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. …
Governments are looking at a new plan to make sure the Kyoto treaty does not completely collapse at next month’s climate talks, the UN’s top climate diplomat has revealed. A negotiators’ meeting in Panama last week ahead of the Durban summit showed a willingness to consider a “letter of intent” …
Food commodity prices are likely to stay high and volatile during the next few years because of rising demand, more frequent extreme weather and the biofuel industry, according to a report from the UN’s agriculture agencies. Rising food prices and increasing volatility have become a big political and economic problem, …
The Nobel in economic science was awarded on Monday to Thomas J. Sargent of New York University and Christopher A. Sims of Princeton University for their research on the cause and effect of government policies on the broader economy, a major concern of countries still struggling to address the aftermath …
BHP Billiton moved closer to an estimated $20 billion to $30 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine after winning environmental approvals on Monday for the project in the deserts of southern Australia. The approvals give BHP the green light to nearly quadruple the mine's copper output …
A top Republican congressional watchdog wants the Energy Department to turn over documents and emails about $4.7 billion in loan guarantees for four solar projects approved right before a Sept 30 deadline. The last-minute approvals of the projects raise fears that "the evaluation of loan guarantees may have been rushed …
London-listed clean energy producer Greenko said a $50 million investment by a unit of GE will put it on track to achieve 1 gigawatt (GW) of operational wind capacity by 2017. A division of GE Energy Financial Services will invest the cash to support development of 500 megawatt (MW) of …
South Korea and the United States are adamant that there will be no food relief for crisis-hit North Korea until it guarantees that all aid will reach the most needy and there is an improvement in ties between the two Koreas. China, the only ally of the secretive Stalinist state, …
Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it had no reason to believe an oil sheen on the Yellowstone River in Montana came from its Billings refinery but it had moved to contain the oil to minimize any environmental impact. "At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 7, an oil sheen …
European Union environment ministers -- responsible for only 11 percent of global carbon emissions -- said they would commit to a new phase of the Kyoto climate change pact, on the condition that nations blamed for the rest join up too. The environment council conclusions, agreed in Luxembourg on Monday, …
Putting the onus on India, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Sunday said the US has made clear the steps New Delhi needs to take “to allow us to move forward” on implementation of bilateral civil nuclear deal. “We remain fully committed to expanding the civil nuclear cooperation with …
Putting the onus on India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the US has made clear the steps New Delhi needs to take “to allow us to move forward” on implementation of bilateral civil nuclear deal. “We remain fully committed to expanding the civil nuclear cooperation with India and …
Washington: Electricity from the nose? Well, it may appear weird, but engineers claim they are working on a technique which would generate power from human respiration. A team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says that it is actually working on a method which would someday power sensors in one’s body …
Gets legal green signal from top law officer, despite non-EU countries’ combined protest. For the international aviation industry, the skies just grew stormier. The advocate-general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), an advisor to the European Union’s highest court, has said it is legal for the latter to include …
The number of hungry Americans in 2010 rose 30% from 2007 The cost of hunger in the US, the world's largest economy, was $167.5 billion last year as the recession in 2008 and a slow economic recovery pushed more American households into food insecurity, researchers said. The number of food-insecure …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it has proposed changes to a rule that aims to cut smog-forming chemicals from power plants in 27 states. The changes could result in slightly more pollution, but save the measure's health benefits. The changes in the so-called Cross State Air Pollution …
The U.S. government has proposed lifting federal protection from wolves in the state of Wyoming which would allows unregulated killing of the animals in most of the state. The proposal under a state wildlife management plan would require Wyoming to maintain at least 150 wolves statewide, including packs that roam …
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to give 10 states more flexibility in applying a new rule on power-plant emissions, but some state and industry officials who had criticized the rule said the loosening didn't go far enough. The EPA made the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule final just three months …
Grangemouth oil refinery emits vapours near the Firth of Forth on November 17, 2009 in Longannet ,Scotland. As world leaders prepare to gather for the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December, the resolve of the industrial nations seems to be weakening with President Obama stating that it would be impossible to …
US Ambassador to the Maldives Patricia Butenis has today announced a water supply infrastructure to be established in Dhidhdhoo of Haa Alif atoll and Hinnavaru of Lhaviyani atoll. Ambassador Butenis announced this project at a press conference held at the President’s Office this afternoon, following her courtesy call on President …
Excess phosphorus is polluting our environment while, ironically, mineable resources of this essential nutrient are limited. James Elser and Elena Bennett argue that recycling programmes are urgently needed.
