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Sunday 6 July 2008
 Reuters | British report calls for new look at biofuels Reuters - By David Clarke TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - A British government report on food policy to be published on Monday says the link between demand for biofuels and ... |
Report adds to sense of crisis as PM flies into G8 to discuss ... guardian.co.uk, UK - Brown is also setting himself for a potential clash with the US by calling for a moratorium on some biofuels, blamed for contributing to the global food ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Waste not want not, Gordon Brown tells families Times Online, UK - A second government report will blame the switch to biofuels in Britain and Europe for a big part in pushing up food prices. It will also raise serious ... As supermarket prices spiral Brown tells families: 'Stop wasting food' G8 summit: The key issues Gordon Brown: West must not give up on aid and climate change |
Brown warning over rush to biofuels Financial Times, UK - Mr Brown, in Japan for the G8 summit of wealthy industrial nations, commissioned Prof Gallagher to examine the impact of biofuels on food prices and on the ... |
(Neb.)-Award Recipient Has Enjoyed Growth Of Range Program KCSR, NE - Through the years, Butterfield noted that Chadron State has added courses in range ecology, range fire ecology, vegetation inventory, and worked with ... (Neb.)-Upward Bound Program Helping Students Succeed |
 BBC News | SKorea cuts back on driving to save energy AFP - "Even oil-producing countries are tightening their belts to save energy in the era of the ultra high oil prices," Han told a news conference, stressing the ... South Korea cuts back on energy use UPDATE 1-South Korea announces first oil contingency measures South Korea moves to cut oil consumption |
 CTV.ca | Economist says biofuels have pushed up global food prices by 75% Grist Magazine, WA - The USDA -- which has vigorously defended President Bush's seemingly bottomless support for crop-based fuels -- claims biofuels account for only 3 percent ... Grim findings in World Bank's biofuel report EU Presses Ahead With Biofuel Target Push for green biofuels 'has put food prices up by massive 75%' |
 MLive.com | 6000 remain without power in Michigan due to storms MLive.com, MI - GRAND RAPIDS -- About 6000 Consumers Energy customers remain without electric service Sunday morning after Wednesday's thunderstorms that left more than ... Consumers Energy works to restore power to 16000 still without service Thousands still without power after storms Thousands still without power |
UK blamed over Mumias Sugar???s Tana delta row East African, Kenya - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds??? view is based on the demand for biofuels in the UK and the European Union which is encouraging poor countries ... Right, biofuel???s the in-thing, let???s all start growing sugarcane |
 FOXNews | New RNC Ads Go After Obama on Energy Washington Post, United States - The Republican National Committee last night began running ads questioning Barack Obama's commitment to energy reform, the first major ad buy by either ... Republican National Committee Starts Energy Ad Campaign Against Obama RNC Begins Independent Expenditure Ads $3 million ad targets Obama on energy |
Right, biofuel???s the in-thing, let???s all start growing sugarcane East African, Kenya - If farming for biofuels spreads, and the value of land skyrockets, we can also expect that peasants and other smallholders will sell and move on, ... UK blamed over Mumias Sugar???s Tana delta row |
Mountain folks familiar with making biofuel Kentucky.com, KY - More clearly than how you clean up coal, Tie Rod understands biofuels. His family has been turning corn into flammable liquid since 1792. ... |
Proposal would propel biofuel surge The Evening Sun, PA - Twenty-four states offer a production incentive of some kind, said Ben Wootton, president of Keystone BioFuels in Cumberland County. ... |
Robert LaRosa: New wave ecology -- a solutions for the state ... Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA - The feds' recent closure of California's salmon fishing season should wake up citizens to the state's dismal record on natural resources conservation. ... |
 Washington Times | Where the candidates stand on energy Detroit Free Press, United States - Opposed to offshore drilling, saying it offers no short-term benefits and doesn't address energy issues; opposed to drilling in Arctic National Wildlife ... Political spins blurring energy realities We can beat the energy crisis Poll results show a long-awaited change |
Holy Land call for Christians and Muslims to engage on ecology ChristianToday, UK - Ecology is the way to speak to the Muslims because we share the environment," Younan said. The LWF general secretary, the Rev Ishmael Noko, a Zimbabwean, ... |
 Inhabitat | Solar energy hopes may prove to be more mirage Lancaster Newspapers, PA - Congress has been dithering over extending a valuable investment tax credit for solar-energy projects, which solar advocates say is critical to the future ... BLM stirs up a desert storm Feds backtrack on solar energy moratorium US Freeze on Solar Energy Projects Lifted |
 KBCI CBS 2 | Offshore view Chicago Tribune, United States - Since its inception, offshore drilling has proven itself a safe and effective means of acquiring energy???including weathering Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in ... Offshore drilling no answer to energy woes Why should the East and West coasts get a complete pass on drilling Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast |
Green energy push will revive century-old Pa. dam Boston Globe, United States - The century-old dam on the Susquehanna River doesn't look like an energy source of the future. Weeds sprout out of cracks in the weathered Holtwood ... Small town hopes hydro-power can lower energy costs Towns seek new power source to cut electric costs |
Sugarcane cultivation to be promoted for bio-fuel purposes Lanka Everything, UK - Sugarcane can be used as a bio-fuel alternative to gasoline. Most bio-fuel is currently in the form of ethanol generated from corn grain or sugarcane. ... |
Biofuel dumped: Greenwich drops alternative energy source as cost ... Norwalk Advocate, ct - "I am not in favor of using biofuels if it significantly increased the cost to the town," Crumbine said. "However, we will review the situation in the ... |
News Analysis: G8 summit to wrestle with "3F crisis" Xinhua, China - In recent years, the United States, the European Union and Brazil have actively promoted biofuel production, mostly with corn, rapeseed and sugarcane. ... |
 Times Online | Origin Energy 'one of safer bets': CEO Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Origin Energy Ltd is one of the safer bets in the market, CEO Grant King told Sky News' Sunday Business program. Australia's second largest power retailer ... Origin to Open `Data Room' for Prospective Partners, Times Says Origin Energy shareholders told BG's offer is too low Origin Energy rejects ??13bn bid from BG Group |
 Houston Chronicle | Colombia finds biofuels bonanza in sugar cane Houston Chronicle, United States - Even as low world prices and the weak US dollar have hurt sugar exporters here, Colombia's biofuels industry is growing by leaps and bounds. ... Still no ethanol production in Hawaii Is it time to invest again in sugar? |
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT--Dealing with disaster / Biofuel-material ... The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Planted there is Jatropha curcas, a biofuel material that forms stripe patterns along contours of the land. Billboards carrying the name of D1 Oils, ... |
THE BACK STORY OF BIOFUELS AND BREAD San Francisco Chronicle, USA - "The international community must reassess the real cost of the production of biofuels" and "its consequences for the food security of humans," he insisted ... |
High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics Reuters - "Energy savings were not exactly a hot topic among customers last year," said Kim Dong-han at South Korean electronics retailer Hi-Mart. ... |