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Tag Archives: Searchinger
New Biofuels Manifesto
University of Minnesota Professor David Tilman, Princeton University Visiting Scholar Tim Searchinger, Dartmouth Professor Lee Lynd and others involved in the debate over the environmental and social impacts of biofuels have published in Science magazine what amounts to a new manifesto on how biofuels can be done right. The authors list five biofuel feedstocks that are the best in terms of sustainability — “lower life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions than traditional fossil fuels and with little or Read More >
The Case for Correct Logic
Michael Grunwald of Time Magazine recently published a new, rather self-serving article in the Washington Monthly, filled with distorted logic and mangled facts. His portrayal of Tim Searchinger as a humble lawyer who experienced an epiphany about biofuels is disingenuous at best. While now a visiting scholar at Princeton University, Tim Searchinger was formerly a lobbyist for the Environmental Defense Action Fund and was intimately involved in lobbying key Members of Congress during the drafting Read More >
Best Available Science?
Yesterday, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) released a report, “Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use,” based on the proceedings of its International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment. The Environmental Working Group immediately praised the report, claiming that it “confirms that corn-based ethanol is a dead end.” (I recommend reading this response to EWG by Biofuels Digest’s Jim Lane.) Far from that confirmation, the report’s recommendations recognize that whether the Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, climate change, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, renewable fuel standard, Robert W. Howarth, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Searchinger
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, climate change, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, renewable fuel standard, Robert W. Howarth, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Searchinger
I Say Sustainable, You Say…
The Guardian newspaper reported last week that environmental activist and reporter George Monbiot had successfully petitioned Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban an ad containing the tagline, “Biofuels — A Lower-Priced, Sustainable Answer to OPEC’s Oil.” The ad was sponsored by the Renewable Fuels Association, the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, the European Bioethanol Fuel Association, and the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association. Though Monbiot’s petition is not publicly available, the ASA’s adjudication response indicates it Read More >
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Tags: Advertising Standards Authority, biofuel, biofuels, Climate Change, European Renewable Energy Sources Directive, Gallagher Review, George Monbiot, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable Fuels Agency, Searchinger, Sustainability, sustainable energy
Tags: Advertising Standards Authority, biofuel, biofuels, Climate Change, European Renewable Energy Sources Directive, Gallagher Review, George Monbiot, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable Fuels Agency, Searchinger, Sustainability, sustainable energy
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
