Sunday, September 9th, 2007
DWELL DAILY – Bochniak is one of thousands in L.A. who are now buying condos in multifamily complexes instead of single-family homes, and contributing, sale by sale, to a major change in the urban form and identity of Los Angeles—from sprawling and horizontal to higher and denser. Read More
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
BBC NEWS – Thousands of homes could be spared flooding misery if a more sustainable approach to the problem is taken, nature campaigners have said. Read More
Saturday, September 8th, 2007
ICE – Nine times out of ten, British trains arrive on time. However, in England especially, where the rail network is at full stretch, the future is less rosy. What is needed is a long-term national strategy for moving passengers and freight in comfort and on time. Read More
Friday, September 7th, 2007
REUTERS – Policymakers and industry view carbon prices as a vital weapon against climate change, by penalizing greenhouse gas emissions, but for all that analysts are struggling to agree on what the price will be next year. Read More
Friday, September 7th, 2007
EDIE NET – This week Government published a statistical analysis of both the chemical and organic quality of the nation’s rivers for 2006, essentially looking at pollution levels and how healthy plant and wildlife populations are. The figures make up one of 68 indicators that are used to inform Government’s Sustainable Development Strategy. Read More
Friday, September 7th, 2007
MOSCOW TIMES – The Cabinet on Thursday delayed until November the approval of a plan to invest $506 billion into upgrading the nation’s railways by 2030. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said Russian Railways must improve its strategy with proposals such as charging less for train tickets to regions with booming resource extraction industries, Interfax reported.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
DER SPIEGEL – Tallinn is not just a world heritage site with a history ranging far back to the Middle Ages — by bestowing its citizens with the fundamental right to free Internet access, Estonia has also become the most-wired country in Eastern Europe. Read More
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
GEOSPATIAL HUNGARY – Goal is to provide more visibility on Hungarian developments, achievements, applications and services related to spatial data infrastructure with special emphasis on the European and Global context. Read More
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
ETAP – Product policy similar to that adopted for Energy Using Products could be a lever to enhance European enterprises’ competitiveness, according to the fourth report of the European High Level Working Group on competitiveness, Energy and the Environment. Read More
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
TWIN CITIES.COM – Seven regional utilities that propose building a controversial $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant on the South Dakota border have agreed to offset the carbon-dioxide emissions of the plant’s Minnesota customers. Read More
