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Biofuel Production in EU & Indirect Land Use Change [VIDEO]
In October 2012, the European Commission published a proposal to limit global land conversion for biofuel production.[read more]
New Report: Livestock Production and Climate Change
The impact that animal food production has on the planet’s climate has become a staple of any conversation related to the environment.[read more]
Trouble in palm land
One of the issues hotly debated in the ICIS oleochemicals conference that I attended last week in Berlin is the sustainability of palm oil. Palm oil and palm kernel oil account for majority of oleochemical feedstock used most especially in Southeast Asia. Non-government organizations such as Friends of the Earth and GreenPeace have...[read more]
Carbon consequences of the biofuels land use cascade
I've written here before about the land use cascade, the sequence of land transformations and land use changes that follow a change in one region.A new Policy Forum in Science argues that ignoring the cascading carbon consequences of converting lands for biofuels will undercut global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The logic...[read more]
Ethanol Industry Gets (Temporary) Reprieve from EPA
Ethanol and biodiesel industry groups react to EPA’s decision to extend public comment period on the Renewable Fuel Standard. [From my post first published at Gas 2.0] The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it was extending the comment period on a draft rule that aims to cut the greenhouse gases emitted by biofuels. The...[read more]
Some Refreshing Common Sense! BLM Removes Solar Roadblock
Well ask and you shall receive I guess... On monday, my colleague and I called on the federal Bureau of Land Management to stop being an Energy Delayer and lift a moratorium that locked up the vast reserves of solar energy located on federal lands. Today, the BLM announced that they would lift the planned twenty-two month moratorium on...[read more]
The Anti-Manhattan Project
If rising oil prices truly constitute an oil shock capable of destabilizing the economy, and if climate change poses a threat not just to the weather, but to our security, then it is fair to say that we face an urgent and complexly-linked challenge requiring immediate action. Nothing could be less consistent with that view of our...[read more]
Surprise? New Studies Publicize Downside of Biofuels
Two new studies to be released today bring the folly of most biofuel production one step farther out of obscurity. At this rate we'll be ready to take a hard look at our vast ethanol subsidies right about the time a loaf of bread costs $10 and Scranton, PA has beachfront homes. The two studies, published in the journal Science, are...[read more]
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