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15/08/2009 (The Sunday Times) - Fuel companies are accelerating the destruction of rainforest by secretly adding palm oil to diesel that is sold to millions of British motorists.

15/08/2009 (Bernama),Serdang - Palm-based mozzarella cheese being produced by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is expected to be marketed soon, research officer Dr Karimah Ahmad said today.

15/08/2009 (The Sunday Times) - For years, economists, along with everyone else, thought of palm oil as exactly what it looked like: a pinkish, sludgy irrelevance. People knew that it was used to make food and soap but everything else about it, including its origins, seemed slightly distasteful.

15/08/2009 (Find Article.com) - THE world's temperature is intensifying, with climatologists forecasting up to three degree celcius increase by 2050.

14/08/2009 (The Financial Express), Mumbai - Import of edible oils during the third quarter (May/July 2009) of the oil year 2008-09 rose 39% at 21.27 lakh tonne over 15.26 lakh tonne in the same period last year, according to Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA).

12/08/2009 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - The Centre has authorised five parastatals to import upto one million tonnes of edible oil to boost domestic supply the festive season upto March next year, a move that is expected to trigger an upspiral in the international market, especially for soya and palm oil, two of India's big imports.

12/08/2009 (MY Palm Oil) - CME Group Inc, the world's largest derivatives exchange, will take a minority stake in Bursa Malaysia Bhd's derivatives business, officials said.

12/08/2009 (Mercuria.com) - Mercuria Energy is proud to announce that the company has been accepted as a new member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an organization dedicated to promoting sustainable production of palm oil worldwide.

12/08/2009 (Indonesian Ranforest.org) - LUSH Cosmetics, a leading cosmetics-maker, will no longer use palm oil due to environmental concerns over its production.

11/08/2009 (Alibaba.com), Jakarta - An 80 percent dive in the premium paid for certified "green" palm oil could discourage producers from applying for certification, an industry official said on Tuesday, marking a setback in efforts to control deforestation.

10/08/2009 (Mongabay.com) - LUSH Cosmetics, a leading cosmetics-maker, will no longer use palm oil due to environmental concerns over its production.

11/08/2009 (Reuters) - An 80 percent dive in the premium paid for certified "green" palm oil could discourage producers from applying for certification, an industry official said on Tuesday, marking a setback in efforts to control deforestation.