but that hasn’t deterred Gaza City from producing a map highlighting local “must sees.” The map, which debuted this week, is the brainchild of students and lecturers at the Geography Department
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
The recovery of the global economy and rising oil prices are encouraging investors to turn to renewable energy, according to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan. With increasing attention on the development of renewables, Turkey is among the countries that will witness strong growth in this area, the researcher and consultancy firm said. Read
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Britain is on the brink of the “biggest nuclear renaissance since the 1950s”, the Government has claimed, despite fears over the recent disaster in Japan and questions over radioactive waste. Days after Germany announced it was going nuclear-free, Charles Hendry, the Energy Minister, said the UK will build a new generation of power stations. Read More
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Environment and climate ministers from 35 countries met on 3-4 July in Berlin for climate talks. This was the first political meeting in a wider circle since the climate conference in Cancún in December 2010 and it was important for guiding UN negotiations ahead of the conference in Durban (COP17) in November. Sweden was one
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Geographical information has been key to the healthcare sector since Dr John Snow mapped cholera outbreaks in London in the 1850s. But with expertise in geographical information systems (GIS) concentrated within public health departments of primary care trusts (PCTs), which are due to move from PCTs to local authorities, there is concern that GIS skills will be
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Energy efficiency is good for the climate, and its a money-saver, too. Those are two major arguments in favor of companies switching over to energy-saving technologies – something that is being done in Serbia. Modernization in that country’s energy sector is urgently needed; energy usage is rising fast, but the sector is plagued by inefficiencies. Now,
