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. …
Research finds 20cm rise since start of 20th century, caused by global warming and the melting of polar ice, is unprecedented. The rise in sea levels seen over the past century is unmatched by any period in the past 6,000 years, according to a lengthy analysis of historical sea level …
Of all the clean water that our cities consume, roughly half of it flows down our sewers to sewage treatment plants where it is treated and released back to the environment. Conventional sewage treatment plants are designed to clean this water to a degree that can be discharged to rivers …
Mining companies are campaigning for the G20 leaders’ meeting to support continued use of coal as a solution to the global “energy poverty” crisis, as Australia resists the inclusion of climate change on the formal agenda. Peabody – the world’s largest private coal miner – has launched an online campaign …
BP is being sued for environmental damage that Colombian farmers allege the oil group caused to their land by building a pipeline. The case, which opens at the High Court this week, is being brought by 73 peasant farmers known as “campesinos”, who are seeking about £18m in compensation from …
Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed on Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean, east of the Caribbean Islands and was forecast to become a hurricane by the time it reaches Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm, with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour (75 km per …
WASHINGTON – A Texas health care worker who treated an Ebola victim has tested positive for the deadly tropical fever, dealing a blow to the worldwide battle to stem the outbreak. More than 4,000 people have died of Ebola in seven countries since the start of the year, according to …
More than 4,000 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in West Africa at the start of the year, according to the latest figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday. The WHO said that as of October 8, 4,033 people have died from Ebola …
President Obama designated the San Gabriel Mountains outside of Los Angeles as a national monument Friday, setting aside 346,177 acres of national forest as a recreational area. Using his authority under a 108-year-old law, Obama's executive action will permanently protect the forest from development and set it aside as an …
This study, a meta-analysis of PEMS data from EU (Euro 6) and US (Tier 2 Bin 5/ULEV II) diesel passenger cars, documents the wide discrepancy that exists between official certification or type-approval emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from new diesel passenger cars and actual NOX emissions from those vehicles during …
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon 15 miles from Mammoth Lakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:33 p.m. at a depth of 3.7 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 67 miles from Clovis, 67 miles from Sanger, and 70 miles …
A tiny patch of the southwestern U.S. produces the nation’s highest concentrations of methane, the potent greenhouse gas that President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle as part of his assault on climate-change pollution. The hot spot near the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah accounts for almost …
WASHINGTON – Many U.S. coastal communities struggling with flooding at high tides will find that the problem becomes “chronic” in the coming 15 years due to global warming, scientists say. Shorelines are becoming more populated at a time when sea levels are swelling due to melting glaciers and polar ice …
Australian businesses want the Abbott government to set tougher emissions reduction targets and fear the country's economy will suffer if it does not move away from fossil-fuel intensive industries, a new analysis shows. The survey of 245 companies also found that 87 per cent believe the government should not act …
Only 14 U.S. states, California among them, have plans to deal with the effects of climate change Online tool shows how U.S. states are preparing -- or not preparing -- for the effects of climate change Fewer than half of American states are working to protect themselves from climate change, …
The Obama administration's proposed cuts to U.S. biofuel use targets could undermine the White House's plan to tackle climate change, according to two Democrats on the Senate committee that oversees the renewable fuel mandate. The Environmental Protection Agency's plan, slashing requirements for blending ethanol and biodiesel into U.S. fuel supplies …
The AU Commission on Thursday launched a 10 million dollar agreement with the U.S. government to support ASEOWA programme on Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that AU Director for Social Affairs, Dr Olawale Maiyegun, and the U.S. ambassador to AU, Dr Reuben Brigety, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data. That result hints that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies considerably underestimate leaks of methane, which is also called natural gas. The higher level …
The El Niño weather phenomenon is expected to occur in the next 1-2 months and last into next spring in the Northern Hemisphere, though it will likely be weak, the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) agency of the National Weather Service said on Thursday. While the forecast marks the strongest prediction …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is funding $25 million for improvements in water infrastructure and the reduction of water pollution around Arizona. The funds are directed to the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona, which will use them to provide low-cost loans for safe drinking water projects and wastewater infrastructure …
Canadians are becoming less supportive of cooperating with the U.S. on energy policy amid delays over the Keystone XL pipeline, new polling from both countries shows. The share of Canadians who describe as important an integrated energy policy between the two countries fell to 75 percent from last year’s reading …
