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Tag Archives: lifecycle analysis
Yes, Virginia
One of the most strikingly circular arguments put forward to support inclusion of current estimates of indirect land use change emissions in both California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Life Cycle Assessment is that these estimates are so large. The University of California Berkeley Letter to EPA from Michael O’Hare et al. and the previous letter to California’s Air Resources Board by the same group (Mark Delucchi et al.) are Read More >
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Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, climate change, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Mark Delucchi, media, Michael O'Hare, renewable fuel standard, U.S. EPA, University of California Berkeley
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, climate change, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Mark Delucchi, media, Michael O'Hare, renewable fuel standard, U.S. EPA, University of California Berkeley
Midnight Rule
The EPA apparently missed the statutory deadline (Dec. 19) to publish the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Bush administration last summer announced that it would not promulgate new rules during its final 30 days, in order to stay away from “midnight rulemaking.” That self-imposed deadline (Dec. 20) also passed. The rule is said to be a victim of lobbying on the part of the biofuel industry and environmental groups. Marianne Read More >
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Tags: biofuel, biofuels, climate change, Climate Change, economy, environmental protection agency, EPA, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, media, Oil prices, rainforest, renewable fuel standard, U.S. EPA
Discounting the Future of Biofuels
It appears that global leaders’ faith in energy technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to oil is waning, particularly for biofuels, as reported in GreenInc. Respondents to the survey, which included 1,000 environmental experts, ranked energy conservation and efficiency technologies as having the greatest potential impact, both short- and long-term. Some 44 percent of respondents also said they expect that the current economic crisis will hinder progress toward an effective international climate agreement. Read More >
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Tags: biofuel, climate change, Climate Change, discount rate, economy, environmental protection agency, EPA, Global Summit on Climate Change, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Lisa Heinzerling, Mark Delucchi, Poznan, renewable energy, renewable fuel standard, sustainable energy, U.S. EPA, United Nations Climate Change Conference, World Bank
Tags: biofuel, climate change, Climate Change, discount rate, economy, environmental protection agency, EPA, Global Summit on Climate Change, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, Land Use Change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Lisa Heinzerling, Mark Delucchi, Poznan, renewable energy, renewable fuel standard, sustainable energy, U.S. EPA, United Nations Climate Change Conference, World Bank
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 >
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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
Does Oil Cause Indirect Land Use Change?
I’ve been paying a lot of attention recently to new analyses attempting to model carbon emissions from indirect land use change, which is the conversion of land needed to maintain an international balance of supply and demand for agricultural crops, an effect that is heavily determined by crop prices. These new analyses raise a question about the existing assumption that oil has zero effect on land use change. Tim Searchinger, the lead author of one Read More >
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Tags: biofuel, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, lifecycle analysis, Oil prices, rainforest, renewable fuel standard, Searchinger, Thomas Hertel, Tim Searchinger, U.S. EPA, Wallace Tyner
Tags: biofuel, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, lifecycle analysis, Oil prices, rainforest, renewable fuel standard, Searchinger, Thomas Hertel, Tim Searchinger, U.S. EPA, Wallace Tyner
