UN adviser calls for halt on biofuels investment ABC Online, Australia - 11 hours ago New United Nations special adviser on food Olivier de Schutter has called for an immediate freeze on investment in biofuels - crops which can be ...

In a latest index, France was ranked the world's fourth most lucrative market for investment in biofuels. Being the world's second largest biofuel consumer, the country has launched special initiatives aimed at the growth of this ...

Biofuels and droughts can't fully explain the recent shortages—hedge funds and small investors bear some responsibility for global hunger. Not long ago, Dwight Anderson welcomed reporters with open arms. He liked to entertain them with stories from the world of big money. Anderson is a New York hedg ...

Hunger in a world of plenty. It Is The Speculators And Governments That Are Beholden To Special Interests - This Much More Then The Isue Of Biofuels - That Is Responsible For Shortage Of Food At A Time That For Some The Standard Of Living Gets Better And Better. Posted on Sustainabilitank.info on April 28th, 2008 by Pincas Jawetz (

New Zealand Parliament - 9. Biofuels—Mandatory Obligation I watched David Parker vainly trying to defend the government’s position on biodiesel ... of investment as to make the whole process and business of making biodiesel from this source un-economic

Earlier in the week, I wrote about ethanol (here) and how they are being blamed for rising food prices around the world ... . The enormous investment in biofuels in the U.S., the European Union, Canada and elsewhere