Saturday, October 20th, 2007
The Tech– With world-class universities, innovative young companies, and a vibrant arts community, Boston is no slouch at attracting talent. But FutureBOSTON, an urban development project and competition organized by MIT, insists that the city can — and must — do better. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
UN — At a United Nations General Assembly debate today, the body’s President said that stamping out poverty goes hand in hand with achieving peace, urging all States to step up their efforts in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight ambitious targets to stamp out poverty and other ills by 2015. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
GreenBuildings.com — The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will develop a rating system for sustainable landscape design that is similar to LEED. ASLA will announce its Sustainable Sites Initiative Saturday at its annual meeting, which has as its theme, “Design with Nature: The Art of Balance.” Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
NOAA — The first update of a report tracking the state of the Arctic indicates that some changes in that region are larger and occurring faster than those previously predicted by climate models, while other indicators show some stabilizing. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
THE NORWAY POST – Running for 23.1 kilometres, the line increases Norway’s ability to export gas from its continental shelf and will have a technical capacity of 25 million standard cubic metres per day. Tampen Link ties Statfjord into Britain’s existing Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags), which runs to St Fergus in Scotland.
Friday, October 19th, 2007
ENVIROWISE – Did you know…at least 80 per cent of the amount and costs of materials and utilities required to manufacture many products are locked in at the design stage? Read More
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND – Minister Eamon Ryan today announced that he would be making the bulk of the digital data held in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources available to people freely and easily online. More than 5Tb of spatial data will now be made available for free download. These services will be
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
PEOPLE’S DAILY – China’s wind power capacity could reach 10,000 megawatts by 2010, exceeding previous government targets, as the renewable energy industry continues to grow quickly. Read More
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
DEUTSCHE WELLE – German Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan has announced the launch of a new strategy to improve climate protection technology and boost Germany’s industrial competitiveness. Read More
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
REUTERS – Canada will map its entire Arctic sea bed as part of a plan to boost sovereignty over the remote, resource-rich region, the government said on Tuesday. “As part of asserting sovereignty, our government will complete comprehensive mapping of Canada’s Arctic seabed. Never before has this part of Canada’s ocean floor been fully mapped,”
