GreenAngel Energy Corp. (TSX-V:GAE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Michael Walkinshaw to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Walkinshaw has been a director of GreenAngel since 2014 and has played a key role in the evolution of GreenAngel into its new investing model focused on Revenue Based Financing. Mr. Walkinshaw has been in institutional venture ...
The world's population surpassed 6.8 billion in early 2009, with no significant slowing in the pace of growth in recent years. Estimates by the United Nations Population Division indicate that humanity has been consistently gaining more than 79 million people-a population almost the size of Germany's-each year since 1999. Indicators including decreased assistance for family planning services, ...
The General Assembly unanimously re-elected, Friday, Achim Steiner for a third term as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for a two-year period beginning on 15 June 2014,based on the recommendation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Back in 2006, the UN General Assembly unanimously elected Mr. Steiner as the Executive Director of UNEP for a four-year term, ...
Conexon, a company committed to working with electric membership cooperatives to bring fiber to the home in rural communities, recently (8/28) announced that the Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium (RECC) is the single largest Gigabit winning bidder in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recent Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction. The consortium of member-owned co-ops will be ...
At this year’s annual awards ceremony, which took place on Tuesday 2nd December at Claridges Hotel in London, Rotork once again topped the Engineering & Machinery category and finished 7th in the overall category. Other highlights included 2nd places in the Quality of Goods & Services and Use of Corporate Assets categories. Organised by Management Today magazine, the awards are ...
A United Nations-backed conference wrapped up in Bangkok recently with an urgent call to governments and the private sector in the Asia-Pacific region to prioritize climate change concerns. Drawing nearly 300 participants from business, government, civil society and international organizations, the event – organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the ...
A new survey suggests that people in the UK believe supermarkets should stop giving away free plastic bags. The survey conducted by reusable bag firm ReusaBags found that 83% out of 2000 people supported a ban on plastic bags. ReusaBags director Chris Amos said: “Support for the ban on giving away plastic bags is now greater than ever. Many Governments around the world including China and ...
Both near and far term electricity and gas prices were volatile across the month of April, most ending up slightly higher than where they ended in March. Renewed escalations of the in tensions in Ukraine send prices upwards once again around the middle of the month. However this has been offset by an extremely comfortable gas supply situation, with good levels of storage as well as ample LNG ...
"We are glad to see such an ambitious and coordinated outcome of the special event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), where the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, highlighted the EU's contribution to the MDGs, as well as EU's position for the next Development Framework beyond 2015. This outcome document, which sets out a road-map to 2015, will be highly ...
In the last decades, we've seen wave after wave of innovation beyond traditional health care. We've begun integrating East and Western models, alternative healing practices, nutrition and more. Now we're increasingly including consciousness work such as meditation, visualization, subtle energies, and even distant prayer, along with a growing recognition of the power of our beliefs and intentions. ...
The evo 2600 Retrofit Radar Gauge and Sampling Cover Replaces Existing 8 Inch Gauge/Thief Hatch Covers Features: Includes a 3 MM Accuracy Radar Gauge, and 4 Inch Gauge/Thief Hatch. Eliminates the need to add an additional nozzle and still well for radar level measurement. Retrofits to existing 8 inch flanges with or without existing stilling wells. Can be installed without the need to ...
War College Commandant Major General Rafet Sevinç Şaşmaz welcomed the delegation. Referring to the terrorist attacks which took place in Istanbul on the previous day, he stated that terrorism poses a direct threat not only to the security of Turkish citizens but to international stability and prosperity. Major General Şaşmaz underlined Turkey’s unconditional ...
Hypoxia maintains the niche where stem cells stay in optimal condition that benefits the self-renewal capacities of human embryonic, mesenchymal, hematopoietic and neural stem cells. In research setting it is very important to understand that the results of any given experiment are only as good as the methods they were produced with. In stem cell biology this is exceptionally important as low ...
One of the strengths of Eco-Techno is the after sales service. The large installed number of Evaporators requires a high level of service as well as the fastest reaction time. Last year, the mobile fleet of Eco-Techno (mobile workshops equipped for any type of intervention) has travelled 102,800 km on the national territory and about 23,000 km on roads in Europe. Recently intervention statistics ...
One of the strengths of Eco-Techno is the after sales service. The large installed number of Evaporators requires a high level of service as well as the fastest reaction time. Last year, the mobile fleet of Eco-Techno (mobile workshops equipped for any type of intervention) has travelled 102,800 km on the national territory and about 23,000 km on roads in Europe. Recently intervention statistics ...
Rotork has once again won awards at Britain’s Most Admired Companies 2012 awards ceremony. The annual awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 5th December at Claridges Hotel in London and the guests, including many of the top names in business, saw Rotork win tenth place overall. Rotork also came joint top for Financial Soundness, third for Quality of Goods and Services, seventh for ...
In 2008, the global wallpaper consumption amounted to 5.285 billion square meters, a year-on-year increase of 1%, of which China was 400 million square meters, a 20% increase from the previous month, and the growth rate was the highest in the world. The total consumption of the world is basically the same, and China has the fastest growth rate, reaching a 20% increase. Compared with the market ...
Water Utility Monitoring Temperature, Flow, Run Times and Wet-Well Levels. ENGLEWOOD, CO - Aquavx, a leader in advanced remote monitoring solutions for water utilities, today announced that Williams County Sanitary (Ohio) is leveraging Aquavx to monitor enclosure temperature, flow, run times, wet-well levels, and general operations of an existing sewer system. The utility also has plans to ...
A LIMS is a great and almost necessary tool in any modern day environmental laboratory, whether commercial, state or municipal. In a highly regulated community, the LIMS, like everything else in the laboratory, must evolve. Some evolutions are complex, however, 99% of them are very simple and in many ways, mostly a matter of proper record keeping. Changes in regulatory limits, methods ...
Some companies will implement learning strategy frameworks that only fit the bare minimum criteria, leaving a lot to be desired among employees. This can lead to significant issues with engagement and performance, especially as more staff members in today's workforce are interested in professional development opportunities. The Winnipeg Free Press recently listed some of the ways enterprises can ...