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 U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican-leaning states, could face new curbs when the U.S. Supreme Court takes on two high-stakes cases in coming months. The cases focus on the broad-ranging power wielded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the …
The United States has lost approximately 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands between 2004 and 2009 according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Much of this loss is blamed on development and has occurred in freshwater regions. Additionally, more than 70% of …
SYDNEY: The Pacific region faces serious economic losses due to climate change and it is critical that nations causing the problem step in to help, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday. A new report by the bank released in Sydney, "Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific", showed that …
After almost 30 hours of over time, the United Nations sponsored Warsaw climate change talks came to a close with a deal that failed to resolve key contentious issues but managed to keep every country at the table. The intense-and-sometimes acrimonious negotiations yielded modest agreement on an international mechanism to …
Fraught UN climate talks revealed growing frustration this week among vulnerable nations and observers with the political stance of emerging economies like China and India in the battle to stave off dangerous Earth warming. As the global balance of economic and political clout shifts, the world of climate negotiations is …
BEIJING: China, the world's largest carbon emitter, on Sunday said it was not satisfied with but still accepted the results of the climate talks in Poland with the participating nations reaching a compromise to pave the way to a new climate treaty in Paris in 2015. "There are many issues …
The U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican-leaning states, could face new curbs when the Supreme Court takes on two high-stakes cases in coming months. The cases focus on the broad-ranging power wielded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the landmark Clean …
The San Francisco area was hammered by strong winds that knocked down trees and power lines on Thursday, leaving at least 2 people dead and more than 50,000 without power in California. Wind gusts, some in excess of 50 miles per hour, were driven by a storm system that hit …
The U.N. climate negotiations went into overtime with most contentious issues for this year being discussed between gathered Ministers. By Friday evening, the only breakthrough, a partial one, was on the creation of a mechanism to address loss and damage from climate change. The Ministers decided that a Warsaw Mechanism …
It says developing countries should also contribute to it In a late night manoeuvre on Thursday, the U States reneged on its obligation to a $100-billion fund, which the industrialised nations promised the poor countries by 2020 to help them cut emissions and adapt themselves to a changing climate. Instead, …
Warsaw: In a last ditch effort to save climate talks from collapse, heads of delegations of key countries on Friday stepped up behind-the-scenes parleys to commit something on financial assistance so that the goal to Paris for a final deal two years from now remains within reach. It is likely …
EU, U.S., Australia & Canada most vocal against setting up separate mechanism The G77+China group of 134 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage in the wee hours of Wednesday after the rich countries refused to budge from their position that the subject should be discussed only after …
Since the talks began last week, the two blocs have clashed over the historical responsibility for causing global warming and a demand by the developing world for compensation for the losses and damage they’re facing as a result -- a topic put in the spotlight by the devastation wrought in …
Taxpayers' money will not be spent on coal-fired power stations, Ed Davey announces at UN climate talks in Warsaw UK taxpayer money will no longer go to fund dirty coal-fired power stations in developing countries, the energy secretary Ed Davey announced on Wednesday at the climate change talks in Warsaw. …
Bloc of 132 countries exit Warsaw conference after rich nations refuse to discuss climate change recompense until after 2015 Representatives of most of the world's poor countries have walked out of increasingly fractious climate negotiations after the EU, Australia, the US and other developed countries insisted that the question of …
A leading climate thinktank has joined the business community in urging the Coalition to reconsider its ban on using international carbon permits to help meet Australia’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Climate Institute is urging the environment minister, Greg Hunt, to set aside an “insurance” buffer in his “Direct Action” …
The world is getting further off track in limiting global warming with setbacks in Japan and Australia outweighing positive signals from the United States and China, a study showed on Wednesday. A Climate Action Tracker compiled by scientists said the world was headed for a temperature rise of 3.7 degrees …
The governments of Norway, Britain and the United States on Wednesday said they will allocate $280 million of their multi-billion dollar climate change finances to a new initiative aimed at halting deforestation. The announcement was made at U.N. talks in Warsaw, where more than 9,000 delegates are meeting to hammer …
Construction vehicles and equipment are major sources of diesel pollution and unfortunately can pose as a serious public health threat as diesel exhaust contains more than 40 toxic air contaminants, carcinogens, and fine particular matter. In an effort to reduce this harmful air pollution and improve air quality in local …
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