http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/12/biofuels-scidevnet-report/ Where the world comes together Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/12/biofuels-scidevnet-report/#comment-988 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:53:04 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/12/biofuels-scidevnet-report/#comment-988 <strong><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40467" rel="nofollow">Biofuels Scarce on Bali Menu</a></strong> By Marwaan Macan-Markar NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia , Dec 13 (IPS) - Green groups hoping that the social and environmental cost of biofuels would get an airing at the United Nations climate change conference here are a disappointed lot. The Dec. 3-14 conference has given only marginal attention to biofuels during the formal sessions -- involving government officials and ministers from some 180 countries -- where a blueprint is being shaped to strike a balance between economic growth and environment protection. ‘’There has not been a push during the negotiations for biofuels,’’ says Tony Juniper, executive director of the British branch of Friends of the Earth (FoE), a global green lobby. ‘’It had a very low profile on the agenda here. There were only some areas where it did creep in, such as the discussions on forestry and land use.’’ Biofuels Scarce on Bali Menu
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia , Dec 13 (IPS) - Green groups hoping that the social and environmental cost of biofuels would get an airing at the United Nations climate change conference here are a disappointed lot.
The Dec. 3-14 conference has given only marginal attention to biofuels during the formal sessions — involving government officials and ministers from some 180 countries — where a blueprint is being shaped to strike a balance between economic growth and environment protection.
‘’There has not been a push during the negotiations for biofuels,’’ says Tony Juniper, executive director of the British branch of Friends of the Earth (FoE), a global green lobby. ‘’It had a very low profile on the agenda here. There were only some areas where it did creep in, such as the discussions on forestry and land use.’’

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