Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Lord Foster has today been made Doctor Honoris Causa by UPM, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The event was chaired by the rector of the university, Javier Uceda, with a laudation by UPM professor, Luis Fernández-Galiano. Delivering a short lecture at the ceremony entitled ‘Constancy and Change’, Lord Foster advocated a holistic approach to the design
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been building up in the Arctic Ocean over the last 15 years. A change in wind direction could cause the water to spill into the north Atlantic, cooling Europe. Read More
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
An unprecedented swath of new projects and expansions to existing ones was announced in Abu Dhabi yesterday, providing for significant new investment in social infrastructure, health and education and giving a boost to economic development in the emirate. The announcement by Abu Dhabi Executive Council signalled the conclusion of a wide ranging evaluation of projects in
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The Concordia was built at a cost of €450 million ($585 million). The fashion model Eva Herzigová christened the vessel in the summer of 2006, but the champagne bottle did not smash against the hull the first time around. A bad omen for suspicious mariners, it triggered gasps among guests at the ceremony. Read More
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The federal Cabinet yesterday approved Etihad Rail’s plan to borrow Dh4.7 billion to finance part of the construction of a nationwide railway network, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, posted on his official Twitter feed. Read More
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The Russian state-owned oil major pays €27,7 million for control over prospective licenses in the Barents Sea. Read More
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The effort is being led from the German space agency’s (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, and had its kick-off meeting this week. It will draw on expertise from across Europe, Russia and the US. Read More
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
British companies are bringing their water and wastewater expertise to the UAE for exploring business opportunities and further strengthening existing commercial partnerships between the two countries. A high-level delegation of companies from the United Kingdom water and wastewater sector recently visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The principal focus of the mission was water and wastewater treatment
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
A few years ago, the Province of Ontario warmly embraced wind power as a way to reduce current dependence on coal and nuclear power plants. Official provincial support is still strong, although it is also starting to sound defensive. The Dunnville Chronicle reports that Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Jim Bradley, just released a consultant’s report stating:
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
The issue of poor land use planning is being left out in the current discussions on why disasters keep happening in the Philippines. According to Dr. Walter Salzer, director and principal advisor of the Environment and Rural Development Program (ERDP) of the ?Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), increasing threat of climate change and the effects of
