Monday, July 26th, 2010
BERNAMA – The government is working on a definite policy and legal framework to improve geospatial data management in the country, says Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Datuk Seri Douglas Unggah Embas.He said the policy and legal framework are important to determine the basic principals and responsibilities of federal, state and local authorities.”It is
Monday, July 26th, 2010
INDABA – Africa needs to look for home-grown solutions to the challenges of energy poverty, rather than relying on conventional models that respond to conditions in developed countries. So says Brian Statham, the Chairman of the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) and Chairman of the Energy Access Partnership (EAP). Read More
Monday, July 26th, 2010
HURRIYET TURKEY – The construction of 11 wind energy plants to produce 460 megawatts in the western district of Çeşme district is awaiting the consent of the General Staff, which has demanded a technical study to determine whether the magnetic field created by the wind tribunes will pose a risk for military radar in the
Monday, July 26th, 2010
BLOOMBERG – U.K. offshore wind power developers need 30 billion pounds ($46 billion) of financing to build the turbines required to help the nation reach its renewable energy objectives by 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers said. Sea-based wind farms play a “make-or-break” role in the U.K.’s goal to derive 15 percent of energy from renewables by 2020, the
Monday, July 26th, 2010
DAILY GALAXY – Researchers studying Google Earth images have discovered a 45-meter-wide impact crater in southwestern Egypt that appears to have being created by iron meteorite no more than a few thousand years ago. Although the crater was first noticed in autumn 2008, researchers have identified that impact on satellite images taken as far back
Monday, July 26th, 2010
REI – As home to world’s last major tropical rainforest, one of the largest renewable reserves of fresh water, the planet’s most diverse stock of biodiversity, the best energy matrix of any of the top economies and the most successful industrial-scale production of bio-fuels, Brazil stands out in the environmental arena. And now with a
Monday, July 26th, 2010
DESERTIFICATION – Severe and persistent drought held southern Russia in its grip in June and July 2010. Low rainfall and hot temperatures damaged 32 percent of the country’s grain crops, said Russian Agriculture Minister, Yelena Skrynnik on July 23. This satellite vegetation index image, made from data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
INDYSTAR – In a city the size of Indianapolis, a chance to make a lasting difference in multiple neighborhoods and for thousands of people is rare. That’s especially true given the financial constraints that governments at all levels have been forced to operate under in recent years. Read More
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
ECMap – A child’s development during the first three years affects lifelong learning, behaviour, health and well-being. Getting a good start in life is vital to a positive future. ECMap is part of the Early Child Development (ECD) Mapping Initiative launched by Alberta Education to help Albertans understand how well their young children are doing
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
SMART METERS – New Brunswick Power’s electricity demonstration project, PowerShift Atlantic, will receive over $15 million through the Government of Canada’s Clean Energy Fund to help underwrite the $32 project. The smart grid initiative, which includes three Maritime Provinces, was announced by Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue. Read More
