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Biofuel Crops That Require Destroying Native Ecosystems Worsens Global Warming (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2008) Turning native ecosystems into "farms" for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota and the Nature Conservancy. The carbon lost by converting ... Other labels: blog, climate

Biofuel impact on farm prices overplayed (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) Source: Reuters By Sybille de La Hamaide January 14, 2008 PARIS (Reuters) The recent price rally in farm commodities such as grains, oilseeds and sugar beet can be attributed partly to higher biofuel demand but their share of the blame has been ... Other labels: blog, agriculture

Brazil's Lula Signs Biofuels Deal in Congo (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44885/story.htm BRAZIL: October 18, 2007 BRAZZAVILLE Brazil has signed two agreements with Congo Republic to provide the poor central African state with training, technology and financing to produce biofuel from sugar cane ... Other labels: conflict

Brazil Discovers an Oil Field Can Be a Political Tool (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Published: November 19, 2007http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/americas/19braziloil.html?ref=w orld  RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17 With the price of oil hovering near $100 a barrel, the discovery of the biggest deepwater oil field off the southeastern coast ... Other labels: petrol, brazil, resources, international

Catholic bishop blasts Brazil on Amazon destruction (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/30740 BRASILIA (Reuters) A senior Roman Catholic bishop criticized Brazil's government on Wednesday for energy and agriculture policies that he said were destroying the Amazon forest and threatening the livelihood of local populations. "We cannot ignore ... Other labels: climate, blog, brazil, religion, agriculture

China and India biofuels could threaten food output (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.enn.com/energy/article/23785 OSLO (Reuters) Plans by China and India to raise biofuels production from irrigated maize and sugarcane could aggravate water shortages and undermine food output, an international report said on Thursday. The two countries ... Other labels: water

China and India biofuels could threaten food output (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.enn.com/energy/article/23785 OSLO (Reuters) Plans by China and India to raise biofuels production from irrigated maize and sugarcane could aggravate water shortages and undermine food output, an international report said on Thursday. The two countries ... Other labels: water, food, scarcity, ethanol

Crop biofuels 'create carbon debt' (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) From: , Science and Development Network, More from this Affiliate Published February 18, 2008 09:17 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/31344  Two studies have shown that changes in land use to produce cropbased biofuels can ... Other labels: blog, climate, security

Forest Loss in Sumatra Becomes a Global Issue (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/world/asia/06indo.html?r=1&ref=environmen t&oref=slogin By PETER GELLING Published: December 6, 2007 KUALA CENAKU, Indonesia, Dec. 1 — Here on the island of Sumatra, about 1,200 miles from the global climate talks ... Other labels: government, economy, forests, indonesia, palmoil, deforestation

Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/business/worldbusiness/15food.html?ref=wo rld By ANDREW MARTIN Published: April 15, 2008The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries. That strategy seemed ... Other labels: food, security, conflict, blog, ethanol