Archived News
15-02-2007
Barriers and Drivers for the Biofuels Industry in Europe
12.02.2007 ( fona - Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit, Germany ) -- The Renewable Fuels Directive (Directive 2003/30/EC) sets recommended targets for biofuels as a share of the total fuels used for transport.
15-02-2007
BUSH CALLS FOR 20 PERCENT REDUCTION IN US GASOLINE USE BY 2017
22/1/07 (AP) - In his 2007 State of the Union address, US President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to reduce the country's use of gasoline by 20 percent in the next decade, by promoting alternative fuel sources and increased fuel efficiency standards for automobiles.
13-02-2007
Indonesian jailed for palm oil plantation in protected area
13/2/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has sentenced a palm oil plantation owner to eight years in jail for illegal cultivation in protected forest areas, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
13-02-2007
Palm oil - eco-vandal turned environmental saviour?
11/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The oil palm must be the most reviled plant on earth, held responsible for everything from rainforest destruction and orangutan annihilation to polluted Asian skies and exploitation of workers.
13-02-2007
Accord ends plan to open world's largest palm oil areas on Borneo
12/2/07 (Kyodo) - A declaration to conserve rainforests on Borneo has ended plans to open the world's largest palm oil plantations on the island, an environmental organization said Tuesday.
13-02-2007
Landowners in oil palm joint venture
8/2/07 KUCHING (Bernama) - A new oil palm plantation, covering 13,000 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land, will be developed soon in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, with the participation of about 780 NCR landowners.
13-02-2007
Malaysia Opens Plant That Makes Electricity From Palm Oil Waste
7/2/08 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has opened a plant to turn waste from palm oil trees into energy, a news report said Wednesday.
13-02-2007
Biofuels Could Earn Carbon Credits Before 2012 -UN
9/2/07 (Reuters) LONDON - Biofuel production in developing countries including Brazil and Indonesia could soon earn carbon credits using lucrative north-south incentives, the new head of carbon trading at the UN's climate body said on Thursday.
08-02-2007
Report: Malaysia Opens Plant That Makes Electricity From Palm Oil Waste
7/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has opened a plant to turn waste from palm oil trees into energy, a news report said Wednesday.
08-02-2007
Native land to be developed into oil palm plantation
7/2/07 (The Star) - KUCHING: Some 13,000ha of native customary rights (NCR) land in Genaan Sebauh, Bintulu, will be developed into an oil palm plantation
08-02-2007
RM650 Million To Redevelop Coconut Industry
BAGAN DATOH, Feb 7 (Bernama) -- The Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry has allocated RM650 million to redevelop the coconut industry, which has been badly affected as large tracts of land for the commodity were replaced by oil palm and rubber.
08-02-2007
Biofuels Will Make China, India More Thirsty: Andy Mukherjee
8/2/07 (Bloomberg) -- If water were a globally traded commodity, with unmet demand in China and India reflected in its price, the world might shed its newfound craze for biofuels.