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Logging may destabilize carbon in forest soils

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2013

Brazil may lift ban on Amazon ethanol expansion

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

Southern U.S. logging soars to meet foreign biofuel demand

Tanya Dimitrova 6 Jun 2013

Sugarcane production impacting local climate in Brazil

Thomas Handley 1 May 2013

Indonesian palm oil industry would support land swaps to protect forest, while expanding production

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Apr 2013

Nordic energy giant launches ‘no deforestation’ policy

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2013

Is hemp the silver bullet for fighting climate change and creating green jobs?

Guest Nikolas Kozloff 30 Mar 2013

Scientists a step closer toward creating biofuels directly from atmospheric CO2

Mongabay.com 29 Mar 2013

Despite deforestation worries, U.K. approves palm oil for power production

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2013

Biofuel company caught clearing elephant habitat in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2013

Biofuel boom could lead to life-threatening ozone pollution

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2013

E.U. OKs biofuels produced from certified palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Nov 2012

One in eight people suffer from malnutrition worldwide

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2012

E.U. may eliminate subsidies for crop-based biofuels

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2012

Palm oil industry hires lobbying powerhouse to overturn EPA ruling on biofuels

Mongabay.com 18 May 2012

Emissions from deforestation depend on fate of cleared trees

Mongabay.com 14 May 2012

Palm oil industry lobbies EPA to reverse palm oil biofuel findings

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2012

Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2012

International Bird Area in Kenya saved from conversion into biofuel crop

Jeremy Hance 29 Feb 2012

Big oil makes $137 billion, gives 28 percent back to themselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Feb 2012

Emissions from palm oil biodiesel highest of major biofuels, says EU

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2012

Palm oil does not meet U.S. renewable fuels standard, rules EPA

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2012

Biofuel breakthrough: kelp could power cars

Mongabay.com 20 Jan 2012

Industrial palm oil production expands at expense of rainforests in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2012

Biofuel aspirations spur ‘land grabs’ that hurt the poor, says report

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2011

Carbon debt for some biofuels lasts centuries

Jeremy Hance 30 Nov 2011

Palm oil biofuel from peatlands has big climate impact, finds study

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2011

Five ways to feed billions without trashing the planet

Jeremy Hance 13 Oct 2011

EU’s biofuel push based on ‘flawed’ science

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2011

Europe should lift duty on RSPO-certified palm oil to encourage use, says Dutch group

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2011

Palm oil, poverty, and conservation collide in Cameroon

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Sep 2011
Google Earth image showing deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazon.

Could palm oil help save the Amazon? (2011)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011

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