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. …
The tiny particles in vehicle exhaust and other sources of air pollution may hasten cognitive decline in older adults, according to a new U. S. study. “We decided to examine the link between air pollution and cognitive function in older adults because there is growing evidence that fine particulate matter …
Rising public support for action on climate change bodes well for federal regulations announced this month to limit pollution from power plants, four Republican former chiefs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a subcommittee chairman on the Senate Environment and Public Works panel, arranged …
California lawmakers are racing a deadline to overhaul an $11 billion bond program to upgrade aqueducts, reservoirs and pipelines, some almost a century old, under pressure from a third year of severe drought. Polls show the water bond now on the November ballot, left over from the administration of Republican …
Al Gore, who has called the Keystone XL project “ridiculous” and an “atrocity,” said he thinks President Barack Obama will reject the controversial pipeline between Alberta’s oil sands and U.S. Gulf Coast refineries. Former Vice President Gore, who shared a Nobel Peace Prize for advocating action on climate change, wrote …
The United Nations, which marked World Day to Combat Desertification on 17 June, describes drought as the "world's costliest natural disaster". When monsoon rains failed to arrive in the Horn of Africa three years ago, for example, an estimated 50,000 people died. The US, Brazil and Sri Lanka are just …
Drivers in Berkeley, California may soon get a stern warning about the impact of carbon emissions on the environment every time they fill up at the gas pump. As the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday, officials in the famously progressive city will consider a proposal to require gas stations to …
The outsized, hump-shouldered bruins were hunted, trapped and poisoned to the edge of extinction in the lower 48 states before being added to the federal endangered and threatened species list in 1975. The Center for Biological Diversity argued in a formal petition submitted to the U.S. Interior Department that grizzlies …
A government audit confirms many of the findings of USA TODAY's 2012 "Ghost Factories" investigation and faults the Environmental Protection Agency for lacking criteria and time limits to screen more than 460 potential lead smelter sites that were first brought to the agency's attention by a scientific researcher in 2001. …
The National Weather Service says a confirmed tornado has directly hit a small town in Jerauld County, S.D. Warning coordination meteorologist Todd Heitkamp says law enforcement in Wessington Springs reported the tornado went right "through the heart of town." It hit just before 8 p.m. Heitkamp says homes and businesses …
Since the introduction of chemotherapy for treating tuberculosis, political commitment and stable, sufficient funding have been the primary predictors of success for tuberculosis-control programs, and their absence has resulted in tuberculosis epidemics. Over the past decade, the federal funding for tuberculosis-control programs in the United States has decreased by more …
Where you live may affect your decisions and your health, say researchers who suggest designing cities to be better for walking could reduce diabetes. The more “walkable” the neighborhood you live in, the less likely you are to become obese or develop diabetes. By encouraging physical activity, neighborhoods where it …
Seventeen months after Congress authorized up to $16 billion to fix homes wrecked by superstorm Sandy, tens of thousands of people still are living in damaged houses or paying rent on top of a mortgage as they wait for rebuilding help. About 15,000 New York City residents are seeking aid, …
SolarCity, the fast-growing provider of rooftop solar electricity systems, is moving into the panel manufacturing business, acquiring a start-up and planning to build one of the world’s largest module factories in Buffalo, executives said on Tuesday. The move into manufacturing, a business that has proved deadly for many other upstart …
Hundreds of residents driven from a Nebraska village leveled by a deadly tornado were expected to be allowed back into their community Tuesday to salvage the remains of their belongings. "Pilger is gone," said Sanford Goshorn, director of emergency management for Stanton County. Just several blocks wide and home to …
The trucks start rolling in before sunrise. Dozens of them, each tipping out tonnes of food waste, grass cuttings and foliage. A month from now this organic waste will leave here in the form of rich compost, as fine as sand. Here, in Vacaville, an hour by road north of …
The US plans to create the world's biggest marine protected area (MPA) in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The White House will extend an existing protected area, known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Fishing and drilling would be banned from an area that could eventually cover …
A bill that would have made California the first state in the nation to require warning labels on sodas and other sugary drinks was effectively killed on Tuesday. SB1000 by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, failed on a 7-8 vote as his fellow Democratic lawmakers doubted whether a label would change …
As environmental groups gear up for their first "put solar on it" national campaign, an online platform made its debut Tuesday that allows people to nominate local buildings throughout the United States for rooftop solar panels. The new tool by Mosaic, a company that crowdsources funding for solar projects, allows …
More than two-thirds of Americans support President Barack Obama’s new climate rule and more than half say the U.S. should address global warming even if it means higher electricity bills, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Widespread support for the carbon rule, unveiled by the Environmental Protection …
