Air India won't sack employees: Praful Patel The Times Of India | 4 Jul 2009, 2019 hrs IST, PTI Text: CHENNAI: Cash-strapped public carrier Air India would not sack employees but financial and organisational restructuring was on the cards, union minister of state for civil aviation Praful Patel said toda...
Global warming, Moore's Law and being French The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | During Roger Pielke Jr.'s talk at Berkeley the other night, (see first article here, download the slides from his lecture here), he talked about how, since it would be political suicide to try to mandate reductions in the population or reductions in GDP, that we would need ...
Saudi Shifts Focus to Gas as Oil Expansion Ends CNBC Saudi state oil giant Aramco is shifting its exploration and production focus to gas to meet rapidly rising domestic demand as its program to expand oil capacity comes to a close. ...
France, Kuwait discuss nuclear project Middle East Online KUWAIT CITY- French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde held talks Sunday with Kuwaiti officials over the Gulf state's plan to set up a civilian nuclear project to produce power. | ...
Water crisis may loom over city by 2011: Kamal The News International Monday, June 29, 2009 | By our correspondent | Karachi | City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the city would be hit by a water crisis by 2011 if work on alternate resources is not started. | He expressed these views during the inauguration of ...
New asset classes for Islamic investments Arab News | Mushtak Parker | Arab News | The water industry and agriculture are emerging as major new asset classes for Islamic financial institutions, especially in the field of sustainable investments. This is despite the fact that the Islamic finance indust...
desalination Sustained water supply poses huge challenge Gulf News | Dubai: Provision of sustained supply of water is one of the major challenges the UAE is facing under the current economic development, urban expansion and increase in population, UAE Minister of Environment and Water said. | Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fah...
World Bank approves Dead Sea canal plan Inquirer | JERUSALEM--The World Bank has approved a pilot plan for a canal linking the Red Sea to the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea, Israeli Development Minister Sylvan Shalom announced on Saturday. | Israeli public radio said the bank will provide $1.25 billion...
World Bank approves Dead Sea canal The Australian | THE World Bank has approved a pilot plan for a canal linking the Red Sea to the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea. | Israeli public radio says the bank will provide $US1.25 billion ($1.55 billion) in finance for the project. | The initial proposal is for ...
Dead Sea canal plan approved Arab News | Mohammed Mar'i | Arab News | RAMALLAH: The World Bank would support the joint Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Dead Sea Canal project, a report said yesterday. | The World Bank has approved a pilot plan for the canal linking the Red Sea to the rapidly...
Water levels in reservoirs at 10-year low The Times Of India | 27 Jun 2009, 0207 hrs IST, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: In what promises to be a threat to the Kharif crop, water level in most of the reservoirs in India continue to stay below the ten-year average. While the weatherman has promised rains in the north in the coming weeks, pressure on state gover...
Study: Coastal seagrass increasingly being lost Wtop | WASHINGTON (AP) - Coastal development and declining water quality are threatening seagrasses worldwide, researchers report. A study of coastal grasses around the world shows that 58 percent of the seagrass meadows are in decline, according to a report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | Seagrass provides hab...
