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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
State raids 3,628 shops to check hoarding
22/04/2008 (The Economic Times), Mumbai - The state government’s raid spree on shopkeepers to arrest soaring prices of essential commodities will not yield desired results, say traders. According to official data, so far 3,628 shopkeepers all over Maharashtra have been raided and over-stocked goods worth Rs 53.83 crore have been seized in the last ten days.
Kenya: Balance Bio-Fuel Sourcing And Meeting Food Demand
21/04/2008 (AllAfrican.com) - World prices for grain are threatening to go out of control. There is an outcry that diversion of resources from food crops to bio-fuel is partly to blame for the high grain commodity prices, especially in the US where government subsidies are provided for bio-fuel.
Hardy Plant May Ease Biofuels\' Burden on Food Costs
21/04/2008 (National Geographic) - The biofuels boom is causing a spike in food prices worldwide, hitting developing countries particularly hard, experts say.
Balance bio-fuel sourcing and meeting food demand
21/04/2008 (Business Daily, Africa) - April 22, 2008: World prices for grain are threatening to go out of control. There is an outcry that diversion of resources from food crops to bio-fuel is partly to blame for the high grain commodity prices, especially in the US where government subsidies are provided for bio-fuel.
Palm oil protests target Unilever sites
21/04/2008 (Reuters, UK), London - Environmental demonstrators targeted Unilever across Europe on Monday, entering plants and scaling walls, including those of its London headquarters.
Greenpeace wants moratorium on palm oil expansion in Indonesia
21/04/2008 (AFP), Jakarta — Greenpeace called for a moratorium Monday on the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia's rainforests and peat-lands, warning that soaring world demand is creating an environmental crisis.
Palm oil protest hits Unilever
21/04/2008 (Green Consumer Guide) - Unilever has been accused by Greenpeace today of playing a major role in the destruction of rainforests through its sourcing of palm oil for cosmetics. The environmental campaign group is demonstrating at the corporation’s London HQ, drawing attention to the orang-utan habitat destruction and climate change caused by palm oil plantations in Borneo.
Time for timber
21/04/2008 (The Star Online) - THERE was renewed interest in the timber sector last week following a recent timber conference organised by the CIMB group.
Inflationary expectation driving up prices: Chidambaram
21/04/2008 (The Hindu), Kannur - Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that an inflationary expectation is driving up the prices.
