Smog from illegal wildfires attributed to landowners in SE Asia, particularly plantation owners, is worsening in the region as the current dry season...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 4, 2006 11:40 am
George Monbiot's new website, www.turnuptheheat.org/ comments on Branson's investment in biofuels for aviation, and asks people to write to both Branson and to...
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Gregor McAbery
gregor_mcabery
Oct 4, 2006 11:50 am
I agree... but are we not missing the big point here.... One hand waves a green flag and goes on about investing in saving the planet... the other hand is...
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JIM ROLAND
jimroland99
Oct 5, 2006 12:41 am
Richard Branson interviewed on his climate-related plans on BBC World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/global_business.shtml I'm glad...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 5, 2006 12:08 pm
Below you will find some interesting news which I was sent by FERN. It's not just asking for a ban on palm oil in biofuels: The European Parliament's industry...
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JIM ROLAND
jimroland99
Oct 6, 2006 6:22 pm
More on the above story at: http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/default/dok/150/150276.biomass_and_biofuels@... . This write-up by the European Greens is the only...
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Andrew Boswell
a_boswell_2004
Oct 7, 2006 1:38 am
http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/eu-extend-energy-crop-aid-scheme/article-158169 EU to extend energy crop-aid scheme In Short: The Commission has proposed...
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JIM ROLAND
jimroland99
Oct 7, 2006 12:38 pm
Hi, Two quick actions from FoE and the forests blog - a few clicks and the emails are sent on your behalf. 1. Stop EPAs hurting the poor and planet (very...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 7, 2006 2:45 pm
We have just published our new action alert: Please write to Npower and ask them not to burn palm oil in power stations under the Renewables Obligation....
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 8, 2006 10:34 am
Hello, this is a personal appeal for help, though very much related to this debate. I am helping to draft an action alert for a different climate change...
This is a Biofuelwatch action-related notice (there have been discussion forum posts about the following already.) First, an urgent action alert before the...
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jimroland99
Oct 11, 2006 5:50 pm
This is a Biofuelwatch action-related notice. Please will all those who, a few weeks ago, complained to the European Commission about the 'summary of the...
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JIM ROLAND
jimroland99
Oct 12, 2006 2:20 am
(i) Rebuttal of a letter in New Scientist. Correspondence on Fred Pearce's excellent biofuels feature in New Scientist appears in the new issue and at:...
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JIM ROLAND
jimroland99
Oct 16, 2006 8:14 pm
1. Richard Branson plans to run some trains on a biodiesel blend: http://environment.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,,1923408,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 ...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 17, 2006 4:10 pm
The German Save the Rainforest (Rettet den Regenwald) campaign have joined our email action trying to stop RWE/Npower from burning palm oil under the...
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Jan Steinman
bytesmiths
Oct 17, 2006 4:41 pm
... Well, I must say that if we are going to be using biofuels *at all,* I applaud their use in trains, rather than in SUVs! This action also appears to be in...
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Maier, Juergen
kankyode
Oct 18, 2006 10:03 am
Talking about biofuels for trains, this seems to be a promising approach (report from june 2005): Sweden tests first biogas train Sweden has unveiled an...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 18, 2006 2:56 pm
There is an interesting background article on Yahoo's Business Week Europe: http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/18102006/244/southeast-asia-s-clean- air-conundrum.html I...
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Jan Steinman
bytesmiths
Oct 19, 2006 7:02 pm
... My analysis is that biogas is appropriate for low-pressure applications (lighting, cooking), but that the energy needed to compress enough of it into a...
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Maier, Juergen
kankyode
Oct 20, 2006 4:54 pm
Sustainable Bioenergy - Challenges and Opportunities International Confererence convened by the German NGO Forum Environment & Development and the United...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 20, 2006 5:36 pm
Below is an article from the Borneo Orangutan Survival Organisation International Website. The fires may now be as bad as in 1997, and the scale of disaster...
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Michelle Desilets
bosf_uk
Oct 24, 2006 8:47 am
Dear Friends of the Orangutan, For breaking news on how the fires raging through Borneo are affecting the orangutans, please visit this link: ...
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Andrew Boswell
a_boswell_2004
Oct 24, 2006 8:47 am
More green car geen wash ... http://motoring.independent.co.uk/features/article1919451.ece Bio-diesel supercar: The green mean speed machine Finally, a...
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JIM ROLAND
jimroland99
Oct 24, 2006 6:38 pm
The BBC's presentation of the WWF study of Ecological Footprints can be viewed at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6080074.stm While I haven't analysed the...
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Andrei.JOURAVLEV@...
and_jouravlev
Oct 26, 2006 7:52 am
Dear members of the list, Maybe someone could help my colleague with a question concerning water-related implications of the eventual biofuels expansion. Any...
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almuthbernstinguk
almuthbernst...
Oct 26, 2006 8:03 am
An interesting article today about scientists and environmnetal groups calling for the kind of action which we demand in the alert regarding peat-fires. I...
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jimroland99
Oct 28, 2006 6:02 pm
This is a Biofuelwatch action-related notice. Please write to your MP to oppose any further biofuel target announcements at the present time (such as risk...
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Michelle Desilets
bosf_uk
Oct 30, 2006 9:30 am
The Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, recently discussed the issues of environmental impacts of palm oil production and logging with the Malaysian Prime...
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Andrew Boswell
a_boswell_2004
Oct 30, 2006 9:31 am
This is a key article from yesterday’s Guardian re: biofuels/food security– Background : It was not going to be long before market pressures led to direct...
