U.S. Ethanol Policy Costs Mexico $250 - 500 Million Each Year, Fuels Hunger
Wednesday, May 16, 2012ActionAid's new report, Biofueling Hunger: How U.S. Corn Ethanol Policy Drives up Food Prices in Mexico, shows how US biofuels policy is increasing food insecurity in...
View ArticleThe Hidden Ingredient in Rising Food Costs
Thursday, July 19, 2012USDA reported that the average farm price for corn in the 2012/2013 season is projected to rise sharply from $4.20-$5.00 a bushel to $5.40-$6.40 due to the extreme heat and...
View ArticleUS Land Grab for Oil Palm in Cameroon
US based Herakles Capital is bulldozing its way forward with a herculean land grab in the African Republic of Cameroon. It proposes to establish an oil palm plantation that could destroy over 180,000...
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Mandating Hunger: The Impacts of Global Biofuels Mandates and Targets
ActionAid Mandating Hunger: The Impacts of Global Biofuels Mandates and TargetsTuesday, February 24, 2015Government mandates for the consumption of biofuels produced on agricultural land undermine...
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Swedish Police investigate G8 New Alliance biofuel project in Tanzania
According to Development Today, the Economic Crime Unit of the Swedish police has launched an investigation into the 2009 sale by the Swedish biofuel firm SEKAB of its African assets to the company’s...
View ArticleHuge Increase in U.S. Biofuels Mandates Forcing World’s Poor Off their Land,...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015New research published today by international aid agency ActionAid reveals the amount of biofuels needed to meet U.S. mandates and other global targets will massively increase...
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The Problem with Biofuels Mandates
When do companies like government mandates? When the government is mandating that consumers purchase the product they are selling.Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature should reject the...
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Cutting Carbon by Taking Away People’s Food
Ethanol advocates often dismiss critiques of biofuel policies, insisting that they don’t contribute to world hunger. New research published in Science, however,suggests that these policies depend on...
View ArticleActionAid USA reacts to EPA announcement on Renewable Volume Obligations
Friday, May 29, 2015The United States Environmental Protection Agency today announced new rules for the amount of biofuels that must be produced in the United States in 2014 and 2015. ActionAid USA’s...
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The dirty side of the agribusiness industry
Earlier this week our team in Guatemala alerted us to a huge environmental disaster that’s unfolding along the La Pasión River in the north of the country.According to local sources, the Sayaxché...
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Bad Neighbors: The Cost of Ethanol Production to Local Communities
bad_neighbors-actionaid-lores.pdfMonday, July 20, 2015U.S. demand for biofuels will account for almost half of global demand by 2025, under targets agreed by Congress in the Renewable Fuels Standard....
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Water at Risk: The impact of biofuels expansion on water resources and poverty
water_at_risk-actionaid-proof3.pdfThursday, October 15, 2015Biofuels are considered to be a renewable resource because their feedstocks can be reproduced in a relatively short amount of time and they...
View ArticleActionAid USA reacts to EPA announcement on Renewable Volume Obligations
Monday, November 30, 2015The United States Environmental Protection Agency today announced the final ruling for the amount of biofuels that must be consumed in the United States in 2016.ActionAid USA’s...
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