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Europe catches up to US on biofuels policy

September 12, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, europe, foodvsfuel, landusechange, RFS, slides

Today the NY Times and my favorite source of ag news, Farm Policy, report on how the EU is going to stick to its 10 percent goal for biofuels but require an increase percentage to be advanced biofuels that don't...continued

EU moves to catch up with US on smart biofuels policies

January 24, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, europe, greenhousegases, land, markettransformation, taxcredits

Today is a good day for stories about the world waking up to the complexities of getting biofuels right. This post by FarmPolicy is a great summary of EU biofuels with lots of good links. My sense is that is...continued

GM, Coskata, and a map of things to come

January 16, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, detroitautoshow, ethanol, europe, GM, markettransformation

At the Detroit Auto Show, GM announced its investment in a new cellulosic ethanol company called Coskata. The company's approach is to gasify biomass and then use microbes to convert the syngas to ethanol. A number of people have asked...continued

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
New York City
I coordinate NRDC's work on renewable energy--fuels and power--and policies that will advance them. For...
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