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. …
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission on Tuesday proposed a permanent moratorium on disposal wells related to natural gas drilling in a 1,150-square-mile area in the center of the state. State scientists have found a highly suggestive link between the operation of these wells and a swarm of more than …
Former Vice President Al Gore sharply criticized President Obama as lacking leadership on climate change in a magazine essay published online Wednesday, saying his policies had been little more effective than those of President George W. Bush. In the 7,000-word article in Rolling Stone, Mr. Gore said that Mr. Obama …
With budget cuts all the rage in government, Craig Lang, a dairyman and president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, proposed something that would have been unthinkable in farm country a few years ago: ending direct payments to farmers for crops. Mr. Lang, who received more than $25,000 in payments in …
The first time rising waters forced a quarter of the residents here to abandon their homes several weeks ago, many of them simply hauled their possessions up to their second floors to keep them dry. But as the river that divides downtown began rising to record levels this week, those …
The first time rising waters forced a quarter of the residents here to abandon their homes several weeks ago, many of them simply hauled their possessions up to their second floors to keep them dry. But as the river that divides downtown began rising to record levels this week, those …
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out with nine new health warnings for cigarette packs, to be introduced from September 2012. Various countries already have such warnings, and some of them attribute reduced tobacco use to these. India has faced hurdles introducing visuals more graphic than those …
The United States has recently provided aid to the dairy farmers in Eastern Sri Lanka in an effort to promote dairy production. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has delivered milk storage cans and collection trucks that will help the dairy farmers to improve their participation in the dairy …
The US Supreme Court gave its opinion on American Electric Power v. Connecticut, a closely watched lawsuit that seeks to force some of the nation’s largest electricity generators to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions because they contribute to climate change, which is a public nuisance. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110621/pdf/474421a.pdf
The pharmaceutical industry is seeking stronger ties with academia in a bid to speed up drug development. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110622/pdf/474433a.pdf
The field of biofuels has suffered from cycles of interest and neglect. Still, enterprising researchers have myriad options. http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2011/110623/pdf/nj7352-531a.pdf
Proponents of biomass-based fuels push for sustainability against a steady tide of conflicting analysis, but can advanced biofuels cut the mustard? http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/pdf/474S02a.pdf
Shifting from corn to perennial crops in making biofuels is essential to save clean water, argues Jeremy Martin. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S017a.html
Biofuels have been hailed as key to reducing our fossil-fuel dependence, yet their environmental and social impacts remain uncertain. A complex task lies ahead for policy makers. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S022a.html
U.S. coal consumption fell 3 percent in the past week, Genscape said on Friday, as cooler weather and nuclear plant restarts cut demand for coal-fired power. Use of coal for the week ended Thursday fell 9 percent from the same week in 2010, the power industry data monitor said. In …
The U.S. Energy Department offered on Friday a $150 million conditional loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies Inc to support development of the company's solar wafer technology. The company's technology could lower the cost of manufacturing solar wafers by about 50 percent, the DOE said in a statement. Solar wafers are …
The U.S. ethanol industry is growing up. Moves in Washington to start weaning producers off government support are not expected to stunt a sector that had often been perceived as too fragile to withstand the travails of market forces. This week's largely symbolic Senate vote to eliminate $6 billion in …
AHMEDABAD: At a time when Sanand is poised to become country's auto hub, farmers in the region are trying to make a mark in the agriculture sector. Through a project supported by the state horticulture department, farmers have got positive results in growing Kesar mango. Kesar mango trees have been …
Need for engaging private research firms: ISRO Chairman TIRUNELVELI: The Indian Space Research Organisation, which has planned to put three satellites into the orbit with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle before end of this year, will send its GSAT -14 with its indigenously developed Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D-5 during …
India is on track to produce 700 megawatts of solar power at a cost of $2.2 billion by December, ahead of an initial target for an ambitious plan that seeks to boost green power generation from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Under India's Solar Mission, investors bid …
