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Tag Archives: environment
Industrial and Environmental Biotech in the Blogosphere
This week we start off with a United Nations report that urges caution on biofuels. Green Inc, a New York Times blog writes, “The study concluded that whether a biofuel is climate-friendly or not depends largely on whether it is based on crops or production residues. Biofuels of the latter category were generally considered beneficial for the environment, and generating electricity locally from waste materials was found — in most cases — to be more Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biotechnology, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, environment, environmental protection agency, ethanol, Food and Fuel, food crisis, food vs. fuel, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Sustainability, sustainable energy
Tags: biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biotechnology, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, environment, environmental protection agency, ethanol, Food and Fuel, food crisis, food vs. fuel, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Sustainability, sustainable energy
All Your Eggs in One Basket
Biofuels Digest reported this week that DoE Secretary Chu told attendees of an alternative energy conference, “If it were up to me, I would put every cent into electric cars.” The following day, Biofuels Digest reported its own lifecycle analysis of E85 from corn and the Tesla electric car. According to the report, “cars running on E85 corn-based ethanol at the proposed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards will generate 30 percent lower CO2 Read More >
The Facts of Life on Waxman-Markey
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have … the Peterson amendment to the Waxman-Markey bill, formally known as H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). According to Grist contributor Meredith Niles, there are a number of positive inclusions in the amendment that were advocated by environmental groups. The good aspects, according to Niles, are those that will encourage improved agricultural practices. The bad Read More >
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Tags: American Clean Energy and Security Act, biofuel, biofuels, cap-and-trade, climate change, Climate Change, climate change legislation, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, lifecycle analysis, renewable fuel standard, USDA, Waxman-Markey
Tags: American Clean Energy and Security Act, biofuel, biofuels, cap-and-trade, climate change, Climate Change, climate change legislation, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, lifecycle analysis, renewable fuel standard, USDA, Waxman-Markey
Opportunity Costs
The Washington Post this week reported on a carbon-credit proposal being put forward by Ecuador for consideration in UNFCCC Climate Change Talks. Ecuador is asking for carbon credits in exchange for leaving undisturbed one-fifth of its petroleum reserves, which are located beneath a protected national park that is part of the Amazon rainforest. The proposal is similar to one put forward by Brazil last August, called the Amazon Fund, which asks foreign countries to donate Read More >
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Tags: biofuels, Climate Change, discount rate, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, international land use change, IPCC, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Oil prices, rainforest, UNFCCC, United Nations Climate Change Conference, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Tags: biofuels, Climate Change, discount rate, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, international land use change, IPCC, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Oil prices, rainforest, UNFCCC, United Nations Climate Change Conference, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
New Studies Support Cellulosic Ethanol
A team of researchers led by Jason Hill and David Tilman at the University of Minnesota have published an interesting assessment of the health costs of both greenhouse gas and fine particulate matter from corn ethanol, gasoline and cellulosic ethanol. The study is available in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences early release for Feb. 10. The conclusion is favorable to cellulosic ethanol: The benefits of shifting from gasoline and the current generation Read More >
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Tags: biofuel, biofuels, carbon debt, climate change, Climate Change, corn ethanol, discount rate, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, fine particulate emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, oil demand, pollution, Sustainability
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, carbon debt, climate change, Climate Change, corn ethanol, discount rate, environment, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, fine particulate emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, oil demand, pollution, Sustainability
