23 November 2005

Forests paying the price for biofuels

Potential for an 'out of the frying pan and into the fire' situation, palm oil is not being grown sustainably ...
"We need to ensure that the crops used to make the fuel have been grown in a sustainable way or we will have rainforests cleared for palm oil plantations to make bio-diesel."

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