Climate Ark: Biofuels Links (XML/RSS)
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http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
(2 votes)
campaigns for regulation to ensure that only sustainably-sourced biofuels can be sold in the European Union, provides information about the link between biofuels and deforestation and other threats to biodiversity and food supplies.
Added: Jun. 24, 2006 | Rate It
http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/
concerned with oil palm plantation development and deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea
Added: Sep. 24, 2007 | Rate It
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/peatfiresbackground.pdf
Biofuelwatch presents a fully referenced background piece regarding the seriousness of the destruction of Indonesia's peat forests for the global climate (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
http://www.terraper.org/file_upload/BiofuelbyDecree.pdf
(1 vote)
report details how the Burmese military’s nation-wide campaign to plant eight million acres of the Jatropha tree for biodiesel production is resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor, land confiscation, loss of income and food insecurity (pdf)
Added: May. 01, 2008 | Rate It
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeaterminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Energy%2c+Utilities+%26+Clean+Technologies&L2=Renewable+Energy&L3=Biomass&sid=Eoeea&b=terminalcontent&f=doer_arra_bscps&csid=Eoeea
the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs provides access to a white paper about the effects of biomass energy on the state's environment and economy
Added: Jun. 24, 2010 | Rate It
http://pressroomda.greenmediatoolshed.org/sites/default/files/Forest4Fuel08.pdf
examines the potential environmental
and economic impacts of the cellulosic
ethanol industry in the Southern United States (pdf)
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It
http://www.newenergychoices.org/uploads/RushToEthanol-bro.pdf
analysis and recommendations for U.S. biofuels policy; concluding that biofuels are not the silver bullet solution that
some say they will be (pdf)
Added: Jul. 20, 2007 | Rate It
http://www.25x25.org/
campaign to have, by 2025, America's farms, forests and ranches provide 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed and fiber
Added: Mar. 11, 2007 | Rate It
http://www.foeeurope.org/agrofuels/FoEE_Africa_up_for_grabs_2010.pdf
a report from Friends of the Earth that discusses the affects of changing land use patterns due to the pressure for more land for biofuels (pdf)
Added: Sep. 19, 2010 | Rate It
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/ABN_Agro.pdf
(1 vote)
a report published by the African Biodiversity Network about the impacts on biofuel production and plans in Africa, with case studies from Benin, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; looking at deforestation, other ecosystem destruction, land rights and food sovereignty
Added: Jul. 05, 2007 | Rate It
http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/
(3 votes)
U.S. Department of Energy provides extensive information about alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles; defined as substantially non-petroleum while yielding energy security and environmental benefits
Added: May. 15, 2001 | Rate It
http://americanfuels.blogspot.com/
blog with news and commentary on alternative energy with an emphasis upon biofuels and biodiesel
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
http://www.biodieselnow.com/default.aspx
promotes the biodiesel industry on the basis of national security, economics, sustainability and emissions reductions
Added: Jan. 27, 2006 | Rate It
http://www.unep.fr/energy/bioenergy/
the Energy Branch of UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics provides a description of the issues surrounding the use of biofuels
Added: Nov. 23, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/biofuels_subsidies_canada.pdf
IISD report raises questions about government support for ethanol and biodiesel in Canada (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
http://esa.org/biofuelsreports/
from the Ecological Society of America (ESA), downloadable reports concerning biofuels, land use, forests and biodiversity
Added: Mar. 04, 2010 | Rate It
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/biofuels-accelerate-climate-change.pdf
report by Biofuelwatch about the climate impacts of large-scale biofuel production
Added: Jun. 22, 2007 | Rate It
http://cip.cornell.edu/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=scope
a report from the International Biofuels Project that presents the results of a "rapid assessment" workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies.
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB/PDF/pdf2009/19Jan/Mshandete%20and%20Parawira.pdf
(1 vote)
a report from the "African Journal of Biotechnology" that provides an assessment of biogas technology research in some African countries (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/32595.aspx
the British Environment Agency presents information about the use of biomass as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels, but with reservations
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It
http://biomasscommunities.blogspot.com/
a blog that provides news and commentary regarding the burning of biomass for energy
Added: Aug. 10, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.energyjustice.net/biomass/
a fact sheet from the Energy Justice Network that describes what materials may be considered biomass and the consequences of burning them
Added: Jul. 20, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.energyjustice.net/biomass
a compilation of information about the effects of creating energy by burning biomass and biofuels
Added: Oct. 08, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.industcards.com/biomass-usa-other.htm
from Power Plants Around the World, pictures and descriptions of power plants that use plant material
Added: Oct. 08, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Biomass__carbon_sink_or_carbon_sinner_summary_report.pdf
a report by AEA, an environmental consultant organization, that summarizes the research comparing the greenhouse gas emissions from burning biomass with emissions from burning fossil fuels (pdf)
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It
