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. …
A California judge has suspended the implementation of an emissions cap-and-trade scheme till air regulators can examine alternatives, dealing another setback to an ambitious program that could serve as a model for other states. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith ruled that the California Air Resources Board (ARB) should …
Rescue teams search through rubble for bodies Missouri Governor declares state of emergency At least 89 persons have died in a tornado that left a path of destruction nearly 1-km-wide through the heart of Joplin, Missouri, and directly hit the small Midwestern city's main hospital, local officials said today. US …
Despite the emergence of regional climate policies, growth in global CO2 emissions has remained strong. From 1990 to 2008 CO2 emissions in developed countries (defined as countries with emission-reduction commitments in the Kyoto Protocol, Annex B) have stabilized, but emissions in developing countries (non-Annex B) have doubled. Some studies suggest …
A tornado steamrolled over Joplin, Mo., on Sunday night, knocking out a hospital and causing many deaths across the city, according to various reports. Joplin, which the reports said was in the direct path of the tornado, was left isolated and in the dark after the destruction, with telephone connections …
A group of Silicon Valley schools have built the largest solar and power-saving system of any U.S. school district through a project undertaken with the energy efficiency arm of Chevron Corp. The 7.1 megawatt project at San Jose's East Side Union High School District should save $43 million over its …
The Humane Society of the United States filed suit on Friday seeking to stop Oregon and Washington state from euthanizing sea lions caught feasting on endangered salmon in the Columbia River at the Bonneville Dam. Last week, the National Marine Fisheries Service gave the two states permission to resume capturing …
With weeks to go before the flood waters of the crested Mississippi River fully recede, officials in Vicksburg, Mississippi, are advising caution and preparing for an aggressive cleanup. "We are urging everyone to be patient," Mayor Paul Winfield told Reuters on Saturday. "They need to stay away from their homes …
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Efforts to squeeze fuel out of microbes have passed a turning point. (Editorial) http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028135.100-prepare-for-the-renewable-oil-gush.html
In a setback for the only model of nuclear reactor for which ground has been broken in the United States, government regulators have found additional problems with the design of its shield building, a crucial component, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Friday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
A California judge ruled on Friday that state air regulators must stop carrying out a cap-and-trade plan until they examine alternatives to emissions trading to meet the state
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Microbes with tweaked DNA can convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into oil, but will it ever power our cars? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028136.200-renewable-oil-ancient-bacteria-could-fuel-modern-life.html?full=true&print=true
The US government will provide $51.3 million in food assistance to Bangladesh in fiscal year 2011. The awards, which include transportation and freight costs, will be implemented under the Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programmes, said a US embassy press release Thursday. In …
The crest of the Mississippi rolled into town on Thursday morning, a few inches shy of earlier estimates but still, at 57.1 feet, setting a record by a healthy margin. For those along its banks, it was hardly a pivotal moment: the crest had been announcing its arrival for weeks …
In the first comprehensive state report on the 2010 coal mine disaster in West Virginia, an independent team of investigators has put the blame squarely on the owner of the mine, Massey Energy, concluding that it had
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged in March and April, the government said on Wednesday, fueling criticism that a proposed law to ease land-use rules may be spurring illegal tree-felling. Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told reporters the government was creating a "crisis cabinet" to investigate the jump in destruction …
A dire drought that has plagued Texas and parts of Oklahoma expanded across the key farming state of Kansas over the last week, adding to struggles of wheat farmers already dealing with weather-ravaged fields. Harvest in Kansas, the top U.S. wheat-growing state, is set to begin within weeks. But a …
The Senate blocked a move by Republicans to speed domestic offshore oil and natural gas drilling on Wednesday, a fresh sign of congressional gridlock on energy issues even as drivers endure gasoline prices near $4 a gallon. Republicans only got 42 of the 60 votes needed to consider a bill, …
