Charity casts further doubt on biofuels The biofuels debate was stepped up another notch today as the 'anti agro-fuels' charity Grain launched an attack on...
Commercial fuel farming still unfeasible Having acknowleged the benefits of biofuels in the seventies, India is yet to formulate a comprehensive policy to...
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'Philip New, head of BP Biofuels, added: "As jatropha can be grown on land of lesser agricultural value with lower irrigation requirements than many plants, it...
Note discrepancy between the 2 items on Lula here. On the one hand he is promising wealth from biofuels, claiming they are reducing deforestation [opposite of ...
Dear Friends Biofuel plantations are bringing in extremely fast yet another nexus of corporate power, that is destroying many of the last forests & indigenous...
Winrock International had a huge jamboree organised in Delhi and brought many farmers growing biofuel plants to the event. I wish some persons in the group had...
Item 4 here on Columbia. Items 1-3 on the huge & dangerous boost being given to biofuels in Europe and US, without comrehension of the effects in developing ...
From "GRAIN - Shalini Bhutani" <shalini@...> Hello, GRAIN has just launched a special issue of its Seedling magazine, focused on the growing stampede to...
Dear friends Below is a digest of biofuel news, with one item about jatropha in India and my response. Unfortunately I missed the BBC Radio4 programme, but the...
Biofuels not the ideal solution AS THE world seeks alternatives to fossil fuels (petrol, oil, diesel), the focus is gradually shifting to biofuels, believed to...
I was part of this Radio program. The interviewer visited Raipur by saying that she is coming only to meet me. During interview I was forced to support...
Tuba-tuba downs 20 pupils in Bohol At least 20 students in an elementary school in Bohol were rushed Wednesday afternoon to a local hospital after being...
Tribe at threat by 'green' fuels demand Last Updated: 12:01am BST 28/07/2007 One of the last nomadic tribes on earth is threatened by rampant commercial...
Dear All , In response to initiatives by the Government in the State of Rajasthan and in other States, SPWD conducted a study across six states to understand...
Maybe we cd co-ordinate a letter to this newspaper? The propaganada promoting biofuels/jatropha need all the counteracting they can get! Best wishes Felix ...
[Thanks to Shri S.Choudhary for forwarding this article-Moderator.] Biofuels, climate change and GM crops " who is really benefiting? Rod Harbinson, head...
Dear Jatropha group Please let me know if it of interest to people in the jatropha group to get the articles I sometimes forward on biofuels. It's an area...
http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=103180 This book is published by Vasundhara, www.vasundharaorissa.org Translated Hindi articles of mine are also...
All set for padayatra against ‘undemocratic’ SEZ policies ‘Jatropha cultivation is being introduced in Rajasthan without consulting the people’ Dalit...
Dear group members, I am in process of preparation of technical report to show how this exotic plant is affecting Indian biodiversity. Report is having ...
Dear All, Reports have come from Adhar, Balangir that farmers who have been affected by Jatropha plantation have finally got some reprieve after the...
[Thanks S.Choudhary ji for forwarding this information- Moderator] Editorial The Farmer's Nightmare? Published: August 10, 2007 Only a few years ago, ethanol...
RDC probes land grab Saturday August 11 2007 12:29 IST BALANGIR: The issue of farmers, who have been cheated by outside companies, is now being looked into by...
