Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Oman has decided to invest US $2.9 billion in 13 new water and power projects that are commencing in 2012. According to the 7-Year (2011-2017) report from Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, demand for desalinated water and energy in the country is anticipated to rise at an average growth rate of approximately 9% annually
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth’s forests. The map will help scientists better understand the role forests play in climate change and how their heights influence wildlife habitats within them, while also helping them quantify the carbon stored in Earth’s vegetation.
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
The Squamish Nation and BC Parks signed two park management plans today marking their first collaborative achievement under the 2007 agreement for the management of protected areas in the Squamish Nation traditional territory. The celebratory signing recognized the completion of the Esté-tiwilh/Sigurd Creek Conservancy Management Plan and the Brackendale Eagles Park, Baynes Island Ecological Reserve
Friday, February 17th, 2012
The U.S., Canada and four other countries have formed a coalition aimed reducing powerful but relatively short-lived pollutants in an effort to bring about near-term results in the battle against climate change. The plan targeting methane, hydrofluorbcarbons and black carbons is viewed as a strategy that could gain more ground, and do so more swiftly, than international
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in Menlo Park, California, was the venue for an international meeting held February 6–8 and organized by the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) secretariat to address the data and information needs of the
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Groundwater recharge caused by inefficient irrigation practices, high leakage rates from light textured soils, poor surface and groundwater drainage and inappropriate crop rotations caused rising watertables under the rice growing areas in southern New South Wales. Shallow watertable and secondary soil salinisation have a major impact on the long term sustainability of these areas.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Energy Minister Charles Hendry has said the eastern region is well placed to take advantage of the growing demand for new and off-shore energy. “In nuclear, carbon capture and storage and renewable energy, East Anglia has an extremely important role to play,” stated Mr Hendry. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Super Group today announced its implementation of Greenstone Carbon Management’s Acco2unt solution to measure, manage and reduce its environmental impact. This signals another significant step in Super Group’s drive to improve its environmental performance across its broad-based supply chain management business. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Between 1990 and 2008, close to 2 billion people worldwide gained access to electricity. But the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that more than 1.3 billion people still lack access to electricity, while the United Nations estimates that another 1 billion have unreliable access. The UN General Assembly has designated 2012 as the “International Year
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Between 1950 and 2009 landslides claimed the lives of almost 18 000 people in Asia and affected approximately 5.5 million people (EM-DAT 2010). If statistics were available for landslide impacts caused by earthquakes, these numbers would be many times greater. Landslides cause social, economic and environmental damage. Forest and agricultural resources are lost; infrastructure and
