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Biofuel by Decree editor's pick
http://www.terraper.org/file_upload/BiofuelbyDecree.pdf
report details how the Burmese military’s nation-wide campaign to plant eight million acres of the Jatropha tree for biodiesel production is resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor, land confiscation, loss of income and food insecurity (pdf)
Added: May. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Biofuelwatch editor's pick
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
campaigns for regulation to ensure that only sustainably-sourced biofuels can be sold in the European Union, provides information about the link between biofuels and deforestation and other threats to biodiversity and food supplies.
Added: Jun. 24, 2006 | Rate It
Palm Oil Action editor's pick
http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/
concerned with oil palm plantation development and deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea
Added: Sep. 24, 2007 | Rate It
Rush to Biofuels, The -- Not All Biofuels Are Created Equal editor's pick
http://www.newenergychoices.org/uploads/RushToEthanol-bro.pdf
analysis and recommendations for U.S. biofuels policy; concluding that biofuels are not the silver bullet solution that
some say they will be (pdf)
Added: Jul. 20, 2007 | Rate It
South-East Asia's Peat Fires and Global Warming editor's pick
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/peatfiresbackground.pdf
Biofuelwatch presents a fully referenced background piece regarding the seriousness of the destruction of Indonesia's peat forests for the global climate (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
25x'25
campaign to have, by 2025, America's farms, forests and ranches provide 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed and fiber
Added: Mar. 11, 2007 | Rate It
Agrofuels in Africa: The impacts on land, food and forests
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/ABN_Agro.pdf
a report published by the African Biodiversity Network about the impacts on biofuel production and plans in Africa, with case studies from Benin, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; looking at deforestation, other ecosystem destruction, land rights and food sovereignty
Added: Jul. 05, 2007 | Rate It
Alternative Fuels Data Center
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/
U.S. Department of Energy provides extensive information about alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles; defined as substantially non-petroleum while yielding energy security and environmental benefits
Added: May. 15, 2001 | Rate It
American Fuels
http://www.americanfuels.info/
blog with news and commentary on alternative energy with an emphasis upon biofuels and biodiesel
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Biodiesel Now
http://www.biodieselnow.com/Default.aspx
promotes the biodiesel industry on the basis of national security, economics, sustainability and emissions reductions
Added: Jan. 27, 2006 | Rate It
Biofuel Land Grabbing in Northern Ghana
http://www.gaiafoundation.org/documents/biofuelsghana.pdf
a report from the African Biodiversity Network about land-grabbing and deforestation for jatropha biodiesel and local resistance (pdf)
Added: Apr. 25, 2008 | Rate It
Biofuels threaten to accelerate global warming
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/biofuels-accelerate-climate-change.pdf
report by Biofuelwatch about the climate impacts of large-scale biofuel production
Added: Jun. 22, 2007 | Rate It
Biomass Energy & Biomass Energy Crops
research commitment on Global Warming, Renewable Energy, and Reforestation by using Nature's own "power plants"... Trees
Added: Feb. 03, 2005 | Rate It
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
promotes renewable bio-fuels (ethanol, biodiesel) for automotive transportation through consumer awareness and government liaison activities
Added: Jan. 13, 2003 | Rate It
carbonpositive
http://www.carbonpositive.net/
a business that develops sustainable agro-forestry and bio-energy projects in non-industrialized countries and carries out projects to cut greenhouse emissions
Added: May. 23, 2006 | Rate It
Grain - Soya Nexus in South America
http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=493
a report about the environmental effects of the rapid spread of soya, whose oil is primarily used in the production of biofuels and animal feeds
Added: Feb. 26, 2008 | Rate It
National Biodiesel Board
the national trade association representing the biodiesel industry as the coordinating body for research and development in the US and good place to learn more about biodiesel
Added: Dec. 11, 2002 | Rate It
Oilgae - Oil & Energy from Algae
provides resources, news and discussion forums and serves as a community platform for those exploring deriving oil and biodiesel from algae
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It
Problem with Palm Oil, The - Rainforest Agribusiness
http://theproblemwithpalmoil.org/
the Rainforest Action Network show how demand for palm oil is on the rise and pristine rainforests are being clear-cut and burned to make way for palm oil plantations
Added: May. 16, 2008 | Rate It
Real Cost of Agrofuels: Food, Forest and the Climate, The
http://www.globalforestcoalition.org/img/userpics/File/publications/Therealcostofagrofuels.pdf
report concludes current and future agrofuel technologies are a key direct and indirect cause of global deforestation, and thus contribute to climate change as well as to loss of livelihoods (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Renewable Fuels Association
the national trade association for the U.S. ethanol industry, working to secure a strong marketplace for ethanol
Added: Jul. 20, 2005 | Rate It
Seedlings: Agrofuels Special Issue
http://www.grain.org/seedling/?type=68
special report by GRAIN about the impacts of agrofuels from large-scale monocultures, with detailed articles looking at impacts on climate, ecosystems, food production and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Added: Jul. 05, 2007 | Rate It
SeedTree
seeks to protect and regenerate endangered forest ecosystems and biodiversity by planting trees, encouraging renewable energy (especially biogas systems), and fostering sustainable development
Added: Oct. 07, 2002 | Rate It



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