Biofuel by Decree, a new report by the Ethnic Community Development Forum, unmasks Burma's bio-energy fiasco. The report details how the military's nation-wide...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,druck-547312,00.html Conventional biofuels like rapeseed oil and ethanol are ecologically problematic and ...
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Resource on nanotechnology applications in forest products, biofuels included. Useful resources. ...
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http://www.panap.net/48.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news] =477&tx_ttnews[backPid]=69&cHash=5ec35e96e3 PRESS STATEMENT, 28 APRIL 2008 INTERNATIONAL FACT...
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080501/wl_afp/nkoreainflationpovertyfood_080501051153 Thu May 1, 1:11 AM ET North Korean farm workers plough fields near the...
BBC Question Time coverage; Canada 5% biofuel mandate wins Commons vote; UK Environmental Audit Committee repeats call to halt RTFO; Bush seeks to offer more...
Statement from Olivier De Schutter, Jean Zeigler's successor on his first day in office. De Schutter called for urgent action in several areas, including a...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42196 RIGHTS: Native People Warn U.N. of Biofuels Disaster By Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Apr 30 (IPS) - Growing demand...
100 Million facing starvation: Stop the food crisis. avaaz.org The World in Action petition. I have just signed an international petition urging world leaders...
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Limitations Of Charcoal As An Effective Carbon Sink ScienceDaily (May 1, 2008) Fire-derived charcoal is thought to be an important carbon sink. However, a SLU...
Canada?s E5, B2 biofuels bill passes key test vote in House of Commons In Canada, the House of Commons approved a procedural vote supporting a five percent...
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BIOCOMBUSTIBLES EN COLOMBIA A DEBATE Y LAS CONSECUENCIAS DE IGNORAR EL PRINCIPIO DE LA PRECAUCION El pasado 24 de Abril de 2008 se realizó en el Salón...
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A new policy brief "The Agrofuels Trojan Horse: Biotechnology and the Corporate Domination of Agriculture" has been published by Food First . TABLE OF CONTENTS...
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/05/fossilfuels.oil As oil prices soar, crofters return to the old ways and get their heat from peat Severin...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5BBXipUNID1wgmdeVD7nyK5AKYQD90FJVOO0 US, EU asked to reconsider biofuel goals as food prices rise By AOIFE WHITE - 5 hours...
[Note particularly comments by EC spokesperson Michael Mann in 1.] 1. http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080505/NEWS01/80505041 FOOD...
This just in:   Editors-in-Chief: Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal (Lund), Michael Himmel (NREL), Chris Somerville (Berkeley) and Charles Wyman (UC Riverside) Dear...
COMMODITIES CRISIS Ministry may zone land for food, energy plantations PIYAPORN WONGRUANG With soaring food prices and the rapid expansion of energy crops ...
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... -- Orin Langelle Media Coordinator Global Forest Coalition email: orin.langelle@... http://www.globalforestcoalition.org U.S....
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gSVxNnTzpJTiKSWlWwQCMNvJRDJw 7th May 2008 JAKARTA (AFP) — One of the biggest populations of wild orangutans on Borneo...
1. http://www.cphpost.dk/get/107070.html EU: biofuels not reason for food crisis 07.05.2008 Print article (IE & NS 4+) The EU commissioner for agricultural...
Dear Friends Please endorse this letter and help the Ecuadorean People to remain GE Free OPEN LETTER TO ALBERTO ACOSTA, THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASAMBLY AND...
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1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/ts_nm/un_food_rights_dc_2 Top U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis By Stephanie Nebehay 1 hour, 16 minutes...
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/sc_afp/brazileuenergybiofuel_080509173656 Brazil warns Europe against biofuel import barriers 27 minutes ago BRASIL...
1. http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/05/biofuels_report.html Andy Hay (rspb-images)Set-aside provides vital wildlife habitats in Europe's agricultural...
1. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Tech+%2526+Science/STIStory_234911.html May 7, 2008 Palm oil wiping out key orang utan habitat INDONESIA - ONE of...