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- Food Prices and Ethanol Mandates Sun, 29 Mar 20, 4:00pmBy Andy May This post is a follow up to my previous post on biofuels, here we discuss the impact of biofuels on food prices in more detail. Ethanol has been produced in large quantities in the United States for fuel since...
- Planning applications for UK clean energy projects hit new high Mon, 16 Mar 20, 6:01pmJump attributed to growing appetite among energy firms and falling technology costs
- Biofuels Sat, 14 Mar 20, 8:00amBy Andy May According to Exxon-Mobil, 9% of the world’s energy came from biofuels in 2017. They do not expect this percentage to increase by 2040, and it may go down. For the most part it is a developing world fuel. Primary...
- No end in sight for the biofuel wars Mon, 16 Dec 19, 9:00amBiofuels are unsustainable in every way, but still demand – and get – preferential treatment Guest post by Paul Driessen, The Big Oil-Big Biofuel wars rage on...
- Brazil’s Fires and Biofuels. Fri, 13 Sep 19, 7:00amGuest post by Jim Steele What’s Natural Brazil’s Fires and Biofuels. Published in the Pacifica Tribune September 11, 2019 From leaf cutting ants that cultivate fungus gardens to flowers that fool potential pollinating...
- Kenya warms to the water hyacinth as wonder source of biofuel | Gilbert Nakweya Tue, 27 Aug 19, 4:00pmThis invasive plant was reviled for clogging rivers but now it’s helping provide cleaner energy and protect health
- Trump Allows For Expanded Ethanol Sales As Chinese Tariffs Squeeze Farmers Sat, 1 Jun 19, 11:00pmFrom The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday it would allow the year-round sale of higher ethanol gasoline...
- Palm oil: Down from the conservation barricades and out of the rhetorical trenches Thu, 30 May 19, 7:00amOil palm is alternatively seen as a gift from god or a crime against humanity; according to science, it is neither Norwegian University of Life Sciences Oil palm is neither the devil’s work, nor a godsend to humanity...
- Indonesia Threatens to Withdraw From Paris Agreement Over Palm Oil Sat, 18 May 19, 11:00amFrom Telesur Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan referenced the U.S. and Brazil’s withdrawal from the agreement. As the European Union proceeds with a plan to ban crude...
- Corporations and private investors are backing new ‘green’ deals as climate worries mount Mon, 22 Apr 19, 11:33pmIn the nine years since private equity and venture capital investments into sustainable technologies last crossed the $6 billion threshold, the problems caused by global carbon emissions have only intensified...
- Burning issue: are waste-to-energy plants a good idea? Thu, 28 Feb 19, 12:12pmVictoria’s first waste-to-energy project is going ahead but these projects threaten recycling and could pose health concerns
- Iowa operatives say ethanol worship is now as corny as The West Wing Mon, 18 Feb 19, 10:00pmSupport for the biofuel and its economic impact used to be key in the caucus state. Then Ted Cruz opposed it and won
- The dirty little secret behind 'clean energy' wood pellets Sat, 30 Jun 18, 8:00pmUS communities near pellet mills complain of fumes while experts say burning wood is a ‘disaster’ for climate change
- The ethanol gravy train rolls on Mon, 14 May 18, 8:30pmOpponents make compelling case but can’t derail or even slow this well-protected industry Guest opinion by Paul Driessen Like most people I’ve spoken with, I have no innate, inflexible antipathy to ethanol in gasoline...
- Biofuels can help solve climate change, especially with a carbon tax | John Abraham Wed, 14 Mar 18, 9:00pmWe’re not yet optimizing biofuel production for both economic and environmental factors