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12-11-2010
Scots shortbread boss\' mission to halt use of palm oil and save the orangutan
12/11/2010 (Daily Record) - When company boss Alan Hardie left the comfort of his office to visit the orangutans of the Bornean jungle, he had no idea it would change his life and the way his firm operated.
12-11-2010
CPO Projected To Hit RM3,600 A Tonne In A Year
12/11/2010 (Bernama) - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on BUrsa Malaysia Derivatives is likely to fetch RM3,600 per tonne over the next 12months, says a market strategist.
12-11-2010
Human rights violations top list of issues
12/11/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - Several NGOs presented reports on issues surrounding palm oil plantations while palm oil stakeholders gathered in Jakarta from Monday to Thursday.
12-11-2010
Success is sweet in Kit Kat campaign Clare Kermond
12/11/2010(The Sydney Morning Herald) - IN THE wake of a bruising public relations disaster last year over its use of palm oil, Nestle has announced that by the end of next year its Kit Kat bars will only be made with cocoa that has been certified as socially and environmentally responsible.
11-11-2010
Environmentalists against oil-derived biodiesel
11/11/2010 (NECN), Hawaii - Environmentalists have come out against a plan to use palm oil-derived biodiesel from Malaysia for a demonstration project on Maui.
11-11-2010
Green groups oppose MECO plan to bring in palm oil
11/11/2010 (Maui News) - Maui environmental groups are organizing a letter-writing campaign to persuade Hawaiian Electric Co. and the state government to head off plans to import palm oil from Malaysia to be used in a test at Maui Electric Co.'s Maalaea power plant.
10-11-2010
Indonesia develops rival sustainable palm oil scheme
10/11/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian government hit out at the Kuala Lumpur-based Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on Tuesday, asserting that it was finalizing its own scheme for sustainable palm oil production.
10-11-2010
RSPO Unviels ‘Sustainable Palm Oil’ Trademark
09/11/2010 (Bernama) – The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Tuesday unveiled a trademark that will enable consumers distinguish products containing palm ingredients that are sourced following its riles starting next year.
10-11-2010
Government Plans To Implement Eight EPP Along The Palm Oil Value Chain
09/11/2010 (Bernama), Kuching – The Sarawak state government state government plans to implement eight core Entry Point Projects (EPP) along the palm oil value chain under the palm oil National Key Economic Areas (NKEA).
10-11-2010
Indonesia\'s forest ban may not hurt palm oil output yet 09 Nov 2010
09/11/2010 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia's proposed ban on forest clearing is unlikely to impact palm oil production in the short term as growth from new plantings in previous years remain in the pipeline, a government official said on Tuesday.
09-11-2010
Biofuels: Is Palm Oil a Blessing or a Curse
09/11/2010 (Oil Price.com) - People sometimes ask which biofuels are competitive head to head with crude oil. By competitive, I mean those that can actually compete favorably with oil prices on a level playing field (i.e., they don’t require big subsidies or mandates in order to compete). There are two that always come to mind: Ethanol from sugarcane (although less competitive currently due to high sugar prices) and fuel from palm oil (oil derived from the fruits of the African Oil Palm). In fact, in the first book chapter I wrote in 2007 (Renewable Diesel in Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks) I highlighted palm oil as a crop with great promise, but also great environmental risk:
09-11-2010
New palm oil plants will overcome forest clearing ban
09/11/2010 (World Bakers) - The production of palm oil in Indonesia will not be affected by the proposed ban on forest clearing in the country, a government official has said.