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UN-backed expert group takes steps to establish new biofuel standard

A United Nations-backed group of international experts has endorsed a first draft of a new global sustainability standard for biofuels to assess their economic, social and environmental effects. The Steering Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), which includes an expert from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has signed off on the draft criteria, called “Version Zero,” which is ...

Aug. 14, 2008

By United Nations

EU agrees to Stop Bad Biofuels after 2020

The full European Parliament today agreed to cap the use of land-based biofuels in transport, with the aim of being a check on the growing consumption of biofuels that increase carbon emissions compared to conventional diesel and petrol. Today’s vote marks the endgame for the EU’s public policy support for biofuels, after more than a decade. The decision will limit at 7% the use of ...

Apr. 28, 2015

By Transport and Environment (T&E)

Berkeley Lab Science at the Theater: Hope or Hype? What’s next for biofuels?

From the sun to your gas tank: A new breed of biofuels may help solve the global energy challenge and reduce the impact of fossil fuels on global warming. KTVU Channel 2 health and science editor John Fowler will moderate a panel of three Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists who are developing ways to convert the solar energy stored in plants into liquid fuels. http://www.lbl.gov/LBL ...

Sep. 22, 2009

By Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

6 Reasons why we Need Biofuels

As the smartest technologies continue to deliver benefits, this includes the positive impact on the environment and an improved economy. The role of biodiesel is not meant to replace fossil fuel but to help form a balanced policy. Biofuel is created to be an ideal substitute to extending the use of longevity of diesel. The primary goal to biodiesel is to provide energy security and benefit the ...

Dec. 26, 2016

By SG Bio Fuels

Biofuels: Many Possibilities To Decarbonise Transport

Since the turn of the millennium, virtually all of the UK’s industrial sectors have been on a consistent trajectory of reducing emissions, all aside from transport, whose emissions reduction has flatlined over the last 10 years. This is not through a lack of available technology: options certainly exist that could play big roles in decarbonising the transport sector, but many have yet to be ...

May 5, 2020

By NNFCC Ltd.

UN-backed expert group takes steps to establish new biofuel standard

EU agrees to Stop Bad Biofuels after 2020

Berkeley Lab Science at the Theater: Hope or Hype? What’s next for biofuels?

6 Reasons why we Need Biofuels

Biofuels: Many Possibilities To Decarbonise Transport

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