Me

Posted on 30th April 2009

By the way, thanks to the indefatigable energy of my wonderful agents, my book has now been sold to eight countries. Namely: Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, China (where it will be published in simplified Chinese), Taiwan (where it will be published in complex Chinese), Japan, and Korea. All very exciting.

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Victoria

[30th April 2009]

The city of Victoria, British Columbia, was ordered three years ago by the B.C. Environment Commission to stop pumping raw sewage into its waters. Debate is still going ...

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Overflows

[30th April 2009]

The Environment Agency announces that it has sorted out sewage overflows in England and Wales. Or, in EA-speak, it has "has taken further action on sewage overflows ...

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Green roof

[30th April 2009]

Hurrah for the US's General Services Administration, which owns and manages more than 1500 federal buildings in the country, and for the Pentagon. Both plan to use some ...

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Nolambur

[30th April 2009]

The Times of India reports on how India's galloping urbanization and construction often gets ahead of itself. In Nolambur, formerly a village outside Chennai, but now a ...

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Baltimore

[30th April 2009]

Baltimore Sun reporter Frank Roylance points out that rain may be free, but as soon as it hits the ground, water isn't. So the City of Baltimore, ...

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ABC Australia

[30th April 2009]

I recently appeared on Late Night Live, Australia's pre-eminent late night show, hosted by (in the words of an Australian friend of mine), the country's "most mellifluous ...

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