Developing Algae Facility for Biodiesel on Maui
US - HR BioPetroleum, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALEX), Hawaiian Electric Company and Maui Electric Company, subsidiaries of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE), today...

Warning: Biofuels and Biodiversity Don't Mix
UK - Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have...

EU to Observe Impact of Biofuels on Food
EU - EU leaders planned Friday to call for study on how Europe's use of more biofuels might affect global food production.

The Impact of Biofuels on Commodity Markets
BRUSSELS - Biofuels are coming under their most sustained attack yet over their role in pushing up commodity and food prices.

Malaysia Looks to Jatropha for Biodiesel
KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian government is looking to use jatropha oil for production of biodiesel in the future, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter Chin...

Are Biofuels Really a Threat to Global Food Security?
GLOBAL - Biofuels, derived from crops and once a promising alternative to petroleum, have come under increasing fire in the face of a global food shortage that has spurred chaos in...

Malaysia: Oilseeds and Products Update - April 2008
MALAYSIA - This is a GAIN report on Malaysia's oilseed and products update prepared by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Philippine Government Bans Conversion of Agricultural Land to Other Uses
MANILA - The Philippines has taken measures to reduce the its reliance on imported oil, writes Karen Lema (Reuters).

Weak biofuels demand, supplies to cap palm oil prices
MALAYSIA - According to Reuters, Malaysian palm oil prices are unlikely to rise much higher this year from current levels as domestic supplies are improving while the world's appetite...

EU proceeds with controversial biofuel plan
EU - The EU plans to continue with proposals to develop the use of biofuels despite allegations about green fuels contributing to the heightening of food prices.

Special report: Climate change and food prices
GLOBAL - Is the climate to blame for the deadly combination of soaring prices and decline in supply - two factors threatening food security?

EU, UK Move on Biofuel Sustainability
EU - The EU is moving to tighten up the environmental standards around new measures to lift the use of biofuels across the region. Britain, meanwhile, has ordered a review of its national...

India to set up National Biofuel Development Board
MUMBAI, INDIA - The union government is planning to set up a National Biofuel Development Board, it said on Tuesday.

Using Common Sense to Grow Biofuels
US - The future of the Earth could well hinge on the future of earth, the soil beneath our feet. One statistic makes clear why – soils and plants growing on them contain 2.7 times...

Latin America May Help US Reach Energy Goals
US - Latin American nations could become important suppliers of ethanol for world markets in coming decades, according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory study released recently.