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. …
No oil is leaking from the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig or pipe around the vessel, its owner Transocean said on Wednesday. A two-day underwater investigation by Transocean and the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that no oil is leaking from the Deepwater Horizon, which sank in April 2010 in the …
The Interior Department formally cited BP and its two chief contractors on Wednesday for numerous safety and environmental violations in the operation of the doomed Deepwater Horizon well. The citations, which could lead to millions of dollars in fines, arose from an investigation of the April 2010 explosion that killed …
Some European Union countries are raising concerns that efforts to break a deadlock with other major world economies over an EU plan to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions could end up discriminating against their own airlines. EU law requires any airline landing at or departing from an EU airport to hold permits …
General Motors Co. said Wednesday that it will start selling an all-electric Chevrolet small car for the U.S. market in 2013. GM's Chevrolet Spark minicar will go up against Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf, the only all-battery-powered car currently available in the U.S. from a major auto maker. It will be …
The Australian government scored a victory in its battle to introduce a carbon tax after measures to combat climate change cleared the lower house of parliament by a tiny margin. Carbon traders and climate activists around the world breathed a sigh of relief that the bitterly contested measures were passed …
Grain output is growing as farmers chase high prices, according to US government figures, suggesting food inflation pressures may abate in the months to come. Farmers would harvest 681.2m tonnes of wheat and record crops of 860.1m tonnes of corn and 461.4m tonnes of rice in the current year, the …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today echoed the fears being expressed internationally over the safety of nuclear arsenal in India’s neighbourhood. Without naming Pakistan, the Prime Minister, while addressing the top military commanders of the three forces here, said, “Nuclear proliferation and nuclear safety are serious threats in our neighbourhood.” What …
Europe's biotechnology industry has warned the European Commission that agricultural imports vital to EU food security are increasingly being put at risk, due to the slow pace of the bloc's approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops. In a report to be presented to EU policymakers on Tuesday, biotech association …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it was committed to finalizing a standard on mercury emissions by November 16 after 25 states urged a court to force the agency to delay the rule. "EPA is committed to completing the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards -- the first-ever national …
Public health and environmental groups sued the Obama administration on Tuesday to overturn a decision that scrapped tougher standards on smog pollution which causes lung and heart problems. Earthjustice, the American Lung Association, the Environmental Defense Fund and others sued the administration after the White House on September 2 directed …
Scientists have demonstrated a clear link between the 11-year sun cycle and winter weather over the northern hemisphere for the first time. They found that low solar activity can contribute to cold winters in the UK, northern Europe and parts of America. But high activity from the sun has the …
The Australian government scored a victory in its lengthy battle to introduce a carbon tax on Wednesday when its measures to combat climate change cleared the lower house parliament by a tiny margin. Under the plan, more than 400 of the nation’s biggest polluters will pay A$23 (US$23.8) a tonne …
Hundreds of thousands of people in darkness, hospitals in chaos, a banking system under siege – a cyberattack on the US electricity grid could have catastrophic consequences. When federal researchers discovered that outside hackers could take control of the generators used to produce electricity in the US and destroy them, …
While Solyndra LLC's flameout has fueled criticism of federal initiatives to encourage alternative power sources, the solar-panel maker is hardly the only disappointment among U.S.-backed energy programs. That's evident in California, which was awarded $4.6 billion by the Energy Department as part of the 2009 Recovery Act—far more than any …
India made it clear on Monday that it wants contentious issues, including access to intellectual property rights (IPRs), to be a part of the upcoming climate change talks at Durban in South Africa. New Delhi has submitted a proposal to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …
Singapore: A cyclical drop in the sun’s radiation can trigger unusually cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries prepare for blizzards. Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during …
As major polluting countries such as the United States remain reluctant to a new mandatory deal on limiting global warming, the run-up to the forthcoming 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) on climate change in Durban (South Africa) later this year appears to be jinxed. The developed world has been …
World rice production is expected to touch a record 480.5 million tonnes this year on the back of higher output in Asia, Egypt, Argentina, Mozambique, the US and Russian Federation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. “The outlook for global rice production in 2011 …
Onco Therapies Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Strides Arcolab Ltd, has announced that it has received US FDA approval for Cladribine injection. Cladribine is part of the oncology (cancer) drug portfolio licensed to Pfizer in January 2010 for the US market. The drug comes in 1 mg/ ml packaged in …
‘Broken Tail’ Was Based On A Strayed Cub Jaipur: In a rare laurel for Ranthambore National Park, a documentary film on a tiger at the park has recently won three awards including that of the ‘best film award’ at a film festival in Jackson Hole, US. The film christened ‘Broken …
