Archived News
03-10-2006
Protesters: Project will make us lose our land
2/10/06 (The Star) - KENINGAU: A proposed mini estate to benefit the poor in this interior Sabah district has instead got a group of farmers up in arms as they claim the project will cause them to lose the land they had been tilling for more than two decades.
03-10-2006
Brazil banks on biodiesel as the next big thing in green energy
29/09/06 (Detroit News) PORTO NACIONAL, Brazil -- For the better part of his 64 years, Sebastian Luis de Sousa has scratched a meager living in the paprika-red soil of central Brazil.
03-10-2006
Indonesia to offer 17 mln hectares of forest concessions
28/09/06 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia plans to offer some 17 million hectares (42 million acres) of lapsed or unused forest concessions to investors interested in developing timber and farming
03-10-2006
Strict Government Control Characterizes Chinese Biofuel Development
28/09/06 (Agexporter) - While China views biofuel production as an essential and strategic component of a secure economy and diversified energy policy, concerns about the impact on food self-sufficiency have slowed development of the biofuel sector.
03-10-2006
S Korea pips Japan, China as Asian biodiesel market
28/09/06 (The Edge News) - South Korea is beating Japan and China in its push into the emerging biodiesel industry thanks to a government mandate that has opened a small but expanding market for the green fuel from Southeast Asia.
28-09-2006
Lower oil price may hurt commercial viability of biodiesel
26/9/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The decline in oil prices will benefit airlines but could adversely affect biodiesel ventures by commodity-based companies, analysts said.
28-09-2006
The 101 On Trans Fats
27/9/06 (CBS) Three years after New York City banned smoking in restaurants, city health officials are talking about a new rule for its 24,600 food service establishments: dramatic restrictions on the use of artificial trans fatty acids.
28-09-2006
Ex-Shell chief backs biodiesel firm as technical problems stall rival
27/9/06 (The Guardian) - The reputation of the "green" power sector was badly dented today when Biofuels admitted it had been forced to halt deliveries due to another bout of technical problems at a new plant.
28-09-2006
Biofuels to Survive Lower Crude Prices
26/9/06 (Rueters) MUMBAI - Bio-diesel projects will not be hit by the fall in crude oil prices as investors feel the current dip is temporary and prices will bounce back, a senior Indonesian trade official said on Monday.
28-09-2006
Plantation stocks reflect biofuel potential
27/9/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The premium valuation of plantation stocks at present reflects the potential of the biodiesel industry, analysts said.
28-09-2006
Ted Turner tells WTO of benefits in biofuel use
25/9/06 (AP) - GENEVA Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, has a secret ingredient for rescuing the suspended global trade talks - the renewable energy sources known as biofuels.
28-09-2006
Rp 13 trillion earmarked for biofuel development
26/9/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The government is setting aside a total of Rp 13 trillion (US$1.4 billion) and nearly 500,000 hectares of land for the development of the country's fledgling biofuel industry next year.