Geneva (ots) - Kuwaiti Musaed Al Saleh appointed board member of renowned global environment group Vice Chairman and CEO of Kuwait-based National Projects Holding Co (NPHC), Musaed Al Saleh, is the first Middle Eastern representative to be appointed to the board of Earth Council Geneva (ECG). A leading global environmental group based in Switzerland, ...
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Electricity is a form of energy that we often take for granted - in our homes, hospitals, offices and factories. But certain ways of generating electricity can be major contributors to climate change. By using less electricity, using it more efficiently, using it more responsibly and looking for new or improved ways to generate it. We ...
Balsthal (ots) - Switzerland not only builds the longest tunnels in the world, but also wants to offer users maximum safety: in Balsthal (SO) and Lungern (OW), training facilities are currently being constructed in which rescue organizations can optimally prepare for deployment in underground transportation systems. In order to effectively rescue people and fight fires, fire departments must be able to access ...
Zurich (ots) - Whale watching is a growing trend. Millions of people put to sea in order to observe free-swimming whales and dolphins, with their numbers increasing each year. Although there is not yet a quality label for whale watching, a uniform evaluation of selected tour operators is now available thanks to a pilot project initiated by OceanCare, together with Kontiki Saga, Glur Reisen and Scandinavian Airlines. ...
Hamburg (ots) - ots.CorporateNews transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. Nordex AG has entered the Turkish market on a very successful note: Up until the end of March 2008 it will be assembling 17 N90/2500 HS (high speed) turbines with 80 meters hub ...
Zurich (ots) - SAS can now offer customers in the Group the possibility to offset carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by paying compensation. "We are delighted to be able to offer our customers this possibility. It is part of the SAS Group's environmental strategy and is a suitable complement to the primary mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol," says ...
- To access an accompanying photo, please go to http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100007465&lang=2 - International Finance Corporation and Nestlé Nespresso to Invest $500,000 over two years to assist farmers in Central America San Jose, Costa Rica (ots) - In conjunction with the ...
Zurich (ots) - The World Bank Group announced on World Environment Day 2006 that it has offset 100 percent of its Greenhouse Gas emissions produced by its Washington, D.C. operations and business transportation tracked from its headquarters in fiscal year 2006. Emission credits purchased through the Chicago ...
Zurich (ots) - Precious Woods announced today that it successfully registered the first carbon credits originating from a forestry project at the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and executed on the CCX trading platform the world's first ever trade of forestry offsets at a Greenhouse Gas Exchange. Swiss-based ...
San Diego, CA (ots) - E-Wire - Joseph P. LaStella, P.E., President of Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) and Co-Managing Director of AMERICAN BIOFUELS, LLC, provides an editorial review of scientific evidence that Global Warming can abruptly cause an unexpected Ice Age in months not decades! The movie "The Day After Tomorrow" has caused much concern over the possibility of sudden catastrophic climate changes in ...
Wädenswil (ots) - "Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or alive?" This motto is aimed at raising awareness about the threat facing the world's oceans. ASMS OceanCare will submit an international petition following the World Environment Day in New York. The organisation calls for a campaign against underwater noise pollution. Sustainability - the careful handling of ...
Cologne, Germany (ots) - In cooperation with the World Bank and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Koelnmesse is expanding its range of events to include a segment of the environment sector that is currently attracting great attention but has not been previously addressed by the trade-fair ...
Geneva (ots) - The Earth Council is pleased to announce the establishment of the Earth Council - Geneva and the election of a distinguished business and public service leader, Reto Braun, as its Chairman. The Earth Council - Geneva is an autonomous Swiss non-governmental organization affiliated with the Earth Council Foundation Canada with offices in San Jose, Costa Rica and the Earth Council Foundation - USA. Founded ...
Bonn (ots) - Ministers, mayors and meteorologists - these and other experts from a range of sectors are participating in the Second International Conference on Early Warning (EWC-II), to be held 16-18 October in Bonn. Almost 400 participants are registered for the Conference, which is expected to result in ...
Frankfurt Main, Germany (ots) - In conjunction with its planned expansion of Frankfurt Airport, Fraport AG (FSE: FRA) Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide will reforest a total of 310 hectares of land at several locations in the state of Hesse, Germany. Overall, Fraport AG will invest some EUR 100 million in ...
Geneva (ots) - Over 100 representatives of fourteen countries, non-governmental and international organizations concluded a day and a half of frank and open discussions in Geneva on Friday, June 27, concerning the destruction of chemical weapons in Russia. Sponsored by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign ...
Wädenswil (ots) - NATO and US Navy are violating international laws with their low frequency sonar tests in the oceans. This is the conclusion of the Swiss expert on Sea Law Alexander von Ziegler in a report for the ASMS, a Swiss NGO for whale and dolphin conservation. Noise can kill cetaceans and other creatures in the oceans. The consequences of continual exposure to military noises are disastrous. Noise ...
Berne (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd is to construct the largest photovoltaic system in Switzerland on the roof of the Wankdorf National Stadium in Berne. This system is to be expanded on a staged basis in line with demand in collaboration with the interested local authorities and electricity companies, first of all ...
WASHINGTON, DC (ots) - Researchers recently presented evidence that CO2 from natural as well as fossil fuel emissions can be sequestered while producing renewable hydrogen. Evidence was presented at the USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Raleigh and the FEMA supported Pre-Disaster and Mitigation Conference/Workshop at ...
Where to now - the Caribbean! Wädenswil/Santiago, Chile (ots) - As the 12th meeting of the Parties of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species draws to a close today, one thing that has stood out is that the voting patterns of the East Caribbean island states of Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica and Grenada remain closely linked to those of Japan. The self ...
Exchange for Nature: Africa and the Caribbean Youth Programme launched at the UN CITES 12th Conference of the Parties Wädenswil/Santiago, Chile (ots) - The "exchange for nature" programme designed to unite youth from around the world who are working for a better environment and the survival of the planet"s rich biodiversity was launched in Santiago during the CITES 12th meeting of the parties with sponsorship from ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Osnabrueck, Germany (ots) - DBU honours international commitment and development of biological products - Awarding ceremony on 27 October in Magdeburg The new prizewinners of the German Environmental Award have been nominated. Presented by Federal President Johannes Rau the Executive Director of the ...
Basel (ots) - Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, Head of the Federal Department for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, has become the patron of the International REACH Environment Prize 2002. The "Pro Aqua-Pro Vita" foundation is announcing this award, which is worth 50,000 Swiss francs, for the fourth time and will award it in October 2002 in ...
Bundesamt f. Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft
Bern (ots) - The Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Geneva are continuing to support the GRID-Geneva centre (Global Resource Information Database). The three partners signed an agreement on Friday which will renew their support for a period of four years. GRID's ...
Cross-reference: photo was sent via satellite and is available at: www.newsaktuell.ch/f/galerie.htx?type=obs and www.photopress.ch Zurich (ots) - World Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has pulled out all the stops for Switzerland. The Aletsch region with its breathtaking world of glaciers formed the backdrop for a different kind of photo session. Leading Swiss photographer Michel Comte was called in to take the first shots as part of a remarkable ...
Munich (ots) - This week the BMW Group signed the international declaration of the United Nations' environmental programme this week. This treaty with the BMW Group again confirms the cutting edge role of the sustainable treatment of resources in the sense of a responsible and considerate dealing with and ...