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. …
Cos advised to have long-term deals with Sabine Pass and Macquarie India has decided to make a “strategic shift” in LNG (liquefied natural gas) sourcing with a “look U.S. policy” for contracting new import volumes. This follows an analysis by the Petroleum Ministry which showed that LNG imports from the …
PUDUCHERRY: CPI national secretary D Raja, on Tuesday, demanded that the central governement formulate a comprehensive nuclear policy. Speaking with reference to the Koodankulam nuclear power project while addressing a press conference, Raja said that after the 123 agreement, the government had enacted the Civil Nuclear Liability Act and notified …
India along with China, North Korea and Israel has low levels of transparency on nuclear materials and security, an independent report has said. "Four countries have particularly low levels of transparency, specifically Israel, North Korea, India and China, on materials and materials security," said Page Stoutland, vice president for nuclear …
The question is whether the protests across the world can be channelled to shape a better tomorrow According to Time magazine, the 2011 person of the year is “the protester”. Clearly, this is the image that has captured the world — from dissent against the lack of democracy and repression …
With the ministry of health having given the green signal for allograft or the transplanting of tissues from one person to another, a major push for tissue transplant was given at the 99th Indian Science Congress by scientist Rajyalakshi Manda. Dr Manda stressed that tissue transplanting has a long history …
Exposure to nitrogen oxides in air causes increased risk of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in African-American women, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Centre (SEC) at Boston University assessed the risks of incident hypertension and diabetes associated with exposure to nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate …
BP PLC and two other companies involved in the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010 are contesting charges that were issued by U.S. regulators in response to the ensuing oil spill, the Interior Department confirmed Friday. The firms previously indicated they would fight the charges, but the …
Japan said it will set age limits on nuclear plants and require operators to plan for worst-case scenarios, as the country strives to restore public trust pummeled by the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter century. Goshi Hosono, the government minister responsible for overseeing the aftermath of the disaster …
Beijing environmental authorities have caved to public pressure on air pollution in a sign of the growing power of social media to influence public policy in the country. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau will grant public access to air-quality readings that take into account smaller and more-dangerous pollution particles …
Under growing pressure from the United States, some of Asia’s largest economies are reluctantly looking for options to reduce the amount of oil they buy from Iran, a move that would further tighten the economic vise on an increasingly defiant nation that announced plans for a new round of naval …
The Obama administration is set to announce on Monday that it will block new uranium mining on one million acres in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, lobbyists and Interior Department employees who had been informed about the decision said on Friday. The department, which in 2009 imposed an interim …
More than a million people in the Los Angeles region are exposed to undisclosed, unhealthy levels of air pollution every day, according to a lawsuit filed today by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Communities for a Better Environment. Pollution produced by the region's …
Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The TRI consists of information on toxic chemical disposals and toxic air emissions, as well as waste management and pollution prevention activities. The EPA report covers neighborhoods all across the United States for …
Americans tend to beat themselves up over their imperfections. We eat too much, watch too much TV and owe China too much money. Despite all of our sloth, we can feel good about one area: our progress saving energy. A report issued this week by the Institute for Electric Efficiency …
Federal regulators are considering retesting water supplies at a small town in Pennsylvania that residents say have been contaminated by natural gas drilling. Just a month after declaring water in Dimock safe, officials from the Environmental Protection Agency are taking another look after new evidence provided by residents suggested that …
In the midst of Pakistan’s energy crisis, USAID has developed an innovative approach to create awareness about energy efficiency and conservation through a week-long media campaign entitled “Bijli Pani Week.” This included testimonials of actual beneficiaries of USAID’s Tube Well Efficiency Improvement Program (TWEIP), TV commercials advertising the 50% subsidy …
Authorities in China's notoriously smoggy capital have announced that they will start publishing more accurate data on air pollution this month, bowing unexpectedly to a social-media campaign driven by the U.S. Embassy publishing its own data via Twitter. A woman walks past the China Central Television building in December as …
A federal court judge on Friday denied a Chevron Corp bid to prevent Ecuadorean plaintiffs from collecting on an $18 billion damages award against the U.S. oil giant over pollution in the Amazon jungle. The oil company in November had asked Manhattan federal court judge Lewis Kaplan to freeze the …
