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About speculation in agricultural commodities
07/30/10
02:06:55 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 60 words 
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Global natural Resources Trends
With the financial crisis fading into the past, speculation on agricultural commodities markets has returned in force. Food prices are climbing once again as hedge funds rediscover the immense profits that can be made -- led by a British chocolate baron. read more
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Keywords: Agricultural Commodities, Commodities Speculation
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VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS:
- American Agric. Economics Association
- Berkeley Institute of the EnvironmentLeading environment research center of UC Berkeley
- Ecological EconomicsBlog by Dave Iverson; highly academic; giving an “ecological” perspective on the current environmental debate
- EcoTrekkerTop 50 Alternative Energy Blogs
- Environmental and Urban Economics:Blog of UCLA professor Matthew E. Kahn; posts are a mix of environmental and urban economics. Matt also gives some excellent insights into academic life and a top quality publication record to match
- Daily Reckoning (Commodities Section)
- Environmental CapitalDaily analysis of the business of the environment by The Wall Street Journal
- Environmental EconomicsEconomists Tim Haab and John Whitehead on Environmental and Natural Resources: News, Opinion, and Analysis
- Harvard Environmental Economics ProgramA University wide research initiative
- International Trade Statistics by Product (UNCTAD)
- MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
- Oxford Business Group
- PERCthe US's oldest and largest institute dedicated to original research that brings market principles to resolving environmental problems
- Planet Ark (Reuters)daily environmental news
- United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
- United Nations environmental Publications
- US Geological Service - Minerals Information
- US Senate on Natural Resources
- Whiskey and Gunpower
- WTO
- Sierra Club
COMMODITY DATA:
- CNN Money (Commodities)
- Reuters Commodity Prices
- World Bank Commodity Price Data
- The World Gold Council
ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY:
- Eco Business Links
- Business in the Environment
- Earth Trends
- Energy Information Administration (Official US enviromental Statistics)
- Environmental Code of Conducts
- Global Environmental Management Initiative
- Environmental Protection Agency
- GRIST.ORG
- International Corporate Sustainability Reporting
- The European Pollutant Emission Register (Information on approx. 9'200 industrial Sites)
- MasterResource: a free-market energy blog
- World Business Council for sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World.org: 100 top environmental sites
- Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS:
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
COMPANY'S SUSTAINA- BILITY REPORTING:
- British Petroleum: Environment and Society
- British Telecom: Society and Environment
- NEC: Annual environmental Report 2006
- Novo Nordisk: Sustainability
- Shell: Environment and Society
- Unilever: Sustainability Development Report
- Global Reporters 2006: Ranking of non-financial Reporting
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