FOOD & FUEL CRISIS 
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Biofuels 'deprive world of 100 million tonnes of food'
The production of biofuels is depriving the world of 100 million tons of food that could be used to feed the hungry, the UN has warned. read more...
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Excise cut 'will hurt poor'
Plans to cut the fuel excise under an emissions trading scheme will disadvantage the poor, the Greens say. read more...
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Africa urges G8 to tackle oil, food prices
African leaders have urged G8 nations to tackle soaring oil and food prices, warning the crisis threatens to aggravate an already desperate plight in the continent. read more...
Govt says GM crops needed to address global food crisis
Wednesday, 3rd September,2008Australia should accept that genetically modified (GM) crops will be crucial in addressing the world food crisis, federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke says. read more...
Oil prices top $US147 a barrel
Saturday, 12th July,2008Oil prices rocketed to records above $US147 today as traders seized on the weak US currency simmering tensions over crude producers Iran and Nigeria and news of a looming strike in Brazil. read more...
Petrol to hit $8 a litre by 2018: CSIRO
Friday, 11th July,2008The growing oil crisis and the introduction of a carbon emissions trading system could see Australians paying $8 a litre for petrol by 2018, the CSIRO has warned. read more...
Inflation threat on G8 agenda
Wednesday, 9th July,2008Rich nations and rising economic powers including China and India met to seek ways to rein in surging oil and food prices that are taking their toll on the global economy. read more...
Govt has support for action on climate change
Sunday, 6th July,2008Economist Professor Ross Garnaut says taking a hardline on climate change won't necessarily condemn the Rudd government to electoral defeat. read more...
Petrol hikes should be made public: Opposition
Saturday, 5th July,2008The federal opposition has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to reveal any plans for petrol price hikes following the release of the Garnaut Report on climate change. read more...
Energy efficiency a priority: EU
Saturday, 5th July,2008European Union energy ministers on Friday vowed to place energy efficiency at the heart of plans to ease the soaring cost of fossil fuels and help meet the EU's goals on climate change. read more...
Act soon on climate change: Garnaut
Friday, 4th July,2008An effective response to climate change must take shape and be in place in the next few years, the federal government's top climate change adviser says. read more...
Truckies threaten to blockade roads
Tuesday, 1st July,2008European-style road blockades by disgruntled truck drivers are on the cards if petrol prices hit $2 a litre, an Australian union has warned. read more...
Sydney truckies protest fuel costs
Tuesday, 1st July,2008A go-slow protest by truck drivers on the F3 freeway north of Sydeny has done little to disrupt traffic during the morning commute, the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) says. read more...
Oil breaks record $US140 mark
Friday, 27th June,2008Oil prices have crossed $US140 a barrel for the first time in New York and London amid a declining US dollar and a warning they could hit $US170 this year. read more...
Indonesians riot over fuel costs
Wednesday, 25th June,2008About 1,000 Indonesian protesters angered by the death of a student killed during a fuel-price protest, have burned cars and hurled stones at police outside Parliament. read more...
Government 'delivered a feather at oil summit'
Monday, 23rd June,2008The Rudd government promised a petrol price blowtorch but delivered a feather at the Jeddah oil meeting, the opposition says. read more...
Saudi king lambasts oil speculators
Monday, 23rd June,2008Saudi King Abdullah has launched an offensive against "speculators" at a summit on the soaring price of crude. read more...
US stocks plunge as auto woes hammer market
Saturday, 21st June,2008US stocks took a beating as renewed worries about the auto sector accelerated a decline in a market already fretting over the troubled financial sector and rising oil prices. read more...