Thursday, March 17th, 2011
CG/LA Infrastructure LLC announced the release of its annual list of the Top Infrastructure Projects in Latin America. Total project value is greater than US$200 billion, equivalent to more than 5% of the region’s GDP, and with the potential to create over 3.1 million new jobs in the region. Key drivers are Brazil’s massive oil
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
“GHN serves as an early warning system for our irreplaceable global heritage sites on the brink of being lost by engaging a broad community of conservators, archaeologists, local communities, government officials, donors, and volunteers to save our global heritage for future generations,” said Jeff Morgan, Executive Director of GHF. Read More
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell yesterday announced plans to invest $100 billion (£62.4bn) in new projects as it seeks to boost production to meet soaring demand from emerging markets. It is aiming to produce 3.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2014, an increase of 12 per cent on 2010 levels. The firm claims
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
The Norwegian government has decided to put on halt the exploration of the Lofoten area, but instead heightens its focus on the petroleum resources in the Barents Sea. The Norwegian government has decided not to elaborate any consequence study for the Lofoten waters in this election period. Read More
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
The world’s big cities are already bursting at the seams but are set to grow even larger, with experts predicting that about 70% of the world’s population will be urban by 2050. This will put great strains on infrastructure and the environment, and presents a major challenge to city planners, developers and mayors who gathered
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Qantas Airways Ltd. added Hong Kong stopovers to six flights serving Tokyo’s Narita Airport after an earthquake and nuclear-power plant emergency disrupted transport links in Japan. Tokyo flights linking Sydney and Perth will stop in Hong Kong through March 19, according to a statement on the airline’s website. There are no plans to cancel any
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
President Lee Myung-bak’s achievement in enshrining sustainable development in a legal framework was recognised with the $500,000 Zayed Prize for Global Leadership in Environment. “Climate change is undoubtedly the challenge of our times,” Mr Lee said. “We believe protecting the environment and attaining sustainable growth can go together and we believe it must.” Read More
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Tsunamis on the scale that hit north-east Japan last week may strike the region about once every 1,000 years, a leading seismologist has said. Dr Roger Musson said there were similarities between the last week’s event and another giant wave that hit the Sendai coast in 869AD. It is not unusual for undersea earthquakes to generate tsunamis
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Russian-English Agricultural Atlas is the world’s most comprehensive source of information on the geographic distribution of plant-based agriculture in Russia and neighboring countries. The Atlas contains 1500 maps that illustrate the distribution of 100 crops, 560 wild crop relatives, 640 diseases, pests and weeds, and 200 environmental parameters. Additionally, the Atlas provides detailed biological
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Japanese corporation Toshiba has declared interest in building two new thermal power facilities in Bulgaria’s Maritsa East TPP complex, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has announced. Traikov was in the state-owned Maritsa East 2 plant on Monday with Japanese Ambassador to Bulgaria Makoto Ito where the two of them opened the rehabilitated unit 8 of the TPP, whose repairs were completed by Toshiba 32
