|
|
|
|
Reuters
--
High gasoline prices not only slowed fuel demand growth and cut sales of gas-guzzling vehicles in 2005, they also prompted Americans to drive less for the first time in 25 years, a consulting group said in a report Thursday...
Read More
|
|
|
BBC News
--
Gordon Brown has pledged to examine the impact of biofuels on world food prices, at a meeting with aid agencies, scientists, supermarkets and farmers.
The prime minister said Britain had to be "selective" in supporting biofuels and change its approach..
Read More
|
|
|
BBC News
--
The soaring cost of food is threatening millions of people in poor countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned.
Food prices have risen an unprecedented 40% in the last year and many nations may be unable to cope, th..
Read More
|
|
|
BBC News
--
The rapidly growing biofuel market will keep farm commodity prices high over the next decade, a key study has said.
According to the report, co-written by the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), biofuels will have a major impact on the farmin..
Read More
|
|
