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Biofuels a boon for Brazil's rural poor, but obstacles remain elsewhere | Paige McClanahan
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21.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| While biofuels have facilitated slow but positive change for farmers in Brazil, other countries have been less successful
Biofuels have long been hailed as one of the potential answers to climate change. Their environmental credentials are controversial , but a handful of countries are now looking at them from another angle entirely: they want to use biofuels to try to reduce poverty among rural smallholder farmers.
Such efforts are in full force in Brazil, a country that is home to both a sizeable biofuels industry and about 4.1m small-scale family farms. But while some of the country's biofuels policies have fallen short, others have proved a boon to the rural poor. Smallholder farmers have seen their incomes rise thanks to the introduction of more progressive standards and new rules on contract negotiations.
"The numbers show that the farmers in Brazil … have been earning far more than they were before – not only in absolute quantities, but also as a percentage of the whole value ... |
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Farm waste may demand return of biofuels
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20.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Farm waste may demand return of biofuels |
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Minnesota's struggling ethanol makers hope to snap back this year
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20.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Business |
| After a drought, record-high corn prices and plant shutdowns, ethanol producers say 2013 has to be better. |
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Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown
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18.5.2013 |
Wall St. Journal: Opinion |
| Houston's mayor—an openly gay Democrat friendly to business—talks about why her city is the country's fastest growing and most diverse. |
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Oil and gas products: pumped prices?
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15.5.2013 |
Financial Times: Energy |
| The European Commission probe into concerns about anti-competitive behaviour should be taken seriously |
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PM's concern over oil price 'fixing'
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15.5.2013 |
BBC: Front Page |
| David Cameron is "deeply" concerned by claims of price fixing by major oil firms, as energy minister Ed Davey prepares to make an emergency statement. |
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Oil firm raids raise fuel price fear
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15.5.2013 |
BBC: Front Page |
| MPs and motoring groups call on UK regulators to investigate claims that oil giants may have been linked to price-fixing for more than a decade. |
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Should we burn trees to generate electricity?
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9.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| The government is encouraging power stations to burn biomass in order to help lower carbon emissions. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates.
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DealBook: Kleiner Perkins Shifts Strategy After a Rough Decade
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8.5.2013 |
NY Times: Business |
| DealBook: Kleiner Perkins Shifts Strategy After a Rough Decade |
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Technologies transforming energy: a glossary
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4.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Technology |
| Technologies transforming energy: a glossary |
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Drilling is new focus for clean energy investors
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4.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Technology |
| Drilling is new focus for clean energy investors |
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Technologies transforming energy: a glossary
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4.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Business & Technology |
| Here's a look at some key energy terms and technologies. |
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Drilling is new focus for clean energy investors
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4.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Business & Technology |
| A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal. |
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New technology propels 'old energy' boom
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4.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Technology |
| New technology propels 'old energy' boom |
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Greentech: Squeezing More From Ethanol
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4.5.2013 |
NY Times: Automobiles |
| Greentech: Squeezing More From Ethanol |
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A visual glance at energy terms and technologies
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3.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Technology |
| A visual glance at energy terms and technologies |
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A visual glance at energy terms and technologies
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3.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Business & Technology |
| Here's a look at some key energy terms and technologies. |
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A visual glance at energy terms and technologies
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3.5.2013 |
AP Top News |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- Here's a look at some key energy terms and technologies.... |
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A visual glance at key energy terms and technologies
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3.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Clean technology investors shift focus to drilling
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2.5.2013 |
AP Business |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal.... |
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