We will be at Saturday's Climate March in London with a banner and also some leaflets. The banner will have a picture of a big soya plantation amongst...
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Annie Sugrue
Annie@...
Nov 2, 2006 8:48 pm
From South Africa annie _____________________________________________ EU funds SA biofuels-strategy task team Published 02/11/2006 The European Union (EU) is...
Important Press Release from Lester Brown. Another issue with this is that corn - once a stablecommodity in pricing is now subject to speculation - that is...
See also http://www.wetlands.org/news.aspx?ID=2817de3d-7f6a-4eec-8fc4-7f9eb9d58828 re: the following story: Tropical Peat Bogs Stoke Global Warming - Report ...
Hi, below are my comments which I sent to the CURES Network bioenergy e- group (CURES are a group of NGOs set up to help with the expansion of renewable energy...
Please find below a new press releases by Wetlands International, Global Environment Centre and Delft Hydrolics, to coincide with the Conference of Parties in...
Despite the thousands of emails and the fact that Wetlands International have been trying hard to get delegates at the Climate Change Conference in Nairobi to...
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38897/story.htm Sugar cane is depleting water tables at rates of 10m/annum in some Indian states ! India...
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Jessica McKelson
jmckelson@...
Nov 9, 2006 11:23 am
Hi I am on the Australian Palm Oil committee and we are about to launch a campaign within Australia. I received this news release today about the launch of a...
Below is the text of a joint press release by Biofuelwatch, Ecological Internet, Rettet den Regenwald e.V. (Save the Rainforest) and Watch Indonesia. This has...
Jessica from BOS Australia has asked me to post this link: http://www.orangutans.com.au/news_int/2006/BurningPeatlandThreateningOU. pdf This is a deeply...
From: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38904/story.htm SE Asia Environment Ministers Agree on Haze Plan Mail this story to a friend | Printer...
Further to Almuth and Andrews request to write letters highlighting the Indonesian peatfires, the Independent had an article that is ideally suited to this. It...
A feature on the South East Asian peat fires and their huge CO2 emissions is appearing on tonight's BBC Ten O'Clock News. You will be able to watch it again on...
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Jessica McKelson
jmckelson@...
Nov 17, 2006 9:43 am
Re: FW: [biofuelwatch] One tonne of palm oil equals 20 tonFYI below Jessica McKelson Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia Fundraising Coordinator 0409162946 ...
Hi all, I would just like to correct that, although I concur exactly with the estimate of 2.82t CO2 emissions from burning 1 tonne of palm oil, conversion of...
An interesting report on Reuters today: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39055/story.htm Blooming Futures make a strong case against the use...
Hello All, I`m not sure if others have recieved this reply so I will share it incase you have not. Apparently NPower are not going ahead with the palm oil ...
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Helena Paul
helenapaul@...
Nov 21, 2006 5:30 pm
(forwarded by Stella Semino from Argentina) Here we see Bunge a major player in South America with soya, hitherto mainly for animal feed, providing the raw...
The House of Lords published a report yesterday which may be accessed from the links below. * 20 November 2006 Forty-seventh Report The EU Strategy on...
Milieudefensie, the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth, are campaigning against the large-scale use of palm oil in power stations. The second-largest power...
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39100/story.htm Biomass has Future in Ethanol, but Hurdles Loom _____ Mail...
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Helena Paul
helenapaul@...
Nov 22, 2006 11:43 am
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Helena Paul
helenapaul@...
Nov 22, 2006 7:36 pm
This came via Stella Semino from Carlos Vicente in Argentina. I found the original article which is below. I don¹t know if this is just rumour mongering (the...
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Annie Sugrue
Annie@...
Nov 22, 2006 7:49 pm
An interesting link for a report I received from a colleague today Annie HYPERLINK "http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/15504IIED.pdf" ...
This is rather worrying, I wonder how many other European power stations are doing this? Does anyone know how much 200,000 tonnes is compared to biofuel for...
Below are some stats taken from different business sites - they show how crucial the next two years will be for the biodiesel sector (and, I'd say, for the...
From http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39159/story.htm Note in particular the closing paragraphs. Jim Palm Prices To Soar On Global Biofuel...
