VOA NEWS: EXPERIMENT WITH BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN SENEGAL RAISES CONCERNS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......be converted to biofuels can also be consumed...who believe that biofuel production will not harm...help it develop biofuel production capabilities is...economic tradeoffs of biofuels. Santos says that...embarks on its biofuels experiment. "Yes...first phase of biofuel ...

Zambia drafts policy on biofuel production

Xinhua News Agency;  August 21, 2006 ;     245 words ...Zambia drafts policy on biofuel production LUSAKA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has produced a draft policy on biofuel production that could provide the country with a cost-effective...national energy policy that would address issues of biofuel said the ministry's permanent ...

The Future of Biofuels.

M2 Presswire;  January 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......innovation through 2025. Biofuels, by futurist Mark...series. Innovation in biofuels production will increase...forecasts. In addition to biofuels being a CO2-neutral...innovations will make biofuel production increasingly cost-competiti...TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW Biofuels are liquid ...

Roundup: EU pushes for environmental standards to ensure sustainability of...

Xinhua News Agency;  July 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......ensure sustainability of biofuel production BRUSSELS, July 5 (Xinhua...calls for sustainability in biofuels production on Thursday, indicating...Europeans won't pay a premium for biofuels if the ethanol in their car...international conference on biofuels in Brussels. "This is why...

Kelly Announces Review Of Indirect Impacts Of Biofuel Production.

M2 Presswire;  February 21, 2008 ;     646 words ......different forms of biofuel production. The results...Ruth Kelly said: Biofuels have the potential...the impacts of biofuels, which we will...of support for biofuels. However, future...environmental effects of biofuel production. There has been...croplands for biofuels ...

EU urges sustainability of biofuel production

Xinhua News Agency;  July 6, 2007 ;     488 words ...EU urges sustainability of biofuel production BRUSSELS, July 5 (Xinhua...calls for sustainability in biofuels production on Thursday, indicating...Europeans won't pay a premium for biofuels if the ethanol in their car...international conference on biofuels in Brussels. "This is why...

UN rapporteur calls for biofuel production moratorium

Xinhua News Agency;  October 11, 2007 ;     249 words ...UN rapporteur calls for biofuel production moratorium GENEVA, Oct. 11...five-year ban on producing biofuels to combat soaring food prices...for a year." Using land for biofuels would result in "massacres...land for the production of biofuels, Swissinfo said. Ziegler...

S. Africa lowers target for biofuel production

Xinhua News Agency;  December 6, 2007 ;     343 words ...S. Africa lowers target for biofuel production JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 6 (Xinhua...has lowered its target for biofuels production in the coming years...incentive to grow crops for biofuel production instead of food production...

Roundup: Brazil to continue biofuel production amid food crisis

Xinhua News Agency;  May 4, 2008 ;     387 words ...Roundup: Brazil to continue biofuel production amid food crisis BRASILIA, May 4...continue with the production of biofuels, especially ethanol made from sugar...a world leader in both food and biofuel production, has faced mounting pressure in...country is being used to produce ...

Biofuel production drives food crisis, raises threat of starvation and...

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  May 1, 2008 ;     540 words ......situation: repurposing land needed to produce food for biofuel production. This is putting food into conflict with fuel at...tragic conflict, and we must change course. On paper, biofuel production is being pursued for a noble purpose: to reduce...are not working out in this way. Using existing ...

Belgians move into biofuel crops.(growing crops for biofuel...

Agra Europe;  November 4, 2005 ;     262 words ......interested in growing crops for biofuel production. As a result, there has been a...to meet EU targets. It has made biofuels exempt from excise tax, and Flemish...want to see the future of Belgian biofuel production assured before they go into large-sca...before it meets the demand for ...

Biofuel production not sole cause of food crisis: Peruvian minister

Xinhua News Agency;  May 13, 2008 ;     188 words ...Biofuel production not sole cause of food crisis...minister LIMA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Biofuel production is not the only cause of the world...prices rise is not only due to the biofuel production, but also due to the big demand...

Biofuel production targets.(ENERGY)

The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter;  April 13, 2007 ;     95 words ...Look for biofuel production targets to continue to go up. Some members of Congress and...target will most likely be set at about 30 billion gallons of biofuel production by 2020 or 2025. Most of that is sure to be ethanol and biodiesel...

SA: Biofuel production capacity grows despite drought: report

AAP General News (Australia);  September 4, 2007 ;     237 words ......General News (Australia) 09-04-2007 SA: Biofuel production capacity grows despite drought: report...Summit which predicts Australian biofuel production capacity will double this year to...Cochran and Graeme Bethune, said biofuel production could top 1,000 million litres a...

Food-biofuel production balance urged.(Business News)

Manila Bulletin;  October 27, 2007 ;     185 words ......for a balance between food and biofuel production in the country to avoid rising...converted into plantations for biofuel production. The IRRI director noted that...because of the rising demand for biofuels. He said corn supply in the US...demands for human, animal, and biofuel ...