Qantas hopes rubbish-burning biofuel plant will fly

The airline has teamed with US fuel supplier Solena to investigate the construction of the world’s second commercial waste biofuel plant in Sydney, a move that could create 1200 jobs. It is one of two biofuel projects Qantas is assessing as it moves to cut its carbon emissions and meet airline industry guidelines of improving [...]

Companies with green strategies most likely to grow

Although the green investment market is developing fast, what constitutes a truly green investment is still being debated. For example, does a company in a traditionally non-green business, such as oil production, become “green” if it tries to adopt a more eco-friendly approach? via The National.

World food prices at fresh high, says UN

Global food prices rose to a fresh high in December, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). Its Food Price Index went above the previous record of 2008 that saw prices spark riots in several countries. Soaring sugar, cereal and oil prices had driven the rise, the report said. via BBC News – [...]

Climate change impact worsened last year

The number of weather-related natural calamities rose last year, showing further proof of the growing impact of climate change. Weather-related disasters such as storm, floods or heat waves occupied nine tenths of total 950 natural disasters recorded in 2010, said Munich Re, a global reinsurance firm. via Climate change impact worsened last year – International [...]

The Finite World

What the commodity markets are telling us is that we’re living in a finite world, in which the rapid growth of emerging economies is placing pressure on limited supplies of raw materials, pushing up their prices. And America is, for the most part, just a bystander in this story. via NYTimes.com.

Finally! Palm oil companies recognise the value of forests

The annual RSPO meeting was held in Jakarta last week, and members voted in favour of our proposal. This means that the RSPO must now publish a position statement recognising the value of secondary and degraded forests, and make sure that plantation companies and auditors don’t just write them off as dead wood. Whilst we’re [...]

Indonesia’s Forests Loom As Green Gold

All eyes are on Indonesia and its forest policy as climate- change negotiations continue in the upcoming global talks in Mexico, against the prospect of billions of dollars flowing from the planet’s major polluters to the developing world to slow global warming. via IPS ipsnews.net.