Monday, October 22nd, 2007
BRUSSELS DEVELOPMENT BRIEFING – “While these documents provide a clear indication of the content of actions to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa, in many instances, the major challenge concerns the establishment of effective institutional processes that are required for successful implementation and to achieve results. In other words, while we may know what to
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Environmental Vision 2021 establishes a framework for the Mitsubishi Electric Group in order to realize a sustainable society and defines long-term initiatives to prevent global warming and to create a recycling-based society. The guideline, “Making Contributions to the Earth and its People through Technology and Action”, calls for the company to work toward the realization
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
JORDAN TIMES – Some 60 youths from across the world gathered in Jordan on Sunday with representatives from UN agencies, NGOs and civil organizations to discuss their potential roles as future leaders in sustainable development. Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Boston Globe — Our infrastructure isn’t the work of a criminal, but it’s a kind of crime. Much of it is a disaster waiting to happen, or already happening. An architectural historian has a plan to save nation’s aging infrastructure. Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Hartford Courant–Breaking levees, falling bridges, an 83-year-old steam pipe bursting in midtown Manhattan – how much proof do we need that America’s infrastructure is in perilous shape? Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
JAPAN CORPORATE NEWS – Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today announced its renewed commitment to climate change by adding ecological goals to its “GP3” three-year business plan that completes March 2010. The company also presented its “Panasonic Eco Ideas Declaration” identifying the three initiatives on which its
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
WORLDNEWS – a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its Spanish subsidiary will design and construct an 18-megawatt Olivenza solar electric power plant in the Badajoz region of Spain. Olivenza is expected to generate more than 32 million kilowatt-hours of power per year upon completion. SunPower
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
DUTCH NEWS.NL – Plans to build a gas pipeline from Norway to the Netherlands, the UK or Belgium have been cancelled, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Saturday. The Netherlands had hoped to establish itself as a gas distribution point for north western Europe if project had gone ahead. Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
UK GOVERNMENT – Proposals for better protection and better regulation of the seas around Britain have received broad public support. There were 8,519 responses to the Marine Bill White Paper ‘A Sea Change’ with 82 per cent supporting the Bill. The Bill would introduce new laws to improve the conservation and management of the UK’s marine
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
THE HERALD – BT should be prepared to give substantial sums of community benefit to any wind farm it erects in the Northern Isles, an MSP has warned. Rob Gibson, SNP Highlands and Islands MSP, was speaking yesterday following the publication of BT’s plans to establish a network of wind farms to generate up to
