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FRANCE 24 - Almost two decades after the fall of communism,
Bucharest is determined to recover its former glory. For the Romanian
capital's city hall, encouraging newlyweds to plant trees is a good way
to get there.
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BIRMINGHAM POST - Poor public transport will cost jobs in Birmingham as the recession hits home, a new study has warned. The
city has one of the worst transport networks in the country, with
passengers abandoning buses because of a failure to provide good
services at cheap prices.
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HANDELSBLAD NL - European Union agriculture ministers have agreed to a new round of aid reforms
in Europe's shrinking farm sector meant to boost competition in the global
markets. The ministers reached their agreement after all-night talks that
ended Thursday morning.
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DER SPIEGEL - If you've got a date in New York, she'll be waiting in New Wild Boar City, according to a new etymological map of the world. It is difficult to find anyone these days who is not familiar with
Middle Earth, J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastical world of orcs, hobbits and
dwarves. A whole generation of film-goers is familiar with such place
names like "Dead Marshes" and "Mount Doom."
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EEA -
80 % of the greenhouse gas emissions in
Europe still come from the energy sector, warns a report from the
European Environment Agency released today. The sector continues to
have significant impacts on the environment, despite the fact that more
efficient production of electricity and heat, together with an
increased share of renewable energy sources and replacement of coal and
oil with gas are gradually contributing to cut emissions of greenhouse
gas and air pollutants in Europe.
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CSR ASIA -- Exploring a diverse range of
Private-Public Partnerships, Corporate Social Responsibility Asia revealed innovative
partnerships with educational institutions, government, NGOs and local
farmers that provide solutions to critical social and environmental
issues in Asia. Read More
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Written by Louis Hecht
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 Similar to how investments in areas that both benefit our planet and our economy are gaining ground, the Open Geospatial Consortium is calling for key building industry players to make a relatively small investment of time and money with the potential for a huge pay-off. Working together to create a common vision and program for interoperability among their information systems will eliminate waste and increase profits.
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 The International Symposium on Global
Navigation Satellite Systems, Space-Based Navigation and Ground-Based
Augmentation Systems and Applications was held last week in Berlin.
Bringing together representatives from around the world, the event
served to provide as a forum for learning about ongoing activity
relating to GNSS. Also included were activities and information
relating to additional positioning augmentation systems and
applications involving radio networks, communications, geodesy,
cartography and surveying.
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Written by Ignacio Zabalza, Sabina Scarpellini and Alfonso Aranda
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 Traditionally, in the building sector, local materials with low energy
costs and low environmental impact were used. Nowadays, global
materials such as cement, aluminium,concrete and PVC are used,
increasing the energy costs and environmental impact. At present, the
building sector contributes largely in the global environmental load of
human activities: for instance, around 40% of the total energy
consumption in Europe corresponds to this sector. It represents also a
major potential for improvement, and is generally addressed by most
environmental policies.
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 Under sunny skies and with 1600
registered users in attendance, the annual ESRI EMEA User Conference
was held in London, UK last week at the Queen Elizabeth Convention
Centre under the theme 'GIS for everyday life'. Richard Waite,
president of ESRI (UK) opened the show welcoming guests from across
the globe. He said that this gathering was the largest European GIS
conference by number in attendance as well as the largest in the
country - “GIS is an indespensible part of life.”
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Written by Andrew Richman and Jürgen Boghdan
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 New technologies are enabling environmental planners to collaborate and communicate in more effective ways. The Virtual Environmental Planning Project is a EU programme Interreg IIIB NWE and Department for Communities and Local Government (UK) effort that was completed in 2008. The project resulted in technologies that support public participation in the planning consultation process through the use of a 3D application.
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Written by Matt Ball
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 Xcel Energy is undertaking an aggressive SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colo. The plan is to install smart meters and high-speed communications throughout the city, creating the first large-scale deployment of this cutting-edge technology in the United States. This initiative is well underway now, with more than 82 miles of fiber optic cable installed, and more than 13,000 homes set to be operational by the end of this year.
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Written by Matt Ball
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 It’s a daunting task to synthesize and analyze global knowledge regarding the health of the environment. The United Nations Environment Program’s World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC) in Cambridge, United Kingdom, has a dedicated staff of more than 60 people that work to bring together data on global biodiversity and conservation to guide policy. A primary data product of UNEP-WCMC is the World Database of Protected Areas.V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Derek Gliddon, head of the Informatics Program at UNEP-WCMC about the goals and challenges of the organization.
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