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. …
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (not their real names) are the frontmen for the Yes Men. They got together to set up parody websites such as www.gwbush.com and graduated to huge anti-corporate, culture-jamming stunts targeting giants such as ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical. Their latest film, The Yes Men Fix the …
Microorganisms explain more about us and our world than we ever imagined. sumana narayanan courses through rodent brain, feline gut, and the human stomach This is not something you are likely to see in a Tom and Jerry animation. Imagine a cat readying itself to pounce on a mouse. The …
MEF decision sparks row, business focus of Hillary visit early in July, at the Major Economies Forum (mef) meet in Italy, India signed a statement which created a major controversy back home. A few days later sparks flew during US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
When it comes to climate change and the teaching of evolution there is a large gap between what scientists think and the views of ordinary Americans, a new survey has found. Almost all scientists surveyed accept that human beings evolved by natural processes and that human activity, chiefly the burning …
Swine flu declared pandemic, can be even deadlier three months after it struck, who declared swine flu a global pandemic of the highest level: phase six. Known as the 2009 A (H1N1) virus, it took down 89,921 people across 85 countries in six continents. The death count was 382. Yet …
The first large-scale studies of people affected by swine flu in Europe and the US are out. And both studies show that while the number of sick people is high, it is a small fraction of the total population. Both studies also show that the severity of swine flu is …
Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co would be barred from a planned US carbon- emissions market or face trading restrictions under proposals by Democratic senators crafting climate change legislation. At least nine members of the majority party say speculation by Wall Street banks may cause excessive price …
Researchers in the United States and Europe are seeking funding so that the ice cores used to study Earth's past climate can have the same luxuriously chilly storage facilities currently enjoyed by prize tuna. The cylindrical cores, drilled at multi-million-dollar expense from polar and glacial ice, can be kilometres long. …
Well-publicised simple steps like using energy-saving light bulbs may be making it more difficult to prepare people for the bigger changes needed to tackle climate change, argue psychologists.
As makers from Tesla to Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) jockey to dominate the next generation electric-powered cars, a fight on which companies will control the lucrative market to fuel them is just getting started. U.S. President Barack Obama aims to put a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 …
The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept high blends of the alternative motor fuel as part of a push to lower greenhouse gas emissions and provide jobs at home. A low-carbon fuel standard, which would spur use of alternative fuels, more ethanol …
Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have thinned and shrunk dramatically, clear signs of a warming climate, according to a study released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey. The three glaciers -- Gulkana and Wolverine in Alaska and South Cascade in Washington -- are considered benchmarks for those …
Amanda Sutton looks over a wheat field in northern Colorado and sees a potential "carbon offset project" that could help curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming. "This is a patch of highly-cultivated land that could provide potential carbon offsets," she said, standing by the field which is owned …
As makers from Tesla to Nissan Motor Co jockey to dominate the next generation electric-powered cars, a fight on which companies will control the lucrative market to fuel them is just getting started. U.S. President Barack Obama aims to put a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 as …
