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. …
US President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty and said his administration would focus its help to the poor on promoting economic growth and fighting corruption. Mr Obama told a special UN summit that for too long progress in fighting poverty was measured by …
Environmental degradation and waning natural resources threaten U.S. security in the 21st century, in a shift from "kinetic" security threats, defense experts told a Capitol Hill briefing Wednesday. The loss of renewable natural resources, including forests, fresh water, fish and fertile soils, can drive political instability and conflict in the …
Several Asian countries in addition to China could soon challenge the United States in the race to build a renewable energy industry if Washington doesn't provide more incentives for its domestic business, venture capitalists and others told a Congressional hearing on Wednesday. The United States, once the world's leader in …
A cold snap in northern oceans around 1970 may have caused a dip in world temperatures that briefly interrupted a trend of global warming, scientists said on Wednesday. Many experts had previously explained a slight global cooling around 1970 as a side-effect of a slow build-up of sun-dimming air pollution …
The Kyoto Protocol will have virtually no impact on slowing global warming unless it expands to take in the United States, China and more developing countries, Russia's chief climate negotiator said on Wednesday. Russia is the world's fourth largest emitter of carbon dioxide and a key player in United Nations …
New York: If the international negotiations were to move in the direction of legally binding carbon emission cuts then all major economies, including India and China should be under an obligation to do so, the US said on Wednesday.
Chennai: Orient Green Power Company Ltd (OGPCL), the largest independent renewable energy company in India and part of the Shriram group, is looking at opportunities in the overseas markets, including the US and the South East Asian region to become one of the major renewable energy power producers in the …
Sri Lanka is looking into incorporating nuclear power as an energy source to meet the increasing demand of energy brought up by the accelerated pace of development. Addressing the 54th sessions of the International Atomic Energy Authority in Vienna, the Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said the …
China on Tuesday gave its firmest government confirmation yet of plans to build two new nuclear reactors for Pakistan, but a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said she did not know about talks over a bigger reactor deal. The spokeswoman Jiang Yu said China plans to help Pakistan expand its Chashma nuclear …
So what do you call a salmon that is genetically engineered to grow fast? If it is allowed to be sold in supermarkets, some consumer and environmental groups want it to be labeled as just that
The government is unable to confirm reports of a miles-long plume of oil lurking beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico from BP Plc's giant oil spill, a government scientist said on Tuesday. The government confirmed on Sunday that BP had permanently "killed" its deep-sea well that ruptured in …
The first genetically modified animal aimed at consumers' dinner plates faces an uncertain future following a federal advisory panel on Monday that gave a mixed assessment on whether such food -- a salmon -- is safe to eat. A number of the Food and Drug Administration's panelists raised concerns about …
London, Sept. 20: The US military will soon have a new solar-powered unmanned spy aircraft that can fly non-stop for more than five years. The aircraft, called SolarEagle, which is being built by Boeing is designed in such a way that it can soar in the upper atmosphere for years, …
Julia Kollewe BP's bill for containing and cleaning up the oil spill has reached nearly $10 billion, as the U.S. government declared that the blown-out well has finally been plugged, five months after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig. The beleaguered oil company revealed that its total cost of …
Great effort continues to focus on ecosystem restoration and reduction of nutrient inputs thought to be responsible, in part, for declines in estuary habitats worldwide. The ability of environmental policy to address restoration is limited, in part, by uncertainty in the relationships between costly restoration and benefits. Here, we present …
With planning permission for Britain's biggest dairy at Nocton about to be re-submitted, The Ecologist travels to California to examine intensive milk production - and finds factory farms, conflict, intimidation, pesticides, pollution and small-scale farmers driven out of business.
