Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% – far more than previously estimated – according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is based on the most detailed analysis of the crisis so far, carried out by an internationally-respected economist at global financialย body.
The figure emphatically contradicts the US government’s claims that plant-derived fuels contribute less than 3% to food-priceย rises.
Paying for social license is 'no substitute for solving environmental problems,' say critics.
The agencyโs work for the fossil fuel industry has made it โcomplicit in causing existential harm to people and planetโ, say campaigners, who are calling on WPP to drop those clients.
The Alberta premier wants to replace coal and mine it at the same time.
A bill on its way to the Governorโs desk โ with connections to gas industry allies โ could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisianaโs future.
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