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. …
Lapses on record-keeping Affects numerous, widely-used medications Preventive action to protect quality of drugs WASHINGTON: U.S. health officials have blocked dozens of drugs made by Ranbaxy Laboratories after the generic drugmaker failed to fix numerous record-keeping and other operational problems, although the medications themselves are considered safe. The U.S. Food …
A future of all-electric cars coasting along streets and highways may be illusory, given that their range may be cut in half by aggressive drivers speeding along with the air conditioning blasting, US scientists said on Monday. That may not be a bad thing, as it will persuade consumers to …
The prospect of US regulation of climate-warming carbon dioxide has sparked a pre-emptive outcry from the Chamber of Commerce, which warned of bureaucratic gridlock if proposed limits are put in place. In a report to be released on Tuesday, the pro-business organization projected such regulation would affect more than 1 …
By Jonathan Amos, The New York Times Spectacular fossil forests have been found in the coal mines of Illinois by a US-UK team of researchers... The group reported one discovery last year, but has since identified a further five examples. The ancient vegetation
When T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oilman, began campaigning for wind energy in July, even Congress took notice. Indeed, a key US senate committee on energy security invited the maverick wildcatter and investor activist to outline for them his plan to use wind power to generate the 22 per cent …
Wind power has long been the big beast of the renewable energy jungle. The technology to generate electricity from wind has been established for more than two decades, and in the past five years has been refined and expanded towards much larger and more powerful turbines including ones that can …
Wind energy major Suzlon is facing a credibility issue in the US Even as Suzlon Energy faces problems in the US on account of the blades in its wind turbines cracking and producing sub-par results, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) is sniffing on opportunity. The group is forming a …
This paper analyses the current state of regulatory law and the associated institutional framework in India applicable to some of the key infrastructure sectors. Because the system in each sector has been put in place as policies have evolved at different times, there is an uneven approach to regulation across …
The decision will lead to less life protecting regulations and more pollution the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has lowered the value of a statistical life from us $7.8 million five years ago to us $ 6.9 million today. The alarming drop was a chance discovery by an Associated Press …
Environment can lead to a skewed male to female ratio environment can influence the ratio of males to females in plants as well as in human beings, say studies done by two different teams of scientists. In case of plants, it is an aspect of demography balancing the population. For …
Oregon shares first pesticides report after a nine-year political battle, the state of Oregon in the us has released its first accounting of pesticides use. Over 40 million pounds (18 million kgs) of pesticides, fumigants, herbicides and insecticides were used in the state
Lethal viruses are taking over the world of food IN agricultural research, new breakthroughs have helped elaborate the workings of two strains of potentially lethal viruses destroying important food crops like wheat and maize. Research into the Maize Streak Virus (msv) destroying Africa
BY JUAN A. LOZANO AND CHRIS DUNCAN GALVESTON, TEXAS Howling ashore with 110 mph winds, Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas coast on Saturday, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, shattering windows in Houston
Climate change is changing all the rules in the Arctic. The polar ice cap is smaller by some 700,000 square miles than it was in the two decades before 2000. The annual melting of northern ice this year may well surpass last year's - the furthest retreat of Arctic ice …
