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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
RI As A Major Greenhouse Gas Emitter
16/10/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Because a report published on the eve of the visit to Jakarta by Lord Stern, the British Climate Change expert, late in 2007, said so. On the basis of that report, the Indonesian government is being pressed to adopt a strategy to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2030.
Palm oil plantations can cause air pollution
14/10/2009 (Planet Earth Online) - Planting oil palm plantations where rainforests once stood could have unplanned and unwelcome side-effects on air quality, scientists say.
High CPO Price Hurting Biodiesel Industry
14/10/2009 (The Star Online) - IN three short years, the fledgling palm biodiesel industry in Malaysia is fast heading for a bust.
14/10/2009 (Planet Earth) - Oil palm trees produce unusually high levels of so-called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These react with nitrogen oxides (NOX) in the presence of sunlight to form ozone. While ozone is welcome high in the atmosphere shielding the Earth from damaging ultraviolet light, at ground level it causes breathing problems and damages plants.
Palm Oil Is Most Sustainable Vegetable Oil
14/10/2009 (The National) - IN recent months, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have mounted a major campaign against palm oil in markets of industrialised economies, threatening to campaign against brand name consumer businesses unless they vow to cease using the product.
The Unending Kalangala Oil Palm Debate
14/10/2009 (Daily Monitor (Uganda)) - Ms Stella Ddambya, a teacher at Bishop Dan Stan Secondary School in Kalangala District seemed weary of the debate on the economic and environmental merits and demerits of Kalangala Oil Palm Project.
Tri-State combats biodiesel myths, recognized for social innovation
12/10/2009 (Biodiesel Magazine) - New York City’s feedstock procurement firm, Tri-State Biodiesel LLC, which provides recycled restaurant greases to biodiesel producers, has received the 2009 Innovation Award from the Social Venture Network. Brent Baker, CEO of Tri-State, has been a member of SVN for several years and will be accepting the award at the organization’s fall conference, which starts Oct. 22 in La Jolla, Calif. “These are business leaders who are dedicated to making the world a better a place, and support a mission to work with other members,†Baker told Biodiesel Magazine.
All seized oil samples fail purity test
12/10/2009 (The Times Of India), Ludhiana - Avoiding adulterated food in the city is becoming difficult as all five samples of cooking oil that health department took during raids conducted on September 26 have failed the purity tests.
POIC To Be Fully Operational In Two Years
12/10/2009 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - The Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu is expected to be fully operational in two years time, said the Managing Director of Kumpulan Sawit Kinabalu Sdn Bhd, Othman Walat.
