Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
An earthquake struck off the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It said the magnitude 5.8 quake occurred at sea 450 km (280 miles) west of Yachats at a depth of 10 km.
The promise, prospects, and public policy trade-offs related to second-generation biofuels in road transport were addressed in an executive session convened at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 7 and 8, 2015. The workshop brought together twenty-eight of the world's leading experts from the fields of policy, …
Permafrost contains almost twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. As the Earth warms, permafrost thaws, releasing carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. The amount and rate of this carbon release will greatly impact Earth’s climate trajectory. Carbon emissions from thawing arctic permafrost will become substantial within decades, likely …
"India has put forward a target of 175 gigawatts of renewables by 2022, which would mean well over 10 per cent of their electricity would come from renewable energy by that year," said Rick Duke. The US has praised India for its “considerable momentum” towards clean energy, saying that over …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to inject $100 million in funding to get more ethanol at the gas pump, according to two industry sources, the latest push to get beyond a "blend wall" that has capped demand for the biofuel. That would mark a big push for an …
U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying off at alarming rates. The restrictions are aimed at protecting bees from "pesticides that are acutely toxic" to them, and would cover …
More than two dozen marine mammals and nearly 40 birds, most of them pelicans, have been collected dead and alive from along California's oil-fouled coastline near Santa Barbara in the week since a petroleum pipeline ruptured there, wildlife officials said on Tuesday. Of 38 oil-coated birds documented so far, 13 …
Brazil will likely experience a moderate El Nino by the end of the year, bringing steady rain to the country's main grain producing regions and sustained drought in the arid north, the national meteorological institute, Inmet, said. Inmet meteorologist Fabrício Daniel dos Santos Silva said six consecutive quarters of warming …
Torrential rains have killed at least 17 people in Texas and Oklahoma, including four in Houston where floods turned streets into rivers and led to about 1,000 calls for help in the fourth-most populous U.S. city, officials said on Tuesday. The death toll is set to rise with numerous people …
A federal appeals court has revived San Diego's $250 million groundwater contamination lawsuit against Kinder Morgan and other firms for alleged pollution of an aquifer and 166 acres of city land around Qualcomm Stadium. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a nonprecedential decision on May 21 reinstated most of …
The Obama administration is expected to soon issue a new rule giving the federal government the power to regulate pollution in smaller bodies of water. The Environmental Protection Agency has been holding a series of public meetings on the proposed rule that would be issued under the 1972 Clean Water …
The U.S. government is ordering 36 states to close exemptions in their enforcement of the federal Clean Air Act that have allowed refineries and other large industrial plants to release toxic emissions on occasion without penalty. The exemptions applied when plants were starting up or shutting down, and during malfunctions, …
Anti-pollution rules may have uncertain effects. Scientists have found that air pollution regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may not be as effective as believed. In this latest study, the researchers analyzed the costs and expected lifesavings of nine regulations issued between 2011 and 2013. The bulk of …
At least 13 people died and dozens more were injured after a freak tornado ripped through the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Acuna on Monday morning, flipping over cars and tearing down homes, the government said. Among the dead were three children as the whirlwind damaged an estimated 750 homes …
North American energy ministers said on Monday they had set up a working group on climate change and energy, a partnership designed to help Canada, the United States and Mexico harmonize policies. The partnership does not include binding targets, but will enhance cooperation and integrate more climate change-related policies into …
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon is calling for renewed "global action" to limit climate change ahead of a quadrennial congress in Geneva. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) meeting is a forerunner to a key conference in Paris at the end of the year which will be the first attempt to clinch …
Plains All American Pipeline, the company which owns the pipeline at the centre of an oil spill off the coast of California, on Monday downgraded the amount of oil it says spilled in a worst-case scenario. The company said the estimate of the worst-case volume of oil released was up …
Climate change could help a notorious invasive weed known to trigger severe allergy attacks gain a foothold in the UK, experts have warned. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) is native to North America but since the 1960s has spread rapidly across warmer parts of Europe. It is still rare in the UK …
EPA to release new rule this week to protect wetlands and streams that provide clean drinking water With EPA's proposed clean water rule, Obama again takes an executive action to build his environmental legacy In April 1989, a Michigan developer named John Rapanos dumped fill on 54 acres of wetlands …
Buildings are the United States’ single-biggest energy consumer, and commercial buildings generate much of this demand, spanning roughly 87 billion square feet across 5.6 million buildings. Energy efficiency should be a no-brainer in commercial real estate, but competing interests between landlord and tenant often discourage commercial efficiency upgrades – a …
