Press Room

BRUSSELS, Belgium (July 4, 2008)

PANGEA continues to be astounded by the misconception that all biofuels are the same and that they all lead toward the current food crisis.

In a leaked report on biofuels today, the UK's Guardian newspaper claims a new World Bank report puts 75% of the blame for increased food prices on biofuel production yet neither the Guardian nor the information it published from the report differentiates biofuels made from food crops and those made from non-food crops.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (June 25, 2008)

PANGEA is shocked at the callous manner in which Oxfam, who pretends to speak on behalf of the world’s poor, can so blatantly dismiss biofuels when they offer the developing world the first opportunity in decades—if not ever—to build a sustainable industry that would give them access to added value markets while increasing food and fuel security.

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (June 9, 2008)

Trade ministers from sugar-producing Least Developed Countries gave their resounding support on Sunday, June 8 2008, to PANGEA-- a new trade association based in Brussels, Belgium working to promote the development of African Biofuels.

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African biofuel potential