Climate News Network: Biofuels -- the green low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels -- could both damage human health and reduce crop yields, British scientists warn in the journal Nature Climate Change. They calculate that widespread introduction of plantations of fast-growing trees for ethanol, diesel and methane production could increase concentrations of ground-level ozone, resulting in millions of tonnes in crop losses and an additional 1,385 deaths per year.
The sums are notional, and the research is intended...