This briefing paper reviews evidence of the impacts of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on food prices, with a focus on corn and soy, and presents new analysis on the impact of the RFS on U.S. livestock farmers. Studies examining the relationship between food prices and biofuel demand conclude …
The substantial and growing interest in biofuels as a potential contribution to improving energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and in delivering rural economic development benefits has been challenged in recent years by non-governmental organizations and some scientists. In some cases these intended benefits have not been delivered, and instead, …
With the world going for alternatives to reduce carbon emission, India too is undertaking initiatives to fulfill green dreams. Taking note of it Energetica India conducted interview of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Secretary Deepak Gupta.
This report examines the policy responses of 49 developing country governments to world oil price movements in the last three years. The sample includes 16 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, 15 in Asia (Central, East, and South), 10 in Latin America, and 8 in the Middle East and North Africa. This …
This set of IUCN guidelines highlights the risks of biological invasion by species introduced for biofuels production. Provide constructive recommendations on how to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of invading species resulting from biofuel developments. This preliminary set of guidelines aims to highlight the risks of biological invasion by …
Energy efficiency, many types of renewable energy, carbon capture and storage, nuclear power and new transport technologies all need to be deployed widely to curtail greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) while promoting energy security. Every major country and sector of the economy must be involved. The task is urgent; investment decisions …
The first biofuels produced using new generations of biomass raw materials could be available in commercial volumes from 2010 at the earliest, German junior Environment Michael Mueller said on Monday. But the exact time scale was still unclear, Mueller said at the European Biomass conference in Hamburg. Germany is among …
Contaminated lands, blighted by fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, could be cleaned up in a clever way: by growing biofuels. Belarus, the country affected by much of the fallout, is planning to use the crops to suck up the radioactive strontium and caesium and make the soil fit to …
The climate bill nearing a vote in the U.S. House will reward farmers who plant trees or take other steps to control greenhouse gases and it will remove for five years an obstacle to corn-based ethanol, said the House Agriculture Committee chairman on Wednesday. Chairman Collin Peterson said negotiators hoped …
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas Linn.) is a non-edible oilseed plant with adaptability to marginal semi-arid lands and wastelands. The Indian Government is promoting jatropha to reduce dependence on the crude oil and to achieve energy independence by the year 2012, under the National Biodiesel Mission. Adaptive trials on J. curcas were …
Water scarcity is a growing problem for rural and urban areas alike around the globe, providing an opportunity for investors, according to leading agricultural experts and investment strategists. The costs of accessing water are on the rise with world supply under pressure from high usage, particularly in agriculture, inefficient infrastructure, …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi June 24, 2009, 0:52 IST Following the doubling of the crude oil prices from a low of $32.40 barrel in December last year, biodiesel prices too have started looking up globally. Since April, biodiesel prices in Europe have jumped over 72 per cent on a …
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has launched a number of projects aimed at cultivating bio-fuel crops for the production of fuel products to enable the country save huge amounts spent on fuel imports. "We have identified three salt-tolerant plants including Jatropha, Salicornia and Castor, which would grow in salt marshes …
Suman Sahai THE BIOFUEL craze was started by the United States. It is rooted in the US politics of keeping corn prices high in the Midwest and its refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Huge amounts of genetically-engineered (GE) American corn was stockpiling because the …
State Bio-fuel Action Force President Y B Ramakrishna has said that a marketing unit will be set up at every depot of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). Addressing reporters here on Saturday, after having a discussion with Deputy Conservator of Forest, Assistant Conservator of Forest and Range Forest …
More than 46,000 people die of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) in Bangladesh each year due to Indoor Air Pollution (IAP), acting country representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Andrew Trevett said Thursday. His findings and those of others set out at a workshop in Dhaka on 15 June …
Telecoms firms are increasingly looking at more energy efficient and recyclable products in Asia as consumers check labels for environmental credentials and companies try to save on energy costs. "For emerging markets, green will go a long way because it's more of a necessity," Dipesh Mohile, a telecommunications analyst at …
Biofuels could be used to replace jet fuel in less than five years following recent tests by plane-maker Boeing, while the industry says it is putting billions of dollars into improving its environmental impact. Boeing's director for environmental strategy Billy Glover told Reuters that results from recent test flights using …
