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Biofuels are the ultimate expression of a confused transport policy

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Blog by Richard George, Roads and Climate Campaigner for the Campaign for Better Transport. The Government thinks we need biofuels, not to tackle climate change, but to cater for a predicted increase in demand for car travel. The thinking goes that to ach

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Biofuels in the news - 'EU drafts reveal biofuel's environmental damage'

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Good to see that biofuels are still on the news agenda - they should be, what with how they can contribute to climate change and increase global hunger! There's an interesting piece featured on the Reuters UK, EU drafts reveal biofuel's 'environmental da

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What does it mean when women farmers thrive?

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Leya Chede is an example of how a little investment goes a long way.

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International Women's Day - a reason to celebrate!

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Today is International Women’s Day and there is a wealth of activity happening around the world to celebrate. Here in the UK we had the exciting announcement that Baroness Kinnock will take on a new role leading the Government’s work to tackle violence ag

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Ask Hilary Benn about Biofuels

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At 2 pm today, Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will answer your questions about achieving a greener society and proposals to make it easier for people to grow their own food in a live webchat

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Women campaigning for their rights in Sierra Leone

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I was lucky enough to go to Sierra Leone last week to interview some of our partner organisations.

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A big step forward

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The UK government is ready to talk hunger.

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Want to know more about women's rights? Read these blogs...

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Bloggers out in force for women's empowerment

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Ben Webster of The Times on the evils of biofuels

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Check out our video clip of Ben Webster, the Environment Editor at The Times, grilling the panelists at our Big Biofuel Debate. You can also read his article 'Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels, according to report' that featured in The Times

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