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. …
Companies working with Ford Motor Co (F.N), Chrysler Group and General Motors Corp [GM.UL] received more than $600 million on Wednesday to further development of batteries for hybrids and electric cars. The awards were part of $2.4 billion in grants being announced by the Obama administration as part of its …
Ailing U.S. oil refiners could face a crippling period of contraction under a House-approved climate change bill, making the country more dependent on imported refined products. The so-called cap-and-trade bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives in June would limit greenhouse gas emissions by requiring polluters to acquire permits …
U.S. business groups frustrated with the slow pace of nearly 8-year-old world trade talks urged the Obama administration on Monday to remove negotiations on environmental goods and services from the Doha round and pursue them separately. "We don't think that Doha should hold this particular initiative hostage," Jeremy Preiss, vice …
MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST - From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce. But this is a forest under siege. Among the green foliage of the healthy spruce …
Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." A research vessel carrying a team of about 30 researchers, technicians and crew members …
South Korea, Asia's fourth largest economy, has pledged to set one of three targets for carbon emissions by 2020, voluntarily joining Kyoto signatories in moving toward a firm commitment to roll back climate change. The government said on Tuesday it would choose a 2020 gas emission target this year from …
The fate of U.S. climate control legislation is in the hands of the Senate, where it faces an uphill climb. Democratic leaders hope to put it to a vote in October. The House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a bill to mandate reductions in industrial emissions of carbon …
Climate rider Michael Proulx will cycle more than 5,000 miles this summer to promote Brita Climate Ride 2009 in the US, as well as raise awareness of climate change and renewable energy. Proulx is a global traveller and former Ironman triathlete who has travelled extensively and backpacked all seven continents. …
India needs to start setting the agenda on climate change Arvind Subramanian made an important point when he wrote on this page last week that India had lost the
This article describes the personal experience and perspective of the authors, who had primary responsibility for drafting the initial health-based regulation limiting lead content of gasoline during the early 1970s while employed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
New fuel regulations based on life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have focused renewed attention on life cycle models of biofuels. The BESS model estimates 25% lower life cycle GHG emissions for corn ethanol than does the well-known GREET model, which raises questions about which model is more accurate. I …
There is a time bomb ticking under the world, but its leaders seem not to be aware of it. This bomb is different from any that war, terrorism and the movies have made us familiar with, because it cannot be defused at the last moment. This one has to be …
Federal regulators on Friday approved a potential blockbuster diabetes drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca. The Food and Drug Administration said it approved the drug Onglyza to reduce blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, which affects 24 million people in the United States. The drug is part …
Transportation is the second largest contributor to total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and responsible for about one-third of U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels. There are a variety of policy strategies that can be used to address GHG emissions from the transportation sector; this paper focuses …
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said India was unperturbed by China's recent agreement with the US on climate change. Calling Beijing as an "important ally" in the process to negotiate a pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol, he said the text of the agreement did not have anything …
"Neighborhood Watch - Early Detection and Rapid Response to Biological Invasion along U.S Trade Pathways" identifies the crucial measures required to improve biosecurity measures at and around control points in international trade, especially U.S. ports, as well as a possible funding mechanism based upon the
"Neighborhood Watch - Early Detection and Rapid Response to Biological Invasion along U.S Trade Pathways" identifies the crucial measures required to improve biosecurity measures at and around control points in international trade, especially U.S. ports, as well as a possible funding mechanism based upon the
