The arrival of El Niño and its potential to bring hotter, drier weather to Southeast Asia will be a crucial test for the global palm oil industry to prove it’s no longer at fault for causing forest fires and choking haze.

El Niño may bring smog and a chance of redemption for palm oil

Europe’s push for more green fuel has helped build an industry in China that collects, recycles and ships waste such as used cooking oil. But a flood of biofuel is now threatening European producers and sparking fears about fraudulent exports.

Producers in the European Union are worried they’re being undercut by companies in Asia that are mixing fuels with cheaper feedstocks and mislabeling them in order to qualify for incentives outlined by the bloc’s renewable energy targets. For example, a premium waste-based product could be mixed with other ingredients that is then passed off as being more sustainable than what it actually is.

Europe battles flood of green fuel suspected to be fraudulent

China is ready to work with Malaysia and other Southeast Asian nations to speed up consultation for a South China Sea code of conduct, Xinhua reported, citing Chinese Premier Li Qiang. 

Beijing is prepared to collaborate to jointly maintain peace and stability of the area, Li was cited as saying during a meeting with visiting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday (April 1). “Asia is our common home and win-win cooperation is the only right choice,” Li was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

China ready to speed up talks with Asean over South China Sea

(March 22): A global biofuel boom is set to drive a shortage of vegetable oils — used for cooking and now increasingly to power trucks and planes — intensifying a debate over food versus fuel.

Shortage of cooking oil looms as biofuels gain global appeal

Indonesia’s slow replanting of old and unproductive oil palm trees will likely keep output growth subdued in the world’s biggest supplier, according to plantation company Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

Production may only climb by 500,000 tons to one million tons year-on-year, Tony Kettinger, the chief operating officer of the Singapore-based firm, said in an interview on Tuesday (March 7). That would suggest a rise of roughly 1% from last year.

High palm oil prices mean farmers don't replace ageing trees, says Singapore-based Golden Agri-Resources

SINGAPORE (Dec 10): Malaysia and Singapore issued more comments on a territorial dispute between the nations. Singapore claims Malaysian government vessels are intruding into its waters, an action its Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat described as a violation of international law.

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