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New Department For Transport Data Shows No Palm Oil Used In The UK
2016-08-05 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: For the first time since the start of the UKs Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation in 2008, no palm oil has been used in the renewable biodiesel that is blended into fossil diesel. Volumes have dropped sharply since 2012 and UK biodiesel is now largely made from waste feedstocks, in particular used cooking oil. UK feedstocks are also the major contributor to renewable bioethanol that is blended into fossil petrol. In 2008 UK feedstocks accounted for 8% of UKs renewable fuels and this has now...
Can palm oil be sustainable?
2016-07-21 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study published in the journal Global Environmental Change. The study is the first to map land suitable for palm oil production on a global scale, while taking into account environmental and climate considerations. "There is room to expand palm oil production and to do it in a sustainable way," says IIASA researcher Johannes Pirker, who led the study. Palm...
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Palm oil firms ditch 'no deforestation' pact in Indonesia
2016-07-02 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Major palm oil producers and traders, including Wilmar and Cargill ditched a "no deforestation" private agreement in Indonesia, saying the government's recent efforts to strengthen its certification standards were sufficient. Indonesia, the world's biggest producer and exporter of palm oil, moved in April to prohibit the use of new land to boost production. The country, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests, has been criticized by green activists and other Southeast Asian nations...
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Palm oil shows need for socially aware research
2016-06-20 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: In recent weeks, I attended two events that prompted me to start inspecting the labels of cosmetics, detergents and packaged foods in my house. I was looking for evidence of palm oil products, in response to a staggering claim that half of what the average family buys has been touched in some way by palm oil -- everything, it seems, from chocolate and margarine to sauces and soaps. My search quickly turned up 'sustainable palm fruit oil' in some oatcakes and a palm oil derivative, ethylhexyl palmitate,...
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Palm oil giant's impact in Indonesia worse than reported, says Greenpeace
2016-06-09 11:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of the worlds largest producers of palm oil has drained and planted on areas of peatland supposed to be protected by Indonesian law, claims a new report from Greenpeace, with levels of damage potentially worse than previously reported. The NGO says satellite images of Ketapang, west Kalimantan show drainage canals covering an area of peatland that the Malaysia-based company IOI had marked for restoration in a sustainability commitment in 2014. Draining peatland is the first step for developing...
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