Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Hartford Courant–Breaking levees, falling bridges, an 83-year-old steam pipe bursting in midtown Manhattan – how much proof do we need that America’s infrastructure is in perilous shape? Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
JAPAN CORPORATE NEWS – Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today announced its renewed commitment to climate change by adding ecological goals to its “GP3” three-year business plan that completes March 2010. The company also presented its “Panasonic Eco Ideas Declaration” identifying the three initiatives on which its
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
WORLDNEWS – a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its Spanish subsidiary will design and construct an 18-megawatt Olivenza solar electric power plant in the Badajoz region of Spain. Olivenza is expected to generate more than 32 million kilowatt-hours of power per year upon completion. SunPower
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
DUTCH NEWS.NL – Plans to build a gas pipeline from Norway to the Netherlands, the UK or Belgium have been cancelled, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Saturday. The Netherlands had hoped to establish itself as a gas distribution point for north western Europe if project had gone ahead. Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
UK GOVERNMENT – Proposals for better protection and better regulation of the seas around Britain have received broad public support. There were 8,519 responses to the Marine Bill White Paper ‘A Sea Change’ with 82 per cent supporting the Bill. The Bill would introduce new laws to improve the conservation and management of the UK’s marine
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
THE HERALD – BT should be prepared to give substantial sums of community benefit to any wind farm it erects in the Northern Isles, an MSP has warned. Rob Gibson, SNP Highlands and Islands MSP, was speaking yesterday following the publication of BT’s plans to establish a network of wind farms to generate up to
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
The Tech– With world-class universities, innovative young companies, and a vibrant arts community, Boston is no slouch at attracting talent. But FutureBOSTON, an urban development project and competition organized by MIT, insists that the city can — and must — do better. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
UN — At a United Nations General Assembly debate today, the body’s President said that stamping out poverty goes hand in hand with achieving peace, urging all States to step up their efforts in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight ambitious targets to stamp out poverty and other ills by 2015. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
GreenBuildings.com — The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will develop a rating system for sustainable landscape design that is similar to LEED. ASLA will announce its Sustainable Sites Initiative Saturday at its annual meeting, which has as its theme, “Design with Nature: The Art of Balance.” Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
NOAA — The first update of a report tracking the state of the Arctic indicates that some changes in that region are larger and occurring faster than those previously predicted by climate models, while other indicators show some stabilizing. Read More
