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Food price fears push EU lawmakers to put a lid on biofuels growth
2013-09-11 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Parliament has voted to limit the use of fuels made from food crops because of fears that biofuels can push up grain prices or damage the climate, further undermining the once booming industry. Lawmakers voting in Strasbourg on Wednesday set a ceiling on the use of such fuels at 6 percent of overall transport fuel demand in the European Union in 2020. Although slightly higher than the 5 percent cap proposed by the European Commission in October, it deals a blow to EU biofuel producers...
EU Lawmakers Reduce Use of Food-Based Biofuel
2013-09-11 10:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The European Parliament voted Wednesday to significantly reduce the amount of biofuels made from food crops by 2020 to counter concerns over the energy source's environmental and ethical sustainability. Environmentalists argue biofuels made from sugar, corn or soybeans add as much or even more to greenhouse gas emissions as the fossil fuels they are meant to replace. Others are criticizing the burning of crops displaces food production and drives up prices for basic staples while there are still...
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Democratic Lawmakers Push Bill Blocking Governor From Receiving Private Money
2013-08-21 11:56:27| Steel - Topix.net
Recent controversy involving Gov. John Kasich's deferred compensation payments from a company that has received money through JobsOhio has prompted some Democratic state lawmakers to propose a new bill.
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Lawmakers support $257M deal for Sasol fuel plant
2013-08-15 23:21:09| Chemicals - Topix.net
Lawmakers have reversed course and backed a $257 million agreement with a South African energy company to build a multibillion-dollar fuel plant in southwest Louisiana.
California Lawmakers Ask for Offshore Fracking Probe
2013-08-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A group of state lawmakers has asked the federal government to investigate hydraulic fracturing off the California coast where new oil leases have been banned since a disastrous oil spill in 1969. Fracking has occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel at least 12 times since the late 1990s, and regulators earlier this year approved a new project, according to a recent report by The Associated Press, which obtained well permits and internal emails through the Freedom of Information Act. The extent of...
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