Sunday, October 17th, 2010
PRAVDA – Extreme weather conditions are predicted on a global scale as experts come to terms with the latest details emerging from the La Niña event, climate-changing ocean temperature alterations which follow El Niño and affect vast swathes of our planet on an intercontinental scale. The World Meteorological Organization, the UN’s weather agency, warned yesterday that the
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
PRAGUE POST – Biomass takes organic material, primarily plant matter, and converts it through incineration at plants to energy for heating and electricity, and is considered a renewable energy source. It most often includes forest waste (dead trees or branches), woodchips and plants grown for that purpose like corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Read More
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – It is a victory for the United Kingdom. The European Commission suggested the idea of a moratorium on oil drilling in deep waters in the EU, but that was not supported. The Vice-President of the Commission, the British Catherine Ashton (also chief diplomat of the EU), which the country operates numerous oil rigs
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
TMC – DNV, a provider of renewable energy services for the wind energy, carbon capture, storage, wave and tidal energy sectors, recently acquired Behnke, Erdman & Whitaker Engineering, Inc., (BEW Engineering) in its efforts for continuous growth in Clean and Renewable energies. Read More
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
GCN – Logistics is an unsexy but vital component of any successful military operation. During the past two decades, computer-based tracking technologies have emerged to help commanders plan and track supply shipments. The military services have developed many different systems that operate separately, and that has created headaches for warfighters who need to locate and
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
CHINA DAILY – Bulgaria and Russia agreed here Friday to speed up the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. This was announced after Russian energy company chief executive officer Alexei Miller met Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. Both sides told reporters separately that significant progress on the South Stream
Friday, October 15th, 2010
HURRIYET TURKEY – Turkish and Chinese companies will jointly construct high-speed train lines in Turkey, Turkish State Railways, or TCDD, Director General Süleyman Karaman said Friday. In an agreement signed between China and Turkey last week, China will grant loans for the construction of a Silk Road Railway of high-speed train lines between Edirne and Kars. Read
Friday, October 15th, 2010
MASDAR – Joining a global call to action, more than 150 members of the Masdar community took part in the International Day of Climate Action for the second straight year to raise awareness about climate change and the dangers of excessive carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Organized by 350.org, the annual worldwide rally connects communities
Friday, October 15th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – In the bitterly cold darkness more than a thousand kilometers above the Arctic Circle, a team of Russian scientists on Friday inaugurated a floating research station that will be home to 15 researchers for up to a year. Strong winds blew snow across the ice as the Russian flag was raised above the Severny
Friday, October 15th, 2010
NORWAY POST – Norwegian adventurer and polar explorer Børge Ousland and his friend Thorleif Thorleifson are back in Norway after having completed an Arctic voyage through both the North East and the North West Passage. They have written a new chapter in Polar History, after being the first to complete such a voyage in one season. Read More
