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Friday 4 July 2008
Biofuels 'push up food prices' Scotsman, United Kingdom - BIOFUELS have forced up world food prices by 75 per cent, according to a leaked report from the World Bank. The report contradicts US government claims that ... |
Biofuels could provide 10% of the world's fuel mix says Shell Biofuel Review, UK - Biofuels could provide as much as 10% of the world's fuel mix over the next couple of decades according to Rob Routs, Executive Director Oil Sands, ... |
 Marketplace | Biofuels to blame for rising food prices Marketplace, CA - A leaked World Bank report claims 75 percent of the increases in the price of wheat can be attributed to biofuel production. Stephen Beard reports. ... |
EU ministers look to building sector to push energy efficiency Economic Times, India - "Energy efficiency today is the key, it has to become the absolute priority," French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told a press conference, ... |
Shoreline plan wording draws criticism Whidbey Examiner, WA - By Justin Burnett Officials from the Washington Department of Ecology held a public hearing in Coupeville last week to gather the final round of public ... |
 Reuters | UPDATE 1-Key EU lawmaker proposes new 2015 biofuel target Reuters UK, UK - PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - A key European Union lawmaker said on Friday he had broad parliamentary backing to propose changing the EU's target for biofuels ... EU report sees biofuel giving 3.4 pct of 2020 needs EU ignores biofuels complaints and is sticking to binding 2020 target Report sees EU biofuel giving 3.4 pct of 2020 needs |
Biofuels funding will further local projects Sarnia Observer, Canada - New provincial money for biofuels research will help the local research park commercialize the budding technology. The Ontario government announced it will ... Research pursues next generation of biofuels Two area biofuel projects get $7.5 million from province Western-led research centre to turn organic waste into fuel |
 ABC News | Biofuel production boosts food prices by 75%, report suggests CBC.ca, Canada - The production of biofuels has driven up food prices 75 per cent, according to an unpublished World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. ... Biofuels 'causing food price rises' UPDATE 1-Biofuels blamed for food price crisis-report Biofuels cause 75pc increase in food prices, report says |
Don???t Throw Biofuels out of the Window Just Yet ??? Frost & Sullivan Business Wire (press release), CA - According to the paper, the report claims that biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75%. Frost & Sullivan (http://www.energy.frost.com) ... Rude food awakening Challenges posed by high food prices |
Biofuels push up food prices, says report Business Green, UK - A recent report from the charity ActionAid points to biofuels as one of the three main contributors to rising global food prices. ... Push for biofuel leaves 'millions at risk of hunger' Poverty: 260m driven into hunger by push for biofuel - ActionAid ActionAid Challenges G8 on Response to Food Crisis |
EU shrugs off biofuels complaints, sticks to 2020 target International Herald Tribune, France - The European Commission is sticking to its proposal that biofuels account for at least 10 percent of energy used by the EU's huge transportation sector by ... |
Can You Save Money And The Environment? Motley Fool UK, UK - The main names in eco-conscious money management are The Co-operative Bank, Triodos Bank and Ecology Building Society. But while the idea of making your ... Wealth workout: grab the best savings rates |
 AFP | Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report AFP - LONDON (AFP) ??? Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in ... |
Art in Review New York Times, United States - By THE NEW YORK TIMES ???Pollution ??? Cultivation ??? New-Ecology Underground,??? a 1972-73 work by Tetsumi Kudo, a Japanese artist who died in 1990. ... |