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Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a second straight session, and marked their strongest daily gain in two weeks, on Wednesday on the back of a weaker ringgit.

The Pahang government is planning to demand RM17.1bil in compensation from the Federal Government for the revenue it is losing out on.

Defence equipment procurement via offset deals is the way forward to prop up palm oil sales.

Malaysia kept its export duty on crude palm oil for May at 0%, according to a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board's website on Wednesday that cited the national customs department.

Iceland made headlines last Christmas for its strident ad against the use of palm oil, which the supermarket chain said it would excise from is own-brand products. Originally produced by the environmental campaign group Greenpeace, the work reflects a new interest and urgency about climate and the world around us.

Hunger for beef, palm oil, soy and timber fuels rainforest clearance at enormous scales, especially in Brazil and Indonesia. That matters for climate change.

The Indonesian Biodiesel Producers Association (APROBI) expects the trial of 30 percent biofuel ( B30 ) on vehicles will be completed by October.

Malaysia has announced it will move ahead with the suspended East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a multibillion-dollar China-backed infrastructure project designed to connect strategic ports on the peninsula’s east and west coasts. A new deal reached with the mega-project’s main Chinese state-owned contractor will cut previously agreed construction costs of nearly US$16 billion by nearly one-third, according to reports.

The dynamics of deforestation are increasingly inseparable from the growing demand for food from consumers in the most developed countries.

The trade issue between Malaysia and the European Union (EU) over palm oil will not affect other forms of exports to the EU, says the Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade).

Europe needs its own ‘Green New Deal’ to stave off the perfect storm of populism, climate change and economic crisis. Instead, the EU has adopted confused energy and environment policies which could be self-defeating in the long run, writes Vincente Lopez.

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