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. …
WASHINGTON, DC (CMC) — The World Bank says it has committed US$10.2 billion this year to support efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean to boost economic growth and maintain historic social gains. The Washington-based financial institution said that the amount included resources from its International Bank for Reconstruction and …
Environmental group alleges lax oversight means allows Colorado, New Mexico and Montana to produce massive pollution Coal industry representatives say lawsuits against mines in three western states could have consequences across the US as environmentalists seek changes in how mining is approved on federally owned reserves. In civil cases unfolding …
Summer winds are intensifying along the west coasts of North and South America and southern Africa and climate change is a likely cause, a new study says. The winds, which blow parallel to the shore and draw cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface in a process …
In November 2010, three combatants gathered in a sleek office here to build a carbon emissions policy that they hoped to sell to the Obama administration. One was a lawyer who had been wielding the Clean Air Act since his days at the University of California, Berkeley. Another had turned …
Six months after a chemical spill fouled a vital West Virginia water supply, a fight is brewing over the tons of waste it left behind. The small city of Hurricane, W.Va., and surrounding Putnam County, want two subsidiaries of Waste Management Inc. WM +0.54% that operate a local landfill to …
Appalachian streams polluted with mountaintop mining runoff have less than half as many fish species as non-impacted streams, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research. The research, announced July 1, examined fish diversity and abundance in the Guyandotte River basin of West Virginia, documenting elevated selenium and electrical conductivity levels …
Risky Business report frames climate change as risk issue with price tag. Does it indicate that the financial community is beginning to take climate change seriously? The day after the publication of new figures revealing that May 2014 was the hottest globally since records began in 1880, came the publication …
Hurricane Arthur was upgraded to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds at 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday evening. Arthur was fast approaching the coastline of North Carolina and expected to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday …
A dramatic jump in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma to a rate never seen there by scientists before, appears to be caused by a small number of wells where wastewater associated with oil and gas production is injected into the ground, a study released on Thursday said. Just a …
A California Democrat on Thursday introduced a bill he believes will keep gasoline prices down by delaying the expansion of the state's carbon cap-and-trade program, a move that has angered environmentalists. Assemblymember Henry Perea said a three-year delay is needed to ensure that the state does not raise billions of …
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is considering financing a massive coal-fired power plant in India despite the fact the Obama administration has called on domestic and global public lenders to stop funding coal-plants in his climate change strategy. The board of the Ex-Im Bank, the United States' export credit agency, voted …
The Defense Department has made strides in assessing the impact of rising sea level, declines in sea ice, and other climate-related impacts on its more than 7,500 installations around the world but has yet to develop firm timetables for ensuring the work can prepare it for future adaptation efforts, the …
President Obama's new climate change push was reaffirmed on Thursday when the Department of Energy announced that it will make $4 billion in loans available to clean energy projects. In a statement, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said: “As the President emphasized in his Climate Action Plan, it is critical that …
For the last eight years, Pennsylvania has been riding the natural gas boom, with companies drilling and fracking thousands of wells across the state. And in a little corner of Washington County, some 20 miles outside of Pittsburgh, EQT Corporation has been busy – drilling close to a dozen new …
Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them -- up from 21 percent in 2000. Add in the firefighting of other agencies, as well as state governments, and …
The manatee could be downgraded from an endangered species to merely threatened as federal wildlife officials, under pressure from boating activists and libertarians, reconsider the status of Florida's popular "sea cow." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Tuesday it would review the latest science and seek public input …
An initiative requiring mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods in Oregon moved one step closer to the November ballot on Wednesday after advocates said they submitted more than enough qualifying signatures to the state. New Approach Oregon officials say they submitted more than 155,000 signatures to the Secretary of State's …
Tropical Storm Arthur threatened to douse some July 4 holiday plans on the U.S. East Coast as officials ordered evacuations of some low-lying coastal areas, closed beaches and tourist sites and delayed fireworks shows in anticipation of heavy rain and fierce winds. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane …
As part of the President's Climate Action Plan — Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. These updates would require certain landfills to capture additional landfill gas, which would reduce emissions of …
North Dakota regulators have adopted the most stringent rules to date aimed at reducing the amount of natural gas that is burned off and wasted as a byproduct of the state's soaring oil production. The state Industrial Commission, which regulates North Dakota's oil and gas industry, endorsed a policy Tuesday …
