Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
GUARDIAN / OBSERVER – The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans – and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem, according to an exclusive poll for The Observer. Read More
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
IRISH INDEPENDENT – Dublin Airport could be home to a €4bn high-rise "city" within 20 years, under plans unveiled yesterday. Stretching over 350 acres, Dublin Airport City will be almost a third of the size of London’s Dockland development. The completed project will include more than 600,000sqm of office space, as well as retail space,
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
IOC – India is to become the first Tsunami Watch Provider for the Indian Ocean as of June this year. India’s offer was accepted by the Intergovernmental Coordination group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System, which was meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, from 8 to 12 April 2008. Read More
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
TIMES ONLINE – Only a year after experiencing its worst season, the CairnGorm Mountain resort near Aviemore is defying the doomsayers of global warming and predictions of its demise. Read More
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
REUTERS – China has ordered quality checks on barreled water around the country after polluted water made more than 200 people sick, newspapers said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
RIA NOVOSTI – Russia will use the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan until 2050, the head of the Russian space agency said Saturday. "The Russian president has set the task to use the Baikonur space center in full until 2050. We have approved of the proposal," Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Federal Space Agency,
Friday, January 25th, 2008
FAROE ISLANDS – Mr Jóannes Eidesgaard, the Prime Minister of the Faroes, signed an agreement on the establishment of boundaries for the continental shelf area beyond 200 nautical miles north of the Faroes. Read More
Monday, December 24th, 2007
NEW EUROPE – The state-owned energy group Vattenfall has made improvements in introducing more renewable energy sources as instructed by government, a report from government officials said. Since the 2004 review by the Swedish National Audit Office, Vattenfall’s measures have had an impact on internal control and reporting,” Lennart Grufberg of the National Audit Office
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
THE STREET – Barclays has come out with a new exchange-traded fund, the iShares S&P Global Infrastructure Index Fund, that is definitely worth considering.Infrastructure is an asset class that has interested me for some time. I believe it is crucial that a diversified portfolio have some exposure to toll roads and airports around the world
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY – The future economic costs of climate change — known as the costs of inaction — will be significant in Europe, says a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report, released today.The report, Climate change: the cost of inaction and the cost of adaptation, looks at the economic costs of climate change (impacts)
