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. …
If you want to see where the US is headed on climate change take a look at California. Under Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger - whose proactive stance on air pollution is said to have been triggered partly by his son's asthma - the golden state is blazing a trail on …
A perusal of environment impact assessments for hydel projects in Uttarakhand brings out various deficiencies in the reports, and the unstudied manner in which such projects have been embarked upon. That many more of such projects have been proposed points to the muddled direction adopted for energy supply, reminding us …
Smokestacks, cooling towers, reactor domes and gas installations are defining features of our modern landscape. Each is a key component in electricity generation, but perhaps not for much longer. Sprinkled over every continent are the totems of a new era of power: wind turbines and solar energy collectors. So far …
The first chapter depicts the status of and the global trends in the biofuels industry and markets. It traces the history of the production programme of biofuels and the efforts to promote them in Japan, Canada, the European Union, the United States, Brazil, Latin America, South-East Asia, India, China and …
Nationalist euphoria over the NSG waiver will breed monumental arrogance, great-power delusions, and contempt for peace among our social-Darwinist elite. THE headlines reporting the waiver granted to India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) from its nuclear trade rules could not have been more breathless or gung-ho
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush meet in Hokkaido, Japan, on the sidelines of the G8 summit in July. AT the end of a three-day, marathon sitting at the second round of the Plenary Session of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group from September 4 to 6 in …
We provide a century-scale view of small-mammal responses to global warming, without confounding effects of land-use change, by repeating Grinnell's early
At first glance, clean technology, which either improves the efficiency or reduces the environmental impact of energy-related products, appears to be a booming industry. It is estimated to be worth $150bn now but will reach $600bn by 2020, a United Nations report says. Investments are being made in a huge …
Monsanto, the world's largest seed producer, shrugged off the financial crisis yesterday by saying that credit markets were working well in the US agricultural sector, enabling farmers to continue to borrow normally to pay for seeds, fertilizer and herbicide. "Fundamentally, a farmer on solid financial footing should be able to …
Two Americans and a Japanese have won the Nobel chemistry prize for discovering the glowing proteins that have become an essential tool in biomedical research. Osamu Shimomura, a Japanese citizen who has worked in the US for almost 50 years, originally extracted
Ajay Modi While biodiesel blending in India is yet to take off, certain biodiesel units have commenced production and are exporting the commodity to US and the EU nations. These units are using used non-edible oils and fatty acids from vegetable oils to produce biodiesel. Hyderabad-based Naturol Bioenergy Ltd is …
The struggle against climate change must not follow world trade talks into limbo as risks mount that the credit crisis will sap commitment to the fight, the UN climate chief said on Monday. Yvo de Boer said he was worried about the impact of the credit crisis on international action …
European Union auto makers called on Monday for 40 billion euros (US$54.4 billion) of loans to help develop greener cars in the fight against climate change, but were instantly rebuffed by the EU executive. Auto industry group ACEA said the economic crisis and sliding consumer confidence made it increasingly difficult …
Kevin Conrad By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ It was a classic David versus Goliath moment. At the December 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Kevin Conrad challenged the U.S., the sole holdout on a plan for a post-2012 climate treaty. "If, for some reason, you're not willing to lead, …
US researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars. The finding, reported on Sunday in the journal Nature Materials, offers a new way to …
Joe Biden and Sarah Palin agreed that climate change is real, but differed on whether human activity was its root cause in Thursday's US vice presidential debate. Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, acknowledged that human activities may play a role in heating up the planet, but also said natural …
Environmentalists warn that invasive species disgorged from ships' ballast tanks have put the Great Lakes near an ecological tipping point. But rules enacted this year require all inbound ships to flush their ballast tanks with seawater, allaying most fears about more invasions of the five lakes, which collectively hold one-fifth …
After several years of robust growth, the world economy today faces some serious and unenviable challenges. The US housing bubble of 2007 and the unfolding credit crisis, the decline of dollar vis-a-vis other major currencies, the persistence of large global imbalances and high oil prices threaten the sustain-ability of global …
The US economy could generate 4.2 million new "green" jobs in the next 30 years, about 10 percent of all the jobs created, according to a study for the US Conference of Mayors released on Thursday. The study found the United States now has about 750,000 green jobs, which generally …
