Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
IRISH INDEPENDENT – Agricultural land sales have begun to surge as farmers move to take advantage of the vacuum left in the market by the withdrawal of developers and speculators. The average sale value of farmland has dropped from a high of €20,000/ac in 2007 to between €6,000 and €10,000/ac this year. Read More
Monday, May 24th, 2010
COPENHAGEN POST – Despite last year’s headlines that revealed 190 waterworks facilities nationwide were pumping dangerous coli bacteria into residents’ drinking water, the problem as not got better – in fact, it has become worse. According to 2009 figures from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), 283 water facilities are now guilty of
Monday, May 24th, 2010
HURRIYET TURKEY – The privatization process for the 52 hydroelectric power plants belonging to Electricity Generation Company, or EÜAŞ, which was divided into 19 groups, will be completed on Monday. Read More
Monday, May 24th, 2010
XINHUA – China is developing an independent satellie navigation system called Beidou. It’s the third country after the US and Russia to have such a system developed on its own. At the first China Satellite Navigation Annual Academic Conference in Beijing, the chief designer says the system will cover the whole world by 2020 and
Monday, May 24th, 2010
SANTIAGO TIMES – Matthias Jakob and Lukas Arenson know a few things about rock glaciers. Both have spent significant time studying permafrost (permanently frozen ground) and rock glaciers in the Chilean Andes and around the world. They are encouraged by the recent funding made available by Chile’s government for study of glaciers (ST Feb 04), because
Monday, May 24th, 2010
EDMONTON JOURNAL – Peering into the dark waters, they bade farewell to a 7.4-metre, torpedo-shaped submersible that had been flown in pieces from Port Coquitlam, B.C., before being put together on the sea ice south of Borden Island in the remotest part of the Arctic. Qaujisati, “One Who Searches,” is the unoffi cial name for
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
SOFIA NEWS AGENCY – The Bulgarian Environment Ministry has advised businesses to avoid the upcoming ban on carbon trading by recording their surplus for 2009 in the register of another European country. According to the Ministry, by transferring the carbon dioxide surplus from allowances in last year’s European register, companies could trade the quotas, after
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
L’EXPRESS – This Saturday is World Day of Biodiversity. The opportunity for Paris to make This “Nature Capital”, a happening that will continue for two full days along the Champs-Elysees. Read More
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
IRISH TIMES – A new official road map suggesting Kerry and Waterford have taken over chunks of neighbouring counties Cork and Kilkenny has caused red faces at Ordnance Survey Ireland. The new Official Road Atlas Ireland suggests Kerry has annexed quite a sizeable and picturesque portion of neighbouring Cork. Read More
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
SCOTSMAN – The windfall in Scotland’s grasp from offshore renewable energy has been unveiled for the first time in a major new report that reveals it could power the country seven times over within four decades. Read More
