The great biofuel debate
Are biofuels the answer to our ecological worries or merely an excuse to keep consuming? We pitch Graham Meeks of the Renewable Energy Association against Friends of the Earth’s Ed Matthews
In Biofuel
How the rich starved the world
- By Mark Lynas
- 17 April 2008
World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol. Plus Iain Macwhirter on how food prices are rocketing
Biofuels – Love them or loathe them
- By Graham Meeks
- 02 July 2007
The UK has assumed a leadership position in Europe which enjoys the active support of the biofuels industry
Fuelling a Carbon Crisis
- By Ed Matthews
- 02 July 2007
If we are to radically reduce transport emissions then the truth is that we have no choice but to do tackle our unquenchable thirst for fuel
