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Canadian Renewable Fuels Association

http://www.greenfuels.org/

promotes renewable bio-fuels (ethanol, biodiesel) for automotive transportation through consumer awareness and government liaison activities
Added: Jan. 13, 2003 | Rate It

carbonpositive

http://www.carbonpositive.net/

9 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

a business that develops sustainable agro-forestry and bio-energy projects in non-industrialized countries and carries out projects to cut greenhouse emissions
Added: May. 23, 2006 | Rate It

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10057

a report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the impact of ethanol use on food prices and greenhouse-gas emissions and the CBO Director's blog
Added: May. 03, 2009 | Rate It

Energy and Water - Preliminary Observations on the Links between Water and Biofuels and Electricity

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09862t.pdf

a report by the US Government Accounting Office (GAO) that relates testimony before a government committee (pdf)
Added: Sep. 29, 2009 | Rate It

Energy Justice Network - Fact Sheet: Biomass Incineration

http://www.energyjustice.net/biomass/factsheet.html

a compilation of information about the effects of creating energy by burning biomass and biofuels
Added: Oct. 08, 2009 | Rate It

Failing Governance - Avoiding Responsibilities

http://www.milieudefensie.nl/globalisering/publicaties/rapporten/Biomassa_Failing-governance-avoiding-responsibilities_september2009.pdf

a report from Friends of the Earth (Netherlands and Indonesia) that demonstrates how the emerging bio-energy market is contributing to an excessive expansion of the oil palm industry in Indonesia and it shows how sustainability schemes in biofuel policies and palm oil sector initiatives fail to prevent illegal operations, deforestation, carbon emissions, and social conflicts (pdf)
Added: Sep. 29, 2009 | Rate It

Food Not Fuel

http://sites.google.com/site/foodnotfuelorg/

UK group advocating use of agricultural land and resources for producing food instead of biomass to be used for energy
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Grain - Soya Nexus in South America

http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=493

a report about the environmental effects of the rapid spread of soya, whose oil is primarily used in the production of biofuels and animal feeds
Added: Feb. 26, 2008 | Rate It

National Biodiesel Board

http://www.biodiesel.org/

the national trade association representing the biodiesel industry as the coordinating body for research and development in the US and good place to learn more about biodiesel
Added: Dec. 11, 2002 | Rate It

Oilgae - Oil & Energy from Algae

http://www.oilgae.com/

provides resources, news and discussion forums and serves as a community platform for those exploring deriving oil and biodiesel from algae
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Planet Power - Energy and the Environment

http://www.treepower.org

10 out of 10 stars (9 votes)

research commitment on Global Warming, Renewable Energy, and Reforestation by using Nature's own "power plants"... Trees
Added: Feb. 03, 2005 | Rate It

Problem with Palm Oil, The - Rainforest Agribusiness

http://theproblemwithpalmoil.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

the Rainforest Action Network show how demand for palm oil is on the rise and pristine rainforests are being clear-cut and burned to make way for palm oil plantations
Added: May. 16, 2008 | Rate It

Real Cost of Agrofuels: Food, Forest and the Climate, The

http://vh-gfc.dpi.nl/img/userpics/File/publications/Therealcostofagrofuels.pdf

report concludes current and future agrofuel technologies are a key direct and indirect cause of global deforestation, and thus contribute to climate change as well as to loss of livelihoods (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Renewable Fuels Association

http://www.ethanolrfa.org/

the national trade association for the U.S. ethanol industry, working to secure a strong marketplace for ethanol
Added: Jul. 20, 2005 | Rate It

Seedlings: Agrofuels Special Issue

http://www.grain.org/seedling/?type=68

special report by GRAIN about the impacts of agrofuels from large-scale monocultures, with detailed articles looking at impacts on climate, ecosystems, food production and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Added: Jul. 05, 2007 | Rate It

SeedTree

http://www.seedtree.org/

seeks to protect and regenerate endangered forest ecosystems and biodiversity by planting trees, encouraging renewable energy (especially biogas systems), and fostering sustainable development
Added: Oct. 07, 2002 | Rate It

The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Knowledge/Publications/Detail?pid=2792

from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a report that examines what we know and what we don’t know about oil palm developments
Added: Oct. 07, 2009 | Rate It

Time to Get “Smart” on Biofuels

http://www.worldwatch.org/smartchoicesforbiofuels

a report from the Sierra Club and Worldwatch Institute, called Smart Choices for Biofuels, highlights the need for important policy reforms in America's efforts to increase the use of biofuels
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Water Embodied in Bioethanol in the United States

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es8031067

an article in Environmental Science and Technology magazine that asserts that biofuel mandates must account for irrigation practices
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Water Footprint of Biofuels: A Drink or Drive Issue?

http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/shellcenter/emplibrary/Water%20Footprint%20of%20Biofuels%20FINAL%20SUBMISSION.pdf

discusses the implications of increased biofuel-driven agriculture on water resources availability and water quality degradation (pdf)
Added: Aug. 10, 2009 | Rate It
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