Indonesia to Switch 10 Pct Petroleum to Biofuel

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PlanetArk 15 Jan 08; JAKARTA - Indonesia plans to substitute around 10 percent of its fossil fuel transport consumption with biofuel produc...

Biofuels 'are not a magic bullet'

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Richard Black, BBC News 14 Jan 08; Biofuels may play a role in curbing climate change, says Britain's Royal Society, but may create env...

UK throws away £8bn of food each year, study claims

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The Telegraph 14 Jan 08; A staggering £8billion-worth of food is thrown away in Britain every year - a third of everything we buy, accordin...

California Turns to Holland for Flood Expertise

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Joe Palca, NPR 14 Jan 08; "They're actually cognizant that they're on a trajectory of change. And they're trying to adapt ...

Manila creates green courts for environmental cases

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Reuters 14 Jan 08; MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Supreme Court will designate special courts to speed up a backlog of environmental cas...

Sierra Leone bans timber exports

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Reuters 14 Jan 08; FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's government has banned the exportation of timber after "indiscriminate destr...

Biofuel impact on farm prices overplayed

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Sybille de La Hamaide, Reuters 14 Jan 08; PARIS (Reuters) - The recent price rally in farm commodities such as grains, oilseeds and sugar b...

UK biofuels push lacks greenhouse targets

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Reuters 14 Jan 08; LONDON (Reuters) - A government directive requiring fuel suppliers to use more biofuels will do little to combat climate...

OECD wary on biofuel policies

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Tamora Vidaillet, Reuters 14 Jan 08; PARIS (Reuters) - Governments may be getting a clearer picture of the shortcomings of current biofuel ...

EU rethinks biofuels guidelines: "Did not forsee the problems"

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Roger Harrabin, BBC News 14 Jan 08; Europe's environment chief has admitted that the EU did not foresee the problems raised by its poli...

Philippines bans building to preserve tourist spot

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Yahoo News 14 Jan 08; The Philippine government Monday imposed a six-month building ban on the resort island of Boracay, famed for its powd...

Asia biodiesel plants idle as costs soar

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Naveen Thukral, NDTVProfit.com 14 Jan 08; KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - For many of southeast Asia's struggling biofuel makers, the global d...