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Tag Archives: Food and Fuel
Setting the Record Straight
I was pleased to read AP reporter Deborah Jian Lee’s story on Jan. 12, saying that the food and fuel debate has “receded to a murmur, and even the Grocers Manufacturers Association, one of the most vocal biofuel critics, seems to be backing off a bit.” Biofuel producers will likely remember that last May the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call revealed that the Grocery Manufacturers Association had launched a public relations effort to blame biofuels Read More >
How Much Corn Is in a Barrel of Oil?
A segment on the Discovery Channel’s show “How Stuff Works” caught my eye this week and prompted that question. The segment points out that Xanthan gum, fermented from corn syrup, is used in oil drilling. Xanthan is combined with the drilling mud used to cool drilling equipment, and it helps to clear dirt and rock from the mud as well as maintain a pressure cap on the bore hole. The primary markets for Xanthan gum Read More >
Senators Weigh In on EPA Rules
On Monday Nov. 17, six U.S. Senators sent a new letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson echoing a proposal that BIO previously made. BIO earlier called on EPA to release its proposed methodology for measuring greenhouse gas emissions during the rule’s comment period, but withholding conclusions on specific levels of reductions achieved by particular biofuels until the methodology was complete. The Senators’ letter states: The methodology ultimately used by EPA in crafting this program will Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: advanced biofuel, biofuel, Climate Change, corn, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, FAPRI, Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, Food and Fuel, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York Times, renewable fuel standard, Searchinger, USDA
Tags: advanced biofuel, biofuel, Climate Change, corn, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, FAPRI, Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, Food and Fuel, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York Times, renewable fuel standard, Searchinger, USDA
Environmental Groups Pressure EPA to Calculate Indirect Emissions
The latest salvos on the EPA’s rulemaking process for the Renewable Fuel Standard come from six major environmental groups – the Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Environmental Working Group – and academics at the University of California Berkeley. In their letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, the environmental groups argue that delaying conclusions about which biofuels make the grade under the Read More >
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Tags: Bruce Dale, Climate Change, Dan Kammen, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Working Group, ethanol, Food and Fuel, Friends of the Earth, Greenhouse Gas Emission, indirect land use change, international land use change, Joseph Fargione, Land Use Change, Mark Delucchi, Michael O'Hare, Searchinger, Union of Concerned Scientists, University of California Berkeley
Tags: Bruce Dale, Climate Change, Dan Kammen, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Working Group, ethanol, Food and Fuel, Friends of the Earth, Greenhouse Gas Emission, indirect land use change, international land use change, Joseph Fargione, Land Use Change, Mark Delucchi, Michael O'Hare, Searchinger, Union of Concerned Scientists, University of California Berkeley
Clouding Assumptions
Science magazine this week published an exchange between Vinod Khosla, the venture capitalist who has invested a great deal in alternative energy, and Timothy Searchinger and coauthor Richard Houghton critiquing and defending the February 2008 study, “Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change” The exchange reveals some of the nuances of indirect land use change arguments that have not been addressed. Khosla’s comments raise two important issues, allocation Read More >
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Tags: biofuels, Brazil, Climate Change, deforestation, economic equilibrium model, Food and Fuel, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, R.A. Houghton, Science, Searchinger, Vinod Khosla
Tags: biofuels, Brazil, Climate Change, deforestation, economic equilibrium model, Food and Fuel, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, R.A. Houghton, Science, Searchinger, Vinod Khosla
