Anyone following the palm oil debate would not have been surprised by the findings of the BBC’s top investigative programme Panorama earlier in the week, which investigated the industry.
Using GPS technology and satellite imaging, the BBC exposed how the palm oil giant Duta Palma Group is logging on both high conservation lands and deep peat [...]

A shocking new analysis by the respected Earth Policy Institute has revealed that over a quarter of the total US grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year.
The figure has tripled since 2004.
Because the US is by far the largest grain exporter, the fact that it is feeding an increasing amount of [...]

In its investigation into the explosion of corporate lobbyists swarming around the US Climate Bill last year, the Centre for Public Integrity noted that “agriculture-based alternative fuels were especially well represented among the new lobbying entrees”.
In fact, the CIJ pointed out, the agriculture industry is the fourth largest industry lobby on climate in the United [...]

All the news reports this morning are that a deal at Copenhagen is dead. Barack Obama has said that we had run out of time to secure a deal in December.
This will please the corporate lobbyists no end.  The longer they can delay action on climate the better.
But now Copenhagen’s iconic mermaid is striking back. [...]

Why is the aviation industry been so untouchable when it comes to climate change?
That is the question on many people’s lips as the British government prepares to cut carbon from pretty much every sector but aviation.
The way aviation is treated may have something to do with the intricate links between the industry and the Labour [...]