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Biofuels are bad news for forests, climate, food security, says report

Mike Gaworecki 27 Feb 2015

Indonesia to squander fuel savings on biofuel subsidies that may drive deforestation, say groups

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Feb 2015

Conservationists ask, ‘Is nuclear the way to go?’

Anna Ikarashi 23 Jan 2015

‘A remarkable conservation achievement’: Ecuador reserve expands as forest disappears

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Oct 2014

Indonesia’s national airline to start using palm oil biofuel

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2014

Biomass burning accounts for 18% of CO2 emissions, kills a quarter of a million people annually

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

Brazil should convert pasture, not cerrado for biofuel crops

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2014

Commodity eco-certification skyrockets, but standards slip

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2014

Migrating monarch butterflies hit shockingly low numbers

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2014

The palm oil debate: can the world’s most productive oilseed be less damaging to the environment?

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2013

Europe importing more palm oil for biofuels, raising risks for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2013

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

Saving one of Africa’s most stunning parks through biomass briquettes and fuel-efficient stoves

Jeremy Hance 6 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

Palm oil company destroys 7,000 ha of Amazon rainforest in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 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

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