Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Hyderabad’s Mayor Banda Karthika Reddy and her husband Banda Chandra Reddy showed their ignorance of the law when they brushed off environment activists who approached them to form the GHMC Biodiversity Committee. Chandra Reddy told the activists that he had formed many committees from ward level to GHMC level and they have not been of
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
German and Saudi experts at the German-Saudi symposium on energy efficiency in buildings, held here Saturday, have agreed on the need to develop a feasible energy concept that aims to use energy more efficiently in the Kingdom especially in buildings. “This will have multiple benefits for the Kingdom. It will save energy costs, enhance its own
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
The Environment Agency (EA) has teamed up with Windsor and Maidenhead council in Berkshire to look for schemes at Marlow, Boveney and Boulters weirs. Work is already under way to generate electricity at Osney and Goring weirs in Oxfordshire. Interested parties have until 21 July to come forward. Preferred developers will be selected by the end of
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
More than 21 000 municipalities, against just over 5,000 in the past, are affected by the revised classification as well as new rules reflecting the new seismic seismic building code European (Eurocode 8), said on Friday, Ministry of ecology in a statement. “A new seismic zoning map of the French was developed. Outcome of advanced scientific
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Autodesk Inc. the biggest maker of engineering-design software, said European Union antitrust regulators are investigating producers of computer-aided design software. “We are aware that the commission is reviewing the CAD industry and we’ll certainly provide anything the commission requests,” Greg Eden, a spokesman for the San Rafael, California-based company, said today in a telephone interview. Amelia Torres,
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
The EU’s 2020 biodiversity strategy, to be presented next week, will pave the way for the value of nature to be taken into account across all policies, including factoring the environment and ecosystems into national economic plans. “There is a need for economic valuation of the benefits and costs of protecting biodiversity in order to make
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Russia lost three satellites when a rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin removed Mr Perminov, 65, because he had “reached the age limit for civil servants”, a government statement said. First Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Popovkin will now head the federal space agency, Roscosmos. Read More
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding will not become the latest 3D TV phenomenon after Buckingham Palace ruled it out. BSkyB, which launched a 3D television channel last October, went to great lengths to try to persuade the royal family of the possibilities afforded by the new technology, filming a mock wedding with the
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Liberia’s foremost youth activist, Kimmie Weeks has told 5,000 delegates attending the World Ventures International Convention in Las Vegas Nevada that Africa is “open and ready for business and investments.” Mr. Weeks, who served as keynote speaker for this international conference told his audience that Africa’s rapidly growing economy offered investors incredible opportunity for high
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The impact of a proposed new canal through western Istanbul on a key shipping treaty was up for debate Thursday, with Turkish diplomatic officials rushing to defend the plan a day after the prime minister announced it. In announcing the project Wednesday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the new canal would relieve dangerous tanker traffic
