Science DailyOlive oil and fungus protect wood from wood rotScience DailyOlive oil worked best in the Netherlands, producing an opaque black protective layer for all three types of wood. Crude linseed oil on pine also worked well. In Norway, the picture wa …

Financial TimesNorway oil fund slashes stakes in US gunmakersFinancial TimesThe world's largest sovereign wealth fund has sharply reduced its stakes in the three largest listed gunmakers in the US amid a growing debate over how investors should react t …

The Guardian'SOS': the rainforest distress call carved into Sumatra's oil palmsThe GuardianThe campaign is a play on the “slash and burn” technique used by some Indonesian farmers to clear swaths of rainforest for oil palm plantations. Indonesi …

The Guardian'SOS': the rainforest distress call carved into Sumatra's oil palms ...The GuardianWith his chainsaw-wielding crew, artist Ernest Zacharevic has emblazoned a cry for help across an oil palm plantation, highlighting Indonesia's d …

The GuardianBritain and Europe must ban palm oil in biofuel to save forests, EU parliament toldThe GuardianIf Britain and other European nations are to fulfil forest protection goals, they must ban the use of palm oil for biofuel and tighten oversight of s …

The GuardianBritain and Europe must ban palm oil in biofuel to save forests, EU ...The GuardianForest peoples affected by plantations urge EU to enact ban despite diplomatic opposition.Malaysian palm oil price pares gains on less than expected output ...Th …

Khaleej TimesOil to average $56 per barrel in 2018Khaleej TimesOil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this year as a result of steadily growing demand, agreed production cuts among oil exporters and stabilising US shale oil produc …

Yahoo FinanceOil up 2 pct, Brent hits $60/bbl on support for extending curbsYahoo FinanceNEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped about 2 percent on Friday, with global benchmark Brent crude rising above $60 per barrel, on support among the world's top p …

The GuardianNestlé, Hershey and Mars 'breaking promises over palm oil use'The GuardianNestlé, Mars and Hershey have been accused of breaking pledges to stop using “conflict palm oil” from deforested Indonesian jungles, just days before the annual H …

The GuardianNestlé, Mars and Hershey 'breaking promises over palm oil use'The GuardianNestlé, Mars and Hershey have been accused of breaking pledges to stop using “conflict palm oil” from deforested Indonesian jungles, just days before the annual H …