The report highlights the collaborative action already happening between cities, states, regions, business, and national government, using data reported by over 1000 cities, states and regions through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System. Immediate action is needed to stop global greenhouse gas emissions, avoid new emissions, design resilient infrastructure and switch …
Eni SpA, the Italian energy giant, has made a very large natural-gas discovery off the coast of Mozambique, big enough that it could turn the East African country into a major exporter of gas to Asia. The company's first well in a deepwater exploration campaign has found about 15 trillion …
Industrialized societies which continue to use fossil fuel energy sources are considering adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to meet carbon emission reduction targets. Deep geological storage of CO2 onshore faces opposition regarding potential health effects of CO2 leakage from storage sites. There is no experience of commercial …
The European Commission is warning Italy that it risks heavy court fines for its alleged failure to stop large-scale illegal fishing with driftnets that were banned from European waters two decades ago. The opening of infringement procedures against Italy is expected to be announced in Brussels on Thursday after undercover …
L'Aquila, Italy: A group of Italian scientists went on trial on Tuesday for failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in central Italy in 2009 despite signs of increased seismic activity in the area. The seven defendants —six scientists and one government official — are accused …
Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL) has commissioned a 5 MW solar park at Trefullock, Southern England, UK. A park of this capacity in this region requires an investment of around £15 million , industry observers said. “This solar farm will generate approximately 5 million units of clean energy annually. …
Japan's nuclear crisis will make the nuclear-power industry safer and stronger, rather than knock it off course, Australian uranium miner Paladin Energy said on Wednesday. Paladin, which has two uranium mines in Africa, said the industry's outlook remained strong despite the shorter term impact of the disaster at the Fukushima …
Rome: The United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that a mutant strain was spreading in Asia. A mutant strain of H5N1, which can apparently sidestep defences of existing vaccines, …
Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP) has won power supply contracts for three wind projects with a total capacity of 193 megawatts in Brazil where it aims to expand in the growing green energy market, EGP said on Friday. The three wind farms are expected to start commercial operations by 2014 …
The United States economy continues on a wobbly course, but there was a momentary sigh of relief on Friday as the government reported that employers added 117,000 jobs last month, slightly more than expected. Julaynne Trusel works on an assembly line at a General Motors plant in Hamtramck, Mich. Companies …
Beijing's increasing support will see the country become one of the world's biggest buyers of solar panels in coming years, analysts say China has announced its first nationwide feed-in tariff for solar projects in a step that underscores the determination of the world’s biggest energy user to move toward renewable …
Worm infestations, food parasites, Chagas disease, sand fly-transmitted infections and other neglected tropical diseases usually found in Africa and Asia are turning up more often in Europe, according to a new study. The study, a compendium of dozens of case reports from 1999 to 2010, was published last month in …
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has teamed up with German insurance company Munich Re to acquire a stake in 42 solar power plants in Spain and Italy, underlining how some of the larger private equity groups are rushing into Europe
Germany and Italy are expected to oppose a second release of emergency oil reserves by the International Energy Agency, which needs the backing of all 28 of its members if it is to pour more oil on a volatile crude market. The IEA is expected to confer with its member …
Italy's booming solar power market is expected to grow nearly four times to 30 gigawatts of capacity by 2020 as part of incentive-driven efforts to fight climate change, the head of Italy's top utility said. Italy's solar market, the world's second-largest after Germany, has rapidly grown since 2007 when the …
Urban areas are responsible for significant amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but cities can have quite different values of carbon footprints. The purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants of urban GHG emissions in order to explain these differences. Seven global cities – Bangkok, Chicago, London, Madrid, …
About 4,500 guppy fishes to be introduced into wells, sumps in houses at Poondhottam It is a method of biological control of mosquitoes It neither affects environment nor harms non-target organisms VELLORE: About 4,500 guppy fishes were distributed in sachets free of cost to 321 residents of Poondhottam area here …
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth $2.6 million was signed between the Italian Government and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on implementation of the Italian Early Recovery and Rehabilitation Program. Italian ambassador Vincenzo Prati and Shakeel Qadir Khan, Director General PDMA have signed MoU Wednesday to support disaster affected population …
As night fell on April 14, the lawns of the American Academy in Rome twinkled with candles. They represented an exact replica of the stars that would have been visible on the same day in 1611 when Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop. Four …
Italy's economy minister announced plans on Thursday to set up a supervisory authority for the water sector, which the government is reforming via public tenders of water service concessions. To boost competition and draw private investors to the water sector, which needs at least 60 billion euros ($89 billion), Italy …
