<![CDATA[biofuels news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:58:39 -0800 <![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 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[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 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[Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-amazon_soy_ban.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-amazon_soy_ban.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[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[Record food prices to climb through 2010]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0306-food.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0306-food.html <![CDATA[Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html <![CDATA[Private sector pumping hundreds of billions into cleantech]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0221-unep.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0221-unep.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[Malaysia announces $103B development plan for Borneo island]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0213-sarawak.html Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0213-sarawak.html <![CDATA[How activists and scientists saved a rainforest island from destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-hance_woodlark.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[Bloomberg: global warming "just as lethal" as terrorism]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-bloomberg.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-bloomberg.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[How much would it cost to end Amazon deforestation?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0128-brazil.html Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0128-brazil.html <![CDATA[7000 sq km of Amazon rainforest destroyed in late 2007 says Greenpeace]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0125-amazon.html Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0125-amazon.html <![CDATA[Amazon deforestation jumps in the second half of 2007]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-amazon.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-amazon.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[Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_woodlark.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[Indonesia seeks to cut fuel subsidies via biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-indo.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-indo.html <![CDATA[E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel]]> The New York Times. Environmentalists say some biofuels like palm oil are driving the destruction of biologically-rich rainforests and may produce more emissions than conventional fossil fuels.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-woodlark.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-woodlark.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[Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0102-palm_oil.html Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0102-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Global food prices rise 40% in 2007 to new record]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1227-fao.html Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1227-fao.html <![CDATA[Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1218-interview_rudel.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1218-interview_rudel.html <![CDATA[Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1213-woodlark.html Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1213-woodlark.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[REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren't addressed]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html <![CDATA[Merrill Lynch announces carbon credits-for-forest conservation partnership]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1206-ml_carbon.html Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1206-ml_carbon.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[Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html <![CDATA[Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html <![CDATA[Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1128-biodiesel.html Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1128-biodiesel.html <![CDATA[UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1127-undp.html Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1127-undp.html <![CDATA[Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1123-jakarta_post.html Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1123-jakarta_post.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 <![CDATA[Planned logging of Woodlark Island for biofuels opposed by islanders and scientists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-hance_woodlark.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[Greenwashing the palm oil industry]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-greenpeace.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1108-palm_oil.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1108-palm_oil.html