Shell in row over Brazilian Indian land grab
Region: Brazil
Brazilian authorities have written to energy giant Shell expressing concern over the activities of its new Brazilian joint-venture partner, which is producing biofuels from land taken from an impoverished Indian trib... more
Views: 1567Biofuel Agreement Between Netherlands & Brazil Defies Logic
Region: Brazil
The Netherlands, a member of EU and hence a partner to the emissions target legislation, has approached the world’s second largest producer of ethanol biofuel, Brazil, to help it meet the standards stated the legisla... more
Views: 1540Farmers and Ethanol Producers Weigh In On The Bio-Fuel Debate
Region: United States
In regards to the criticism of the use of ethanol, both the farmers and the ethanol producers have weighed in on the debate. Recently, lawmakers and several scientists had blamed the use of food-based bio-fuels such as cor... more
Views: 1301Biofuels From Industrial/Domestic Wastewater
Region: United StatesBiofuels turned from being the solution of world’s rising carbon emissions to the cause of a global food crisis which seems to be worsening day by day. Record demand and subsidies amounting for billions of dollars ma... more
Views: 1558Indonesia Seeks To Pressurize G8 Over Emission Cut Targets
Region: IndonesiaBy setting up the goal of an absolute emissions cut for its energy sector, Indonesia has become one of the first developing countries to formally announce a carbon emissions cut. The announcement which comes at a time when... more
Views: 1030According To Immigrant Workers, They Cannot Afford To Send Money Back Home Anymore
Region: United StatesOne of those immigrants from Mexico, Eduardo Gutierrez gives his story. He worries about his parents that are still in Mexico. However, he cannot send money back home to Mexico anymore. The money is used to support his ail... more
Views: 1061After passing dubious policies world leaders play Blame Game over Food Crisis
Region: United StatesThe world is facing a food crisis which is effecting everyone from Japan to America taking inflation to unbearable levels in developed and developing economies alike with the poor countries suffering the most with riots an... more
Views: 1088Scientists Bring Up Fighting World Hunger vs. Fighting Gas Prices Argument
Region: United StatesUnited States President George W. Bush and tome of the top international scientists are at odds with one another on the issue of bio-fuels and world hunger. While Bush said that the use and production of ethanol should be ... more
Views: 1193Does Biofuels cost outweighs benefit? (Two)
Region: ThailandDoes Biofuels cost outweighs benefit? (Two) Worldwide biofuels is now accounted for almost half of the demand for vegetable oils. The fast conversion rate from fossil fuel to biofuels has increased the proportion ... more
Views: 1358Does Biofuels cost outweighs benefit? (One)
Region: ThailandDoes Biofuels cost outweighs benefit? A bottle of 75 ml. palm or Soya- bean cooking oil costing only Bath (US$ 0.50) last year has shot up to Baths 45 or US$ 1.25 today. Cooking oil is a commodity controlled by th... more
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