Posted on April 3, 2009 by pwintersatbiodotorg
Yesterday, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) released a report, “Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use,” based on the proceedings of its International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment.
The Environmental Working Group immediately praised the report, claiming that it “confirms that corn-based ethanol is a dead end.” (I recommend reading this [...]
Filed under: California Air Resources Board, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, biofuel, environmental protection agency, renewable fuel standard | Tagged: biofuels, California Air Resources Board, carbon debt, Climate Change, environmental protection agency, Environmental Working Group, EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, life cycle analysis, lifecycle analysis, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, renewable fuel standard, Robert W. Howarth, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Searchinger | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 13, 2008 by pwintersatbiodotorg
The latest salvos on the EPA’s rulemaking process for the Renewable Fuel Standard come from six major environmental groups – the Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Environmental Working Group – and academics at the University of California Berkeley.
In their letter to [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Food and Fuel, Greenhouse Gas Emission, ethanol | Tagged: Bruce Dale, Dan Kammen, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth, indirect land use change, international land use change, Joseph Fargione, Land Use Change, Mark Delucchi, Michael O'Hare, Searchinger, Union of Concerned Scientists, University of California Berkeley | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 5, 2008 by pwintersatbiodotorg
On Monday Oct. 27, the EPA’s Science Advisory Board held a workshop in Washington on “Looking to the Future.” The stated purpose of the workshop was “to stimulate SAB thinking about priorities for meeting critical environmental problems with an integrated approach to interdisciplinary science and research” and gather data on the net environmental implications of [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emission, biofuel | Tagged: biofuels, Bruce Dale, Clean Air Task Force, environmental protection agency, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Friends of the Earth, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Searchinger, Tim Searchinger | Leave a Comment »
