VANCOUVER - May 4/07 - SNS -- The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says agriculture can immediately start playing a major role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and helping reduce the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 8/07 - SNS -- Ashland Inc. and Cargill plan to create a joint venture company devoted solely to the development and production of bio-based chemicals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OLDS - May 25/07 - SNS -- Canadian barley growers hope a new research project will open the door to use of their grain to produce ethanol. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - May 28/07 - IRIN -- The rush to produce biofuels, driven by the threat of global warming and higher oil prices, is exerting price pressure on staple foods in South Africa, according to a report by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP), a nongovernmental organization that highlights food security concerns. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - May 29/07 - SNS -- The Japanese government intends to bring in legislation to prevent low-quality biogasoline products from being sold as the sector develops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 30/07 - SNS -- Mustard seed offers good potential for farmers in drier areas to produce a seedstock for the production the biodiesel on their farms. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - May 31/07 - SNS -- The Indian government wants to see the country convert to gasoline containing 10% ethanol over the next four years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - May 31/07 - SNS -- The United kingdom's agriculture department (DEFRA) and Carbon Trust will work with BSI British Standards to develop a standard method for measuring the embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in products and services. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/07 - SNS -- Tax incentives available to Poland's emerging biofuel sector are not having the desired impact on development of the industry, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/07 - SNS -- Juehnde is the first bioenergy village in Germany, meaning that it produces all of its electricity and energy for heating and cooling locally from renewable resources, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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