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. …
A powerful group of nations working on climate change has agreed with India's stand against the US and some developed countries' move to push for the phasing out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). In its meeting held at Brazilian city of Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, South Africa, India and China, known as …
Climate change is an inconvenient truth and the world needs to cut emissions drastically and urgently. South Asia is most vulnerable and the poorest – not responsible for climate change – are the worst impacted. These are some of the key points made by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE in her …
Global energy politics - a presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE at "CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013" being held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
The presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE at "CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013" being held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is evaluating whether or not to take action in the case of a Washington state farmer whose alfalfa crop was contaminated with a genetically modified trait that some export customers will not accept, a spokesman said on Monday. "We're still in discussion with the Washington …
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded projects will add 1200 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan’s national grid by 2014. According to USAID, it is implementing an energy policy (October 2008 - January 2015) which supports policy reforms pursued by the Government of Pakistan in power generation and transmission …
Natural gas leaks from production wells are lower than previous estimates and below the level that would erase the fuel’s climate benefit over coal, according to a University of Texas study backed by both industry and environmentalists. The study being released on Monday, the first to use actual measurements of …
With 57 cases in a decade, it is far below the hardest-hit countries, Congo with 10,581 and Madagascar with 7,182. Still, it is the only wealthy country on the list; 97 percent of cases are in Africa. The survey was published Monday by The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and …
Heart disease is one of the biggest killers and is often linked to problems caused by obesity (see article). But you might be better off having a heart attack than suffering acute heart failure. This is because treatments for heart attacks have been steadily improving over the years whereas heart …
Rome : The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. Every year about a third of all food for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes, is wasted, along …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and USA on Wednesday agreed to enhance the scope of agricultural scientific research in order to extract maximum benefit from modern agricultural technology. The cooperation was made between federal minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan and Clay Hamilton Agricultural Counselor at US Embassy …
An Exxon Mobil Corp subsidiary is being charged by the Pennsylvania attorney general for spilling more than 50,000 gallons of wastewater at a natural gas well site in 2010. XTO Energy Inc, which was acquired by Exxon in 2010, is charged for spilling chemical-laced wastewater from a storage tank and …
The U.S. government spent nearly $62 billion on disaster relief in the two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2012, to help Americans recover from severe storms, droughts, heat waves and wildfires, a new analysis of federal data has found. The Agriculture Department accounted for more than half of all federal disaster …
Developers installed 832 megawatts of solar power capacity in the U.S. in the second quarter, led by large projects that sell electricity to utilities, a trade group said. Installation grew 15 percent from the prior quarter, with flat results in the residential market and commercial demand slumping 11 percent, the …
Air quality officials are warning San Joaquin Valley residents of potential health hazards because of increasing ozone levels and smoke from lingering wildfires. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District issued an air alert, the second this year, on Monday for San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings and …
U.S. airlines operating in the domestic market showed a wide gap in fuel efficiency, with Alaska Airlines taking the top ranking, according to a study by an independent, nonprofit organization. The International Council on Clear Transportation (ICCT) measured fuel efficiency of 15 U.S. airlines in 2010 and found a 26 …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo took a first step toward launching a $1 billion "Green Bank," asking state utility regulators to release the first $165.6 million to the bank to attract private lenders for clean energy projects, his office said on Tuesday. The initial amount of money would come from …
A landmark law that has been a symbol of California’s tough environmental philosophy for more than 40 years is facing an unlikely challenge from Democrats, including Gov. Jerry Brown, who contend that regulations protecting the environment have been abused and are thwarting legitimate development. With the Legislature moving toward adjournment …
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, trying to win U.S. backing for the Keystone XL pipeline, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama proposing joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector, CBC News said on Friday. The White House has not responded to the …
Leaders attending the Group of 20 summit of the world's biggest economies in St. Petersburg, Russia, agreed on Friday to phase down the use of certain potent greenhouse gases known to damage the climate. The White House cited the agreement to cooperate on phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), …
