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. …
DOHA(QATAR): An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the UN weather agency, which said the dramatic decline illustrates that climate change is happening "before our eyes". In a report released at UN climate talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, the World …
DOHA: US chief negotiator for climate change Jonathan Pershing rubbished the principle of sharing the atmospheric space with other countries in a closed-door meeting, whose clandestine recording has been accessed by TOI. The principle is India's fundamental demand since New Delhi requires the carbon space in the atmosphere to power …
Intra-abdominal infections are common in young infants and lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Meropenem is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial with excellent activity against pathogens associated with intra-abdominal infections. The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and effectiveness of meropenem in young infants with suspected or complicated intra-abdominal …
Power plants in the United States released almost 2.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2011, more than any other source of this dangerous heat trapping pollutant. The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for setting standards to reduce these emissions. This report describes and analyzes a flexible and highly cost-effective …
This report is a scientific assessment of the current condition and likely future condition of forest resources in the United States relative to climatic variability and change. It serves as the U.S. Forest Service forest sector technical report for the National Climate Assessment and includes descriptions of key regional issues …
A report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency says global CO2 emissions have increased 3.0 per cent in 2011 compared to 2010. The report holds China and India responsible for the bulk of this increase and says that the developed countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the US collectively …
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the debate on the link between extreme weather-related events and climate change has regained more relevance. Sandy, however, is only the most recent of an increasing number of extreme weather-related events that have led to a loss of lives and wreaked economic damage. Earlier …
US chief negotiator for climate change Jonathan Pershing rubbished the principle of sharing the atmospheric space with other countries in a closed-door meeting, whose clandestine recording has been accessed by TOI. The principle is India’s fundamental demand since New Delhi requires the carbon space in the atmosphere to power its …
An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the UN weather agency, which said the dramatic decline illustrates that climate change is happening “before our eyes”. In a report released at UN climate talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, the World Meteorological …
Industrialised countries countered the claims of unmet promises and lack of transparency about the promised $30 billion known as fast start finance, and argued that they had kept their commitment despite the economic downturn. Developed nations asserted their position at the climate talks in Doha, where developing countries such as …
Doha: Developed countries — US, Japan, Australia and others — have stalled negotiations on transfer of technology from rich to the poor nations in an attempt to throw the issue out of the new global regime, which is now under the works. The talks reached acrimonious levels as the developed …
China criticized the EU and took a swipe at US President Barack Obama for their lack of ambition to address climate change and their unwillingness to take stronger emission reduction targets. China's chief negotiator at Doha Su Wei said, "The EU is not ready or willing to change the target …
From the sky, the Garden City of Bangalore now looks more smoggy compared to other mega cities in the subcontinent, thanks to rising levels of tiny soot particles in the atmosphere from vehicle and industrial pollution. American and European mega cities appear cleaner over the past decade, while cities in …
An influential US advocacy group has set a deadline to beat breast cancer by 2020. But it puts public trust at risk by promising an objective that science cannot yet deliver. (Editorial)
The US and other developed nations took on the developing world here on the second day of the Doha round of climate talks. They demanded that all the unresolved issues be junked for good in Qatar and the world must carry on with finalizing a new global treaty — a …
President Barack Obama signed a bill on Tuesday shielding US airlines from paying for each ton of carbon their planes flying into and out of Europe emit, despite a recent move by Europe to suspend its proposed measure for one year. The carbon fee bill was the first piece of …
Forget US President Barack Obama’s statement on climate change upon his re-election, stating, “We haven’t done as much as we need to.” On the first day of the Doha round of UN climate negotiations, Washington announced that it won’t raise the commitment it has made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
