News tagged with palm oil prices
Conventional fossil fuels sometimes 'greener' than biofuels: study
There’s a race afoot to give biofuel wings in the aviation industry, part of an effort to combat soaring fuel prices and cut greenhouse gas emissions. In 2008, Virgin Atlantic became the first commercial ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 11, 2011 |
5 / 5 (4) |
6
|
Singapore-made biofuel to run cars in Europe, North America
Diesel made from palm oil, vegetable oil and animal fat in Singapore may soon be powering cars in Europe and North America, Finland's Neste Oil said Friday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 06, 2009 |
1.3 / 5 (3) |
1
The pluses and (mostly) minuses of biofuels
Speakers at last week’s AAAS meeting presented abundant evidence that tropical rainforest destruction has accelerated in recent years, at least in part because of the worldwide push to produce more biofuels.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
7
Search results for palm oil prices
Leaked documents indicate EU looking to reclassify carbon emissions from biofuels
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to wean themselves from their dependence on oil derived from fossil fuels, many countries, consortiums, and other groups have put incentives in place for the growing of plants that ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 30, 2012 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
6
|
Cellphone towers fade into landscape
Faced with providing service for ever more data-hungry cellphones, telecommunications carriers are in a nonstop race costing billions of dollars to boost the capacities of their networks.
Dec 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Report calls for energy-smart food
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Massey University energy expert says the global agriculture industry, including that of New Zealand, must reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to secure food supply in the future.
Dec 12, 2011 |
not rated yet |
3
Warnings as sustainable palm oil effort falters
Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand.
Nov 20, 2011 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
1
Last stand in Asia for shy, defenseless anteater
(AP) -- As the 20 cardboard boxes bound for China rolled through the X-ray machine at Jakarta's airport, Indonesian customs officials suspected what was inside didn't match what was declared. Instead of fresh ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
1
Hewlett-Packard overhaul exposes underdog status
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's largest technology companies, finds itself the underdog as it ditches most of its consumer businesses to become more like the well-oiled, corporate-focused machines ...
Aug 20, 2011 |
1 / 5 (1) |
1
New studies suggest lack of meaningful land rights threaten Indonesian forests
New research released today at a high-level forestry conference in Indonesia—opened by Vice President Boediono—suggests that Asia’s largest forest nation is paying a high price for failing to give local communities ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
12
Green chemistry: Getting nickel back
In Southeast Asia, palm oil is used both as an ingredient for cooking and a raw material for biodiesel production. To stabilize the oil against decomposition, it has to be hydrogenated in the presence of a ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Malaysia unveils plan to build 'green economy'
Malaysia is launching an ambitious plan to build a "green economy" with the help of an advisory council that includes economist Jeffrey Sachs and the UN climate change chief.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Forest plan hangs in balance at climate conference
(AP) -- Pedro Chuc May climbs a big zapote tree, braces himself against the trunk with a rope sling and uses his sharp machete to slash v-shaped cuts in the rough bark to let the tree's resin - the base for ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
List of search results for palm oil prices
