Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE – The vice chancellor, who stated this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of a summit on climate change and desertification held at the Sokoto Energy Research Centre in UDUS, said 90 institutions around the world applied for the grant and were pruned to nine after which the university was adjudged as the best
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
CIBER PAIS – Broadband in Spain remains expensive and scarce. That is at least the diagnosis of the last report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In June, the Spanish broadband penetration is 22.2 connections per 100 inhabitants, below the OECD average (24.2), and is ranked twentieth in the list headed by the Netherlands (37.8
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – The Mexican beach resort is not really such a bad place to stage a tribunal for the world’s greatest environmental sinner: Mankind. A local environmental protection group, “Cielo, Tierra y Mar,” made that point at last week’s opening of the mega-conference. In terms of protecting the climate, “Cancun is the best example of
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
TAIWAN SUS: CITIES – Many cities across the world are increasingly focused on providing their citizens with a more livable future. However, the task they face in greening their cities is a difficult one. Sustainable development projects need to attract both government support and private financing. Read More
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
CITY BARCELONA – The European Commission has awarded the district heating and cooling the 22 @ district of Barcelona, sponsored by the Government. In 2002, the city opted for this system in the area of the Forum. The “Sustainable Energy Europe European Commission has awarded the momentum in the production of heat and cold networks implemented by the
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – Britain needs to go back to old-style central planning of its electricity market, with the Government deciding who builds power stations where, so that it can take on the world’s toughest target to cut its emissions of the greenhouse gases causing global warming, the independent Committee on Climate Change tells the Government today.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
CITY FIX – “Cities need to start planning now to radically re-engineer their infrastructure to cope with much larger populations than they currently support,” concludes a new report released last week by Forum for the Future, a U.K.-based sustainable development organization. “Megacities on the Move,” a collaboration between Vodafone, FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society and EMBARQ (the
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
SWEDISH GOV – Sweden and Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren have been given a key role in the negotiations at the UN climate conference in Cancún, Mexico. On Sunday evening Swedish time, the Mexican Presidency asked Sweden to be one of ten countries to lead the consultations in a key area. Andreas Carlgren agreed to
Monday, December 6th, 2010
MOSCOW TIMES – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlined plans for a multibillion-dollar extension of the Trans-Siberian Railroad on Monday, which he said would boost commodities production and investment in the Far East. The announcement came as Putin told a conference of United Russia officials from the Khabarovsk region that modernization of key Pacific ports, including Vanino,
Monday, December 6th, 2010
NERC – Volcanoes, the Antarctic and giant satellite-tracking lasers all play starring roles in a new series of short videos that dispel the myth that science is boring or difficult. In these videos, scientists working in a very diverse range of jobs demonstrate some of the exciting and unusual things they do. Read More
