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18/4/2013
Proposed amendments to the EU's
biofuels policy could see distinctions made between fuels on the basis of their climate impact.
The move was advocated in a European Parliament report into the EU's current proposals to tackle the problem ...
6/3/2013
The European Union's plans for reform its emissions trading scheme (ETS) will fail to deliver the desired increase in carbon prices unless they are accompanied by more drastic action.
That is the stark warning contained in a new report ...
6/1/2013
Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed on Sunday.
The report said ...
28/11/2012
The European Commission has approved palm oil-based biodiesel for the renewable fuels standard provided it is certified under the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a body that sets social and
environmental criteria for palm oil ...
16/6/2012
A surge in domestic oil and natural gas production and a decline in national political support for grain-fed
biofuels threatens to cripple Iowa’s more than $20 billion renewable energy industry just as it has matured into a major force in the ...
2/2/2012
European Union policies to promote the use of
biofuels for transportation will cost consumers as much as 126 billion euros ($166 billion) between now and 2020, two
environmental groups said.
The fuels, gasoline substitutes derived from ...
21/1/2012
After a review of a decade`s worth of
biofuels research, scientists with the
Environmental Protection Agency have concluded that significant knowledge gaps will likely prevent experts from adequately assessing
biofuels` full
environmental impacts ...
8/7/2011
Europe's biodiesel industry could be wiped out by EU plans to tackle the unwanted side effects of
biofuel production, after studies showed few climate benefits, four papers obtained by Reuters show.
Europe's world-leading $13 billion ...
5/6/2011
REMAINING forests of Mt. Banoi in Lobo, Batangas, are under threat from large-scale mining. BUKAL-BATANGAS. REMAINING forests of Mt. Banoi in Lobo, Batangas, are under threat from large-scale mining. BUKAL-BATANGAS
The Philippines is ...
15/5/2011
Which is more efficient at harvesting the sun's energy, plants or solar cells? This salient question and an answer are the subject of an article published in the May 13 issue of the journal Science.Although both photosynthesis and ...
14/5/2011
German drivers are reluctant to buy a new gasoline blend with a higher
biofuel content, the country's oil industry association said on Friday.
Germany this year raised the maximum permitted level of bioethanol blended in gasoline to 10 ...
20/4/2011
An attempt to introduce the
biofuel mixture E10 in Germany has been a disaster, after motorists refused to buy the supposed green gasoline. Car makers, oil companies and politicians have all tried to blame each other for the mess. Even ...
15/4/2011
Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha
biofuels trial
The German government is financing a leading European airline's
biofuel trials despite claims from
environmental groups it could ...
13/4/2011
Producing
biofuels from crops has led to social and ethical concerns
Existing
biofuel policies in developing countries encourage unethical practices and offer few incentives to develop new, more ethical technologies, a major report has ...
13/4/2011
EU
biofuels targets are unethical, according to a report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
Its authors recommend the targets should be lifted temporarily until new safeguards are put in place for
biofuels grown in Europe or ...
17/3/2011
As usual, ordinary Germans were to blame. Everything had been prepared for the green revolution: fresh supplies and new signs at the gas stations, and the refinery depots were full to the brim with the new wonderfuel. But then drivers turned ...
14/3/2011
A few years ago, Germany's Angela Merkel earned herself the nickname the "Climate Chancellor" after she put global warming at the top of her agenda. Now her government is facing a barrage of criticism over its latest green initiative: the ...
13/3/2011
For those not familiar with images of a tropical forest being depleted, it is difficult to imagine the level of desperation faced by indigenous populations who have retained their customary rights to live and depend on the forest’s
environment ...
11/3/2011
The new
biofuel containing 10 percent ethanol has been pushed at stations across Germany.
German politicians met Tuesday in a hastily arranged 'Gasoline Summit' to discuss public distrust over the introduction of fuels with higher ...
9/3/2011
The new
biofuel containing 10 percent ethanol has been pushed at stations across Germany.
German politicians met Tuesday in a hastily arranged 'Gasoline Summit' to discuss public distrust over the introduction of fuels with higher ...
8/3/2011
Kellogg Company will support greener palm oil production through the purchase of 'sustainable' palm oil certificates until it can obtain a segregated, sustainable supply, said the food giant in a statement.
The maker of Frosted Flakes® ...
8/3/2011
Ministers hope to build consumer confidence in E10 German ministers pledged Tuesday to stand behind the E10
biofuel after meeting with petrol industry bosses to discuss making the fuel's introduction run more smoothly. Motorists have been ...
26/2/2011
Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less.
A new paper in today's online edition of the American Chemical Society's journal
Environmental Science and Technology ...
26/2/2011
Rice University researchers find feeding crops too heavily bad for
biofuel,
environment
Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less.
A new paper in today's ...
25/2/2011
Overfertilizing Corn Undermines Ethanol: Researchers Find Feeding Crops Too Heavily Bad for
Biofuel,
Environment
Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means ...