Berita Arkib

27/01/2008 (The New Nation, Bangladesh) - People are yet to see any letup in the price hike of edible oil, one of the most essentials, instead of continuous rising.

26/01/2008 (Guardian Unlimited) - From the top of the Greenergy refinery in Immingham you can see across the Humber estuary to Hull. A hum of equipment fills the air, along with a curious smell. Popcorn.

25/01/2008 (CBC News) - Ethanol was supposed to be this great fix for the air we breathe. Now it turns out it might be counterproductive, even dirty. At least, that is the view gaining ground in Europe.

24/01/2008 (Marketing Week) - Environmental groups have criticised a plan by Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé and Heinz to certify palm oil as sustainable for not going far enough and having "fundamental problems".

27/01/2008 (The Star Online), Batu Pahat - An attempt to smuggle out 11,200kg of cooking oil by a barter trader has been foiled at a private jetty near Minyak Beku.

26/01/2008 (The Star Online), Batu Pahat - A General Operations Force (GOF) team managed to foil an attempt by a trader to smuggle out about 11,200kgs of cooking oil to Indonesia.

24/01/2008 (News.bg) - Bulgarians pay for a liter of cooking oil as much as the Paris citizen pays, shows a research of local BTV correspondents in seven European capitals.

24/01/2008 (Bloomberg) - India's cooking oil imports may surge this year, straining global supplies, as dry weather curbs oilseed planting and some farmers shift to wheat and barley to benefit from soaring prices, analysts and traders said.

25/01/2008 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The price competitiveness of crude palm oil (CPO) will remain intact, at least in the first half this year, despite crude oil being traded below US$90 a barrel.

25/01/2008 (The Wall Street Journal) - Malaysia's palm-oil industry often gets lumped in with problems elsewhere. But contrary to the claim of your article ("Firms Back a Plan to Put the Green in 'Green Gold'," Marketplace, Jan. 18) that there has been "widespread deforestation" in Malaysia in recent years, Malaysia's years-long commitment to sustainability, minimizing carbon-dioxide emissions and adopting agricultural practices that conserve the rainforests and wildlife, has been a model for other countries. In fact, the major Malaysian producers of palm oil, in cooperation with the Malaysian government, have exhibited a strong commitment to zero-burning replanting techniques, protecting species such as orangutans, and the certification of palm oil from established, licensed plantations.

24/01/2008 (Farming Uk) - Green Fuels director, Colin Hygate has today condemned the report by a group of MPs which derides biofuels for their alleged damage to the environment and which calls for an immediate moratorium on plans to expand their use.

23/01/2008 (Crash.net, UK) - Biofuels have been hailed as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels in transport, but recent reports have raised concerns they are not always as green as they seem.