Friday, May 28th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – The Forestry Development Centre Tapio has developed national forest management practice recommendations for the more effective harvesting of energy wood.Tapio is an expert organisation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which is why its recommendations in the forest sector enjoy a semi-official status. Read More
Friday, May 28th, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – The Royal Society is to create a panel to put together a consensus statement after the assertion by 43 Fellows that its messages failed to draw a line between fact and conjecture, the BBC claimed. The panel, chaired by John Pethica, vice-president of the Society, will publish the document in September after
Friday, May 28th, 2010
GOV INDIA – India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma announced that they had agreed to set up a trilateral satellite program, at the fourth Summit of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum held in Brasilia, Brazil, on 15 April 2010. The program will
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Arianespace marks the 50th flight of Ariane 5 when this workhorse heavy-lift launcher successfully lofts the ASTRA 3B commercial telecommunications satellite and Germany’s COMSATBw-2 secure military relay platform. Read More
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The disaster alert status in Germany’s Brandenburg state has been bumped up to level four as high waters continued to menace the region. Water levels along the Oder and Neisse rivers are still climbing. Read More
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Worried about the poor state of electricity generation in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the ministry of power and other relevant agencies to immediately restart the implementation of power sector reforms. The Federal Government is also jointly executing a $300 million pilot project in renewable energy, with the provision of $100 million, while
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
EU – The Galileo programme is Europe’s initiative for a state-of-the-art global satellite navigation system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. While providing autonomous navigation and positioning services, the system established under the Galileo programme will at the same time be interoperable with GPS and GLONASS, the two other global satellite
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
BBC – A tidal energy device dubbed by its manufacturer as a world-first is to be installed in the fast-flowing Kylerhea Narrows off Skye. Sheffield-based Pulse Tidal said the system was the first of its kind and could operate in shallow water. The site in the narrows was selected because of the strong tide and
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – More than 100,000 people in Warsaw remained under the threat Tuesday morning, the rising water that has resulted in fifteen deaths in the country since May 16 The mayor of the capital,Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz , asked to be ready for a possible evacuation. Read More
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Shipping major Sovcomflot’s announced sailing on the Northern Sea Route will take place in September. As previously reported, Sovcomflot is currently preparing for sailing on the Northern Sea RoutE. Read More
