Thursday, December 9th, 2010
IC RUSSIA – Modern satellites are complex and expensive systems, which are often extremely sensitive to the environment. Apparently, their lifetime in space will increase significantly, if these satellites are switched off during strong solar disturbances, which can be predicted and detected. Another application for above mentioned information is forecasting of radiation and ion conditions for planning
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Lands and Survey director and co-workers explained to the panel of the Commission each their respective roles and responsibilities in relation to the allocation of lands. As head of the department, Alieu Jobe gave detailed explanation about the allocation of lands by his department, jointly with the Ministry of Local Government &
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
NORWAY POST – The governments of Sweden and Norway have agreed on a significant expansion of renewable energy projects until 2020. A common market for green certificates is to be in place by 1 January 2012. Read More
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
TORONTO STAR – Ontario could create new industries, reinvigorate old ones, and generate thousands of new jobs over the next 15 years by building a vibrant offshore wind market around the Great Lakes, according to a report prepared by the Conference Board of Canada. Read More
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
UPI – The Scottish government has more than $49 million set aside for forestry projects that will help protect the country’s biodiversity, the environment secretary said. Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said the government approved a plan to protect forests and wildlife as part of a broad-reaching rural plan. Read More
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
RUSSIA IC – This Sunday Russian project to rival America’s GPS suffered setback. Three satellites compliting the Glonass system failed to reach the orbit. The crash in the Pacific was caused by a programming error. The crash cost approximately $500 million, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a full audit of the entire $2 billion program
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE – The vice chancellor, who stated this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of a summit on climate change and desertification held at the Sokoto Energy Research Centre in UDUS, said 90 institutions around the world applied for the grant and were pruned to nine after which the university was adjudged as the best
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
CIBER PAIS – Broadband in Spain remains expensive and scarce. That is at least the diagnosis of the last report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In June, the Spanish broadband penetration is 22.2 connections per 100 inhabitants, below the OECD average (24.2), and is ranked twentieth in the list headed by the Netherlands (37.8
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – The Mexican beach resort is not really such a bad place to stage a tribunal for the world’s greatest environmental sinner: Mankind. A local environmental protection group, “Cielo, Tierra y Mar,” made that point at last week’s opening of the mega-conference. In terms of protecting the climate, “Cancun is the best example of
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
TAIWAN SUS: CITIES – Many cities across the world are increasingly focused on providing their citizens with a more livable future. However, the task they face in greening their cities is a difficult one. Sustainable development projects need to attract both government support and private financing. Read More
