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Friday 18 April 2008
EU set to scrap biofuels target amid fears of food crisis Guardian, UK - The European commission is backing away from its insistence on imposing a compulsory 10% quota of biofuels in all petrol and diesel by 2020, a central plank ... |
Greens demand new look at biofuels drive Scotsman, United Kingdom - By david Maddox BIOFUELS should only be used if it is proved they can be harvested in a sustainable way, the Green Party claimed last night. ... |
Earth Day program gives students ecology lesson The Northwest Florida Daily News, FL - EGLIN AFB ??? Jackson Bagley could barely wait his turn Friday to touch the corn snake. ???I want to take him home,??? said the 5-year-old Eglin Elementary School ... |
Ecology: Destabilized fish stocks Nature.com (subscription), UK - Understanding variation in the abundances of plants and animals has long been a central topic in population ecology 1 . It is one of particular significance ... |
 Nature.com (subscription) | Brazil's president defends biofuels Nature.com (subscription), UK - Brazil???s president has defended biofuels at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization???s meeting in Brasilia. Although biofuels have been criticised for ... |
 Earthtimes | Bodman on Biofuels: They???re ???Critical??? to Energy Security Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - For some UN officials, biofuels are a ???crime against humanity.??? For big biofuel producers, like Brazil, denying the developing world alternative fuels would ... Biotechnology Is Accelerating the Evolution of Advanced Biofuels Biotech Breakthroughs Are Accelerating the Shift to Advanced Biofuels More Funding for Cellulosic Biofuels |
 AFP | Oil hits 117 dollars on talk of Nigeria pipeline attack AFP - Oil prices earlier had pulled back after striking record highs above 115 dollars Thursday on the back of a weakening dollar and tight US energy stockpiles. ... Crude Oil, Gasoline Decline From Records as Dollar Rebounds ENERGY MARKET NEWSLETTER Gas prices push closer to $3.50 a gallon, oil hits $117 |
Ont. biofuel projects get BOPI cash Country Guide, Canada - A farmer-backed feasibility study on sorghum-based biofuel is among four projects in Ontario to share over $600000 in federal biofuels funding. ... |
Victory Energy Remedies Reporting Deficiency According to Rule 6530 CNNMoney.com - Victory Energy Corporation (OTCBB: VYEY) announced today it has corrected a deficiency in its public reporting obligations pursuant to Rule 6530. ... |
High energy prices hinder economic growth Houston Chronicle, United States - High energy prices have led to languishing economic growth and continued job losses in 10 Midwestern and Plains states, according to a survey of rural ... |
Royal Dutch Shell names Mark Quartermain president of Shell Energy ... Forbes, NY - ... Shell Energy North America, and certain of its other subsidiaries and affiliates, and head of UK-based Shell Energy Trading Ltd.'s leadership team. ... Royal Dutch Shell names head of North American trading unit UK???s FTSE 100 slumps 0.3 percent Shell CEO denounces EU carbon credit plan |
 Jamaica Gleaner | Biofuels Push May Need Rethinking, IMF Johnson Says (Update1) Bloomberg - By Christopher Swann and John Brinsley April 18 (Bloomberg) -- The US and Europe may have to reconsider their promotion of biofuels in the wake of surging ... How the rich starved the world The Ethanol Apologists Battling Ethanol-Propelled Food Prices |
Wood waste for biofuel Waste Management World, UK - A new report from the UK's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has shown that around 10 million tonnes of waste wood that could be ... |
Primary Assembly: The biofuel debate Teaching Expertise, UK - This week's assembly explores the debate about biofuel. It gets pupils thinking about their everyday use of fossil fuels and discusses the possible ... |
The mind makes up Royal Society longlist Guardian, UK - Among the other books, there are also curious things to learn about zoology, ecology, genetics and mathematics. Of the loosely psychological titles, ... Prepare to meet thy doom |
Homeland Security Capital Corporation Subsidiary Safety and ... Business Wire (press release), CA - ... Safety and Ecology Corporation (SEC), was ranked in the Top Contractors of 2008 by the South Central Construction Magazine, April 2008. ... |
 Earthtimes | Atlas Energy Resources, LLC Announces Its Decision Not to Proceed ... CNNMoney.com - Atlas Energy Resources, LLC (NYSE: ATN) ("Atlas Energy") has determined not to proceed at this time with the previously announced offering of its Class B ... Atlas Energy Resources discloses $112M non-cash charge Atlas Energy Resources decides against public offering Atlas Energy cancels Class B common unit offer; to recognize $112M ... |
Suzlon Energy bags orders for wind farm projects in China Hindu, India - Mumbai (PTI): Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy said its wholly-owned subsidiary Suzlon Energy (Tianjin) Ltd has bagged orders for wind farm projects ... India's Suzlon Energy gets 200 MW China orders Suzlon gets orders from Chinese firm Suzlon secures major China orders |
 TopNews | Biofuels pose a moral problem - IMF's Strauss - Kahn Reuters South Africa, South Africa - PARIS (Reuters) - Biofuels pose a moral problem and the worst of rioting prompted by soaring food costs may be yet to come, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, ... France to Double Food Aid Time to rethink biofuel solution CORRECTED - French banks in reasonable shape -Strauss-Kahn |
Biofuels Growth to Be Limited by Cost, Technology (Update1) Bloomberg - By Angela Macdonald-Smith April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Biofuels supply and demand growth will be limited more by economic and technological obstacles than by ... |
 San Diego Union Tribune | $100 million investment to help solar energy plan San Diego Union Tribune, United States - By Bruce V. Bigelow A startup solar energy company with ambitious plans to generate electricity for San Diego said it has gained crucial financial backing ... Solar power developer teams with Irish company on Southern ... NTR invests ???63m in US solar energy company deal Stirling engines meet solar power in the desert |
Irish Minister visits Napier to talk Biofuel Allmediascotland, UK - Napier University???s Biofuel Research Centre (BfRC) has hosted an official state visit by Miche??l Martin, Ireland???s Minister for Enterprise, ... Minister announces investment in research centre |
 The Province | Financial, energy stocks boost TSX Calgary Herald, Canada - The Toronto Stock Exchange managed a generally positive Thursday on the strength of financial and energy stocks, despite some downward movement in its ... Bank, energy stocks power TSX advance to Google and Caterpillar energize markets; TSX held back by commodities Leaping commodity and oil prices send stock |
There is such a thing as an eco-friendly holiday Vancouver Sun, Canada - One way to make sure that ecology is more than a passing concern is to use FSC-certified lumber or composite lumber. A word on each: the Forest Stewardship ... Abby geothermal firm at EPIC |
 Spiegel Online | It's time to scrap the ethanol The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - Grain-shortage causes such as those are intractable, but government mandates for biofuel are not. It is fine that corn farmers are planting every acre they ... Global food shortage linked to biofuel use where to grow biofuel crops World: Amid Food Crisis, Opposition To Biofuels Grows |
Cutting-edge Silver Lake biofuel company is embroiled in a legal ... Los Angeles Times, CA - Lovecraft Biofuels' owner and former owner are at odds. The conflict is straining some customers' loyalty. By Susannah Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times Staff ... |
Cheniere Energy on negative watch - S&P Forbes, NY - MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services signalled it may downgrade Cheniere Energy Inc., after the company said it is in advanced ... Cheniere Energy Sees The Triple Whammy (LNG, CQP) Surge in Natural-Gas Price Stoked by New Global Trade Cheniere cuts work force despite first LNG shipments |
Trinity class studies restoration ecology Charleston Post Courier, SC - ... County on March 13 to begin studying the emerging science of restoration ecology, the study of restoring destroyed ecosystems to their original state. ... |
 Canada.com | Brazil's President Defends Biofuels Wall Street Journal - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made an impassioned defense of biofuels, denying that their production contributes to food scarcity and rising ... Is it time to ditch biofuels? Brazil Lula defends biofuels from growing criticism Brazil rejects biofuels criticism |
Mich. House passes comprehensive energy legislation MLive.com, MI - (AP) ??? The state House on Thursday passed a wide-ranging package of energy legislation that ultimately would affect how much it costs to flip a light switch ... Mich. House starts passing comprehensive energy legislation State House's energy bills would hike rates Michigan House panel approves rewrite of electricity law |
What is Sustainable? Ecology vs. Economy The Sacramento Union, CA - Editor???s Note: This is the first in a two-part series. Read the second part in the April 25 edition of The Union. Building a ???green??? home: When building a ... |
Buckhorn Mountain mine will go forward after years-long fight Seattle Post Intelligencer - The enviros just didn't think the state Ecology Department was up to that task, so they got concessions that will allow them to directly keep an eye on ... |