Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Last Monday, I posted a video about a critical accounting error that threatens to turn climate legislation into a big incentive for deforestation. Here’s a narrative version of the same description. If you’ve seen the video this should sound and...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As I've written about over the last few weeks (here and here), our ability to require biofuels to actually be better than oil is under intense attack in the context of the climate bill and also under the budget appropriations...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Solving Global Warming
This is morbidly fascinating to watch. Deutsche Bank has launched a carbon counter. I'm sure there are others out there, but FWIW, they claim their's is the first scientifically valid one. Just in the time between when they took the...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today a group of 10 environmental organizations sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging her to put a proposed rule establishing GHG standards for biofuels out for public comment. The rule, which are part of the Renewable Fuel...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 Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The debate about biofuels has always been painted with a wide brush and bounced between extremes. One week there's a report that says crop A or conversion technology B is promising and everyone is gaga; the next week, some new...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
So the questions I've been getting today are do yesterday's Science articles mean that all biofuels are bad and that the recently passed RFS is going to harm the climate? The short answer is no and no. It remains relatively...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Two articles appearing today in Science Magazine make the risk of bad biofuels clearer than ever. The first article, "Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt," addresses the direct greenhouse gas emissions from growing biofuel feedstocks on land recently converted...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
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→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil
An article by Tom Webb in the Pioneer Press raises a critical problem with the current renewable fuels standards. Section 1501 (a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 amends the clean air act to create the RFS and in...continued→
