Category - biofuels

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22 Oct 2012

European Commission pressured by biofuels lobby, says Oxfam

The European Commission has watered down draft legislation on biofuels as a result of pressure from the biofuels lobby, Oxfam says.
16 Jun 2012

Shell scraps Brazilian biofuels plan after indigenous protest

A biofuels company set up by Shell in Brazil has scrapped plans to source sugar cane from land widely considered to have been stolen from the Guarani tribe.
6 Oct 2011

Biofuels flight is 'hollow PR stunt'

The UK's first commercial flight run on biofuels has been described by Friends of the Earth as “a hollow PR stunt that paves the way for rainforest destruction”.
6 Oct 2011

100 indigenous activists arrested in Ethiopia

Survival International say that around a hundred Ethiopian tribespeople have been arrested and jailed for opposing a controversial new dam.
20 Sep 2011

EU's resource plan 'doesn't go far enough'

The European Commission has failed to satisfy environmental NGOs with a plan to tackle Europe's dependency on imported resources.