Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'hunger'

Biofuels push 260m people in to hunger, ActionAid

The charity Action Aid estimates that 260m people have been driven into fuel poverty by biofuels in a story reported in today's Guardian Unlimited. Dr Claire Melamed, ActionAid's head of trade policy says. "The world needs to start again and...

A christmas thought

Let's reduce pressure on world food stuffs as soon as we can. According to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation in mid December... Currently 37 countries worldwide are facing food crises due to conflict and disasters. In addition, food...

Biofuels are a "crime against humanity"

Biofuels made from food crops are a "crime against humanity", according to the UN's special special rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, and there should be a five year moratorium on their production, according to a report on...