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By Nico Colombant Dakar 29 November 2007 African government officials, economists and scientists have met for three days in Burkina Faso to discuss the local production and use of biofuels. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West and Central Afri

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Please translate the following paragraph into Chinese. Last Friday an advisory panel to the European Environment Agency issued an extraordinary scientific opinion: The European Union should suspend its goal of having 10 percent of transportation fuel

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Whisky has grown popular around the world in the last 10 years. New distilleries are opening, and old distilleries are trying to produce more whisky. But as people make more whisky, they are also making more whisky waste huge amounts of leftover grai

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VOA标准英语2012--Burger Makers Fight to Repeal Biofuel Law

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VOA标准英语2009年-Ghana Debates Viability of Biofuels

Africa is central to the worldwide growth in biofuels, with Dutch, American, Swedish, Japanese, German, and British firms all competing for farmland to grow the next generation of energy producing crops. Some farmers in Ghana are concerned about wha

VOA常速英语2014--Researchers Test Algae Biofuel in Hong Kong 研究人员在香港测试藻类生物燃料

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By Paul Sisco Washington 28 February 2008 Air travel is growing rapidly around the world and the fuel jets burn is a major contributor of greenhouse gases. Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson demonstrated this week that using biofuel t

2007年VOA标准英语-US, Brazil Sign Alternative Fuels Deal

By Paula Wolfson Sao Paulo, Brazil 09 March 2007 The United States and Brazil have entered a new partnership to promote the production of ethanol around the world. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the two countries signed a

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By Greg Flakus Houston 05 April 2007 The quest for a fuel that will both reduce air pollution and U.S. dependence on imported energy has led to massive investments in ethanol and other fuels produced from plants. Backers of programs to develop such e

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