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According to an article in the Jakarta Post, an official from the Indonesian government has spilled the beans on Samsung’s plans to invest up to $1.63 billion dollars in what’s sure to be a controversial acquisition of land for growing oil palms and construction of a biodiesel plant in Indonesia.

An official government report is set to conclude that booming demand for biofuels has had a “significant” impact on global food supplies, forcing ministers into a major rethink of... Please click on the headline of this news item to view the complete article on CorporateResponsibility.Net.

Biofuels are starting to remind Greenbang a bit of Britney Spears at the moment. The biofuels fall from grace has been somewhat marked: first everyone loved it, like Britney, then the wheels came off as supporters changed their minds about biofuels brilliance and started slating them, again much like

We all know that growing algae and using it to sequester Co2 is costly and using it at a source of bio-fuel may not have been economical in the past but recent technological innovations are changing that. Harvesting algae and using its by-products seem to have a more advantage for our environment and is extremely profitable.

The crew from BioTour made a stop on ASU’s Tempe campus today to promote sustainable living, biofuels, and solar energy. They welcomed everyone to take a tour of their bus and eagerly answered everyone’s questions. As I walked up to the bus I was immediately welcomed by BioTour co-director Ethan Burke and asked if I’d like a tour.

UN spokesperson predicts high food prices until at least 2010. Hardest-hit countries: Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Haiti, Djibouti, the Gambia, Tajikistan, Togo, Chad, Benin, Burma, Cameroon, Niger, Senegal, Yemen and Cuba. In Afghanistan, wheat rose more than 60 percent in 2007; in Bangladesh, rice went up 70 percent; in El Salvador, food prices doubled in 18 months.

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.The report, “Biofuel Feedstock Assessment for Selected Countries,” presents findings from research conducted in support of a larger study of “Worldwide Potential to Produce Biofuels with a focus on U.S.

The Man from Encana was sharing his thoughts yesterday on the scourge known as alternative fuels. In his column he make some accurate, if not unique, observations about the silliness of flattening rain forests to make way for palm oil plantations.