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Bad news and good news on palm oil

October 1, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biodiesel, biofuels, indonesia, malaysia, orangutan, palmoil, rainforest, videos

First the bad news: As reported by Sky News the demand for palm oil for biodiesel is contributing to the destruction of some of the world's most precious rainforests. I highly recommend the video included with the article. The article focuses...continued

NRDC and HECO agree on biodiesel procurement policy

August 22, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biodiesel, biofuels, HECO, palmoil, RSPO

Today, NRDC and Hawaiian Electric Company released the final version of a biodiesel sustainability procurement policy. It's available on our website and www.hawaiisenergyfuture.com. Ralph Cavanagh wrote a good overview of the history of the policy, its scope, and its objectives....continued

A few random observations on kids, carbon, biodiesel... the usual

July 12, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
algae, biodiesel, carboncredits, Greenfuels, palmoil, publictransportation

Well I did say that things would be quiet here at the Switchboard, but I didn't realize how quiet. For my part, I was on vacation and then...how to put this delicately...well let's just say that I took this entry...continued

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
New York City
I coordinate NRDC's work on renewable energy--fuels and power--and policies that will advance them. For...
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