Monday, January 10th, 2011
SCOTSMAN – The appointment of a minister is required to ensure government decisions are environmentally sustainable and to hold departments to account when they fail to meet green targets. A committee of MPs said green issues had not been fully embedded into government because of a lack of political will, and called for a minister for sustainable
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
The availability of labour to help make construction opportunities in Canada’s north a reality is as crucial as government investment there, says a Conference Board of Canada report. “All in all, the funding initiatives for the territories, should they all go forward, will have a considerable temporary impact on the size and strength of the
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Japanese Mitsubishi Corp and Nippon Oil have received rights for 290,000 tones of CO2 emission from a joint Kyoto project with Russian Gazprom Neft, the Japanese companies said in a statement. This became the first time when Russia awards its quotas on greenhouse gas emissions generated from implementation of the joint implementation project (JI), emission
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
The European Parliament in a new report calls for the establishment of a permanent EU inter-service structure for Arctic affairs. It also wants an Arctic unit to be established within the European External Action Service (EEAS). Read More
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
It is one of the most densely populated districts of Kenya’s capital and one of the most researched urban areas in Africa. Hundreds, if not thousands, of NGOs work there, serving a community estimated to number anywhere between 100,000 and a million. Yet, until recently, the sprawling slum of Kibera barely featured on any detailed
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Europe should rely less on direct farming subsidies and reward farmers more for their environmental efforts and the other work they do to enhance the countryside, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said today. Read More
Friday, January 7th, 2011
The recent, record-setting retreat of Arctic sea ice in Canada and across the polar north has prompted separate research projects in Britain and the United States aimed at reconstructing the region’s historical ice record – from the 18th century age of sail to the dawn of the satellite era in the 1960s. Read More
Friday, January 7th, 2011
MarBEF has provided uBio with access to a taxonomic list of ERMS records which makes them available within the uBio portal, NameBank, uBioRSS, LinkIt and other tools. This provides us with the means to selectively link uBio resources and services to ERMS. The uBio project who has its origins in the MBLWHOI Library in Woods
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have already finished conducting a marine survey in the Gulf of Aqaba to map a route for a project linking their power grids. Read More
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The transport sector is a cornerstone of Germany’s industrialised economy. It satisfies individual mobility needs, provides employment and makes up a significant share of the net economic added value. On the other hand, transport has some adverse effects.
