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A tunnelling machine called ‘Theodora’ finished digging a two-mile long sewer, 2.8 metres in diameter, under East London today, to help protect 800 West Ham homes from flooding.
Breakthough: ‘Dora the Bora’ comes home
‘Dora the Bora’, as she’s known in West Ham, has spent seven months drilling the tunnel which passes under the Jubilee line, Forest [...]
Defence – News Article
As a result of the damage caused to Cumbria’s infrastructure by severe floods last week, Royal Engineers are to begin construction of a temporary footbridge spanning the River Derwent in Workington today, Friday 27 November 2009.
Engineers from 20 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment, bridge the gap over the Vrbas River near Jajce, [...]
Controversy continues to follow the Greenbelt Group Ltd., with Companies House public records now showing that there is a proposal to strike off the company presumed due to failure to file accounts.
Companies House records detailed below indicate that accounts should have been filed no later than 30th July 2009.
In a meeting attended by the editor [...]
Greenfield Project Management Ltd has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement with Litasco SA, Geneva which both parties intend will lead to the conclusion of an offtake (sales) agreement for the output of bioethanol from the first phase of Greenfield’s bioenergy complex at Mozyr, Republic of Belarus.
Litasco (LUKoil International Trading and Supply Company) is [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scientists detected mercury contamination in every fish sampled in 291 streams across the country, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released today.
About a quarter of these fish were found to contain mercury at levels exceeding the criterion for the protection of people who consume average amounts of fish, [...]
Waste Watch has developed a fresh new website to provide residents with information and advice on recycling and waste prevention in East London.
The website – www.recycleforyourcommunity.com – was created for the East London Waste Authority Partnership, which includes the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge, Shanks and the East London Waste [...]
WASHINGTON—Punctuated by President Obama’s Wednesday announcement of $2.4 billion in Recovery Act funding for 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects, top Administration officials fanned out across the nation this week to highlight the enormous opportunities for Americans in the emerging clean energy economy.
“The United States led the world’s economies in the 20th century [...]
A new TPA report, released on Monday, used the Freedom of Information Act to expose the full scale of the really scandalous way in which the Government and its agencies spent over £37 million in 2007-08 on lobbying and political campaigning. This is not just a waste of money, it is a perversion of the democratic [...]