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Tag Archives: biofuel
Weekly Blog Roundup
This week in the blogosphere, attention students, according to the blog, smartplanet “Did you know there’s an ongoing federal grant program for U.S. college and university students that are working on so-called “P3″ ideas? P3 stands for “People, Prosperity and the Planet,” which are concerns fundamental to ideas of sustainability. “The money is given out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and seeks to help support research and development projects that involve the overall sustainability Read More >
This Week in the Blogosphere
This week industrial biotechnology is a hot topic in the blogosphere. The WWF released a report, “Industrial biotechnology has the potential to save the planet up to 2.5 billion tons of CO2 emissions per year and support building a sustainable future, a WWF report found. As the world is debating how to cut dangerous emissions and come together in an international agreement treaty which will help protect the planet from potentially devastating effects of climate Read More >
Weekly Blog Wrap Up
There’s a lot going on in the blogosphere about the world of biofuels this week. Yesterday, the World Wildlife Fund released a report,which according to NCTechnews.com, “concludes that industrial biotechnology can provide dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and provide strong progress toward a green and sustainable economy. WWF calls for increased political backing for the industry to leverage the positive environmental effects. The findings are based on peer-reviewed research from Novozymes, the world leader Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: algae, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biogas, biopreferred, biotechnology, carbon debt, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, climate change legislation, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use, oil, oil demand, Oil prices, sustainable energy
Tags: algae, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biogas, biopreferred, biotechnology, carbon debt, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, climate change legislation, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use, oil, oil demand, Oil prices, sustainable energy
Corn Growers Try to Understand Indirect Land Use Change
The National Corn Growers Association’s recent “Land Use: Carbon Impacts of Corn Based Ethanol 2009” conference highlighted the confusion the issue of indirect land use change has engendered for farmers. Chuck Zimmerman of AgWired summed it up in a report from the conference: Do you understand things like indirect land use when it comes to regulations via departments like the EPA due to the RFS? Me either. And I’ve sat in on conferences and discussions Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, corn ethanol, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, renewable fuel standard, U.S. EPA
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, corn ethanol, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, renewable fuel standard, U.S. EPA
Energy Matters
Some say growth in the biofuel industry can play a significant role in fueling this country’s economic engine. For example, there are about three-dozen cellulosic biorefineries currently in various stages of planning or construction. Six of these are already in operation producing biofuels. Industry analyst Bio Economic Research Associates projects that advanced biofuel producers such as these can create more than one-hundred thousand new jobs by 2022. Many of these jobs will be in sectors Read More >
