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. …
Government officials here are reviewing the safety of a geothermal energy project that scientists say set off an earthquake in mid-August, shaking buildings and frightening many residents of this small city. The geothermal plant, built by Geox, a German energy company, extracts heat by drilling deep into the earth. Advocates …
Nangal : National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Nangal, has entered into an agreement with Carb-Invest Consortium of USA for installation of a secondary catalyst in the nitric acid plant to reduce emission of nitrogen dioxide. The project named as N2O Abatement Project. In this connection, a meeting of the stakeholders was …
Ford Motor Co is selling a closed plant near Detroit to two companies that plan a $725 million investment to develop a renewable energy park that could create up to 4,000 jobs, the carmaker said on Thursday. Terms of the sale to Xtreme Power and Clairvoyant Energy were not disclosed. …
A top Obama Administration official said the U.S. oil and gas industry will survive a proposed repeal of billions of dollars tax preferences and there will be an insignificant impact on worldwide prices. Current tax breaks for oil and gas production distort the market, leading to over-investment in domestic fossil …
Wind power could meet China's electricity demands through 2030 and cut carbon dioxide emissions in China by 30 percent, U.S. and Chinese researchers said on Thursday. China already is the world's chief emitter of carbon dioxide, a leading so-called greenhouse gas implicated by scientists in global climate change. China currently …
A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New York on September 22, experts say. Recriminations between rich and poor nations about how to share out curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, and scant …
The world must devise a climate change treaty that will allow all countries to contribute to cutting emissions and not drive companies and jobs to other nations, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Thursday. Negotiations on a new global accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are set to conclude …
South Korea's Environment Minister Maanee Lee said on Thursday a U.N. meeting in Copenhagen may not reach an agreement, although Asia's fourth-largest economy will play a "bridging" role between developed and developing nations. In December nearly 200 nations will meet in Copenhagen to wrap a broader agreement to replace the …
Lalit K Jha/ PTI / Washington September 11, 2009, 9:05 IST The Obama Administration today praised India along with China, Brazil and South Africa for taking action on climate change and recognising the seriousness of the global problem. "The good news is that the major developing countries have started recognising …
Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert. Set for completion in 2019, the First Solar project represents the world
Lobbyist pressure will not weigh on a U.N. panel's decision whether to award carbon finance worth about 100 million euros ($144 million) to Chinese wind power projects, said the chair of the panel on Tuesday. "If you add it all up there are quite a number of projects, all from …
Despite Washington's nearly single-minded focus on healthcare reform, the Obama administration still expects the U.S. Senate to pass climate change legislation, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Tuesday. "Right now we are focused on this crusade for healthcare reform for the country and that's where our time and energy will …
Honda Motor Co will maintain the target for lease sales of its newest fuel-cell car after over a year since its launch despite the challenge of boosting productivity, the model's chief engineer said. Honda's FCX Clarity, a sporty-looking fuel-cell sedan, is still a long way from mass production, the key …
Washington: A team of scientists has created a prototype of aspeed bump that can capture kinetic energy from vehicles passing by, to convert it into clean green electricity. According to a Fox News report, the prototype, known as the
The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline. Famed mostly for high-end luxury resorts and white-sand atolls, the Maldives has made a name for …
Place orders for 20,000 litres daily; to set up Rs 1.5 cr chilling plant In a major shot in the arm for the Save-the-Cow movement spearheaded by the Sankalpit India Parivar (SIP) of Mewat, the ISKCON family of the USA has asked them to supply 20,000 litres of cow milk …
