natural resource industry News
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Jean Tirole, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, meets INRA`s President
Jean Tirole, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics and President of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation–Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), and Bruno Sire, President of Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, met with François Houllier, President of INRA on 15 October in the context of a meeting devoted to the Foundation, an innovative institutional structure of which INRA was ...
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Geosoft announces geochemistry extension for ESRI ArcGIS
Geosoft Inc., a world leader in software and solutions for earth exploration, announced today the commercial availability of their Geochemistry for ArcGIS™ extension for ESRI's ArcGIS software. The Geochemistry for ArcGIS extension adds a powerful geochemical workflow to ArcGIS, enabling geoscientists to efficiently conduct their geochemical QA and analysis inside ESRI.Geosoft is focused on ...
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Environmental Liability and Insurance
If you haven’t already registered for C5's Environmental Liability & Insurance this July in London, why not join us for two days of highly detailed, strategic advice which will enable you to: 1. Ensure your business and its systems are set up to comply with the NEW Environmental Liability Directive 2. Minimise D&Os potential environmental liability threat 3. Learn whether the Directive ...
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Presidential Debate Pits Economy Against Environment
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, President Obama and Governor Romney discussed jobs, the economy, health care, and regulation. Yet the only mention of the environment was from Romney, who pledged to open up public lands to drilling, extend the tar sands pipeline into the U.S., and befriend coal companies—all to create jobs and grow the economy. But Pavan Sukhdev, leader of the ...
By Island Press
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Bloomberg BNA Launches Canadian EHS Legislative & Regulatory Alert
Bloomberg BNA announced the launch of the Canadian EHS Legislative & Regulatory Alert™. This new online subscription-based service provides Canadian regulatory and legislative tracking at every stage in the legal process — including actions of the federal government and every province and territory in Canada — so US-based businesses can track the progress of environmental, ...
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Environmental Groups, First Nations Join in Opposition to Omnibus Bill C-45
First Nations and environmental, recreation and grassroots groups supported by more than half a million Canadians today issued an open letter opposing the federal government's controversial second omnibus bill, C-45, as the proposed legislation enters final rounds of debate in Parliament this week. "The changes proposed in this omnibus bill would further weaken Canada's environmental laws, ...
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Globalisation Drives Environmental Consulting (EC) Industry Sector to $25bn
A dozen firms are spearheading the globalisation of the environmental consulting (EC) industry, together accounting for almost a quarter share of the total US$25.4bn global market Their combined EC revenues have increased by 51% during the last four years to reach $6.2 billion in 2009/10 in spite of a market slowdown in the wake of the global financial crisis The global market ...
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Aquatech Dewatering Expands Services Into Newfoundland and Labrador
Aquatech Dewatering Company and Aquatech Pump and Power announced that they are expanding their services to the Canadian East Coast and plan to open a full service branch in Newfoundland this year. Aquatech currently is an exclusive distributor of Godwin Pumps, Hudig Pumps and Dragflow Pumps. Aquatech is a fast growing, full service provider of dewatering services in the mining and construction ...
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EScIS is excited to share that KaizenLAB now integrates with ESdat Environmental Data Management Software!
With a staff of over 55 in Canada and Environmental Laboratories in Trinidad and Guyana, KaizenLAB's main labs are in Calgary and Edmonton."As Albertans, we understand our province's relationship with the oil and gas industry. It has supported many businesses in the world of natural resources. Like all industries, oil and gas have been impacted by the ebbs and flows of an ever-changing economy, ...
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Aquatech dewatering expands services into Newfoundland and Labrador
Aquatech Dewatering Company and Aquatech Pump and Power announced that they are expanding their services to the Canadian East Coast and plan to open a full service branch in Newfoundland this year. Aquatech currently is an exclusive distributor of Godwin Pumps, Hudig Pumps and Dragflow Pumps. Aquatech is a fast growing, full service provider of dewatering services in the mining and construction ...
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Aquatech dewatering expands services into newfoundland and labrador
Aquatech Dewatering Company and Aquatech Pump and Power announced that they are expanding their services to the Canadian East Coast and plan to open a full service branch in Newfoundland this year. Aquatech currently is an exclusive distributor of Godwin Pumps, Hudig Pumps and Dragflow Pumps. Aquatech is a fast growing, full service provider of dewatering services in the mining and construction ...
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Modern Water Buys Cogent Environmental
Modern Water (UK), the owner of leading water technologies focused on addressing the scarcity of fresh water, the treatment of wastewater, and monitoring of water quality, announces the purchase on 2nd February 2011 of the entire share capital of the private company Cogent Environmental Limited (“Cogent Environmental”) from the private equity investor, Sultan Scientific Limited ...
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United States settles with Costco to cut ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas refrigerant emissions nationwide
Costco Wholesale Corporation, one of the nation’s largest retailers, has agreed to cut its emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse gases from leaking refrigeration equipment at more than half of its stores nationwide. In the settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice, Costco will pay $335,000 in penalties for federal Clean Air ...
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US settles with Costco to cut ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas refrigerant emissions nationwide
Costco Wholesale Corporation, the nation’s second largest retailer, has agreed to cut its emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas chemicals from refrigeration equipment at more than half of its stores nationwide. In the settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ), Costco will pay $335,000 in penalties for federal ...
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Stockholm seminar focused on sustainable water technologies
As part of World Water Week held this week in Stockholm, Sweden, six water/wastewater industry experts presented a groundbreaking seminar on Tuesday, September 7 that explored future sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. Approximately 120 people attended the seminar, which focused on how creating successful, sustainable solutions depends on anticipating the most efficient ...
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Registration open for 2008 Groundwater Foundation National Conference
Registration is now open for the 2008 Groundwater Foundation National Conference to be held November 18-20 at the Miracle Springs Resort in Desert Hot Springs, California. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about “green” programs and pollution prevention strategies to protect the quality and quantity of groundwater and surface water resources. Specific topics include: the LEED Building program, ...
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New Campaign Won`t Fix Old Problems
MANITOBA’S LACK OF REGULATIONS PUTS RIVERS AT RISK The Province of Manitoba has put together a snazzy new campaign with the slogan “Spirited Energy” to enhance its image. While catchy, Manitoba’s lack of stormwater treatment regulations amid strong commercial growth is not exactly “spirited.” In fact, this absence may cause environmental problems that could cost the province millions to ...
By Actual Media
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Your solution to hazardous Industrial Waste
AMBIENTAL MENTE LIMITADA CONSULTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT WHO ARE WE? We are AmbientalMente Limitada, a starting entrepreneurial initiative committed with the sustainable exploitation of our natural resources, based on the formulation of industrial development projects and the improvement of transformation processes within companies. OUR SERVICES ...
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E-waste - global social responsibility
Waste of all sort put together is a major cause of Global Warming and electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the biggest contributor. It is because of electronic revolution the Globe has become a Village. Therefore, we must look at the problem of e-waste in that perception. Political boundaries of respective countries should not be the only criteria of dealing with such grave problem. I am not ...
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Turning crude into food
Today, at JACOR, LLC Headquarters, CEO Janet Angel and her team of scientists announced immediate availability of EcoBioClean® for purchase, license and distribution. EcoBioClean far exceeds the typical “out of sight out of mind” crude oil cleanup methods as it reengineers an oil slick quickly into pepper sized nutrient-rich particles that can be consumed by ...
By Jacor, LLC
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