Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics risk missing a golden opportunity to inspire a step change towards a low-carbon economy, the green watchdog for the games has warned. The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 released its annual review on how the games’ sustainable vision is taking shape. The UK’s green promises
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
DERBYSHIRE UK – Councils in Derby, South Derbyshire, Erewash and Amber Valley had been told by the previous Labour Government that they must build 36,600 new homes in the county by 2026. But the new Con-Lib coalition Government has confirmed it plans to scrap regional spatial strategies across the UK and return decision-making powers on
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
SPACE FELLOWSHIP – The SERVIS-2 mission is the successor to SERVIS-1 also successfully launched on a Rockot in October 2003 by Eurockot for its Japanese customer, the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) of Tokyo, Japan. SERVIS-2, the acronym for the second ‘Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System’ mission, will be employed to
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
MAIL & GUARDIAN SA – South Africa is ready for nuclear power, the world’s largest nuclear operator, Electricite de France (EDF), said at an energy workshop in Johannesburg on Monday. It was ready because of its political willingness, Eskom’s good track record, the public’s awareness of climate change challenges and industries’ eagerness to enter the
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
DUTCH NEWS NL – The national grid operator Tennet has asked the treasury for a capital injection of €500m to invest in its high tension networks in the Netherlands and Germany, the Financieele Dagblad reports. Read More
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
UGANDA DAILY MONITOR – Several questions came to mind. Had the land experts done research on the impacts of taxation on idle land? How long should an undeveloped piece of land be considered idle? What type of development should be on land to be designated developed; a forest, a building or agriculture? What about leaving
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
BBC – Jean-Jacques Dordain, the boss of the European Space Agency (Esa), could be heading for another period in office. It is understood both Germany and France, the organisation’s leading member-states, are proposing he should carry on in the post beyond 2010. The Frenchman assumed the role of director general in 2003, and is coming
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
GERMAN GOV – The report provides an overview of the economic performance and relevance of the environmental industry in Germany. Nearly 1.8 million people are employed in the environmental sector in Germany. The world market for environmental technology is predicted to more than double by 2020. In particular, the renewable energy, resource and energy efficiency,
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
ITAR TASS – Russia will develop a Glonass/GPS navigation set for vehicles by the end of this year, Almaz-Antei general designer of navigation gadgets Valery Babakov told a Tuesday press conference. “The recently developed Glonass/GPS navigation chip will be installed in car systems and become available to users in the end of this year,” Babakov
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
STOCKHOLM NEWS – They want to extend the metro in Stockholm from Kungsträdgården to Nacka and from Odenplan to the new city district that is built between Birkastan and Solna, around the new Karolinska University Hospital. They also want to build several metro shortcuts in order to connect the different metro lines with each other
