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NAS report on biofuels and water use and pollution

October 10, 2007

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

Tags:
biofuels, energybill, farmbill, legislation, nationalacademyofsciences, NPR, radio, sciencefriday, water, waterpollution

This morning the National Academy of Science released a report on the water-use and water-pollution implications of biofuels. A press statement from Jonathan Kaplan, NRDC's Sustainable Agriculture Project Director, will be is available on our web site shortly. The Institute...continued

The role of conservation in a biofuels economy

July 24, 2007

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

Tags:
biofuels, conservation, soil, water

Today, I spoke at the Soil and Water Conservation Society's annual conference as part of panel during the conference's main plenary session. Here is a quick summary of what the panel covered and my reaction. The panel was moderated by...continued

Water use and ethanol production

July 13, 2007

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

Tags:
ethanol, water

In light of this US News and World Report article about NRDC's recently released report on western water and global warming, an astute colleague of mine asked me about water use in ethanol refining. Here's what I told him:The current...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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