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. …
France and Germany suggested on Monday that rich nations should collectively guarantee deep cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020 while giving flexibility to laggards such as the United States to catch up later. France said the idea, floated at talks among 17 top greenhouse gas emitters including China, United States, …
Tens of billions of dollars are likely to be needed to help poor nations curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change under a new U.N. treaty, European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said. "Everybody agreed that additional money is needed and without money an agreement in Copenhagen will not …
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday he was confident the world would sign a global deal to combat climate change in Copenhagen in December. Barroso urged European industry to gear up for a green technology race instead of shoring up outdated, high-carbon business models. "I am confident …
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA was emphatic during his campaign and after his election: The best way to fight climate change is to cap carbon emissions and auction off tradable permits to emit carbon. "If you're giving away carbon permits for free, then basically you're not really pricing the thing and it …
In view of the economic recession, particularly in the USA and European countries, the prices of frozen food in the international markets has fallen up to 40 to 45 percent posing a threat to the industry in Bangladesh. "A red alert hovers over the frozen foods industry," said Sheikh Abdul …
New vehicle emission standards will likely be a boon for everything from aluminium to new plastics, but the producers of lithium -- a mineral used in batteries that power new generation vehicles -- could be the big winners. But while the few public companies that mine lithium will likely see …
Hospitals and their emergency vehicles, which are major polluters, must join the fight against climate change, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. "The health sector can contribute a lot to reduce the carbon footprint because the health sector in many countries is the second most important user and energy …
US President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on climate change -- and so far appears to be achieving a delicate balance. At Obama's urging, Congress is working on a bill to curb greenhouse gas emissions with a cap-and-trade system. The developed world is again looking to the United States …
President Barack Obama is carrying through on campaign promises to fight global warming, challenging the car companies and energy industry to get on the carbon-cutting bandwagon. But one of his toughest opponents may end up coming from his own US Midwestern back yard: Agriculture. Obama on Tuesday forged ahead with …
Human medicine and veterinary pharmacology disciplines Dr Kundan Singh Dhillon and Dr Jasmer Singh Khangoora, both former heads of the departments of pharmacology and parasitology, respectively, at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, have been selected to be honoured at World Forum 2009 being hosted by American Biographical Institute (ABI) at …
South Korea is expected to ramp up pressure on the European Union to initial a $100 billion trade pact before the end of June at a summit on Saturday before Seoul turns its attentions to a deal with the United States. The two major trading partners hoped to reach agreement …
A delegation of US lawmakers led by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit China in coming days to discuss international efforts aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Pelosi, a Democrat, said on Friday that a bipartisan group of House members will be on the trip. However she did …
The United States will try to persuade rich and poor countries to share the burden of fighting climate change next week, with a big US pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions likely to help mend ties. Washington will hold talks among major economies, including China, the European Union, Russia, India …
China's boom of coal-fired power plants is likely to slow after next year as excess capacity and then expanding renewable and nuclear energy sources kick in, a senior energy policy analyst said in an interview. Jiang Kejun, of China's state-run Energy Research Institute, told Reuters the forecast slowing also reflected …
The US Congress has taken its first big step towards passing a cap and trade bill to tackle global warming but the proposed legislation faces a tough fight to be passed by the Senate. A vote on Thursday night in the key House committee on energy and commerce set out …
The passage of the cap-and-trade bill through the committee stage has driven a wedge through the US environmental lobby, Fiona Harvey reports . Al Gore, former vicepresident and the unofficial leader of US greens, led a chorus of approval for the bill: "[It] represents a crucial step forward in addressing …
