Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'BBC'

Are biofuels to blame for rising food prices?

Are biofuels to blame for rising food prices? That question was debated for five minutes this morning on the infulential BBC radio 4 programme, Today. A contributory factor, that is making the effects of drought and poor harvests worse, is...

Food prices and food aid

Food prices are rising and this is putting increasing pressure on food aid, according to the United Nations, and reported in yesterday's Guardian. That report, which has a list of food hotspots, says: "We will have a problem in coming...

BBC biofuel resource

Have a look at the BBC's biofuel resources for reporting that is likely to be unbiased and pretty good quality....

Next generation biofuels

Using crops is the basis of many biofuel projects around the world and there are some interesting views on the way ahead. But what could the next generation of biofuels look like? How about self-digesting corn?. In mid September, this...