Kenyan biofuel dream proves elusive for Alberta firm

GARSEN, Kenya — This small African town bakes under a blistering sun, clouds of dust swirling around its false-fronted buildings and sweeping across its dilapidated main road.

Though this is an arid and unforgiving area, the land surrounding Garsen should have been green with crops by now.

…Full Text: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/blogs/Kenyan+biofuel+dream+proves+elusive+Alberta+firm/7636520/story.html

Tags: jatropha plantation, smear campaigns, Kenyan government, Tana project, securities, lawsuit, restructuring, economic growth, disappointed, biofuels, plant crops, land grabbing, land rights, disaster

Source

Edmonton Journal, 2012-11-30.

Supplier

Alberta Securities Commission (ASC)
Bedford Biofuels
Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture
Kenyan Ministry of Energy
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
Nature Kenya

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