<![CDATA[bioenergy news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Palm oil producers in Indonesia reject moratorium on forest destruction]]> Jakarta Post.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-palm_oil.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-avoided_deforestation_uk.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-avoided_deforestation_uk.html <![CDATA[Biofuel production in Brazil may not hurt Amazon, food supply]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-brazil.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-brazil.html <![CDATA[Brazil to establish oil palm plantations on degraded Amazon rainforest lands]]> Folha de S. Paulo.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0820-brazil_palm_oil.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0820-brazil_palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Algae could yield 30 times more biofuel than soybeans, while cleaning the environment]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0815-algae.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0815-algae.html <![CDATA[Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-pantanal.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-pantanal.html <![CDATA[Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0725-biofuels.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0725-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Electric cars, greener fuels can reduce Australia's dependence on foreign oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0723-australia.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0723-australia.html <![CDATA[Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests]]> Environmental Research Letters. Analyzing the carbon debt for biofuel crops grown in ecosystems around the world, Holly Gibbs and colleagues report that "while expansion of biofuels into productive tropical ecosystems will always lead to net carbon emissions for decades to centuries... [expansion] into degraded or already cultivated land will provide almost immediate carbon savings." The results suggest that under the right conditions, biofuels could be part of the effort to reduce humanity's carbon footprint.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0722-biofuels.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0722-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Beyond high food prices, little to show for $11B/yr in biofuel support, says OECD report]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-biofuels.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Britain urges 'cautious approach' on biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-biofuels.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations]]> New Straits Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil_sarawak.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil_sarawak.html <![CDATA[Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html <![CDATA[Malaysian government says no more forest clearing for oil palm plantations]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-palm_oil.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations]]> New Straits Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Kenya to convert 20,000 ha of key wetland for ethanol production]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-kenya_tana.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-kenya_tana.html <![CDATA[U.S. may allow corn farming on conservation land]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-corn.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-corn.html <![CDATA[Biofuel production on abandoned lands could meet 8% of global energy needs]]> Environmental Science and Technology.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-biofuels.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Rainforests face array of emerging threats]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-laurance.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-laurance.html <![CDATA[Nestle Chairman: Biofuels are "ethically indefensible"]]> Wall Street Journal Asia.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-biofuels.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Cellulosic biofuels may be viable alternative to gas within 5 years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0602-ucsc_rogers_biofuels.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0602-ucsc_rogers_biofuels.html <![CDATA[Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html <![CDATA[Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-biofuels.html Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests]]> The Jakarta Post. The move is a response to growing criticism that oil palm expansion is destroying biologically-rich rainforests and contributing to global warming.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[46% of Brazil's energy comes from renewable sources]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-brazil.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-brazil.html <![CDATA[High palm oil prices kill the biodiesel market for Asia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-biodiesel.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-biodiesel.html <![CDATA[Unilever calls for ban on rainforest destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html <![CDATA[Sustainability conference reveals a rift in the Malaysian Palm Oil Council]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-palm_oil.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Unilever admits it can't trace origin of palm oil used in its products]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-greenpeace.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Malaysian palm oil industry puts sustainability in the spotlight]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-palm_oil_sustainability.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-palm_oil_sustainability.html <![CDATA[Mutant algae may fuel cars]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-algae.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-algae.html <![CDATA[Global warming solutions are harming indigenous people, says U.N.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-redd_indigenous_people.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-redd_indigenous_people.html <![CDATA[Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-sawyer_amazon.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-sawyer_amazon.html <![CDATA[Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-biochar.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-biochar.html <![CDATA[Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-ethanol.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-ethanol.html <![CDATA[World fertilizer prices surge 200% in 2007, hurting the poor]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0220-fertilizers.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0220-fertilizers.html <![CDATA[UN: biofuels are starving the poor by driving up food prices]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-fao.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-fao.html <![CDATA[Biofuels are worsening global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-biofuels.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Sustainability mandated for biofuels used in the EU]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html <![CDATA[Palm oil industry prepares geen initiative to counter criticism]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0118-palm_oil.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0118-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-biofuels.html Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Cellulosic ethanol production could fight Gulf Dead Zone, help fisheries]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-ethanol.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-ethanol.html <![CDATA[DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0109-congo.html Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0109-congo.html <![CDATA[Switchgrass a better biofuel source than corn]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0107-switchgrass.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0107-switchgrass.html <![CDATA[Leading biofuels wreak environmental havoc]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-biofuels.html Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-biofuels.html <![CDATA[New process turns chicken fat into biodiesel]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1220-fatty.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1220-fatty.html <![CDATA[Will carbon credits-for-forests scheme be undermined by carbon negative bioenergy?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-carbon_negative.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-carbon_negative.html <![CDATA[U.S. corn subsidies drive Amazon destruction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1213-amazon_corn_sub.html Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1213-amazon_corn_sub.html <![CDATA[Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-palm_oil_peatlands.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-palm_oil_peatlands.html <![CDATA[Termites may produce cleaner biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1123-termites.html Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1123-termites.html