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Countries Call for Global Moratorium Against Genetically Engineered Trees

Delegates from countries around the world raised the call for a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s Eighth Conference of the Parties in Curitiba, Brazil. Additional delegates also insisted that the CBD launch a thorough global examination of the risks and impacts of genetically engineered trees-risks which have not, at this point, been adequately examined. “Yesterday was truly an historic day,” stated Orin Langelle, Co-Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project and Coordinator of the STOP GE Trees Campaign. “The alarm bells we have been sounding about the genetic engineering of trees have finally been heard,” he continued. “Promoters of this irresponsible and dangerous technology have now officially been put on notice that people and countries around the world stand firmly opposed to genetically engineered trees-just as GM crops and terminator technology are already opposed,” stated Lambert Okrah, of the Ghana chapter of the Global Forest Coalition. “We further applaud the courageous and far-sighted positions of countries such as Ghana, Iran, Norway, Madagascar, Egypt, Philippines, Senegal, Malawi and others in raising the call for a moratorium on genetically engineered trees,” he continued. Interventions in support of the call […]

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Denmark: Concept for First Hydrogen City Released

A group of Danish companies and institutions released a concept called H2PIA for the building of the world’s first hydrogen city, beginning year 2007 in Denmark. H2PIA – a city based on freedom, clean energy, creativity and innovation is a vision for a complete city, where citizens will produce the energy they need for themselves. H2PIA will show how we can develop from a society that produces energy by burning oil, coal and gas, to a hydrogen-based, independent, and pollution-free community. H2PIA is based upon three values: ? Freedom: Because the citizens of H2PIA are independent of oil. They produce and store their own fuel in the form of hydrogen, that can deliver energy to both their homes and their cars. ? Clean energy: Because hydrogen is produced from renewable energy sources: sun and wind. And the only exhaust product left over when it is used is pure water. ? Creativity and innovation: Because the creation of H2PIA demands a close cooperation between the private and the public sector – between businesses, universities and policy makers. Experimentation, knowledge, experience, and results must be turned into real-life products to create a well-functioning and sustainable community where the noisy and polluting combustion […]

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BP Signs Deal to Supply Biofuel in Australia

BP (BP.L) has signed contracts to supply over 200 million litres a year of biofuels to Australian customers by 2008 – about half the national government’s biofuels target set for 2010. BP will produce 110 million litres of tallow-based biodiesel at its Bulwer refinery in Queensland by 2007, which it will use to produce around 2 billion litres of 5 percent blended fuel. It will also purchase 80 million litres of ethanol a year from privately owned Primary Energy’s plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, from 2008, and 23 million litres from Australia’s biggest sugar-producer CSR (CSR.AX) over the next two years. The ethanol will be used to make 10 percent blended fuel at BP’s terminals across Australia. BP’s overall Australian fuel production, which operates two refineries with combined capacity of 226,000 barrels of oil a day will stay at the same level.

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