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...
Thanks Jim, I understand, but the message was posted as you say originally by Almuth, I dont think that there is a need to communicate against biofuels per se,...
Here is an interesting link to a statement by the Union of Concerned Scientists in the US: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/cars_pickups_suvs/clean- ...
That is very concerning. At a past job that I had I did some work on the design electronics of hybrid electric cars and they are very good. I believe that the...
Todays Independent (9th Sept) has an article with the headline: 'World must wake up to the dangers of biofuels, head of Kew Gardens warns.' In the article, the...
As Ian says, people could write to the editor. In particular, please remind them politely that in current practice, most biofuels are not carbon neutral, as...
I'm a freelance journalist specialising in China/environment/energy. There's lots on the web in Chinese about biofuels and other renewable energy sources, am...
Hi, Group membership has more than doubled this month and a lot more people are now participating in the discussion - which is great! We will be posting some...
Joyce Thanks for your suggestion about introducing ourselves. I have added to the welcome message for the group: /We invite you to declare any special or...
Hi all, They published my letter in today's Independent in which I quote Biofuelwatch: http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article1575790.ece Alas, they...
Hi Folks! I thought I'd give a quick intro. I'm a biofuels enthusiast in SW BC, Canada. See http://www.VeggieVanGogh.com for info about my WVO conversion of a...
dear all, please find below an interesting article by Simon Fairlie, with an impressive list of very useful references at the end. it was published in the...
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A couple of people have suggested we should say something positive about 'sustainable biofuels' - indeed, in our manifesto we mention sustainable local...
A very interesting article. Sorry to be really picky becasue you seem to have included a lot but one thing you miss out! is also the production costs of the...
hi all, I joined this group after going to Jim and Almuth's talks at the Climate Camp. This article is very interesting. Is it possible for JYC to upload the...
seems innocent enough, until you get to the mcfuels biodiesel bit - at the end of the mockumentary it suggests that mcdonalds will make as much from biofuel as...
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I have been sent the article below by the FERN bioenergy group. For background information, corn ethanol appears to be the least efficient of all types of...
Hi all, Today's Observer includes an article on biofuels: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1874312,00.html This centres on the report by the...
I have finally finished my analysis of industry responses to the consultation on the EU Biofuels Directive. It shows that the majority of biofuel industry...
... hi there I am new to this list too. First of all thank you to Almuth for her excellent workshops at the climate camp and for putting together all this...
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Sep 20, 2006 7:47 am
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The EFRA Select Committee Bioenergy Report can be downloaded from http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmenvfru.htm . There are two volumes: main...
Hi all, Today's issue of New Scientist includes an expert feature on the ins and outs of biofuels by 'perennial' Fred Pearce, plus an editorial introduction. ...
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