Archived News
09-10-2008
Petrol stations are pumping out bad biofuels
08/10/2008 (Greenpeace) - We knew the government's plans on biofuels were a bit of a mess, but figures released today by the Renewable Fuel Agency show just how bad the situation is.
09-10-2008
Indonesia biofuel policy to reduce palm oil exports
09/10/2008 (Business Standard) - Exports of palm oil from Indonesia, the largest producer, may decline by as much as 1.5 million metric tonnes a year after the nation made the use of renewable energy mandatory, a government official said.
09-10-2008
Native people reject palm-oil offer
08/10/2008 (New Scientist) - Clearing tropical forests to plant oil palms is lucrative for oil-producers, but is ecologically disastrous. Space for about half of 5 million hectares of oil palm planted in Malaysia and Indonesia between 1990 and 2005 came at the expense of tropical forest, much of it pristine.
09-10-2008
India can\'t use own biodiesel
08/10/2008 (Cleanteach) - Hyderabad-based Naturol Bioenergy has been shipping biodiesel to the EU and the United States since June because India can't blend the alternative fuel into gasoline and diesel yet.
09-10-2008
Indonesia Papua forests seen under palm oil threat
08/10/2008 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia must do more to save pristine rainforests in Papua from destruction, particularly with plans to open up huge tracts of land to develop palm oil plantations, environmentalists said on Wednesday.
09-10-2008
Palm oil firm becomes first to win eco-certification
28/09/2008 (Mongabay.com) - United Plantations, a Malaysia-based palm oil producer, has become the first oil palm plantation firm to be certified for adopting the strictest standards of sustainability for palm oil production, according to Bernama.
08-10-2008
Palm oil industry relies on greenwashing to mislead consumers, alleges report
08/10/2008 (Mongabay.com) - The Malaysian palm oil industry is relying on marketing tactics that mislead the public about its environmental performance rather than taking effective steps to become "greener" alleges a new report from the environmental group Friends of the Earth (FOE).
08-10-2008
PM: Focus on renewable palm biofuel
07/10/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The country’s biotechnology industry could take advantage of the global concern over food and energy security by focusing on developing new and economically viable renewable fuel from palm oil.
07-10-2008
Indonesia applies for palm oil patents
06/10/2008 (Financial Times) - An Indonesian plantation company has filed the first patent applications for a hybrid variety of palm oil seeds and their production that it expects will increase palm oil yield by several hundred per cent.
07-10-2008
Indian Palm Oil Buyers Renegotiate Contracts After Prices Slump
06/10/2008 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil importers in India, the biggest buyer of vegetable oils after China, are seeking to renegotiate contracts after prices plunged to the lowest in almost two years, a processors' group said.
07-10-2008
Malaysia\'s Biotech Industry Expected To Grow 22 Percent Annually, Says Abdullah
06/10/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's biotech industry which is currently valued at RM1.3 billion is expected to grow 22 percent annually, driven largely by the development of oil palm, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday.
06-10-2008
Borneo forest people reject oil palm plantation on their land
05/10/2008 (Mongabay) - Indigenous forest dwellers in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, have rejected a proposal to turn 80,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of the land into an oil palm plantation, reports the Malaysian Star.