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27/01/2010 (AFP), Paris – Gene scientists have coaxed bacteria into eating agricultural waste and secreting diesel, offering a potentially cheaper, greener energy source than present-day biofuels, a study released Wednesday said.

25/01/2010 (Sumatran Orangutan Society) - Productive and versatile, it's no surprise that palm oil has become the world's most popular vegetable oil with 40 million tonnes traded every year. It's found in a plethora of products, both food and non-food, in a range of different guises. But it has come at a cost.

22/01/2010 (New Straits Times) - IN an area next to the Abu Dhabi International Airport, construction is under way on the world's first carbon-neutral city. Not all countries have the financial means of the United Arab Emirates to launch such a massive project. Masdar City costs US$15 billion. But planners say countries like Malaysia can start small by earmarking several locations as low-carbon areas to reduce carbon emissions, KOI KYE LEE reports.

20/01/2010 (Cool Earth) - A rainforest protection group has accused the US food maker General Mill of using unsustainable palm oil in its production.

19/01/2010 (Twin Cities) - Protesters unfurled a giant banner in front of General Mills' corporate headquarters in Golden Valley on Tuesday, accusing the food maker of using palm oil from suppliers that destroy rainforests.

20/01/2010 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Biodiesel has become a major product for the palm oil sector in Asia. This business has been at the center of an international controversy involving tropical deforestation, agricultural competition and the Copenhagen Climate Summit.

19/01/2010 (Mongabay.com) - An activist group linked General Mills to destruction of rainforests in Southeast Asia in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, when it unfurled a giant banner, reading "Warning: General Mills Destroys Rainforests", outside the company's Minneapolis headquarters building.

19/01/2010 (Business Line) - Now that the Government has allowed both raw and refined sugar imports duty-free, it is time the same logic is extended to edible oil also.

19/01/2010 (Liberian Daily Observer), Monrovia - In an attempt to boost the economy of Liberia amidst the global financial meltdown, a two-day workshop to draw a master plan for the palm oil industry is expected to be held from Thursday, January 21 to Friday, January 22, 2010 at Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

19/01/2010 (Business Mirror) - MINOLA, the cooking oil brand of government-sequestered CIIF-Oil Mills Group, recorded a 38-percent increase in revenues last year to P1.8 billion and is targeting higher growth this year as it lines up an aggressive marketing and promotional campaign.

19/01/2010 (Bernama), Putrajaya - The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) will have to pay RM11 million in damages to 354 settlers over payments for palm oil fruits after the agency's bid to bring up the matter for appeal was refused by the Federal Court here Tuesday.

19/01/2010 (The Financial Express), New Delhi - Even though the price of crude palm oil is likely to go down in February, edible oil companies like Adani Wilmar, KS Oils and Ruchi Soya are not ready to reduce prices right now. Nor are these companies planning any hike in price during the current financial year. However, a price rise post-March is on the anvil.