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04/02/2010 (Mongabay) - The European Union may be planning to classify oil palm plantations as forests, raising fears among environmental groups of expanded conversion of tropical rainforests for biofuel production, reports the EUobserver, which cites a leaked document from the European Commission.

03/02/2010 (Sabah Today), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s palm oil industry will continue to see increases in export figures to several traditional markets this year, says the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).

03/02/2010 (Bernama), Malaysia - The palm oil industry will continue to see attacks from anti-palm oil environmentalists in the coming years, said Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) Datuk Lee Yeow Chor on Tuesday.

03/02/2010 (Reportage Enviro) - Environmentalists argue that what began as an initiative to clean up dirty palm oil production practices, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has become little more than an NGO-endorsed greenwashing tool. Rebecca Zhou reports.

03/02/2010 (Ethical Corp) - The RSPO needs to have a good year to convince doubters it is on the right track

02/02/2010 (Reuters), Karachi - Pakistan’s import of palm oil in February will fall after heavy purchases in January, but buying will return to normal levels in March to keep pace with demand, an industry official predicted on Monday.

02/02/2010 (Caterer Search.com) - Palm oil is the UK's most popular commercial frying oil, but soaring global demand for the oil has caused serious environmental damage in producing areas in Malaysia and Indonesia, threatening the future of species such as the orang-utan.

02/02/2010 (The Star Online) - IN recent months, there has been a lot of talk on the need to set up more oil palm biomass and biogas power generation projects given their huge potential as a renewable energy for the country.

02/02/2010 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Oil palm players must make a concerted effort to employ locals to overcome their dependence on foreign labour instead of just focusing on profits.

01/02/2010 (GIFT (Global Instute for Tomorrow)) - When we have our French fries and potato chips, we hardly think about their connection to the rainforests. How are they connected? This is where palm oil comes into the picture.

01/02/2010 (The Star Online), Batu Pahat - A grassroots coalition in Sabah, which is against the 300MW coal-fired power plant proposal in Lahad Datu, is backing Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok’s vision of sourcing the state’s energy from its hundreds of palm oil mills.

28/01/2010 (Guardian.uk) - Organic chocolate maker Green & Black\'s today pledged to switch its entire worldwide food and beverage range to Fairtrade by the end of next year, in a groundbreaking move that will make it the world\'s leading manufacturer of organic Fairtrade chocolate.