No level playing field in energy subsidies
Recent research conducted by Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance (NRF) has revealed that across the globe government subsidies for dirty fossil fuels dwarf market-support spending on renewables and biofuels.
20100809
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Report blames 2008 food price explosion on financial speculators, not biofuels.
Another recent report, this time published by Harpers magazine, demonstrates that Biofuels were not responsible for the 2008 food crisis.
The report by Frederick Kaufman, titled “The Food Bubble: How Wall Street starved millions and got away with it”, indicates that financial speculation involving commodity markets was the issue primarily responsible for the food prices crisis of 2008. The report draws the same conclusions as the World Bank report mentioned above.
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20100808
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World Bank - Placing the 2006/08 Commodity Price Boom into Perspective
Read the full report here.
20100802
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World Bank – Biofuel impact on food prices not as large as thought
A new report published by the Development Prospect Group of the World Bank on the causes of the 2006-2008 commodity price boom concludes that the spike on food prices was largely due to rising energy prices and commodity speculation
20100802
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2009 showed again growth in fuel ethanol production and consumption
After
a
strong
growth
in
2008
(almost
60%)
European
fuel
ethanol
production
continued
to
increase
considerably
in
2009
by
31%.
This
gives
a
clear
signal
to
all
doubters
that
European
bioethanol
is
here
to
stay
and
to
fulfill
its
increasingly
important
role
in
curbing
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
in
contributing
to
energy
security.
20100728
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