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Palm oil
05/03/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Palm oil

Whether you know it or not, palm oil is almost certainly a part of your life. Your shampoo, your ice cream, your margarine - and now even your biofuel - all contain this popular vegetable oil. But with palm oil increasingly associated with deforestation, there's a huge effort to make production more sustainable in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. This week environment examines whether palm oil should be given the 'green'' light.
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Innovative energy
05/02/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Innovative energy

This week Environment is looking at innovative energy. To start, French researchers try to identify the sweetest of trees with a high sugar content to produce a fruitful harvest of biofuels. Meanwhile in Spain CO2 from a cement factory is sucked up by algae leading to the mass production of bio petroleum. Finally how green are the latest shiny engines to hit the road? They avoid polluting petrol but nonetheless need powerplants many still fueled by coal to run.
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Israel’s Abu Ghraib?
18/08/2010 - International press review

Israel’s Abu Ghraib?

An Israeli rights group, Breaking the Silence, has released photos showing Palestinian detainees being humiliated by the Israeli armed forces. We take a look at reaction and comment in the press. Also, Google’s CEO sounds the alarm on internet privacy; pints fuel Britain’s coalition government and whiskey may soon be fuelling cars! WEDNESDAY, 18th AUGUST, 2010
Land for grabs: Win-win or Neo-Colonialism?
25/12/2009 - Beyond Business

Land for grabs: Win-win or Neo-Colonialism?

Some compare it to a hold up on land; others say it is a development booster. Experts, politicians and Non governmental organizations disagree on their analysis of what is called “land-grabbing”-or the acquisition of farm lands- a practice on the increase.
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The problems of depending on petrol
28/11/2009 - ENVIRONMENT

The problems of depending on petrol

The International Energy Agency has released figures stating that in 2030 it looks like the world will still rely on fossil fuels for 80% of its energy needs.ENVIRONMENT looks at the global dependency on oil and the problems it presents.
EU split in battle over biofuel tariffs
Japan Airlines tries new biofuel in test flight
Biofuel gives Europe a headache
Delegates to discuss the future of biofuels
21/10/2008 - THE WEEK IN EUROPE

The Clunky Fister is back

In this edition: Gordon Brown's position is reinforced thanks to his plan of partial nationalisation of banks in difficulty; behind the closed doors of the Union, is everything going so smoothly?; a mosque in East Berlin provoke angry protests.
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