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Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy (AP via Yahoo! News)

Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts said Thursday.

Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy (San Francisco Chronicle)

Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts said Thursday. Speaking at an international conference on food supplies, many also warned that some countries'...

Biofuel waste becomes valuable chemicals (Moldova.org)

U.S. chemical engineers say they have developed a technology for cleanly converting problematic biofuel wastes into valuable organic acids.Rice University researchers said their techniques promise to change the economics of biodiesel refining by a fermentation process that allows E. coli and other...

Poverty: 260m driven into hunger by push for biofuel - ActionAid (Guardian Unlimited)

The G8's push for greater biofuel use has been a significant factor in driving 760 million people into food insecurity

Anger at Kenya biofuel approval (BBC News)

Environmentalists ask Kenya to revoke a decision to allow a controversial biofuel project.

EU Charges the US With Dumping Biofuel (CalTrade Report)

BRUSSELS, Belgium ? 07/03/08 ? The European Union has opened anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imports of biofuel from the US.

Anger at Kenya biofuel approval (BBC News)

Environmentalists ask Kenya to revoke a decision to allow a biofuel project to go ahead in coastal wetlands.

Kenyan environmentalists blast biofuel plans (New Kerala)

Nairobi, July 2 : A Kenyan environmental group Wednesday blasted a plan to convert 200 sq km of coastal wetlands to biofuel production, saying it will endanger livelihoods and threaten wildlife.

Kenyan environmentalists blast biofuel plans in coastal wetlands (EARTHtimes.org)

Nairobi - A Kenyan environmental group Wednesday blasted a plan to convert 200 square kilometres of coastal wetlands to biofuel production, saying it will endanger livelihoods and threaten local wildlife. The government approved the plan to grow suga...

A biofuel food-price bombshell (Salon.com)

The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices.