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. …
In a bid to overcome the drawbacks of existing biofuels, researchers have engineered a bacterium that can convert a form of raw plant biomass directly into clean, road-ready diesel.
Mr Obama now needs the audacity of hope One year into his presidency, Barack Obama is faced with the difficult business of changing tack, may be even re-inventing himself. His popularity ratings have plunged, his Democratic party has lost elections in shoo-in states like Massachusetts and New Jersey, not to …
LIKE Lee Iacocca at Chrysler, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. thinks the best way to lure consumers back to a bailed-out automaker is to pay back the loans from American taxpayers. In his first comments as the permanent chief executive of General Motors -- after deciding to drop his interim status …
If you want to see the future of the information technology industry, South Korea is one of the best places to begin. As the world wrestles with using IT for solving industrial problems, South Korea is experimenting with IT projects that could help with some of the world
Hydrocarbon-inducible cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) expression was measured, as ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, in livers of wintering harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) captured in areas of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, oiled by the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and in birds from nearby unoiled areas, during 2005 to 2009 (up to 20 years …
Whether the characteristics of tropical cyclones have changed or will change in a warming climate — and if so, how — has been the subject of considerable investigation, often with conflicting results. Large amplitude fluctuations in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones greatly complicate both the detection of long-term …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A silent environmental revolution is taking place in the US but the corporate media is not giving it adequate prominence, said Dr Michael Sonnlietner, renowned Gandhian environmentalist and Professor at Portland Community College, US. He was delivering a lecture on `American Green Movement
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia A. Butenis officially presented mapping equipment and specialized software to assist the Forest Department with its conservation efforts in the North. Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patalee Champika Ranawaka, accepted on behalf of the Government. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) provided computer …
Here is a shaming statistic: divide the US by race, sex and county of residence, and differences in average life expectancy across the various groups can exceed 30 years. The most disadvantaged look like denizens of a poor African country: a boy born on a Native American reservation in Jackson …
With Tata group chairman Ratan Tata saying early this month that the Nano will be introduced into the US market in the next three years, the buzz around its possible pricing there is getting stronger. According to reports that came in Friday, the car, which costs $2,500 or Rs 1 …
A detailed account of Copenhagen climate talks by Down To Earth. Unable to agree on targets and funding, world leaders settled for an interim political deal. But the Copenhagen Accord could change the rules of the game by wiping equity off the agenda. To read the full story click on …
As Governments Increase Spending and Support for Renewable Power, Even Fans Wonder If Aid Could Be More Efficient In frigid water four miles off England's east coast, a floating crane is installing the last of 48 wind turbines. The 40-story-tall pinwheels are driven by two plentiful resources: ocean breezes and …
Forty-eight hours after an earthquake devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the first emergency assessment teams were yesterday still trying to establish just how many people had died. The sketchy picture from the area underlined the mammoth task facing an international rescue mission that swung into action yesterday. After Haitians …
