Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Iraq’s Electricity Minister says his government will flow some $77 billion into a long term project to improve electricity production and distribution. Iraq plans to finalize a $22 billion portion of the investment until 2015. The Iraqi government is planning to invest $77 billion in country-wide projects to generate and distribute electricity in a bid to
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Europe’s forests can play a key role in helping mitigate the impact of climate change, a report described as the most comprehensive of its kind concludes. Europe is home to 25% of the world’s forests, which absorb about 10% of the EU’s annual emissions, it added. Read More
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Special motorway rush hour lanes should be open more frequently to deal with extra volumes of traffic, transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen said on Tuesday. In addition, new highways are to be made a standard two times three lanes wide and two times four-lane highways will be the new norm in the central urban belt
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
In the period leading up to 2020, Norway’s Statnett is planning to establish four new cable connections between Norway and continental Europe, with a total capacity of up to 4200 MW. Stanett says more international interconnectors will aid the development of tomorrow’s energy supply in Norway and Europe, based on renewable energy. The new projects
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
This spring a sea-gliding robot deployed by start-up Liquid Robotics to collect data in the Gulf of Mexico sent an alarming text message to its pilot ashore that something was wrong. The pilot, who remotely guides the robot on its mission — in this case to collect data on water chemistry, current information, and acoustics
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Alistair McPhee has been appointed VP of Thales UK’s transportation systems business. Alistair has worked within the rail industry for the past nine years, and previously was with Westinghouse Rail Systems, a subsidiary of Invensys. At Westinghouse, Alistair joined as Projects Director, and for the last three years of his career there he led the business
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
In support of its goal of establishing two million hectares of community-managed forest by 2029, the Forestry Administration launched a US$3.8 million project on sustainable community forestry in four provinces, with special attention to market access. Read More
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The endangered breed have the right grazing habits to manage ‘natural’ regeneration of the Katrine woodlands, but the FC intends to run the herd as a commercial concern. Stoscksman Stewart Hendry explained: “This breed was already facing tough competition from European breeds and was then badly affected by the last big outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Read
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The EU was weak at the Cancun Summit last year, but it cannot afford to lose its influence in the climate debate as it is the most credible player to take a lead on the issue. Climate change should be given precedence over other objectives in view of its global implications and greater emphasis should
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Professor Ron Johnston, FBA from the University of Bristol has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Professor Johnston, a professor of Geography, has become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to scholarship. The accolade recognises Professor Johnston’s research into electoral and political geography, urban social geography, and
