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 …
California on Wednesday is expected to adopt landmark rules to curb carbon emissions from transportation fuels despite intense opposition from some who say the proposal is biased against corn-based ethanol. If adopted by the state's influential air quality regulators, the low-carbon fuel standard would become the first measure in the …
Barun Roy / New Delhi April 23, 2009, 0:06 IST After a successful pilot, Indonesia plans to give a free LPG stove and a cylinder to wean users off subsidised kerosene. One of the first things Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, or SBY as he is popularly called, promised to do on …
Environmentalists have warned against biofuels, saying they could produce twice the carbon emissions of the fossil fuels they replace, environmentalists have claimed. Friends of the Earth said rules introduced a year ago requiring a percentage of UK transport fuels to be
Commercial production unlikely in next two years. The Centre sees potential to cultivate jatropha in 13 million hectares with further cultivation possible in another four million hectares M.R. Subramani Chennai, April 17 In April 2003, a Planning Commission committee recommended various measures to replace 20 per cent of the country
Scientists in Singapore say they have found a way to turn planet-warming carbon dioxide into clean-burning methanol using a process that uses less energy than previous attempts. The scientists at the state-backed Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology said on Thursday they used non-toxic organocatalysts to make ethanol, a biofuel that …
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is seeking public comment on whether to allow a higher level of ethanol to be blended into gasoline. Growth Energy and more than 50 ethanol manufacturers petitioned the EPA last month to raise the maximum blend level for ethanol in gasoline from …
Russian companies, frustrated by slow legal reforms, have abandoned costly projects to produce bioethanol from grain and are instead trying to make the environmentally friendly fuel component from other sources. One Siberian plant has started production and two projects are under development, a far cry from the dozen projects mooted …
Many people consider the wider use of biofuels a promising way of reducing the amount of surplus carbon dioxide (CO2) being pumped into the air by the world
It's corn planting time in the U.S. Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl "Buck" Rexford is worrying about the weather -- and hoping there is enough water. Rexford plans to start seeding his 7,000 acres near Meade, Kansas, this week and he is relishing a recent heavy snow …
Participants of a multi-topic international symposium have overwhelmingly demanded reversal of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) privatisation, observing that the private management has failed to enhance the utility
The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation. Most of the investments by oil companies go to traditional fossil-fuel resources, including carbon- intensive energy sources like tar sands, above, and …
Aviation leaders called on Monday for a global carbon emissions scheme for their industry, arguing that an emerging patchwork of regional and national systems could bring more, not less, environmental damage. The call, from airlines, plane and engine manufacturers, air traffic control organizations and airports, was twinned with a pledge …
Seeking to breathe life into the bleak fund-raising environment for clean technology companies, a new private exchange wants to make it easier to invest in promising biofuels, solar or other green start-ups. Known as GREENDAQ, the new exchange goes live on Wednesday at www.greendaq.com. It claims to be the world's …
This paper summarises the proceedings of the first IUCN Workshop on Biofuels and Invasive Species, held in Nairobi on the 20th-22nd April 2009. The workshop was a first step to including invasive species issues into the wider Managing Biodiversity Risks of Biofuels project and focused on avoiding, mitigating and managing …
There is widespread interest in biofuel crops as a solution to the world's energy needs, particularly in light of concerns over greenhouse-gas emissions. Despite reservations about their adverse environmental impacts, no attempt has been made to quantify actual, relative or potential invasiveness of terrestrial biofuel crops at an appropriate regional …
This white paper synthesizes existing scientific data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the production and expansion of biofuels. It is specifically focused towards assisting organizations that are developing sustainability standards for biofuels with the collection and interpretation of data. There are a number of organizations developing sustainability standards …
The MNRE had sanctioned the Saradi test project in January 2006. The project has been implemented by UBB (Uttarakhand Biofuel Board), Dehradun and coordinated and monitored by UREDA (Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency), Dehradun. Before providing electricity in Saradi, the villagers were using kerosene for lighting and other purposes. The …
