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 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 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→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
So today is my birthday, and I have been struck dumb by a case of laryngitis. It seems somehow appropriate for someone who spends so much of his time talking. Of course at home, where I'm the lone male, nobody...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→
