Friday, October 5th, 2007
GRIST.org — Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo spoke at the opening plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative. Unintentionally, her remarks illustrated the challenge of sustainable development. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
THE AGE — A uniform approach is needed to water supply planning in regional centres across Australia, a new report has found. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY – Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands Railways – NS) runs trains over 2000km of electrified railway, and conversion of the overhead from 1500kV dc to 25kV ac is planned to massively improve the quality of service. The changes are needed due to acute, and worsening, capacity problems. Since the 1980s, the drive to increase the
Friday, October 5th, 2007
SCOTLAND GOVT – The Scottish Government today set out its blueprint for the future of North Sea cod stocks. Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, said: “Scotland has a responsibility to achieve a sustainable cod fishery and that is a responsibility that our fishermen have demonstrated in recent years having bent
Friday, October 5th, 2007
EVENING TIMES – It has taken seven years to plan and build, but a new £120million water treatment plant is ready – and it has been claimed 700,000 households in west Scotland will now have the cleanest, freshest water in the world. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
GOVT CANADA – The sun is supplying as much as 90 percent of the space heating in this community, and 60 percent of the water heating. Put that together with the energy efficiency that’s built into these homes, and you’ve cut greenhouse gas emissions by five tonnes a year per house. Read More
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
UNITED NATIONS — The 62nd session of the UN General Assembly wrapped up its high-level debate on Wednesday as member states urge concerted international efforts to address challenges in the fields of climate change, security, development and the reform of the United Nations. Read More
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
NEW SCIENTIST–We don’t need environmental evangelicals to tell us that sustainable development is a good idea. Yet, if that is our goal, we are heading in the wrong direction – with the exception of Cuba. So says the first study to examine the ecological impact of changing lifestyles around the globe. Read More
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
BBC – Another 10,000 baby salmon are being released into a formerly-polluted river, after evidence proved fish stocks are starting to thrive. The fish are being released into the River Churnet in Staffordshire, a river which was once one of the worst polluted in Europe. Salmon were reintroduced to the river last year and Environment
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
THE GUARDIAN – Portuguese surfers keeping an eye on the weather will be joined this month by engineers and businessmen, but they will be hoping for very different reports. The men and women behind the latest renewable energy project will be looking for a flat, calm sea. Portugal is poised to open what will be
