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Fuelling destruction in Latin America: The real price of the drive for agrofuels

‘Fuelling Destruction in Latin America’ looks at current and proposed developments in a number of Southern and Central American countries, all of which are scaling up agrofuel production at alarming rates to meet domestic and, increasingly, export demand to supply diesel and gasoline to Europe and the US. The report states that increasing the amount …

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NEW REPORT: Biofuel ‘wonder-crop’ jatropha fails to deliver

Brussels/Abuja, January 21, 2011 – The much-touted biofuel crop jatropha isneither a profitable nor a sustainable investment, according to a new report released by Friends of the Earth Europe today. ‘Jatropha: money doesn’t grow on trees’ warns investors away from jatropha – a shrub being increasingly planted for its oil-producing fruits and ability to survive …

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European Commission plans to sacrifice forests for biofuels

Brussels, February 3 – A leaked document from the European Commission reveals plans to allow the controversial use of palm oil as a biofuel by redefining palm plantations as ‘forests’. The expansion of palm plantations is a major cause of tropical rainforest destruction. The draft Commission guidance for EU countries also states that cutting down …

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