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Tuesday 22 April 2008
Brown sounds retreat on biofuels Scotsman, United Kingdom - But now questions about the wider environmental damage caused by converting farmers' fields to grow crops for biofuels rather than food has prompted a major ... |
Why the world must pause over biofuels Scotsman, United Kingdom - But probably the biggest factor in the seismic shift in food and agricultural land prices is the massive growth in the biofuels industry. ... |
Graduate help could allow Scottish universities to meet students ... Scotsman, United Kingdom - The CHE masters in human ecology is more resource-intensive than most courses. Teaching takes place in workshops that last two to seven days. ... |
 News 8 Austin | Students soak up river ecology lesson News 8 Austin, TX - It makes sense, then, that the Austin Water Utility is using this Earth Day to educate students about river ecology. The students from LBJ High School got ... An Austin work force |
Food vs fuel debate changes biofuel financing-IDB Reuters UK, UK - ... Development Bank (IDB) evaluates financing of biofuel projects that could siphon off staples like corn or soybeans, a senior official said on Tuesday. ... UN FAO: Biofuel may harm women in rural areas Lorne Gunter . The green movement backfired Next-Generation Biofuels Are Needed to Achieve the Renewable Fuel ... |
 Business Wire (press release) | Next-Generation Biofuels Are Needed to Achieve the Renewable Fuel ... Business Wire (press release), CA - WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rapid development of advanced biofuels is the key to reducing reliance on oil and global food prices, and ongoing advances in ... Food vs fuel debate changes biofuel financing-IDB Lorne Gunter . The green movement backfired UN FAO: Biofuel may harm women in rural areas |
 All American Patriots (press release) | Renewable Energy Stocks; Earth Day Sector Close-Up on Solar Stocks CNNMoney.com - RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up ... Green companies to watch: Renewable energy Sunny Days for Your Green Portfolio Leading Wind Energy Manufacturers Call for Immediate Extension of ... |
 Boston Globe | UN expert: Food crisis 'a silent tsunami' CNN - (CNN) -- Those battling global warming by promoting biofuels may unintentionally be adding to skyrocketing world food prices, creating what one expert calls ... London summit tackles 'tsunami' of rising food prices Families' annual grocery bill rises by ??800 Era of cheap food ends as prices surge |
House clears comprehensive energy bill Bizjournals.com, NC - Ted Strickland, the Ohio House of Representatives has emerged from countless hearings on a comprehensive state energy bill the governor says will get his ... Energy bill aimed at protecting consumers passes Ohio House Ohio's House of Delegates approves sweeping energy plan House approves sweeping energy plan |
 CBC.ca | Husky Energy looking at another record year, CEO John Lau says CBC.ca, Canada - CALGARY - Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) expects to rack up another record year in 2008 as oil prices continue to break through historical highs, ... UPDATE 1-Surging oil prices boost Husky Energy profit Husky Energy Looking at Another Record Year Surging oil lifts Husky's profit to $887M |
EARNINGS PREVIEW: British Energy Is Utilities Hot Target CNNMoney.com - TAKING THE PULSE: The European utilities sector is rife with takeover speculation, with bid interest in UK nuclear power producer British Energy ( BGY. ... Suez runs the rule over British Energy Iberdrola not likely to make solo bid for British Energy France's Suez mulls bid for British Energy: report |
Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing Hires Oliver Chen as Its New ... CNNMoney.com - Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc. (OTCBB: WEMU), a US-based China manufacturing company for customers in the industries of aerospace, ... Energy Recovery Leader China Energy Recovery Closes Acquisition ... |
Survey: Support for Duke Energy coal project is weak Bizjournals.com, NC - Public support in North Carolina for Duke Energy Corp.'s construction of a coal-fired unit at its Cliffside power plant is weak, according to a survey ... Indiana Survey: Hoosiers Would Pull Plug on Duke Energy's Proposed ... Survey: State residents favor alternative energy Indiana Survey to Show Public Wants Alternatives to Proposed Duke ... |
 MSN UK News | UPDATE 1-UK energy regulator probes RWE npower sales tactics Reuters - LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - UK energy regulator Ofgem on Tuesday launched a formal investigation into a potential breach by RWE npower (RWEG. ... Ofgem inquiry into alleged mis-selling of contracts by npower Npower faces mis-selling probe Ofgem launches Npower sales probe |
UC Biology Prof Traces His Roots to the First Earth Day Media Newswire (press release), NY - Uetz was a biology major at Albion College, and took Ecology as his last class in his senior year. The course culminated in a field trip to Loon Lake in ... |
Region latches on to Earth Day Bizjournals.com, NC - ... senior vice president of sustainability for Ecology and Environment Inc. One effort established for commuters in the Buffalo area is an online software ... |
Russian Regions Rated on Ecology Kommersant, Russia - The Russian public organization Green Patrol has issued the first-ever ecological rating of the subjects of the federation. Moscow ranked 52nd out of 84 ... |
Oil World expects states to cut back biofuel plans Reuters UK, UK - HAMBURG (Reuters) - Governments worldwide are likely to reduce their targets to increase biofuel use because of rising food prices, Hamburg-based oilseeds ... Promise of ethanol getting lost amid global food crisis |
 ABC News | Biofuels starving our people, leaders tell UN Guardian, UK - The leaders of Bolivia and Peru have attacked the use of biofuels, saying they have made food too expensive for the poor. Speaking at the United Nations, ... Bolivian president criticises use of biofuels Bolivia's Morales says biofuels serious problem to poor The Changing Face of World Hunger |
 Radio Australia | Thai PM lashes out at World Bank over biofuel criticism - UPDATE Forbes, NY - BANGKOK (Thomson Financial) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Tuesday lashed out at the World Bank and the United Nations for criticising biofuel ... PM slams World Bank and the UN Thailand mulls further tax cut for diesel Thai leader says farmers benefit from food price hikes |
Boston Globe | Britain may push for changes in EU biofuel targets Guardian, UK - By Adrian Croft LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Britain will push for changes in European Union biofuels targets if a review of policy shows rising production ... Recent editorials from New Jersey newspapers UN food chief urges crisis action High food cost a 'silent tsunami' |
 TV3 News | Environmental group report urges EU to review use of biofuels International Herald Tribune, France - The group urged the 27-nation EU to redraft a rule it agreed to last year on boosting the use of biofuels as a way to fight climate change ??? scrapping its ... Video: S Americans warn over biofuels EU warned on dangers of biofuels |
Russian agency clears TNK-BP ecology compliance Reuters - MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Russia's environmental agency found no major violations at BP's (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) Russian venture TNK-BP's main ... |
Cut back, think green TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - The Ecology Action Centre???s Maggy Burns suggests starting with an audit of the debris. That means keeping track of what you throw away or weeding through ... |
Biofuels power the latest in endless doomsday scenarios Calgary Herald, Canada - ... food prices were responsible for widespread social unrest in the Third World, and rooted in, among other things, "competition between biofuels and food. ... Biofuels Not to Blame for World Food Crisis Food Crisis: How the Rich Starved the World Ethanol contributing to global food crisis |
 Newstrack India | Increasing demand for biofuels could be detrimental for women Hindu, India - New York (PTI): Increasing demand for liquid biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel, the conversion of agricultural land for their production and ... Large-Scale Biofuel Production May Increase Marginalization of Women Bio-fuel production could ruin rural women Bio-fuel production may lead to marginalisation of women: FAO study |
 Building.co.uk | Bird-protection laws end wind energy plan Toronto Star, Canada - Scotland rejected British Energy Group PLC's only wind energy project because it wouldn't be allowed under European Union bird-protection laws. ... Giant British wind farm plans blown away Lewis wind farm vetoed ??? but green target 'will still be met' Massive wind energy plan refused |
 GulfNews | UAE signs nuclear energy pact with US Hindustan Times, India - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the US have signed an agreement for cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, WAM news agency reported on ... US-United Arab Emirates Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear ... A clean source for future energy needs UAE Pursues Nuclear Energy as Power Demand Soars (Update1) |
 Calgary Herald | Robust Energy Lifts TSX Main Index Financial Post, Canada - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index pushed higher for the sixth session in a row yesterday, propelled by robust energy shares as the price of oil hit ... Record oil prices boost Toronto stocks at open UPDATE 1-Canada's commercial banks follow BoC rate cut UPDATE 3-Economic worries end Toronto stocks' 6-day rally |
Using agri waste to make biofuel Sify, India - The Rs 630-crore maker of bio-ethanol plants will apply for a patent for the technology to manufacture 'second generation' biofuels. ... |
Tesco attacked over biofuel ic Wales, United Kingdom - The environmental campaigners found the chain sold one of the most environmentally damaging biodiesels, with 30% of biofuel in Tesco diesel from palm oil. ... The World Targets Biofuels |
McLean residents debate biofuel plant proposal Canada.com, Canada - "Rather than questioning why this biofuel processing plant should come to McLean, we should be asking 'Why should we not have this? ... |
 BBC News | Leaders warn on biofuels and food BBC News, UK - Speaking at the UN in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales said the development of biofuels harmed the world's poorest people. And President Alan Garcia ... Peru president denounces global biofuels push Peruvian President: Limit Biofuels Peru's Garcia urges food, not biofuel, growth |