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"Climate change and biofuels are closely connected and currently in the midst of a great deal of debate. Two new information resources from Nature and Biomed Central may just clarify some of the facts. A recent investigation at IWR demonstrated that businesses' looking for good information on climate change are faced with scant goods at present.

Nature Reports Climate Change is a new website from the Nature Publishing Group. It launched its Reports range last year focusing  on Avian Flu following the wide interest in the issue and its widespread news coverage. Nature Reports aim to provide free access to the "science behind the news", the company states. The site will cover economic, political and social implications of climate change. Nature claim that the information is accessible to all levels of readers including scientists, students and journalists.

BioMed Central  is to launch a new open access online journal Biotechnology for Biofuels. The journal aimed at government, scientific research and private enterprises  that are increasingly looking towards Biofuels as an answer to climate change and energy security issues.  Of particular interest to the journal will be research in to creating the fuel from cellulosic biomass."

As we investigate possible products/services based around environmental research and climate change, we need to keep an eye on developments like this.