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Thursday 5 June 2008
Energy, materials lead broad-based gains MarketWatch - By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Canadian stocks rallied Thursday, led by the energy and materials sectors in line with futures prices. ... Benchmark slips as energy, materials drop Energy, materials sectors lead gains |
 Today's Zaman | Rome food summit 'important first step' but not enough: Oxfam ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - The charity argued that though the summit's final declaration conceded biofuels posed both "opportunities and challenges", millions of poor people would ... Cut biofuel targets to feed the poor 'Act now or 290m people will go hungry' Global action over food crisis call |
 The Tech Herald | Big downturn in number of puffins at UK's biggest colony The Tech Herald, IN - The dramatic fall comes after almost forty years of rapid population increase according to research carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology ... Puffin population declines off Scotland Puffin numbers decreasing Puffin numbers plummet in UK's biggest colony |
Biofuels row holds up deal at UN summit The Times, South Africa - But the draft includes compromise language, notably on the vexed issue of biofuels, which are promoted in Brazil and the US but are criticised by other ... Video: UN: Combat Hunger, More Food Production Balance between biofuels, food possible, say energy experts Food-summit draft rejects biofuels control |
Research into biofuel crops under way South Carolina Now, South Carolina - By Morning News Staff Reports A broad-based program making renewable energy from biofuel crops remains under way at the Clemson University Pee Dee Research ... |
 Washington Post | Energy regulators to discuss market manipulation Forbes, NY - AP 06.05.08, 5:49 PM ET Energy industry regulators from around the world are scheduled to meet in Washington next week to discuss ways to prevent market ... US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Hosts International Energy ... Int'l regulators to meet on oil price manipulation |
 Emirates Business 24/7 | Biofuel industries pleased by UN summit resolution Reuters UK, UK - WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Biofuel industry leaders welcomed a cautious declaration on crop-based fuels, issued on Thursday at a global food summit that ... Food Summit Dilutes Draft on Biofuels to Win Accord (Update1) World Biofuel Leaders React to Food Summit Resolution Western biofuel policies |
Duke Energy wins approval for gas plants Bizjournals.com, NC - Duke Energy Carolinas won clearance from NC regulators Thursday to build two 620-megawatt natural gas power plants. Duke plans to build one of the ... NCUC Approves Duke Energy's Plan to Build Two Gas-Fired Plants ... Duke Energy gets OK for natural gas unit at Buck Steam Plant Duke gets NC clearance for two gas power plants |
 WTRF | Miner dies at Consol Energy mine in W.Va. The Associated Press - ... Consol Energy Inc. Federal mining spokesman Matthew Faraci says investigators are also looking into whether the locomotive derailed on a grade. ... Miner dies in accident at Consol Energy mine One Dead After Harrison County Mine Accident W.Va. miner's death is state's 4th for the year |
The Ecological Revival of Russia Moscow News, Russia - Then Zakarov spoke about forming an ecological culture, and about returning the subject of "ecology" to schools. Today, an Association of ... |
Customers oppose Puget Sound Energy sale, rate increase Seattle Times, United States - State regulators held the last of three public hearings on proposals to sell Puget Sound Energy to foreign investors and raise rates. ... Most customers, investors at Olympia hearing oppose PSE rate ... Associate Account Representative |
 Albany Times Union | Pollution law Trading dirt Economist, UK - A MAN who is worried about global warming is pounded into the ground by falling oil barrels; another who is worried about rising energy bills tries to fry ... Coal States in Climate-Bill Fight Climate Bill's Dress Rehearsal Senate Begins Largely Symbolic Climate-Change Debate |
 CNNMoney.com | Oil soars, gasoline edges closer to $4 at the pump The Associated Press - Recent Energy Department data shows high prices have led consumers to cut their gasoline consumption. Meanwhile, many Asian nations are cutting fuel ... Kuwaiti explosion not enough to stop oil decline Oil Prices Hold Steady Early Oil prices slip on fresh concerns over global growth |
 Maktoob Business (press release) | Oil futures leap as dollar skids against euro AFP - The US Energy Information Administration said American gasoline reserves increased 2.9 million barrels in the week ending May 30. ... Oil slides below $124 on dollar, demand concerns Oil price drop continues as US stocks swell |
Peabody Energy reorganizes management Bizjournals.com, NC - Peabody Energy announced Wednesday that it is implementing several changes in the management of its US coal operations. Jeane Hull is the new group ... |
Don???t blame biofuels alone for food prices Livemint, India - Biofuel schemes, particularly America???s corn-based ethanol programme, are a convenient scapegoat for higher world food prices, which adversely impact poor ... |
 LAist | A Biofuel Revolution? Not So Fast LAist, CA - Unsurprisingly, the US has become a major target of international criticism over its food policies and interest in corn-based biofuels. ... Monsanto to Double Crop Yields with Hybrids |
ENERGY: Green Standards Proposed for Biofuel Production Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - By Stephen Leahy* BONN, Jun 5 (Tierram??rica) - The adoption of international standards for the sustainable production of biofuels emerged as a controversial ... |
Endicott Biofuels, Davy Process to collaborate on biodiesel projects Bizjournals.com, NC - Houston-based Endicott Biofuels LLC has entered into a technical collaboration with a London company to develop several biodiesel refineries in the United ... |
Food summit biofuel reference "acceptable"- US Reuters UK, UK - ROME, June 5 (Reuters) - A reference to biofuels in a draft declaration being negotiated at a United Nations food summit is acceptable to the United States, ... Video: UN: Combat Hunger, More Food Production Biofuel row at UN food meeting UN expects to define biofuel's role in global food crisis |
Not all biofuels take food off the table Globe and Mail, Canada - Biofuels are where three of the great challenges for the 21st century overlap ??? energy, climate change and security of the food supply. ... |
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 The Southern Ledger | 'Green energy' center a step closer Toledo Blade, OH - By TOM TROY A provision added yesterday to the proposed landmark Climate Security Act would establish a "green energy" center at the University of Toledo. ... The multibillion-dollar energy tax Economic risks imperil climate bill  Comment by Dr. Frank Ackerman, Economist Tufts University & Stockholm Environment Institute |
Food crisis fed by speculators, hedge funds, biofuel BOGDAN KIPLING TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - "Biofuel demand is the largest source of new demand in decades and a strong factor in underpinning the upward shift in agricultural commodity prices," says ... |
 China Daily | African nations must be wary of biofuels - Annan Reuters South Africa, South Africa - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent ROME (Reuters) - African nations should be wary of growing biofuels on prime farm land or risk uprisings ... UN seeking food crisis plan Amid calls for unity, politics divide UN food conference UN increases food aid by $1.2bn |
 Aviation Record | Air New Zealand looks to increase biofuel use Reuters - NZ: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it planned to use biofuels for 10 percent of its fuel consumption within the next five years amid rising jet ... Air New Zealand to test new biofuel Air New Zealand Aims for 10% Biofuel Use by 2013 (Update1) Air NZ goes nuts for experimental biofuel |