This publication describes the problem of extreme heat and outlines specific, actionable guidance for short-term emergency response and long-term risk reduction. From creating culturally-specific cooling centers, to increasing tree canopy and shade in certain urban areas, to improving protections for workers, the report highlights roles state and local governments, elected …
Keeps intrusive NPT measures out n Puts Pak on mat It is billed as the single biggest gathering of world leaders in the US since War World II and the American capital has been converted into a veritable security fortress. As Presidents, Prime Ministers and Kings of 44 countries descend …
Washington: It is very much essential to have daily baths and showers, but by doing so we are polluting water supplies, partly due to the increasing usage of toiletries, a new research has claimed. Earlier it was believed that sewage is the source of chemical pollution after researchers found substances …
Stockholm: Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the United States won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance, the Nobel jury said. Ostrom is the first woman to win the Economics Prize, which has been awarded since 1969.
WASHINGTON: A diesel powered, portable genset, switched on during power breakdowns at home can emit 100 times greater quantity of carbon monoxide (CO) than a car exhaust. New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that to prevent potentially dangerous levels of CO, which is colourless …
At summit meetings in Washington and London, the G-20 leaders highlighted two threats to economic recovery: trade-contracting protectionist measures, and uncoordinated reforms that could impede global investment. They pledged to reject protectionism, resist measures that constrain capital flows, and strive for consistency and cooperation in regulatory reform. Unfortunately, these aspirations …
Up to 90,000 deaths from swine flu in the United States, mostly among children and young people? Up to 1.8 million people hospitalized, with 50 percent to 100 percent of the intensive-care beds in some cities filled with swine flu patients? Up to half the population infected by this winter? …
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that the US offer to assist Pakistan in the energy sector should not be associated with Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. In his weekly media briefing here on Thursday, the spokesman said that US intention to assist Pakistan in the energy sector should be unconditional …
Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have thinned and shrunk dramatically, clear signs of a warming climate, according to a study released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey. The three glaciers -- Gulkana and Wolverine in Alaska and South Cascade in Washington -- are considered benchmarks for those …
Chicago: Doomsday predicters can take some solace. Fears that a hurtling ball of fire can ravage the Earth has been laid to rest as a new study says comets probably won
The Cape Cod resort area, famous for sandy beaches and centuries-old fishing villages, could in the next few years claim a new title of home to the United States' first offshore wind farm. The United States has experienced a surge in investment in wind power over the past four years, …
Washington: There are still many secrets waiting to be gleaned from Moon rocks collected by Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic moonwalk 40 years ago. Randy Korotev, of Washington University-St Louis, has studied lunar samples and their chemical compositions since he was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin. He
President Barack Obama and several state officials on Tuesday announced a renewed effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, a once-productive waterway that has seen its crab and oyster populations plunge during decades of failed restoration attempts. Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania set tougher targets to reduce the amount of pollutants …
The US steel industry, hard hit by the global recession, urged Washington Monday to enforce trade laws against foreign dumping and warned THAT climate change legislation will further hurt domestic steelmakers. "We need to make Washington stand tough on trade laws," said James Wainscott, chairman, president and chief executive of …
The United States intends to work toward reducing emissions of potent greenhouse gases found in refrigerators and air conditioning systems but has not yet decided which international venue to use to advance the issue, US officials said on Monday. In a letter to a UN agency, the US State Department …
The major nations meeting for discussions on climate change in Washington on Monday and Tuesday each have different goals for curbs on greenhouse gas emissions. China, the United States, the European Union, Russia and India are top world emitters. Targets they set will go a long way to decide the …
The United States hopes to take the reins of international efforts to battle global warming next week with a meeting of major economies aimed at facilitating a UN pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions. President Barack Obama, a Democrat who took office in January, called the meeting last month to …
