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Forest-destroying palm oil powers cars in EU
2016-06-01 15:08:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BangKok Post: Palm oil produced on tropical plantations that drive deforestation has become a major biofuel for vehicles in the European Union, industry figures released Tuesday by an environmental group revealed. Second only to rapeseed as a biofuel, overall palm oil use in EU countries jumped six-fold from 2010 to 2015, according to data obtained by Brussels-based NGO Transport & Environment. In 2014, nearly half of the palm oil used in Europe wound up in the gas tanks of cars and trucks, according to...
Leaked figures show spike in palm oil use for biodiesel in Europe
2016-06-01 11:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leaked trade industry figures show a five-fold increase in the use of palm oil for biodiesel in Europe between 2010 and 2014, providing new evidence of links between deforestation in southeast Asia and the EUs renewable energy mandate. The leaked figures, which the Guardian has seen, show that 45% of palm oil used in Europe in 2014 went to biodiesel, up from 8% in 2010. Greenhouse gas emissions from biodiesel are more than three times higher than those from conventional diesel engines when...
How Palm Oil Has Changed Life for Sumatran Elephants What You Can Do
2016-05-31 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OneGreenPlanet: In the picture below, we witness two starkly different scenes, both occurring in the same land. In the image on top, two elephants share the day in their natural habitat. In the wild, life is good. Time is spent foraging and bonding with loved ones. Family is number one for elephants, as they live in matriarchal herds, with grandmothers, daughters, granddaughters, aunts, nieces, and cousins, all sharing each others company for decades. But those days of happiness and becoming rarer and rarer....
SWANA Hosts Safety Training in West Palm Beach
2016-05-26 09:52:00| Waste Age
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) held a Safety and Compliance Workshop in West Palm Beach, Fla. read more
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Indonesias forestry ministry follows through on palm oil permit freeze
2016-05-23 14:06:55| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Indonesian forestry ministry is on board with President Joko Jokowi Widodos plan to ban new oil palm permits, and has rejected all outstanding requests to establish plantations in the forest zone, a ministry official said on Friday. Sixty-one palm oil companies have had their proposals rejected, sparing a total of 851,000 hectares of land from conversion, according to the San Afri Awang, the ministrys head of governance and planning. Thats 12 times the size of Singapore. We are bringing...
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