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- Palm OilThere's been a great deal of buzz lately about palm oil — the edible oil largely sourced in Indonesia and Malaysia from the fruit of the oil palm, which can also be used to make biofuels. The Environmental Protection Agency recently refused to designate it as a biofuel, as it does not meet the agency's greenhouse gas requirements laid out in the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard. Indeed, the release of carbon dioxide from the process of oil palm farming and oil extraction has placed Indonesia as the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/epa-to-rule-on-whether-greenhouse-gas-emitting-palm-oils-can-be-used-as-biofuel/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
- Why the EPA Should Rule Against Palm Oil BiofuelsThere's been a great deal of buzz lately about palm oil — the edible oil largely sourced in Indonesia and Malaysia from the fruit of the oil palm, which can also be used to make biofuels. The Environmental Protection Agency recently refused to designate it as a biofuel, as it does not meet the agency's greenhouse gas requirements laid out in the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard. Indeed, the release of carbon dioxide from the process of oil palm farming and oil extraction has placed Indonesia as the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/epa-to-rule-on-whether-greenhouse-gas-emitting-palm-oils-can-be-used-as-biofuel/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
- Why the EPA Should Rule Against Palm Oil BiofuelsThere's been a great deal of buzz lately about palm oil — the edible oil largely sourced in Indonesia and Malaysia from the fruit of the oil palm, which can also be used to make biofuels. The Environmental Protection Agency recently refused to designate it as a biofuel, as it does not meet the agency's greenhouse gas requirements laid out in the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard. Indeed, the release of carbon dioxide from the process of oil palm farming and oil extraction has placed Indonesia as the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/epa-to-rule-on-whether-greenhouse-gas-emitting-palm-oils-can-be-used-as-biofuel/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3