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07.28.10
CARBIO FORECASTS ARGENITNA BIODIESEL PRODUCTION TO INCREASE 25% IN 2011
Victor Castro, Executive Director of Carbio, expects Argentina’s domestic biodie...
07.28.10
NEW ARGENTINA BIODIESEL PLANT PROPOSED
Argentina-based ALS Bio plans to build a $10 mln, 60k mt biodiesel plant that wi...
07.28.10
NEW MEXICO BEGINS BIODIESEL MANDATE
New Mexico has this month begun mandating the use of a 5% biodiesel blend by all...
07.14.10
EPA TO REQUIRE 800 MLN GAL BIODIESEL IN 2011
On Monday EPA announced it would require the domestic use of 800 mln gal of biod...
07.14.10
BIOFUEL TAX BREAKS MY BE ATTACHED TO ENERGY BILL
Senators from the US Midwest may attach a long-term extension of biofuel tax bre...
03.26.10
BOTSWANA PLANS JATROPHA BIODIESEL PLANT
Botswana has announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by setting up a 50 milli...
03.26.10
ALBERTA EXPANDS BIOENERGY PROGRAM
Alberta, Canada has expanded and extended an incentive program for bioenergy pro...
03.19.10
CHINA PLANS 1 MIL MT/YR BIODIESEL PLANT
In China, Wuhan Kaidi Holding Investment has announced plans to build a biofuel ...
03.19.10
AIRLINE KLM TO USE BIOFUELS FROM 2011
Dutch airline KLM said it wanted to make commercial flights on biofuel from 2011...
03.19.10
NEW BIODIESEL PLANT PLANNED FOR CANADA
Canada's largest biodiesel plant that will crush 500k mt/yr of canola and supply...
World Bank Refutes Biofuel Story by The Guardian
07.10.08
The World Bank has refuted a recent story by The Guardian claiming access to a “secret report” that blames biofuels for 75% of the rise in global food prices.
The report was a World Bank “working paper” meant to contribute to a position paper on food prices. According to a World Bank spokesperson, the draft paper actually attributes higher food prices to a combination of higher energy prices, increased fertilizer costs, a weakened US dollar, and biofuels demand as well as related low grain stocks, large land use shifts, speculative activity, and export bans.
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