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Nervous North American farmers set to 'seed in faith' into parched soils

Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world's key growing regions for canola and spring wheat.
EU singles out palm oil for removal from transport fuel
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EU singles out palm oil for removal from transport fuel

The European Commission has concluded that palm oil cultivation results in excessive deforestation and its use in transport fuel should be phased out, setting the bloc on a collision course with major palm oil producers Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Canada's math may overlook carbon pollution from biofuels
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Canada's math may overlook carbon pollution from biofuels

Many scientists and environmental groups say it is unrealistic to measure the carbon intensity of biofuels without also measuring how the use of crops like corn or canola for fuel, instead of food, might be causing the conversion of land elsewhere in the world to agriculture to compensate for the drop in food crops.
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