Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
The Danish island of Samsö is the face of Denmark’s green energy revolution. It’s been carbon-neutral for years with its inhabitants producing more energy than they consume. It all began in 1997 when the Danish government initiated a competition to find a model for a carbon-neutral community. The winner at the time was Samsö. Today,
Monday, October 17th, 2011
A showdown between the conservation lobby and the construction industry will take place on Monday afternoon in parliament, as a committee of MPs questions experts on whether the government’s proposals for sweeping reforms to planning regulations should go ahead. Read More
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Many of the conversations I have had this week as I have travelled around some of our great English cities (Scotland was last week and Wales next) have been about the lack of a body like the National Trust or the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England to stand up for cities. Most of us
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe’s space base in South America. It will be the first time that the legendary rocket, which traces its lineage to Sputnik and Gagarin, has been deployed outside Russia’s bases. Read More
Monday, October 17th, 2011
On 10 October 2011, GSA and CLGE have started an expert-group to make up a market review for GNSS in the near and midterm future. The first of two meetings was organized in the House of the European Surveyor and GeoInformation (HESGI). This is a direct effect of the Umeå meeting in June 2011. Here one can
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Within the frames of the ice situation monitoring project in the seas of the Russian Arctic conducted by ScanEx RDC in behalf of the FSUE “Atomflot” a high resolution optical image of the Vilkitsky Strait was acquired on October 6, 2011 – the narrowest portion of the Northern Sea Route with heaviest traffic between the
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
A total of € 214 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. This money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure. Member States are
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Romania’s Regional Development and Tourism Minister, Elena Udrea, met in Korea with Samsung officials, whom she invited to take part in the auction for the development of Romania’s General Cadastre. Read More
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Sweden puts far less money into railroad maintenance than other EU countries, shows a report that union Seko will be presenting next week, wrote newspaper Göteborgs-Posten (GP). Read More
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Substantial increase in irrigated area and use of modern rice varieties have led to rapid growth of crop production in Bangladesh in the last decade. Continued and accelerated agricultural growth, which is important both for national economic growth and for poverty alleviation, will require further intensification. There is rising concern, however, that intensive agriculture may
