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Brazil of Biofuels
report that assesses the socioeconomic, environmental, agricultural effects on indigenous and traditional communities of growing soy and castor bean for biofuel production (pdf)
Added: Aug. 22, 2008 | Rate It
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
promotes renewable bio-fuels (ethanol, biodiesel) for automotive transportation through consumer awareness and government liaison activities
Added: Jan. 13, 2003 | Rate It
carbonpositive
(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)
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
Effects of US Maize Ethanol on Global Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Estimating Market-Media
an article from the online journal *Bioscience* that analyzes the economic benefits of producing fuel from crops and the attendant land-use changes
Added: Apr. 01, 2010 | Rate It
Energy and Water - Preliminary Observations on the Links between Water and Biofuels and Electricity
a report by the US Government Accounting Office (GAO) that relates testimony before a government committee (pdf)
Added: Sep. 29, 2009 | Rate It
Environmental Finance
a monthly magazine covering the ever-increasing impact of environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment and trading decisions affecting industry
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It
Failing Governance - Avoiding Responsibilities
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
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
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
Impacts and Opportunities of Oil Palm in Southeast Asia, The
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
National Biodiesel Board
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
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
(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
Real Cost of Agrofuels: Food, Forest and the Climate, The
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
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
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
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
Time to Get “Smart” on Biofuels
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
US Baseline Briefing Book: Projections for Agricultural and Biofuel Markets
the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri presents a report that presents a summary of ten-year baseline projections for US agricultural and biofuel markets (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2010 | Rate It
Water Embodied in Bioethanol in the United States
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?
discusses the implications of increased biofuel-driven agriculture on water resources availability and water quality degradation (pdf)
Added: Aug. 10, 2009 | Rate It
Yahoo News Search Results: Biofuels
search Yahoo for the term "biofuels"
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
