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Friday 25 April 2008
 Javno.hr | Trade war brewing over US biofuel subsidies guardian.co.uk, UK - ... to new highs this week, close to $120 (??60) a barrel, and world food prices have surged partly as a result of pressure on land from biofuel production. ... European Biodiesel Blames US EBB, NBB Get Into Biodiesel Fight Transatlantic trade row looms over biodiesel |
Demonising biofuels will only harm our fight to protect climate Scotsman, United Kingdom - The Prime Minister appears to have joined the growing bandwagon of opinion which has seen biofuels go from being the potential salvation of the world to ... |
 Earthtimes (press release) | Spectra Energy raises quarterly dividend to 33 cents Houston Chronicle, United States - 2008 AP HOUSTON ??? Spectra Energy Partners LP, a natural gas transporter, said Friday its general partner declared a cash distribution of 33 cents for the ... Regency Energy Partners to distribute 42 cents per unit Regency Energy Partners LP Increases Cash Distribution by 5% SemGroup Energy Partners, LP Increases Quarterly Distribution ... |
 Turkish Press | Benchmark rises on energy, materials gains MarketWatch - By MarketWatch Six of the TSX's 10 component sector gauges finished higher, led by energy, up 2.2%, and materials, up 2.5%. Crude-oil futures spiked more ... Oil royalties purchase price in question Analysts raise average price forecast for 2008 Oil drops below $117 a barrel as dollar gains |
Food vs fuel: Let free markets work Economic Times, India - Co-warriors and peak oil theorists always knew biofuel is all about politics. But the unintended consequence of alternative energy is now making politicians ... Don't blame OPEC for record oil prices, Brown told |
Nuclear Waste Spill Lawyers and Settlements - Olympia, WA: (Apr-24-08) The Washington State Department of Ecology brought charges against Hanford contractor CH2M Hill, after a radioactive waste spill at ... Tank spill funds to stay in Mid-Columbia State suspends half of $500K fine for Hanford spill HANFORD: Radioactive spill penalty will benefit community |
 CNBC | Texas wants partial reprieve from biofuels standard MarketWatch - By Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Texas governor's office said Friday it had asked the Environmental Protection Agency for a ... Texas Gov Mulls Seeking Waiver From US Renewable Fuel Rule RFA Opposes Waiver Request by Texas Governor; Says Perry Ignores ... |
 Daily Record (subscription) | O'Malley discusses energy policy CNNMoney.com - Martin O'Malley is confident Maryland has put in place "the strands" of an energy policy. But with much more work to be done to ward off a looming energy ... Maryland considers exemptions from carbon-credit auction Md. gov signs Constellation settlement bill Constellation Energy Celebrates Take Our Daughters and Sons to ... |
 WBT | The battle over energy and gas prices MSNBC - INDIANAPOLIS -- In a press conference today, Obama linked his rivals' Washington experience to the failure to deal effectively with high energy prices ... Obama wants windfall profits tax on oil companies Obama and the gas pump in Indy Clinton Questions Obama???s Oil Company Claims |
Ecology Watch: Daunting Report on Greenland's Melting Surface Political Cortex, NY - By Bill Hare Andrew C. Revkin in a New York Times in a January 8, 2008 article reveals a daunting reporting on the melting surface of Greenland. ... |
Southwestern Energy shares jump on soaring Ark. gas output Houston Chronicle, United States - 2008 AP NEW YORK ??? Shares of Southwestern Energy Co. soared Friday, a day after the natural gas producer's big first-quarter profit surprised Wall Street ... Southwestern Energy Rallies On Higher Production UPDATE 1-Southwestern Energy Q1 profit tops Street estimates Southwestern Energy 1Q profits surge $113 million on Fayetteville ... |
 AFP | Brazil trip opens French lawmakers' eyes to biofuel vs. food debate AFP - SAO PAULO (AFP) ??? A group of French lawmakers completing a fact-finding trip to Brazil Friday said they were impressed with the country's biofuel industry, ... |
 Easier (press release) | Record bike speed reached with biofuel Environmental Transport Association, UK - Students have run a Triumph Daytona 675 motorbike using only biofuel made from crushed apples ??? and reached a record speed of 158.7 mph. ... Students run Triumph motorcycle on apples Pupils get to the core of fuel work |
 Rocky Mountain News | Winter: Our tanking ecology finally hit home Rocky Mountain News, CO - By Mary Winter, Rocky Mountain News (Contact) I'm sure I wasn't the only one to hit that benchmark. Thousands of other drivers in metro Denver have 15- ... |
 Pravda | Talisman Energy sells Danish assets for $83 million CNNMoney.com - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Canada's Talisman Energy Inc. said Friday it agreed to sell its shares in Talisman Oil Denmark Ltd. to Norwegian Energy Co. ... Talisman Energy sells noncore Denmark assets for $83 million Norwegian Energy to Buy Danish Talisman Oil for $84 Million Norwegian Energy Co to acquire Talisman's oil Danish unit |
Czech minister expects start of new biofuel generation in 4 years Czech Happenings, Czech Republic - To fulfil its purpose, biofuel must be made of domestic materials, Bursik said. Another criterion will require that the use of the given biofuel lower the ... |
Javno.hr | Biofuel producers urge EU action on cheap US imports guardian.co.uk, UK - This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday April 25 2008. It was last updated at 17:00 on April 25 2008. European biodiesel producers ... Transatlantic trade row looms over biodiesel EU biodiesel makers complain about imports from US |
Center for Urban Ecology receives much needed grant Dawgnet, IN - Butler University???s Center for Urban Ecology got a boost toward their goal of becoming an established research center for the plants, waterways, ... |
International Ecology Forum opens in Kyiv NRCU - Ukrainian Radio, Ukraine - ... replace the Kyoto Protocol upon its expiry in 2012. The forum will cover mechanisms for the settlement of ecology problems at a global and national level. |
 Earthtimes | Electro Energy Announces Board Authorization of a Reverse Stock ... CNNMoney.com - Electro Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: EEEI), a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems, today announced that its Board of Directors ... Electro Energy (EEEI) Approves Reverse Stock Split |
Government blows hot and cold over biofuels Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - After last month's Budget decision to remove the duty differential on biofuels by 2010 (which saves the Treasury ??550 million), Prime Minister Gordon Brown ... The world's paying a heavy price for the biofuel gold rush Dithering governments blamed for biofuel tanker shortage UK: Brown caution over EU biofuels targets |
Do biofuels cause famine? EU President opens probe Register, UK - A spokesman for the President told EU Observer that the comments did not mean the ten per cent target for biofuels was being abandoned. ... EU biofuel firms say not to blame for food prices EU bioethanol production slump |
Food prices dim biofuel glow Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Yet the promotion of biofuel has presented the leadership with the most difficult choices. Because of the country's vast population and low per-capita ... Going against the grain |
The world's paying a heavy price for the biofuel gold rush Scotsman, United Kingdom - When first formulated, the EU biofuel target appeared sensible. Europe, after all, had a thriving biofuel industry that offered significant potential for ... Biofuel push questioned as food prices soar UK government concerned over unsustainable biofuel use Dithering governments blamed for biofuel tanker shortage |
Why biofuels have backfired Ottawa Citizen, Canada - The problem, however, is not just that the ability of biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is uneven; worse, this new industry diverts crops and land ... Tug-of-War Between Global Crises US subsidy fuels food vs energy debate 'Biofuel production can marginalise women' |
Biofuels aren't causing the food crisis -- they're part of the ... Ottawa Citizen, Canada - We must address the unhealthy dependency we have developed on fossil fuels while replacing a substantial part of our energy mix with renewable biofuels such ... Biofuels are the solution, not the problem We have enough resources for needs, but not for greed |
Brazil's biofuels in consolidation phase Calgary Herald, Canada - Britain's BP took a stake in a big biofuels project and announced $1 billion US in investment jointly with Brazilian partners Thursday, the same day Cosan ... |
 CBC.ca | Energy share slide, Potash profit-taking drive down Toronto Star, Canada - The Toronto stock market closed lower for a third session yesterday as energy stocks sustained losses in the wake of falling oil prices and investors sold ... At noon: Gold, energy whack TSX Energy stocks fall with crude Energy, financials send TSX tumbling 196 points;Boeing earns help ... |
Zubiri urges Arroyo to sack biofuels board head Inquirer.net, Philippines - By Abigail L. Ho MANILA, Philippines???The National Biofuels Board (NBB), the main implementing agency of the Biofuels Act of 2006, should have a new chief, ... It???s wrong to blame biofuels program for rice crisis ??? Zubiri Jatropha can be harmful, expert warns Biofuel not to blame for loss of rice lands -- senator |
Biofuels may cause more harm than good National Post, Canada - The Biotechnology Industry Organization's Advanced Biofuels and Climate Change Information Center calls Time magazine's The Clean Energy Myth "a journalism ... |
College of Human Ecology | New center to be built near Dome SU The Daily Orange (subscription), NY - The Falk Center's inaugural event at Madison Square Garden featured panelists and sports industry experts David Falk, founder and CEO of Falk Associates ... |
Biofuel push questioned as food prices soar USA Today - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Europe's biggest biofuels manufacturer, defended biofuel production, saying droughts and richer diets in India and ... Dithering governments blamed for biofuel tanker shortage Britain may push for changes in EU biofuel targets The way the world can feed itself |