The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 2.1 billion fish, crabs, and shrimp are killed annually by being pinned against cooling water intake structures (impingement) or being drawn into cooling water systems and affected […]
On July 6, 2011, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule designed to protect the health of Americans by reducing air pollution. The rule, which is known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule […]
April 3 Europe launched the first Sentinel-1A satellite of the €8.4-billion Earth monitoring Copernicus program, which is managed by the European Commission. This was the first of a constellation of six Sentinel families which are […]
Increasing urbanisation, pressure on existing infrastructure, push for productivity in construction sector and environmental concerns are driving the convergence of geospatial, 3D and information modeling technologies. Over the next two decades, construction of buildings and […]
Canada signed the Copenhagen Accord in December 2009 and committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 612 Mt or 17 percent below 2005 levels (737 Mt) by 2020. Canada’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]
The Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory for March Quarter 2013 has been released by Dept of the Environment. Annual emissions for the year to March 2013 are estimated to be 557.0 Mt […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released annual greenhouse gas emissions data for 2012 collected under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). The program collects annual greenhouse gas information (CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, NF3, […]
At the Latin America Geospatial Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Volney Zanardi Junior, president of the Brazilian Institute of Envrionment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) gave a very interesting overview of IBAMA and some of […]