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. …
Areas around Pensacola, Florida and other parts of the panhandle were severely flooded from storms Wednesday morning. VPC Doug Stanglin and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY 11:07 p.m. EDT April 30, 2014 The Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama face heavy flooding following a record rainfall from the severe storm system that …
The United States remained the world’s largest economy, but it was closely followed by China when measured using PPPs. India is now the world’s third largest economy in terms of purchasing power partiy, ahead of Japan and behind the US and China which hold the top two spots. This was …
A spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said on Wednesday that the agency is not yet reviewing a final rule on 2014 biofuel blending requirements, quashing rumors the rule has been submitted for White House review. The agency in charge of the rule, the U.S. …
After porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was detected in the United States in 2013, the researchers tested environmental samples from trailers in which pigs had been transported. PEDV was found in 5.2% of trailers not contaminated at arrival, , suggesting that the transport process is a source of transmission if …
Graphic warnings (GWs) on cigarette packs are widely used internationally and perhaps will be in the US but their impact is not well understood. This study tested support for competing hypotheses in different subgroups of young adults defined by their history of cigarette smoking and individual difference variables (e.g., psychological …
This report assesses the science of climate change and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century. It integrates findings of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) with the results of research and observations from across the U.S. and around the world, including reports from the …
In this follow-up to its landmark study, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, CNA Corporation’s Military Advisory Board (MAB) re-examines the impact of climate change on U.S. national security in the context of a more informed, but more complex and integrated world. The MAB’s 2007 report described projected …
This paper addresses the questions of climatic shifts and putting adaptation principles into practice. It focuses on the impacts of climate change on wildlife and their habitats as climate change is already having significant impacts on the nation’s species and ecosystems. The paper argues that conservation planners and practitioners will …
This report assesses poverty and climate change and identifies opportunities to jointly tackle these challenges. It argues that adaptation of global development goals will lead to poverty reduction in ways that support low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable economic growth. The potential development goals include: (i) Ensure sustainable agriculture, food security, and …
This review overviews the climate-change-related disclosures from public companies to institutional investors. The report presents key findings and responses provided by S&P; 500 companies across economic sectors to the risk-related questions in CDP’s annual disclosure requests from 2011 to 2013. Findings show that S&P; 500 companies assess physical risks from …
The U.S. Biennial Report, as part of the 2014 U.S. Climate Action Report, outlines how U.S. action on climate change puts the United States on a path to reach the ambitious but achievable goal of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels …
The Special 301 Report is the result of an annual review of the state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in U.S. trading partners around world, which the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) conducts pursuant to Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974, as …
The product planning decisions of a small number of automotive companies have an immense influence on the environmental health of the United States and the world. This report—the sixth in a continuing series the Union of Concerned Scientists launched 14 years ago—analyzes the bottom-line environmental performance of eight companies that …
EPA publishes this report to communicate information about the science and impacts of climate change, assess trends in environmental quality, and inform decision-making. Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2014, is the third edition of a report first published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2010 and …
Wind energy is a widely available, affordable, reliable, non-emitting, readily quantifiable and verifiable, and rapidly deployable electric generation method for significantly reducing air pollution, including emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Indeed, the current fleet of wind turbines in the U.S. is already reducing …
Scientific evidence has shown that overconsumption of added sugar has serious health consequences: heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and hypertension have all been linked to high consumption of added sugar. And yet Americans continue to consume large amounts of hidden sugar every day, and our food policies do not reflect the …
India has rejected US’ request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over mandatory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required. If the US makes a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel, …
A ban on electronic cigarettes went into effect on April 29 in New York restaurants, bars, parks, beaches and other public places. A law was passed by the city council on December 19 and signed by former mayor Michael Bloomberg. It extends an already strict ban on tobacco smoking in …
Environmental activist Ramesh Agrawal, who helped villagers stop a massive coal mining project, is among six people around the world to be awarded the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize, the organisation said. The annual prize honours outstanding grassroots environmentalists for their sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural …
At least 34 people across six states were killed in tornadoes unleashed by a ferocious storm system that razed neighborhoods and threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the U.S. South on Tuesday. In Arkansas and Mississippi, the hardest hit states, there have been 27 confirmed storm-related deaths and …
