Saturday, June 26th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – A utility firm hit by north-west England’s driest start to the year since 1929 wants to take more water from lakes and rivers. The Environment Agency (EA) said United Utilities, which supplies water to the area, will apply for a drought permit tomorrow after many reservoirs dropped to under half of
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
ARAB NEWS – The award was given by the Secretariat for Economic and Social Affairs, an affiliate of the UN. The prize is the highest recognition of e-services. The KSU, which was founded by King Saud in 1957, is the first Saudi university to achieve this distinction, SPA said. Read More
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Qatar yesterday became the 147th and newest member of the International Renewable Energy Agency, with more countries expected to sign up.In the opulent surroundings of the capital’s Fairmont Bab Al Bahr hotel, Dr Mohammed Saleh al Sada, the minister of state for energy and industry affairs, signed the Irena statute on behalf
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
L’EXPRESS FRANCE – The Commission has postponed consideration of the proposed carbon tax … better to bury it? The reaction of Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology. Read More
Friday, June 25th, 2010
NEW SCIENTIST – The study included carbon dioxide and other gases such as methane emitted by rice paddies. It found that, overall, the intensification of farming helped keep the equivalent of 600 billion tonnes of CO2 out of the atmosphere – roughly a third of all human greenhouse-gas emissions between 1850 and 2005. Read More
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
CHINA DAILY – Authorities have approved 18 domestic companies to provide Internet mapping services in the country, with a number of applications from foreign vendors still being considered. The domestic companies were selected out of about 30 applicants and the list of approved providers is expected to be announced soon, the State Bureau of Surveying
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
ALL ABOUT DATA – I recently had the opportunity to attend AR Dev Camp Vancouver, an un-conference focusing on Augmented Reality (AR). This is an emerging field that involves changing what you can see by overlaying information on top of a camera view, like in the movie “Terminator”. So, what does this mean for geospatial professionals? Read
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – The capacity of Finland’s forests to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has doubled in just under 20 years. According to the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), Finland’s forests absorb 42 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, which is well over half of Finnish carbon dioxide emissions, which were 70 million
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Access to agricultural information in Rwanda is becoming a reality with inauguration of an Agricultural Information Communication Centre (AICC). Funded by the governments of Rwanda and Belgium, AICC aims at collecting, storing and disseminating information on the agricultural sector in the country. Read More
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
WALES GOV – It is a principle of the Wales Spatial Plan that development should be sustainable. Sustainable development is about improving wellbeing and quality of life by integrating social, economic and environmental objectives in the context of more efficient use of natural resources. The Wales Spatial Plan aims to deliver sustainable development through its
