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Residents have started planting oil palms up to 30 hectares (74 acres) spread across several villages on Enggano Island.

Community-based biofuels offer ‘sensible’ alternative to palm oil for Indonesia, analysis shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 May 2025
Oils extracted from macaúba palm fruits can be used in a wide range of industrial processes, including foods cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Brazil bets on macaúba palm to make renewable diesel and aviation biofuel

Sean Mowbray 21 May 2025
Drax is the largest consumer of wood pellets for energy in the UK.

Action against forest biomass subsidies gains momentum at COP16

Justin Catanoso 29 Oct 2024

Seas of grass may be dark horse candidate to fuel the planet — or not

Carly Nairn 14 Jun 2023
Yuliana and Singapue, workers in an oil palm plantation

From palm oil waste to cellulosic ethanol: Indonesia’s opportunity (commentary)

Tenny Kristiana 12 May 2023
During their five-year project, To-Syn-Fuel converted more than 500 metric tons of dried sewage sludge into 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of oil.

Crud-to-crude: The global potential of biofuels made from human waste

Sean Mowbray 11 May 2023
Jatropha curcas trees in Hawai‘i.

Jatropha: The biofuel that bombed seeks a path to redemption

Sean Mowbray 6 Apr 2023
Harvested sugarcane in Karnataka, India.

A liquid biofuels primer: Carbon-cutting hopes vs. real-world impacts

Sean Mowbray 20 Mar 2023

Indonesia’s biofuel push must go beyond palm oil to reduce risk, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2023

Slick operator: Indonesian cooking oil probe may spread to biodiesel industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 May 2022

For Indonesians, palm oil is everywhere but on supermarket shelves

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Apr 2022

Can the little-known tamanu tree replace palm oil in Indonesia’s biofuel bid?

Nuswantoro 9 Feb 2022

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but EVs could render both moot

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2021

Biofuel in Mexico: Uphill battle against bureaucracy, organized crime

Sandra Weiss 2 Jul 2021

Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jun 2021

Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2021
Deforestation for palm oil production in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil, soy

Mongabay.com 13 Apr 2021
Forest cleared for palm oil production in Indonesia. Rhett C. Butler for Mongabay.

Top Indonesian palm oil developments in 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Dec 2020

Indonesia’s biofuel bid threatens more deforestation for oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Dec 2020

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2020

Indonesia lavishes $195m subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jul 2020

Dodgy science and corporate concessions in Indonesia’s bid for clean palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Dec 2019

‘Bring it on,’ EU MP says of trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Oct 2019
Oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia eyes palm oil export boost to China amid mounting U.S. trade war

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2019

Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 May 2019

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against ‘unfair’ claims

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Europe, in bid to phase out palm biofuel, leaves fans and foes dismayed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2019

Malaysia to ban oil palm expansion?

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2019

Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2018

What happens when the soy and palm oil boom ends?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2017

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