Friday, September 9th, 2011
Electoral monitoring association “Golos” together with gazeta.ru had launched Kartanarusheniy.ru, a crowdsourced mechanism for collecting user data on electoral violations. Ushahidi-like map (although developed on a different software) allows users to report agitation violations, administrative and police pressure, bribery, misuse of power, violation of candidates’ rights. Read MOre
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Eskom has been given a R980 840 000 loan by the Agence Franaise de Dveloppement (AFD) towards its renewable energy projects, the electricity parastatal said. “The facility, which is for 20 years, will go towards financing Eskom’s 100 megawatt Sere Wind Project in the Western Cape ,” it said in a statement. The loan forms part of Eskom’s seven-year
Friday, September 9th, 2011
The embattled Icelandic property market appears to be making a comeback after it nearly ground to a complete halt during the banking crisis. In the Reykjavik area there were 428 confirmed property purchase contracts signed and validated in August with a value of ISK 12.5 billion (EUR 76.7 million) and an average cost per transaction of
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Green energy used to be Germany’s great hope for its economic future. But now the German solar industry is in trouble amid huge losses, job cuts and the threat of bankruptcies. Chinese firms are gaining an ever greater share of the German market — and are benefiting from German subsidies for renewable energy. Read More
Friday, September 9th, 2011
The city of Beijing and GIZ officially launched a new Sino-German project on sustainable urban transport. The project “Transport Demand Management in Beijing – Emission Reduction in Urban Transport” is funded through the International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).The aim of this project is
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The heat wave, which was centered over eastern Europe and western Russia, brought with it severe drought conditions and intense wildfires. At the same time, northern Pakistan was being inundated by episodic bursts of heavy rainfall. Both of these weather events reached extreme intensities on July 28–29, when maximum temperatures in Moscow exceeded 95°F (35°C)
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Russian Railways (RZD) have placed an order for further Desiro RUS type regional trains with Train Technologies, a joint venture of Siemens and the Russian rail technology manufacturer Sinara. The order, for which a preliminary contract was signed in June of this year, is for the delivery of 1,200 cars and is worth about two
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The ‘Train of Ideas’ rolls into Brussels today, the latest city in a series of stops around Europe which has included Paris, Copenhagen, Munich, Warsaw, Barcelona and others. The arrival of the exhibition on sustainable urban living created by Hamburg, European Green Capital 2011 will be attended by EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik, Hamburg’s Senator for
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The ‘Train of Ideas’ rolls into Brussels today, the latest city in a series of stops around Europe which has included Paris, Copenhagen, Munich, Warsaw, Barcelona and others. The arrival of the exhibition on sustainable urban living created by Hamburg, European Green Capital 2011 will be attended by EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik, Hamburg’s Senator for
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Reports for six of the eight National Water Account 2010 regions are now available. These regions are Adelaide, Canberra, Perth, Ord, South East Queensland and Sydney. A quick guide is available to help navigate the information. Read more about the six National Water Account 2010 reports available. Read More
