Monday, September 5th, 2011
AGL Energy and Origin Energy have called for a national energy saving scheme to slash the costs they face to comply with fragmented state-based schemes. The nation’s two biggest energy retailers have also renewed calls for an end to government control of retail power prices. The companies have told a review, ordered by the Ministerial Council on
Monday, September 5th, 2011
As the war of words over the implications of the National Planning Policy Framework intensifies, a growing number of public bodies are now wading into the row with their concerns. We answer some of the key questions. Read More
Monday, September 5th, 2011
Finnish Railways (VR) said it would begin introducing its new fare system on 14 September. The government-owned operator had said last year it would gradually replace its flat fare system with airline-style pricing this year. “The changes will make lower cost rail journeys available,” VR said in a statement. “The advance purchase ticket is cheaper than other tickets
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
I created the files in illustrator using the maps as guides and then converted to DXF files for the CNC machine. The idea was to have each layer on a different level but the edges all had to line up so that from the side it had “stairs” instead of gaps if that makes sense…
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Most of the farmers in the Indian state of Sikkim use water from springs, not from rivers, to water their fields. But that is increasingly challenging since it often doesn’t rain, and only occasionally is there enough water to water the fields. What makes the situation even more dire is that deforestation means that the
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Premier Wen Jiabao called for more sustainable usage of land and natural resources during his Friday inspection of the Ministry of Land and Resources. Wen urged improvements in the management of China’s land and mineral resources, as well as more accurate mapping of geographical information, in order to better promote the country’s economic development. Read More
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Rwanda has become the latest beneficiary of China’s foray into East Africa as the Asian giant seeks to control the region’s economic landscape, also targeted by Japan and India. China last week gave Rwanda $15.7 million to boost trade between the two countries. Rwanda will receive half the amount as a grant and the remaining 50 million
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
As Americans prepare for the holiday weekend, President Obama has announced that he doesn’t plan on enforcing a law that would have prevented 12,000 deaths every year by protecting Americans from ozone pollution. The President, along with Big Oil and the other corporate polluters whose interest he is serving with this decision, are hoping you
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Maps of Samur-Yalama National Park and Samur-Yalama State Natural Reserve have been prepared. State Committee on Land and Cartography of Azerbaijan has reported that work has been carried out within realization of decision №156s of the Cabinet of Ministers from 16 June 2011. Work on cartography of these protected territories was then committed to Ecology and
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Computer simulations of the weather workings of the entire planet will be able to make forecasts to within a few kilometers accuracy, helping predict the effects of deadly weather systems. But the world may have to wait 20 to 40 years’ for such accurate information on weather events like El Nino as computer capacity grows, a
