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The ABC of Carbon | BTalk Australia
(Episode 304; 16 minutes 04) This month author Ken Hickson released his book “The ABC of Carbon”, which looks at climate change and the opportunities businesses have to help correct it whilst driving efficiencies. The book has taken two years to research and write. The author is...
Tags: Renewable Energy, ABC Inc., Climate Change, Energy, Ken, Pacific Islands, Government, Investment, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Phil Dobbie
Blog posts 2009-08-09

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For Those Needing Detailed Overviews and Statistics on the South Pacific Islands Region Telecoms Sector This Report Provides Essential Reading
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78047) has announced the addition of "2008 South Pacific Islands -- Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband" to their offering. Less than half of all Pacific Islanders have a phone and generally only has one supplier for any particular fixed, mobile or Internet service. Internet...
Tags: broadband, mobile, NETWORKING, satellite, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2007-12-20
Compact of Free Association with Pacific islands
Compact of Free Association With Pacific Islands EXECUTIVE ORDER 12569, OCT. 16, 1986(1) MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION WITH THE REPUBLICOF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU By the authority vested...
Tags: agency, Government, MARKETING, Sec, secretary, U.S.
Research articles 1986-12-01
Pacific Islands to strengthen border security with SITA'S iDetect Advance Passenger Information System.
M2 PRESSWIRE-18 October 2006-SITA: Pacific Islands to strengthen border security with SITA'S iDetect Advance Passenger Information SystemC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18102006 SINGAPORE/NEW ZEALAND - Addressing the concern for border security and passenger processing time, the Fiji Immigration Department today announced...
Tags: IT Solutions Inc.
Research articles 2006-10-18
ADB to help reduce spread and impact of HIV/AIDS in Pacific.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 November 2005-ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: ADB to help reduce spread and impact of HIV/AIDS in PacificC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11112005 MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank ADB will help stem the spread and effects of HIV/AIDS in small Pacific...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, infection, Pacific, SECURITY
Research articles 2005-11-11
Two dead, one missing after super typhoon hits US Pacific islands
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands AFP ? Two people have died and another is missing after Super Typhoon Chaba blasted the Mariana Islands in the north Pacific, authorities said. The typhoon, with maximum sustained winds of 290 kilometres per hour (180 miles per hour), hit the small US Commonwealth of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Pacific
Research articles 2004-08-24
Mariana Islands Water Improvements Funded
HONOLULU, Hawaii ENS ? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a total of $3.2 million in three grants to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation CUC for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands CNMI. "The funding will be put to good use by...
Tags: Hawaii, HEALTHCARE, U.S., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2004-07-22
Rumbles from Pago Pago. (industrial nations relations with South Pacific)
Any visitor to Washington from the Pacific islands of Samoa could be sure of a welcome from Mr Fofo Sunia. He dispensed hospitality on the generous scale his countrymen in American Samoa expected of their delegate in Congress (who sits in the House o Any visitor...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 1988-10-29
Pacific islands look to coconut oil as energy saviour
PORT LOUIS AFP — Struggling with rising oil prices, Pacific island nations are increasingly looking to coconut oil, long a basic foodstuff and massage lubricant, as an economically and ecologically sound petroleum alternative. Pacific island officials gathered here last week for a UN conference on small islands extolled the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Pacific, petroleum
Research articles 2005-01-18
Storm warnings hoisted as Pacific islands face fourth cyclone
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa AFP — Storm warnings were hoisted across the South Pacific as Cyclone Percy became the fourth violent storm in a month to hit the region and had the tiny island group of Tokelau directly in its path. Eight other territories were warned to monitor the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Components, HARDWARE, Pacific
Research articles 2005-02-25
Pacific Island States to Get $100 Million in Climate Change Help
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The impact of climate change represents a "major security issue" for low-lying Pacific nations threatened by rising sea levels, agreed the Conference of Pacific Islands Leaders that concluded in Washington on Wednesday. The island states are seeking assistance from the United States, but...
Tags: conference, FINANCE, Leadership, Pacific, president, U.S., U.S. Department of State
Research articles 2007-05-10
Cape Cod, Mass., Charter Air Service Considers Expanding to Pacific Islands.
By Ethan Zindler, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 27--To Guam or not to Guam? That is the question Cape Air is carefully considering. The Pacific island of Guam is almost directly on the other side...
Tags: carrier, Continental Airlines Inc., Manufacturing, Pacific
Research articles 2004-01-27
First Biodiversity Census of NW Hawaiian Islands Coral Reefs
HONOLULU, Hawaii ENS — --> As part of the international Census of Marine Life, a team of scientists has embarked on an expedition to explore coral reef biodiversity in the largest fully protected marine area in the world - the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. The NOAA ship Oscar...
Tags: Dr., Hawaii, Hawaiian, MARKETING, NOAA, species, survey, team
Research articles 2006-10-12
Islands' immigration fight heats up
For 20 years, the federal government, Washington politicians and a disgraced lobbyist have squabbled over an immigration loophole affecting a remote chain of Western Pacific islands. Now the Bush administration is adding a fresh argument to try to resolve that long-simmering battle: homeland security. ...
Tags: Government, immigration, lobbyist, U.S., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-10-08
EU/PACIFIC : EU KEEN TO REFOCUS ITS EFFORTS IN THE PACIFIC
Europe Information 05-30-2006 Following Africa and the Caribbean, it's now the Pacific's turn. The European Commission presented a specific strategy dedicated to the Pacific islands on 29 May aiming to strengthen its partnership with this singular region. A first in 30 years of relations, this initiative rocks the traditional EU-ACP...
Tags: European Commission, Pacific, Strategy
Research articles 2006-05-30
RU: Warriors Super 12 team could be good plan B - Pacific boss
AAP Sports News Australia 02-23-2004 RU: Warriors Super 12 team could be good plan B - Pacific boss AUCKLAND, Feb 23 AAP - Pacific rugby bosses want a local Super 12 team to be based in the Pacific Islands, but...
Tags: Charteris Plc.
Research articles 2004-02-23
Pacific Island women eye Nobel peace prize
SUVA AFP ? Pacific islands women have launched a project to have at least one person nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by 2005. "Women across the board will be considered, from the most prominent academic to the grassroots villager," one of the organisers, Nicci Simmonds, told AFP on...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Pacific, women
Research articles 2003-12-02
Pacific too slow in tackling AIDS threat: UNAIDS ambassador
NUKU'ALOFA AFP — Time is running short to prevent the spread of a devastating AIDS epidemic throughout the Pacific Island region, the UNAIDS ambassador for the Pacific has warned. "We are at the point where talking about it is not enough, action must be taken," Ratu Epeli Nailatikau said...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, ambassador, epidemic, Pacific, SECURITY
Research articles 2005-11-19
267 MILLION EURO FOR THE PACIFIC.
The Pacific states will benefit from a budget of 267 million from the 10th European Development Fund EDF for the period 2008-2013. The European Commission signed, on 18 October, country strategy papers with the 13 Pacific island states in the wings of the 38th Pacific Islands ...
Tags: Benefits, European Commission, Pacific, Strategy
Research articles 2007-11-02
Perry Ellis International Signs License Agreement for Savane and Farah Brands in Australia and South Pacific
MIAMI -- Perry Ellis International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PERY) announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with South Pacific Apparel Pty Ltd. for the manufacture and distribution of SavaneR and FarahR men's and boy's dress and casual trousers and shorts in Australia, New Zealand and other South Pacific islands....
Tags: Perry Ellis, Perry Ellis International
Research articles 2005-07-22
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