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This post is a bit out of date, but still revealing.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)...
A Polish environmental group concerned about GM crops is asking people to support their letter-writing campaign against GM biofuels. They are scared that GM...
I don not understand, how is it possible to bypass EU legislation???? At the moment as far as I know there is still a ban in the EU for the production of gmo...
Dear All, just sent he letter to President of Poland ... news below on USDA report mapping out GM for biofuels. I can't find the full document on their...
Dear All, Thanksr for inviting me to jion this group. I am concerned my self about how Biofuels made be made from GM or from expensive imports that endager...
Letter published today, and response sent in below. http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article1359826.ece GM crops are not being grown here Sir: Your...
Dear all, Yes I agree that some sort of debate on GM Crops may be needs but I would like to ask and empahasise about giving Priority to the risks to human...
I still dont understand, can anybody expleain please: - how can poland not take inti account valid eu legislation - why are you sending letters to poland and...
Hi Mathe, this issue was originally raised by Almuth as an action being promoted by another group. As she stated, we have not developed an action of our own on...
