Hi all, Just pointing up this new report I was kindly forwarded. From a quick scan, it appears to concentrate mainly on soil, water and biodiversity impacts...
I have been wondering for some time why my MEP believes that biofuels have the potential of taking CO2 out of the atmosphere. He thinks if we grow enough of...
Hello, Please find below a copy of an email which I had from FERN/Sinks Watch. They share our concerns about the growing biofuel market, but question whether...
FYI, i have done this. John ... Subject: Bites of the roundtable Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:53:04 +0100 From: Corporate Action at Friends of the Earth...
There are stacks of academic papers discussing this issue which inform EU policies (only some of them free from commercial interests). They all suggest that...
Dear All, Just as those philantropic fossil fuel companies know that theor product portfolio should include renewables as their core product runs out, it looks...
We now have a new Urgent Action alert on our website. The European Union are consulting on the Biofuel Directive. Responses need to be received by 10th July. ...
Today's Independent has a long article about biofuels: http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1124797.ece They mention the risk that rainforests...
As expected Indonesia and Malaysia, the biggest palm oil producers will want fully benefit from the "biodiesel rush". The article mentions some of the concerns...
Dear all, (1) Thanks to Máthé László for sending this. (2) This story was covered by www.planetark.org who provide a free daily news updates subscription...
Its a very strange way to address the concerns (forest conversion) which have factual proves behind. I am not sure PR will work, best management practices,...
Excellent article on biofuels by Mark Lynas on the New Statesman website (subscriptions only - I've seen a copy, though). It will be in print next week. He...
Dear All, A friend from local FoE group has sent me the following information about Biofuels:- "I would strongly recommend you buy the journal Science in...
Hi, here is a very specific request for help: We are trying to summarise the different responses to the EU Consultation on the Biofuels Directive, particularly...
Hi, we have posted a new MEP-letter writing action alert on our website. We have slightly changed the original version (particularly by taking account of the...
I wonder if this has anything to do with the biofuel sector? If yes its another argument for not only strong environmental but social safeguards too. L Death...
This is a plug for Biofuelwatch on the e-mail list of the group EAUC, which is 'Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges' whose HQ is now at the...
Below is an article which I have just translated from a German newspaper (courtesy of the German 'Save the Rainforest' group who keep sending us lots of...
From Reuters today (thanks Alister Doyle for laying bare the biofuel angle!) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37758/story.htm A report by the...
Dear Mathe, This is terrible news. Do you know where the story came from? I think that it would be very difficult for any supplier who decided to use Burma as...
This post is a bit out of date, but still revealing. I think it was the end of July when Radio 4 aired a talk show with various scientists and James Lovelock...
1. Today Friends of the Earth (England Wales and Northern Ireland issued the following press release on palm oil as a biofuel, with associated position paper....
There has been a great deal of criticism of the carbon offsetting industry, not least the fact that it eases conciences of people who emit carbon and allows...
P.S. The EU consultation page at which you can click on 'Contact' is at http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/legislation/biofuels_consultation_en.htm and this link...
Again for those who submitted to the EU biofuels consultation (see my previous two messages), the correct name for the person you could email back to is (Ms)...
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