Thursday, October 7th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – Russia’s Rokot carrier rockets will take two European Space Agency (ESA) scientific satellites to orbit in 2012-2013, the head of the ESA Moscow Office said on Monday. “We have signed contracts for two launches of ESA remote sensing satellites on Russia’s Rokot carrier rockets,” Rene Pischel said. The first launch will deliver to orbit the
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – A display of photomontages imagining how London could be affected by climate change is on display at the Museum of London from 1 October 2010 to 6 March 2011. The display and events form part of the Mayor’s Story of London festival and the events are funded by Renaissance London. Like postcards
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
BALTIC COURSE – For the first time in the EU and the Baltic Sea Area’s modern history, politicians, economists and city planners can have a reliable review of the countries’ territory. The land-use/cover area survey assists formation of national and regional development models. Read More
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Siemens, Bombardier and other rail engineering firms have high hopes for the US market because the Obama Administration plans to promote the development of high-speed rail networks. Germany’s Siemens will showcase its Velaro ICE trains in Florida this week ahead of a bidding process in the state. Read More
Monday, October 4th, 2010
EURACTIV – Institutional investors have warned European countries that repeated policy changes across the continent are discouraging investment in low-carbon technologies. A paper released last week (30 September) by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) identifies changing legal frameworks as the biggest obstacle to private investment in technologies needed to create the shift to a
Monday, October 4th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – British woodland has returned to the levels of the 1750s, with tree cover having more than doubled since the end of the First World War, a United Nations report has shown. Read More
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency will continue mapping luxury real estateproperties across the country from the skies via helicopter raids over next week. This was announced by the Revenue Agency’s head Krasimir Stefanov to Darik Radio just days after the tax authorities launched the spectacular operation together with helicopter Air Detachment 28. Read More
Monday, October 4th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The African Development Bank has made infrastructure development a cornerstone in its development agenda with regional member countries. The Bank recognizes that lack of adequate social and economic infrastructure is one of the key constraints to short- and medium-term poverty reduction in Africa, and has thus been a major force in private
Monday, October 4th, 2010
ESA – Members of the space and oil and gas sectors have come together in the first meeting of its kind to discuss current Earth observation capabilities and the evolving information requirements within the oil and gas industry. Read More
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
BfN – For about 10.000 kilometres of larger rivers and streams of Germany dimension, loss of flooding areas, and status of the remaining active floodplains are presented in three maps. These maps and the status report on floodplains shows that at large parts of streams like Rhine, Elbe, Danube, and Odra only 10-20% of the former
