Brazil: Shell Scraps Controversial Biofuels Plan After Brazilian Indian Protest


Brazil: Shell Scraps Controversial Biofuels Plan After Brazilian Indian Protest   A biofuels company set up by Shell in Brazil has scrapped controversial plans to source sugar cane from land stolen from an indigenous tribe after a vociferous campaign by the Indians and Survival International.   The company, Raizen, was established in 2010 as a joint venture of Shell and Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan to produce biofuel from sugar cane.   But some of its sugar cane is grown on land...

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13 June 2012

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