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Fisker reports more than $100M in revenue Jan-Apr 2012; more than $1B in funding since 2007

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The latest funding has lifted the overall financing beyond $1 billion since the start of the company in 2007. Al-Futtaim and its network of experienced retailers will allow Fisker to reach customers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Egypt. Available peak torque is 981 lb-ft (N·m).

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Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report, released in 2007, had also forecast that “ climate change will challenge the traditional assumption that past hydrological experience provides a good guide to future conditions. ”. Electronics. Metals and Mining. Water Scarcity and Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses and Investors

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MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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The Levant Basin contains the activity closer to Cyprus, while the gas production offshore Egypt is a part of the Nile Delta Basin. However, this result should not be taken as conclusive, given the potential bias in the source material available. Exploration and production activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Click to enlarge.

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