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How activists and scientists saved a rainforest island from destruction for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2008

Biofuels are worsening global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Feb 2008

Borneo’s Sabah state will see $32B in investment

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2008

Sustainability mandated for biofuels used in the EU

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2008

Palm oil industry prepares green initiative to counter criticism

Mongabay.com 18 Jan 2008

U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2008

Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2008

E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2008

Indonesia seeks to cut fuel subsidies via biofuels

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2008

Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2008

DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2008

Leading biofuels wreak environmental havoc

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2008

Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2008

Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2007

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2007

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2007

10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2007

REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren’t addressed

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels

Rhett A. Butler 5 Dec 2007

Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2007

Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Palm oil industry announces “eco” standards for production

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2007

Law enforcement key to saving Borneo’s rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2007

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Planned logging of Woodlark Island for biofuels opposed by islanders and scientists

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2007

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2007

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Avoided deforestation beats timber, palm oil, in tax revenue for Indonesia

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2007

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