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. …
US Senate okays pact with India THE American Senate approved the us-India nuclear deal on October 2. The deal, already cleared by the us House of Representatives, was approved with a majority of 86 votes in favour and 13 against it. On September 6, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (nsg), a …
Biofuels for good: The emerging biofuels industry in the us could require as much land by 2050 as is currently farmed for food, said a report by a group of 22 international scientists in the October 3 issue of Science magazine. The scientists stated that the biofuels industry, if managed …
China, dubbed as the "the factory of the world," today said its emissions almost equalled that of the US, the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas blamed for the bulk of global warming. China's emissions of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas from fossil fuel burning, accounted …
Research that argues dams have no direct effect on the migration of juvenile salmon is roiling waters in the US Pacific Northwest. The study, published in PLoS Biology, uses a new way to tag fish to compare the heavily dammed Columbia River system with the free-flowing Fraser River to the …
Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, US government researchers reported on Tuesday. They found genetic evidence that some non-dangerous influenza viruses infecting northern pintail ducks in Alaska are genetically more closely related to Asian strains of bird flu than to North American strains. …
The United States is developing national climate legislation. While the nation debates and assembles a comprehensive policy, federal agencies are issuing important policies ? from clean energy codes to air pollution standards ? that affect greenhouse gas emissions today. For these policies, the final choice among different regulatory alternatives can …
The United States pledged an additional $320 million to the global fight against bird flu and warned on Saturday against complacency in combating the virus, which could mutate and cause a deadly pandemic. The figure brings to $949 million Washington's total pledges to fight avian influenza, which has killed 245 …
WORCESTER (Massachusetts): A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New England, U.S., and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region
The most complete survey yet of the genes which go wrong when lung cancer takes hold has been carried out by US researchers. The findings, which doubled the number of genes linked to a common form of the disease, will guide researchers in the hunt for new treatments. A UK …
Power producer Dynegy Inc will disclose its financial risks from global climate change under an agreement with the state of New York, former US Vice President Al Gore and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Dynegy will provide the information in its annual 10-K filing to the US …
The world should take a leaf from US President Franklin Roosevelt's playbook for tackling the Great Depression and fund a "Green New Deal" to fight climate change, a UN agency proposed. A two-year United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative launched on Wednesday would promote research into marketing tools, such as …
The US Interior Department said on Wednesday it would make more than 190 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states and Alaska available to energy companies to develop geothermal energy resources for generating electricity. "These federal lands ... hold a huge energy potential," said Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. …
After five years of stagnation, the United States has managed to cut its infant mortality a bit. That is no great cause for celebration, especially since this country's rates remain far too high and so many other countries are doing so much better on this important measure of a nation's …
HOUSTON: For all the support that the U.S. presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new challenges because of the credit freeze and the plunge in oil and natural gas prices. Shares of alternative energy companies in the United States have …
As George W. Bush stepped briskly into the White House for the signing ceremony in the afternoon of October 8, the gathering that included Ronen Sen, India's ambassador to the US, was aware that they were witnessing a rare and historic moment. Bush looked much the cat that got the …
US officials have moved closer to finalizing rules on the disposal of mining waste, a plan environmentalists said gives mountaintop mining companies more freedom to dump debris near rivers and streams. The current rules were put in place in 1983 but needed to be clarified because of conflicting interpretations, the …
The inauguration of the clearing house for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) this November at Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) here would be a high-voltage affair. For, officials from the energy department of the US and the country
The number of infant deaths in the United States declined 2 percent in 2006, government researchers reported Wednesday, but the rate still remains well above that of most other industrialized countries. Infant mortality has long been considered one of the most important indicators of the health of a nation and …
