Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today, the EPA rejected Texas's request to waive the renewable fuel requirements established under the renewable fuel standard. For EPA to have approved the waiver, the agency would have had to agree with Texas' argument that a) the corn ethanol...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The perennial question about cellulosic biofuels has been will they always be 5 years in the future. I've written about how there has been an explosion in private sector efforts to develop a wide range of technologies to convert biomass...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
First I wrote about how a group of scientists had called on California to at least temporarily not include GHG emissions from indirect land-use change when looking at the emissions of biofuels. Then I wrote about how Tim Searchinger, a...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
I went to Washington, DC yesterday and testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. EPW has jurisdiction over the renewable fuel standard and this was their first oversight hearing...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a letter written to CARB by a group of scientists calling on CA to at least temporarily ignore global warming emissions from indirect land-use change when looking at biofuels. On July 2, Tim Searchinger...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Years ago, when I was young, I spent most of my time working on energy efficiency technology policy. Now I spend most of my time working of renewables, but from time to time, my colleagues forget and ask me questions...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Yesterday a group of scientists sent a letter to the head the the California Air Resource Board urging the agency to basically ignore the new and uncertain modeling showing that biofuels made from some feedstocks can actually increase global warming...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Big news today in NY with the passage of legislation that significantly expands the opportunities for distributed renewable energy. Specifically, the package of bills, which Governor Patterson has already pledged to sign, expand net metering up to 2 MW for...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
A few weeks back Florida Power and Light asked NRDC to support a wind project that they have proposed for St. Lucie, Florida. Energy project siting battles take a lot of resources, and NRDC simply can't afford to get involved...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Last week I wrote about a corn ethanol plant would use waste coal for process energy and has been proposed for a small town in Pennsylvania. As I mentioned in that post, the proposed site for the ethanol plant, being...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Both Massachusetts and New York City are considering a mandate that heating oil contain an increasing percentage of biodiesel. The resulting mix, known as bioheat, has some air quality benefits but, like most biofuels, can either be good for the...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In a little town in central Pennsylvania, a company called Sunnyside Ethanol, LLC (owned by Consus Ethanol, LLC) wants to build an 80 million gallon per year corn ethanol refinery that would get its heat and power from a waste...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It has already been such a crazy week that I'm only just getting a chance to do my own PR. On Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an op-ed coauthored by my friend Lee Lynd and yours truly. Lee is...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Hill was alive with the sound of finger pointing and hand-wringing yesterday when I testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality about the RFS. (All the testimony including mine is available...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Yesterday, in a major step forward for biofuels policy, the Massachusetts governor, senate president, and speaker of the house jointly called for the adoption of a low-carbon fuel standard. The LCFS is a technology-neutral, performance based approach to reducing the...continued→
