Biofuels offer cure worse than the disease: OECD
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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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The rapidly growing biofuel industry will push farm commodity prices higher in coming years, a study says.
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A furious attack on the rush for biofuels is launched by a charity that supports poor farmers.
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International Oil Daily, 27 October 2004 - With oil prices at record highs, governments must accelerate technological innovations &quot;that radically alter how we produce and use energy&quot; to create a sustainable energy system, the International Energy Agency
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The Opec oil cartel chief reportedly warns that biofuel investment could push oil prices "through the roof".
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Producing biofuels from a fast-growing grass emit up to 94% less carbon dioxide than petrol, a large-scale study finds.
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The soaring cost of oil has hit global economic growth, although world&#39;s major economies should weather the storm of price rises, according to the OECD.
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The full emissions costs of producing biofuels are higher than those linked to the production of conventional fuels, scientists said.
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The full emissions costs of producing biofuels are higher than those of producing of conventional fuels, scientists said.
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GENEVA, Oct 23 (IPS) - Rich countries have failed to carry out reform of  their domestic farm subsidies programmes to reduce distortions in  global trade, says a senior official of the Paris-based  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a  grouping of 30 wealthy nations.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (IPS) - A body tasked with shaping European Union policy on  biofuels is dominated by companies with a vested interest in  promoting this source of energy, environmentalists have claimed.
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Biofuels could become a major revenue earner for Britain's arable farmers within 5-10 years, but much will depend on government support, a major study into the UK cereals sector concluded on Monday.
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Global health leaders meeting in  Mexico this week want nations of the world to spend more on  medical research, not only to develop new cures but to make  those now on the market available to the poor.
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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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Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.
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Biofuels may have a role to play in curbing climate change, Britain's Royal Society concludes, but many questions remain.
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Chemists in the United States say they have broken new ground in biofuels, transforming plant sugar into a liquid fuel that packs 40-percent more energy than ethanol and appears to have fewer of its drawbacks.