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 U.S. appeals court will hold an expedited hearing for a small group of claimants in a Gulf spill settlement with BP Plc, with oral arguments set for the week of November 4, the court said on Friday. BP's settlement with individuals and businesses affected by the 2010 spill in …
Shell has agreed to pay $1.1 million for air-quality violations from the vessels it used to drill two oil-exploration wells in Arctic waters off Alaska last year, federal regulators said. Shell will pay the civil fines for Clean Air Act violations that were discovered during inspections of the Discoverer and …
The strongest scientific warning to date that global warming is man-made may have a muted impact when it is released later this month with many governments more focused on nursing weak economies than on fixing the planet. Many are also still smarting from a failure to agree a global pact …
The Union Cabinet is likely to clear this week a key agreement on renewable energy which is expected to be signed between the ministry of renewable energy and the US department of energy to give "energy access" to thousands of rural households via solar power. India and the US have …
Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said his nation wants to work with the U.S. to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, including from Alberta’s oil sands, the source of crude to be carried by the Keystone XL pipeline. Canada is pursuing policies to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from using oil sands to the …
A group of U.S. farmers, seed companies and others challenging patents on genetically altered crops held by biotech seed giant Monsanto Co. on Thursday appealed their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The group, made up of 73 organic and conventional family farmers, seed companies and public advocacy interests, sued …
The US and Pakistan Wednesday signed a $95 million financing agreement for a renewable energy project in Sindh province. US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson inked the deal for a ten-year loan to Sapphire Wind Power Company. Under the agreement, US' Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will extend $95 million …
Scientists predict stronger storms but say changing air patterns will prevent them from hitting US east coast A recurrence of Superstorm Sandy – which barrelled head-on into the Atlantic coast, swamping New York City and large parts of New Jersey – is less likely under climate change, new research suggests. …
Talks at the U.N.'s aviation body must bridge a deep divide between developed and emerging nations over airline emissions to avert the threat of a carbon trade war with the European Union. After more than a decade of debate at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), there is little sign …
A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study. The long journey of the radioactive particles could help researchers better understand how …
US and European Union envoys are seeking more clarity from the United Nations on a slowdown in global warming that climate skeptics have cited as a reason not to “panic” about environmental changes, leaked documents show. They're requesting that more details on the so-called “hiatus” be included in a key …
A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study. The long journey of the radioactive particles could help researchers better understand how …
Nearly two lakh Americans die early due to air pollution, a new MIT study has claimed. Scientists said that a person who dies from an air pollution-related cause typically dies about a decade earlier than he or she otherwise might have. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Laboratory for …
The trophy hunting of lions Panthera leo is contentious due to uncertainty concerning conservation impacts and because of highly polarised opinions about the practice. African lions are hunted across at least ~558,000 km2, which comprises 27–32% of the lion range in countries where trophy hunting of the species is permitted. …
The US climate movement has failed to create the political support needed to pass significant climate policy. It is time to reassess climate advocacy. To develop a strategy for philanthropy to strengthen climate engagement, I interviewed over 40 climate advocates,more than a dozen representatives from the foundation community, and a …
Climate change increasingly threatens the health of our planet and the stability of our economies at the local, regional and global levels. Many countries are already suffering from climate impacts—severe water shortages, intense droughts and wildfires, and record-breaking floods, along with disappearances of indigenous species and outbreaks of invasive ones. …
Vadodara: The story of home grown Amul, which has turned India into world’s largest milk producer, will be in focus at the forthcoming USA India Business Summit (UIBS) which is being held at Georgia Tech, Atlanta. Amul Dairy’s managing director Rahul Kumar has been invited to showcase Amul model of …
The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide US $800,000 to Bangladesh for strengthening earthquake response and resilience in Bangladesh, reports UNB. The ‘Strengthening Earthquake Resilience’ programme will train hospital and medical support staff in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet to treat a high volume of …
A leaked early version of a major forthcoming report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations-affiliated panel of scientists that is often cited as the world's top authority on global warming, is grabbing headlines this week. The New York Times reported on what it called the …
The world’s 136 largest coastal cities could risk combined annual losses of $1 trillion (750 billion euros) from floods by 2050 unless they drastically raise their defences, a study warned Sunday. Current losses are about $6 billion per year, with four cities — Miami, New York and New Orleans in …
