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Plant-based plastics 'no panacea',

Plant-based plastics 'no panacea', | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
From www.euractiv.com - December 7, 2012 5:03 PM

December 6, 2012

SPECIAL REPORT [1] / The world's largest drinks companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have laid down ambitious plans to roll out 100% plant-based plastic bottles across the globe, triggering warnings from environmentalists who see a parallel with the ongoing controversy over biofuels.... http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-plastics-pvc/plant-based-plastics-panacea-gre-news-516469?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=bbd36828bd-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email

 

FAO report links high food prices to biofuel demand http://www.euractiv.com/cap/fao-report-links-high-food-price-news-516502?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=bbd36828bd-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email


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New report: Taking environmental limits seriously: The need to reshape environmental policy

New report: Taking environmental limits seriously: The need to reshape environmental policy | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
From www.umweltrat.de - June 9, 2012 12:34 PM
Despite this large untapped potential, a sufficient degree of decoupling may not be achieved. As part of a precautionary strategy, policy and society should therefore also reflect on conditions of social and political stability under conditions of low economic growth.

 

This new report from the German Advisory Council on the Environment is one of the few reports which looks beyond the "decoupling" paradigm and puts forward ideas to adapt economic and social practices and institutions for a coming post-growth world.


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