(May 11, 2009 | Safety & Health)
International trade is part of the solution to the global food crisis and not one of its causes, the head of the World Trade Organization said on Sunday.
(May 11, 2009 | Energy)
President Barack Obama's 3.55 trillion dollar budget retains his plan to cut climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions by auctioning off 100 percent of emission permits to industries.
(May 08, 2009 | Energy)
A bigger role must be found for improving energy efficiency in any new U.N. deal aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a leading China-based project developer said.
(May 07, 2009 | Safety & Health)
About 6.3 million Americans have diabetes without knowing it, and their undiagnosed disease accounts for an estimated 18 billion dollars in U.S. healthcare costs each year.
(May 07, 2009 | Safety & Health)
As many as 600 million people will die early from exposure to industrial waste, most of them in the developing world, the head of a non-profit group has warned.
(May 06, 2009 | Climate Change)
France fears climate change could erode its appeal as the world's top tourist destination, pointing to the risk of melting snow, water shortages and disappearing beaches in a report published on Wednesday.
(May 06, 2009 | Climate Change)
China's controversial railway to the remote and restless mountainous region of Tibet could be threatened by global warming, which may melt the permafrost on which the tracks are built, state media said.
(May 06, 2009 | Safety & Health)
More people die from traffic accidents than from malaria each year in the developing world but the problem of road safety is being ignored by aid groups and international institutions, a report said.
(May 05, 2009 | Energy)
President Barack Obama will direct the heads of three U.S. agencies to make the biofuels industry cleaner and encourage output of ethanol made from non-food crops.
(May 05, 2009 | Climate Change)
The unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands―penguins, fur seals, swimming iguanas and flightless birds―is profoundly threatened by climate change, scientists said.
