Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare
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Rising demand for fuel derived from plants has brought about the clearing of huge tracts of Southeast Asian rainforest for palm plantations.
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MUNDEMBA, Cameroon  - The Cameroonians of the  Bakassi Peninsula have learned like many other communities that  the prospect of oil can be more of a curse than a blessing.
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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Biofuels, championed for reducing energy  reliance, boosting farm revenues and helping fight climate  change, may in fact hurt the environment and push up food  prices, a study suggested on Tuesday.
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PARIS, Jul 13 (IPS) - While oil profits have flooded into countries such  as Angola and Nigeria in recent decades, some African observers  see new potential for the continent in the form of increasingly  in-demand biofuels.
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A wild grass found in Asia and Africa could hold the key to dreams of providing an alternative to fossil fuels blamed for global warming, experts said.
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By Elizabeth John  A GROUP of industry players and non-governmental organisations have come up with guidelines that could help responsible palm oil firms certify that their products are made with respect for the environs, including wildlife, workers and local communities.
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As the US population rises, environmental problems that were once pushed aside may get worse, experts say.
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British scientists say they have found a new, greener way to power cars and homes using sunflower oil, a commodity more commonly used for cooking fries.
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The road to energy independence starts in a cornfield in Nebraska. Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla explains why he believes in biofuels. From Wired magazine.
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By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop  Development is not always a one-way process of environmental destruction.
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Biofuel may be the future of energy consumption but the rush to embrace it is driving up the price of corn, causing water shortages and driving poor farmers from their land, a U.N. official warns.
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Even as some states are mandating ethanol as part of the fuel mix, new research suggests that some biofuels are less ecofriendly than they seem.
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The growth of IT as an industry may work against its various green initiatives, one participant says.
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An eco-entrepreneur says climate control will be very expensive and a new approach is required to spread the costs of action.
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With oil reaching a record-high &#36;54 a barrel and natural gas doubling in price in the last two years, renewable energy is looking a lot better &#151; not just on environmental merits but on price.
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It's time for a research resurgence into using small water plants to produce oil and ethanol. In Autopia.