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Biofuelwatch editor's pick popular

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/

7 out of 10 stars (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

Biofuel by Decree editor's pick

http://www.terraper.org/file_upload/BiofuelbyDecree.pdf

10 out of 10 stars (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

Don't Log the Forests for the Fuel editor's pick

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

Palm Oil Action editor's pick

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

Rush to Biofuels, The -- Not All Biofuels Are Created Equal editor's pick

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

South-East Asia's Peat Fires and Global Warming editor's pick

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

Bioenergy Business new

http://www.bioenergy-business.com/index.cfm?section=home

a monthly newsletter, from Environmental Finance Publications, dedicated to keeping you up-to-date with all the issues influencing investments in this fast-moving sector
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Biofuels - At What Cost? new

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

Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use new

http://cip.cornell.edu/biofuels/

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

Biogas Technology Research in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries – A Review new

http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB/PDF/pdf2009/19Jan/Mshandete%20and%20Parawira.pdf

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

Biomass new

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

Biomass: Carbon Sink or Carbon Sinner new

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

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) new

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

Food Not Fuel new

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

Time to Get “Smart” on Biofuels new

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 new

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

25x'25

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

Agrofuels and the Myth of the Marginal Lands

http://www.gaiafoundation.org/documents/Agrofuels&MarginalMyth.pdf

a report by several organizations who point out that growing agrofuels on so-called "marginal lands" may not be what's best for the people associated with such lands (pdf)
Added: Oct. 23, 2008 | Rate It

Agrofuels in Africa: The impacts on land, food and forests

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/ABN_Agro.pdf

8 out of 10 stars (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

Alternative Fuels Data Center

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/

6 out of 10 stars (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

American Fuels

http://www.americanfuels.info/

blog with news and commentary on alternative energy with an emphasis upon biofuels and biodiesel
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Biodiesel Now

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

Biofuels threaten to accelerate global warming

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

Brazil of Biofuels

http://www.reporterbrasil.org.br/documentos/brazil_of_biofuels_v1.pdf

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
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