Friday, September 7th, 2007
EDIE NET – This week Government published a statistical analysis of both the chemical and organic quality of the nation’s rivers for 2006, essentially looking at pollution levels and how healthy plant and wildlife populations are. The figures make up one of 68 indicators that are used to inform Government’s Sustainable Development Strategy. Read More
Friday, September 7th, 2007
MOSCOW TIMES – The Cabinet on Thursday delayed until November the approval of a plan to invest $506 billion into upgrading the nation’s railways by 2030. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said Russian Railways must improve its strategy with proposals such as charging less for train tickets to regions with booming resource extraction industries, Interfax reported.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
DER SPIEGEL – Tallinn is not just a world heritage site with a history ranging far back to the Middle Ages — by bestowing its citizens with the fundamental right to free Internet access, Estonia has also become the most-wired country in Eastern Europe. Read More
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
GEOSPATIAL HUNGARY – Goal is to provide more visibility on Hungarian developments, achievements, applications and services related to spatial data infrastructure with special emphasis on the European and Global context. Read More
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
ETAP – Product policy similar to that adopted for Energy Using Products could be a lever to enhance European enterprises’ competitiveness, according to the fourth report of the European High Level Working Group on competitiveness, Energy and the Environment. Read More
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
TWIN CITIES.COM – Seven regional utilities that propose building a controversial $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant on the South Dakota border have agreed to offset the carbon-dioxide emissions of the plant’s Minnesota customers. Read More
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
CITY OF BERLIN – Not only environmental policies and projects, but urban and regional planning in Berlin as well has for years been based on principles of sustainability in urbanism: reducing the use of energy, water and soil, maintaining a functional and social mix in the City Districts, and developing green and natural areas. Read
Friday, August 31st, 2007
TELEGRAPH – Energy companies are cashing in on Government subsidies by building wind farms that will never make any money because they are being constructed on sites with not enough wind, it has been claimed. Read More
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
DEUTSCHE WELLE – German Chancellor Merkel’s proposed new plan to curb climate change foresees linking caps on Co2 emissions to the population of a country. It could be of particular interest to large emerging nations China and India. Read More
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
RTPI – The recent bad press over the planning system’s role in the housing crisis in fact emphasises the profession’s importance in tackling the pressing issues of the day be they affordability or flooding, argues Jim Claydon. Read More
