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. …
The U.S. climate change bill making its way through Congress is the best legislative bet to help the country take the lead in tackling global warming on the world stage, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Monday. "The Waxman-Markey bill is our best shot of any thing I've seen …
During one of the many meetings preceding the Copenhagen round of talks scheduled to take place in December, the developed countries have tentatively agreed on a plan to collectively raise $100 billion per year in order to provide financial support to the poor and developing nations as they try to …
The United States may soon take the mantle as the global leader on climate change in part because of its strong research and development on energy, said oil historian and analyst Daniel Yergin. "The United States is way ahead of everybody else," on research and development of alternative fuels and …
The City of Brotherly Love is tackling rising unemployment and improving the energy efficiency of homes by training people to weatherize its estimated 400,000 low-income row houses. Edward Abraham, 28, is one of Philadelphia's first class of 20 "weatherization" trainees who are learning how to install insulation, caulk windows, seal …
Farm and environment groups opposed to genetically modified wheat are countering a call from other farm organizations for biotech companies to commercially develop it. Fifteen groups in the top wheat-exporting countries of Canada, the U.S. and Australia released a joint statement of opposition to GMO wheat on Monday. It follows …
Using a mobile phone-based software program has enabled a test group of Volvo employees to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of their daily commute by more than 30 percent. The company this week unveiled a prototype of their CO2 pedometer project, which Volvo IT developed as part of a collaboration …
The White House today will step up the fight for health reform, releasing a report that says a lower rate of health cost inflation could make the average US family of four $2,560 a year better off by 2020. The study, by the Council of Economic Advisers set up by …
Some of the most important technical innovations in the transportation field have nothing to do with vehicle technology or alternative fuels. Rather, they involve the way bus services are operated and infrastructure is used to optimize their speed, comfort, and capacity. The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has helped to …
A Direct Ridership Model (DRM) for predicting Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) patronage in Southern California is estimated. Attributes of bus stops and their surroundings constitute the data observations of the DRM, enabling a fairly fine?resolution of analysis to be carried out on factors that influence ridership. The best?fitting DRM revealed …
Only In India: Banned Abroad, Under Scanner Here... Analgin Use: Painkiller Reason for Ban: Causes bone marrow depression Cisapride Use: Reflux, constipation Reason for Ban: Could cause irregular heartbeat Human Placenta Extract Use: Chiefly used in cosmetic skin treatments Reason for Ban: Infections Quiniodochlor Use: Anti-diarrhoeal Reason for Ban: Could …
The etiology of childhood brain cancer remains largely unknown. However, previous studies have yielded suggestive associations with parental pesticide use. The researchers aimed to evaluate parental exposure to pesticides at home and on the job in relation to the occurrence of brain cancer in children. to the occurrence of brain …
As part of an ongoing medical surveillance program for U.S. veterans exposed to depleted uranium (DU), biological monitoring of urine uranium (U) concentrations is offered to any veteran of the Gulf War and those serving in more recent conflicts (post-Gulf War veterans). Since a previous report of surveillance findings in …
In order to convey the results of our industrial ecology research to broader audiences, the Green Design Institute research group at Carnegie Mellon University offers the Green Design Apprenticeship for local high school students. The Green Design Apprenticeship introduces participants to industrial ecology concepts and how they intersect with engineering. …
The study fills the gap in existing literature by comparing the economic costs and environmental impacts of processes in four services companies in Europe and the United States. Process-based life cycle assessment (LCA) and the case study method are used to compare companies both on four global-scale impacts and on …
As the first responders to the impacts of climate change, local governments play a crucial role in implementing the actions and strategies that will reduce their communities
As the first responders to the impacts of climate change, local governments play a crucial role in implementing the actions and strategies that will reduce their communities
Environmentally-friendly investments form part of many recently launched recovery programmes. With the right policies, they could achieve growth and a cleaner planet as well.
Studies of chronic health effects due to exposures to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters ? 2.5 ?m (PM2.5) are often limited by sparse measurements. Satellite aerosol remote sensing data may be used to extend PM2.5 ground networks to cover a much larger area. This study examined the benefits of using …
Pollutants may be contributing to a sharp increase in the number of cases of liver disease, US researchers said on Friday. They said as many as a third of US adults showed signs of having liver disease not caused by normal triggers such as alcohol abuse and viral hepatitis. While …
Carbon market professionals hope speedy US Congressional approval of a federal cap and trade scheme will boost emissions trading, which is threatened by recession and slow UN climate talks. The existing Kyoto Protocol laid the foundations for emissions trading, by imposing caps on emissions in Europe and other developed countries, …
