[Thanks to Shri S.Choudhary for forwarding this article-Moderator.] Biofuels, climate change and GM crops " who is really benefiting? Rod Harbinson, head...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From "GRAIN - Shalini Bhutani" <shalini@...> Hello, GRAIN has just launched a special issue of its Seedling magazine, focused on the growing stampede to...
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 ...
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...
Dear Friends Biofuel plantations are bringing in extremely fast yet another nexus of corporate power, that is destroying many of the last forests & indigenous...
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 ...
'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...
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Commercial fuel farming still unfeasible Having acknowleged the benefits of biofuels in the seventies, India is yet to formulate a comprehensive policy to...
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...
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Fuel firm denies China refinery reports GREEN fuels firm D1 Oils has denied reports that it plans to invest almost £50m to build a biodiesel plant in China. ...
I opened C Span today and came upon a speech given by a Maryland Congressman on Peak Oil and renewable energy sources in the Hall of Congress. Crux of the...
Biofuels for Oil Addicts Cure Worse than The Addiction Bioethanol and biodiesel from energy crops compete for land that grows food and return less energy than...
Dear friends In important articles here you can see a growing consensus in many countries that the "biofuel" industry is extremely dangerous on many levels, ...
Biodiesel firms face ruin Britain’s biofuel industry is close to collapsing, according to one company, which is millions of pounds in debt 14th June 2007 ...
