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·20/4/2009 - California takes on King Corn, Daily Climate
·27/1/2009 - UK gets biofuels research centre, BBC
·26/8/2008 - UK 'should end biofuel subsidies', BBC
·10/7/2008 - UW researchers, others warn of expanding biofuels in tropics, Capital Times
·4/7/2008 - Biofuels cause 75pc increase in food prices, report says, Telegraph
·24/6/2008 - Indonesia: Biofuels threaten food security and environment, Jakarta Press
·9/6/2008 - Netherlands: Biofuel Standards Sought to Weather Critics Storm, Reuters
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- 1. Biofuels threaten rainforests as important European Commission... Rank: 73%
- SHARE: | | Biofuels threaten rainforests as important European Commission decision lies ahead Action Alert from Forests.org by Dr. Glenn Barry October 1, 2005 Dr. Glenn Barry, the activist behind Forests.org and ClimateArk, sent out an Action Alert calling for the European Commission to reject a plan to use biofuels that contribute to rainforest destruction, notably palm oil and soybean oil. His message, displayed below, asks for readers to send an email message to the Director General of...
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- 2. Why Biofuels Are the Rainforest's Worst Enemy | Mother Jones Rank: 73%
- Market This Little Piggy Goes Home (Video): Traveling Butchers The Saline Solution: Can This Plant Feed the World? Tray Chic: College Nutrition, From Fro-Yo to Frisée Backyard Farms and Other Bright Ideas Consumer Retorts: Fair Trade Coffee Why Biofuels Are the Rainforest's Worst Enemy Pouring Biofuel on the Fire Ethanol's African Landgrab From the Archives Michael Pollan on Slow Food and the Polyculture Revolution Eric Schlosser on the Meatpacking Biz Unhappy Meals: The Debate Over School...
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- 3. Biofuels menace rainforests Rank: 73%
- the American space agency Nasa. The study calculates that replanting a hectare of forest removes 175 cubic tons of carbon from the atmosphere compared to a maximum saving of 56 tons when bioethanol replaces fossil fuel. But clearing one hectare of rainforest releases an immediate one-off 200 cubic tons of carbon into the atmosphere and also destroying nature's mechanism for trapping carbon. Woody biomass, say the authors, could produce biofuel directly from trees so could avoid massive...
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- 4. Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, Stanford researcher... Rank: 73%
- Stanford researcher warns Farmers across the tropics might raze forests to plant biofuel crops, according to new research by Holly Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment. "If we run our cars on biofuels produced in the tropics, chances will be good that we are effectively burning rainforests in our gas tanks," she warned. Policies favoring biofuel crop production may inadvertently contribute to, not slow, the process of climate change,...
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- 5. Next gen biofuels could decimate rainforests Rank: 72%
- SHARE: | | Next gen biofuels could decimate rainforests mongabay.com May 27, 2008 Next generation biofuels could decimate tropical forests says a leading ecologist from the University of Minnesota. Speaking at Stanford University on May 15, Dr. David Tilman said cellulosic ethanol technologies that convert biomass directly into biofuels could put new pressure on forest lands already bearing the brunt of agricultural expansion in the tropics. He estimated that a typical hectare of rainforest...
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- 6. Why are biofuels bad for rainforests? Rank: 72%
- Rainforest and an oil palm plantation in Malaysia Why are biofuels bad for rainforests? Recently there has been a lot of interest in using plants as fuels to replace fossil fuels like gasoline and diesel that contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, warming the planet. These plant-based fuels, called biofuels, are typically produced from agricultural crops. The are two main types of biofuels: ethanol and biodiesel. Ethanol is typically made from corn and sugar cane, while biodiesel is...
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- 7. Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands Rank: 72%
- SHARE: | | Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands mongabay.com May 28, 2008 Biofuel feedstock expansion in Africa will likely come at the expense of ecologically-sensitive lands, reports a new analysis presented by Wetlands International at the Convention of Biological Diversity in Bonn. The study, titled Biofuel production in Africa, suggests that complex land rights coupled with limited availability of prime agricultural lands in Africa will likely drive biofuel...
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