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. …
COMMITMENTS by major nations to put curbs on greenhouse gas emissions appear to be insufficient in limiting the increase in global temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. Many of the developed countries have submitted emission reduction targets that are lower than those they had announced in the run up to …
The intricate, intertwined forces driving global climate change are mirrored by similar complexity in the human response to it. That makes it nearly impossible to anticipate the stance of any one group based solely on a label such as nationality, race, or economic class. But there is ample evidence that …
Deltas around the world are either eroding or have stopped progressing. Climate change, sea level rise, flood management measures take the blame. Since a delta is formed where a river meets a standing body of water, there is talk about diverting more water and sediments into the bay to save …
Humans can keep their woes aside for a minute. Urban noise pollution is playing havoc among birds. They seem to have to sing at different frequencies to overcome traffic noises. Just like humans, birds of the same species living in different areas also speak different dialects of their language. Some …
Unlike the spectacle lenses that control visible light, instruments like radars control radio waves or microwaves which are a much bigger part of the electromagnetic spectrum. A simple glass or plastic lens cannot do this as they are too large and heavy. Instead, materials engineered to collect the electromagnetic rays …
On the last day of 2009, a phrase died a quiet death. “Shovel ready” incessantly invoked by the Obama administration to sell its US$ 787 billion federal stimulus bill was included in a list titled ‘Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness’. The list is …
Phthalates have pervaded the toy market without raising much alarm. China that has cornered 70 per cent of the global toy market does not regulate their use. International standards dealing with toy safety ignore them. While EU took the lead in imposing limits for phthalates in toys, the US has …
M.R. Srinivasan Since India is still in the early stages of development trajectory, it is better equipped to demonstrate a low carbon lifestyle, which other societies could emulate. One month after the global summit meeting on climate change is a good time to take stock of the events at Copenhagen. …
Pressure On India, China To Honour Copenhagen Pledge Washington: US on Friday pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emission by 17% by 2020 from the 2005 level, hoping that countries like India and China would follow suit as agreed upon during the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in December. The …
An experimental vaccine provided 100% protection against the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in primates and mice, offering hope it will work for humans too, a new study found. The team, led by Gary Nagel of the US National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, says human trials will start within a …
ALI KHALIL Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lectured the US and other industrial nations on climate change, and urged a dollar boycott in response to American "slavery," in a fresh verbal assault broadcast on Friday. In the message aired on AlJazeera television, possibly timed to coincide with the World …
Copenhagen Accord: country submissions By now, Australia, US, China and EU have all sent their letters to UNFCCC secretariat regarding their ‘willingness to support’ the Copenhagen Accord or not. It is interestingly to break down the communication and to read between the lines. US (letter dated January 28, 2010: Todd …
We dumped Kyoto because of the US - but even the diluted US-inspired Copenhagen accord is in peril As I visited the US last fortnight, one thing came home to me: The country has very little political will to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Policy-makers and media professionals talk about the …
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A memorandum of understanding would be signed with an American seed company Monsanto in February, paving way for supply of certified bio-tech (BT) cotton seeds in the country, minister for food and agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal said here on Thursday. He was presiding over a meeting of …
This document contains the letter, regarding the United States association with the Copenhagen Accord and its submission concerning emissions reduction target, from Todd Stern, Special Envoy
The increasing cost of energy and concerns about the environment have emphasized the need to find new sources of fuel, with the microbial production of high-energy fuels a promising approach. Here, Escherichia coli is engineered to produce more complex biofuels
The authors explore how school policies influence the environmental impacts of school commutes. The research is motivated by increased interest in school choice policies (in part because of the U.S.
