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International Day of Climate Action focuses attention on calls for 350 part per million CO2 threshold
In California, U.S. Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) called on President Obama to go to Copenhagen and to reduce the level of carbon-dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere to 350 parts per million. The teleconference call with Filner, 350.org and the Citizens Climate Lobby was one of 4,000 events Saturday that called upon policy-makers to target 350 [...]
Searchinger, et al Science paper say treaty rules for bioenergy emissions encourage deforestation; industry reaction swift, strong
Controversy over land use change erupted again in the biofuels industry with the publication of a new article in science by Timonthy Searchinger, Daniel Kammen and 11 others, which said that “an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules for bioenergy” relating to land use change could “undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gases by [...]
UK’s Royal Society says only genetically modified plants offer path to food, fuel security
In the UK, the Royal Society released a new report, calling for genetically modified crops to increase food production and reduce the environmental impact of farming. The Society report said that food production will have to grow by 70 percent between now and 2050 to meet an expected population increase of 2.3 billion. “The problem [...]
The BB Gun – the DOE’s “BB” rating requirement blasts diversity in clean energy development
In Washington, the US Department of Energy is requiring that to receive DOE loan guarantees renewable energy projects meet a debt rating standard higher than 63 percent of all US corporate first-time debt issuers since 2007 in order to qualify for renewable energy loan guarantees. Affected is the Section 1705 loan guarantee program. The section [...]
US voters trust farmers, support corn ethanol, survey says
A nationwide survey of 1,000 US voters conducted for the National Corn Growers Association by David Binder Research found that 95 percent of US voters believe farmers to be trusted messengers on issues such as agriculture, corn products and ethanol. 67 percent of respondents supported corn as a sweetener and 65 percent as an ethanol [...]
Europe Renewable Energy Policy Handbook released
GlobalData has released the new “Europe Renewable Energy Policy Handbook” – an in-depth analysis of policy instruments adopted by major European countries in order to promote the deployment of renewable energy and comply with the targets set under the new EU Renewable Energy Directive. While the commission has set the overall national targets, the EU [...]
Global Sustainable Biomass Fund launches new tender for projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America
In the Netherlands, projects may be now submitted for the second tender of the Global Sustainable Biomass Fund, a grant regulation under the responsibility of the Minister for Development Cooperation. This regulation is aimed towards supporting the sustainable production of biomass for energy purposes, both for own (national) use and for exporting. The closing date [...]
UN launches “Towards sustainable production and use of resources: Assessing Biofuels” report
In Kenya, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched its new report, ‘Towards sustainable production and use of resources: Assessing Biofuels’. The International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (IPSRM) produced this extensive literature examination and a thorough review process, involving a number of experts, to provide a robust assessment of key problems of production and [...]
US DOE, EPA release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide
In Washington, the EPA and DOE released the the 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, which gives consumers important information about estimated fuel costs and mileage standards for model year 2010 vehicles. Each vehicle listing in the Fuel Economy Guide provides an estimated annual fuel cost.
The estimate is calculated based on the vehicle’s miles per gallon (mpg) [...]
Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Association rivalry prompts NGCA “make love, not war” ultimatum
In Washington, a storm has broken out in the ethanol lobby after the leak of a detailed memo from Darrin Ihnen, president of the National Corn Growers Association, criticizing the rivalry between Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association.
“The ethanol and corn industries face many challenges today that could significantly impact our ability to help [...]
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