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. …
States that have set the U.S. agenda on addressing greenhouse gas emissions are lining up behind a federal climate bill, fearing signs of dissent would weaken a plan that still faces hurdles. Nearly half the U.S. states have moved toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and want the federal government to …
Conservationists are looking to the United States to help re-establish the authority of the International Whaling Commission after IWC delegates this week failed to reach a deal to regulate global whaling. A moratorium on commercial whaling was agreed at the IWC in 1986. But Japan continues to skirt the ban, …
China's top climate change official on Friday welcomed a U.S. climate change bill but said Washington needed to take stronger action to ensure success at year-end talks to settle a global framework on warming. Xie Zhenhua, a deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission who steers climate change …
Indian negotiators have played down a proposal for major economies to consider setting a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, saying there were contentious ideas in the draft on the cuts needed. The proposal is part of a draft document put forward by the United States and Mexico …
President Barack Obama on Friday praised the House of Representatives for passing legislation to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for global warming and he urged the Senate to act too. "Today the House of Representatives took historic action with the passage of the American …
Carbon-capping legislation moving through the U.S. Congress gives a sign to world climate-watchers that the United States is serious about crafting an international deal on global warming in December. * Armed with Friday's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to approve a plan to limit emissions of the greenhouse …
The climate-change bill passed by the U.S. House on Friday would expand federal regulations by banning "naked" credit default swaps and requiring over-the-counter derivatives to go through central clearinghouses. It also directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to set position limits on energy traders across all markets and brings energy …
Historic climate change legislation, headed for a close vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, is expected to face another tough battle and likely changes in the Senate. The House bill would slash U.S. carbon emissions produced by utilities, manufacturers and other companies by 17 percent from 2005 levels by …
Landmark legislation to curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions was approved by the House of Representatives in a close vote late Friday, securing an initial victory for a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's agenda. The 1,200 page bill
A big question hanging over the wide-ranging greenhouse-gas proposals in the U.S. Congress is whether they will reduce emissions as much as advertised without significantly raising energy bills. One tool for achieving that goal, central to the House climate legislation, is the use of "offsets" that allow companies to avoid …
Cap-and-trade legislation passed by the House of Representatives late on Friday will make it easier for the US to impose import tariffs against countries that do not control their own carbon emissions. Passage of the bill
Badal valley in Uttarakhand has now become a demo valley for green energy---- The coming years are going to be quite difficult for the world if preventive measures are not taken to tap new and non-conventional sources for its energy requirements. This realization has led to the formation of an …
Several factors lead to the collapse in December of earthen dikes supporting a coal ash landfill at a Tennessee power plant, an engineering consultant said. The consultant, Bill Walton, an engineer with Aecom USA Inc., said his firm
Canadian farmers oppose the introduction of genetically modified wheat until market conditions change, a Canadian Wheat Board survey has found. In the CWB's annual survey of 1,300 Western Canadian farmers, only 9 percent said GMO wheat should be grown as soon as it's available, with the majority saying it shouldn't …
Maybe the future of climate friendly energy won't have as much to do with wind and solar energy as current booms in those technologies suggest. Clouds and calm days could make the alternative energy stars bit players in a clean power future where round-the-clock dependability is critical. That was one …
Technology to capture carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and store them underground will be ready by 2015 and could be in wide use in the United States by 2020, according to the top executive at American Electric Power Co Inc. Mike Morris, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based AEP, one of …
