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EU member states say biofuels limit needs more thought
2013-02-22 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Limits must be imposed on the use of biofuels made from food crops, leading EU member states France and Britain said on Friday, while questioning the detail of a Commission proposal for a 5 percent cap. Concern that some biofuels create more problems than they solve led to a major policy shift in September when the EU executive announced plans to limit the use of crop-based biodiesel and bioethanol to 5 percent of total transport fuel consumption. Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger on Friday...
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When it Comes to Electric Cars' Future, What's Better: PV or Biofuels?
2013-02-13 15:30:48| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
There are many questions surrounding the viability of electric vehicles. A joint study at two universities examined different ways of powering EVs, and the results were staggering.
New report shows green biofuels made from palm oil accelerating climate change
2013-02-02 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangor University: Growing oil palm to make green biofuels in the tropics could be accelerating the effects of climate change, say scientists. Researchers from Bangor University found the creation of oil palm plantations are releasing prehistoric sources of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. The findings throw into doubt hopes that biofuels grown in the tropics could help cut greenhouse gas emissions. Working as part of an international team, the north Wales scientists looked at how the deforestation...
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Trying Again on Celluosic Biofuels
2013-02-01 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that commercial production of cellulosic fuels would start this year (even though it said the same thing last year and in 2011 and was proved wrong). And it proposed to require that refiners use 11 million gallons of the material this year. The agency also proposed a system to cut down on fraud in the renewable fuels system and to allow the victims, mainly the refiners, to avoid penalties in some cases. The proposal comes a week after the United...
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Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions
2013-01-31 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Degradation of peat swamps for oil palm and timber plantations is a substantially larger source of greenhouse gas emissions than previously believed, finds a new study published in the journal Nature. An international team of researchers tested the water chemistry of channels draining peatlands in Malaysia and Indonesia. They found high levels of "ancient" carbon, indicating that peat swamp degradation releases carbon that has been locked away for thousands of years. Much of the carbon eventually...
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