World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars: U.N. LONDON (Reuters) - The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.N. report warned on Monday.
Insight: The great northern migration -- of U.S. cattle CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than a century, through a dozen dry spells when lakes disappeared and the land died, thousands of cows from the Swenson Land & Cattle Co have roamed the fields of Texas.
EU takes next step in making airlines pay for carbon BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Monday took another technical step to bring all airlines using EU airports into its carbon trading scheme, following on from last year's court ruling that, despite loud international opposition, the EU plan was legal.
Fukushima pets in no-go zone face harsh winter FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Dogs and cats that were abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year's nuclear crisis have had to survive high radiation and a lack of food, and they are now struggling with the region's freezing winter weather.
Malaysian opposition says would scrap rare earths plant KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's political opposition has vowed to scrap a controversial $200 million rare-earths processing plant being built by Australia's Lynas Corp if it wins national elections expected to be called within months.
Japan finds water leaks at stricken nuclear plant (Reuters) - Japan's stricken nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond at the weekend, but none is thought to have escaped into the ocean, the plant's operator and domestic media said.
Wrecked Italian liner will not be moved for months GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia could remain where it lies near the Italian island of Giglio until the end of the year or longer before it can be broken up or salvaged, the official in charge of the recovery operation said on Sunday.
Q+A: When will the EU raise its green ambitions? BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission's latest analysis on moving beyond its existing set of 2020 green goals, to be published on Monday, finds raising its environmental ambitions would be cheaper than originally thought.
Migrant trash piles up at remote U.S.-Mexico border areas RIO RICO, Ariz (Reuters) - Picking her way into the desert brush, Raquel Martinez gathered scores of plastic water bottles tossed in an Arizona desert valley near the Mexico border, often by migrants making a risky trek into the United States across increasingly remote terrain.
Conservative Media Recklessly Distort Chevy Volt Safety by Shuana Theel, cross-posted from Media Matters Conservative media have misrepresented the results of Chevy Volt crash tests, claiming the batteries “blow up” and are a “fire trap,” and suggesting that fires have occurred spontaneously during use. In fact, fires only occurred after crash tests and regulators concluded an inquiry after finding that Volts are [...]
January 30 News: House GOP to Force Keystone Decision; Arctic Warming Risks ?Domino Effect of Tipping Points? Other stories below: Southwest turns an anxious eye toward a shrinking Lake Mead; California fuel rules spark controversy. Boehner: House Will Likely Attach Keystone Approval to New Jobs Bill Speaker John Boehner says that the House will try again to tie approval for the Keystone pipeline project to a new jobs bill being introduced next [...]
Climatologist James Hansen on ?Cowards in Our Democracies? JR: “Leading climate scientists have given their support to a Freedom of Information request seeking to disclose who is funding the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a London-based climate sceptic thinktank chaired by the former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson.” As the UK Guardian reported earlier this week, “James Hansen, the director of the Nasa Goddard Institute [...]
Latest Clean Energy Faux Scandal Engulfs GOP Spokesman Mitch Daniels by David Roberts, reposted from Grist In a shocking turn of events, Republicans have turned on the very man they chose to speak for them this week in response to Obama?s State of the Union address ? Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He is taking a drubbing in the conservosphere, but what?s most peculiar about the [...]
We Need to Revive PACE to Boost Jobs and Clean Energy. Here?s How. by Alisa Valderrama, cross-posted from NRDC’s Switchboard An innovative energy-smart finance program for homeowners ? called Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE ? has a chance for revival. Over the next 60 days (until March 26th, 2012), a broad bipartisan coalition of business leaders, environmentalists, property owners and federal, state, and local policymakers will finally [...]
