Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Helsinki residents have begun to warm to the idea of skyscrapers punching through the normally low-level skyline of the capital. Resistance to skyscrapers and other tall buildings has declined distinctly in the course of the past three years. A slender majority, 52 per cent, of Helsinki residents continues to resist skyscrapers. In 2007, the number of opponents was 68 per
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Coming up this week: humanitarian and environmental actions mark the beginning and end of this week’s events with World Water Day on March 22 and Earth Hour on March 26. In between these two events the latest smart, energy-saving technology will be on display at CTIA Wireless. After Earth Hour on March 26 environmentalists will
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
A Russian ratification of the agreement with Norway on delimitation of the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean is one step closer to realization. The Russian State Duma’s Committee for International Relations recommends that the treaty on delimitation of the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean should be ratified by the State Duma. Read More
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
A ground –breaking ceremony for the Alakopru Dam was done on Monday. This is the project through which Turkey will provide portable and irrigation water to North Cyprus. The ceremony took place in Anamnur town of Mersin region. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, North Cyprus President Dervis Eroglu and Prime Minister Irsen Kucuk and Agricultural and Natural Resources
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Government of Morocco, today signed six loan and grant agreements amounting to €303 million (3.4 billion dirham). Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar and AfDB Regional Director, Nono Matondo Fundani co-chaired the signing ceremony in Rabat. The agreements include a €300 million (3.4 billion dirham) investment loan
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
Germany is among the world leaders when it comes to taking steps to save the environment. But many of the measures are not delivering the promised results. Biofuels have led to the clear-cutting of rainforests, plastics are being burned rather than recycled and new generation lightbulbs have led to a resurgence of mercury production. Read
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
Thousands of Chilean families are facing water shortages, and the drought’s economic effects are already rippling through the agricultural and energy sectors. On Thursday, the agriculture minister announced a little over US$1 million for an irrigation project in Limarí, in the northern region of Coquimbo, which is experiencing its sixth consecutive year of drought. Read More
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
The building of 11,000 homes in the districts of Lubango and Matala, in southern Huila province, will kick off next May, Angop learnt on Wednesday from the State secretary of Urbanism and Housing, Joaquim Silvestre. Speaking to the press at the end of a two-day visit to Huila province, the government official said that 10,000 houses
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Germans are buying Geiger counters and the government has shut almost half the nuclear plants as a wave of angst has gripped this risk-averse nation in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. The fear is unwarranted and damaging, and Chancellor Angela Merkel is pandering to it to secure her political future. Read More
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
A major tidal energy project is to be built in the Sound of Islay off the west coast of Scotland. The Scottish government is to approve plans for 10 tidal turbines, which will generate enough electricity to power more than 5,000 homes. Scottish Power Renewables is behind the scheme, said to be the world’s largest. It has put
