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Biofuels reform back in European Parliament – view new web documentary
As the European Parliament’s Environment Committee Rapporteur today presents his report on the reform of Europe’s biofuels policy, a new web documentary explores how the EU has failed to decarbonise transport through biofuels. The web documentary can be found at www.biofuelsreform.org. Commissioned by BirdLife Europe, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Transport & ...
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Biofuels benefit billionaires
Biofuels will serve the interests of large industrial groups rather than helping to cut carbon emissions and ward off climate change, according to research to be published in the International Journal of Environment and Health this month. Simone Vieri of the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy, explains that the European Union has focused attention on first-generation biofuels ...
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Vivergo Fuels Response to Royal Academy of Engineering Report
Vivergo Fuels has welcomed a number of findings in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Sustainability of Liquid Biofuels report, including the statement that UK arable crops including wheat represent low-risk feedstock for first generation biofuels in terms of carbon emissions and should be promoted. Not only does UK wheat bioethanol exceed the 50% GHG savings target versus petrol, it ...
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European Parliament votes to phase out first-generation biofuels after 2020
Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted today to limit at 6% the use of land-based biofuels that can count toward the 10% renewable energy target in transport by 2020. They also approved accounting of indirect emissions (known as ILUC) [1] from biofuels under the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) with a review clause to put them in all pieces of legislation after 2020 ...
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EU lawmakers agree to phase out land-based biofuels
The use of land-based biofuels as part of EU plans for the decarbonisation of transport will be restricted under a proposal endorsed by the European Parliament’s environment committee today. Transport & Environment cautiously welcomes the decision, which is expected to be approved by the full Parliament later this month, will limit at 7% the use of first-generation biofuels that can ...
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Parliament supports Shift towards Advanced Biofuels
A draft law to cap crop-derived biofuel production and accelerate the shift to alternative sources was voted by Parliament on Tuesday. It aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the growing use of farm land for biofuel crops. "We succeeded in getting a very technical, technological and ideological file to go ahead", said lead MEP Nils Torvalds (ALDE, FI), after Parliament endorsed ...
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Environment Committee advocates promoting advanced biofuels
Draft legal measures to cap traditional biofuel production and accelerate the switchover to a a new generation of products from other sources, such as seaweed and or certain types of waste, were approved by the Environment Committee on Thursday. These measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to the growing use of farmland to produce biofuel crops. I welcome the Environment Committee's ...
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Environment Committee backs compromise on cleaner biofuels
MEPs and ministers moved a step closer on Tuesday (Apr 14, 2015) to an agreement on plans to cap the production of traditional biofuels and accelerate the shift to alternative sources, such as certain types of waste and residues and new sources such as seaweed, with the environment committee's vote backing a deal struck by legislators. The plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions caused by the ...
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EU leaders tackling high energy and food prices
EU leaders at the European Council meeting held an exchange of views on the issues posed by rising food and energy prices. The worldwide surge in commodity prices is posing problems in Europe, with low-income households among the worst affected, and it also has serious repercussions for developing countries. The European Council stated that the Union has already started to tackle soaring food ...
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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 ...
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Science and Research commissioner Janez Potočnik meets representatives of the European Biofuels Technology Platform
Yesterday, 22 January, Janez Potočnik, European Science and research Commissioner met with representatives of the European Biofuels Technology Platform. After the meeting he released the following statement: 'I had a very interesting meeting today with the European Biofuels Technology Platform, an organisation which brings together more than 100 representatives of the agriculture and ...
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RFA urges adoption of E15; Provides basis for interim E12 step
Increasing the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s fuel supply is both scientifically justified and economically prudent, said the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). In comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the adoption of E15 (15% ethanol blends), the RFA introduced previously non-submitted data supporting a move to E15. The official E15 waiver request is not a ...
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Abengoa World Bioenergy Forum 2015
During May 20-21, 2015 more than 100 representatives of the biofuel industry and bioenergy experts gathered in Sevilla at the ABENGOA - WORLD BIOENERGY LEADERSHIP FORUM to discuss the future of biofuels – in particular bioethanol. The industry succeeded in the last years in starting cellulosic ethanol production in commercial scale – in Brazil, Italy and USA. Cellulosic ethanol ...
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Green Biofuels turning Environmentalists Red
Many well-known industry analysts have voiced over the issue of fast divergence of food crops toward biofuel production for automobiles. Lester Brown, the founder of WorldWatch Institute, US, long worried about the sustainability of global food supplies, cautions in a statement reported by TechNewsWorld on March 18, 2007, “Cars, not people, will claim most of the increase in grain production ...
By RNCOS
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Biofuels: the Once and Future Energy Source?
Biofuels such as wood and straw are the energy sources of our remote ancestors; will they become a primary fuel for our progeny? And will they be an environmental boon, limiting carbon emissions, or will they accelerate the crash of already threatened ecosystems? The new Issue Brief on biofuels published today by the WBCSD tries to put reality back into the discussion and looks at facts and ...
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India should consider new-generation biofuels
Sustainable biofuel production strategies and second-generation options involving woody biomass and tall grasses that do not need additional land can help India realise its green targets, a review says. India needs to minimise any adverse impact and promote potential synergies with respect to reclamation of degraded lands, creation of rural livelihoods and promotion of energy security, the ...
By SciDev.Net
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Amyris Joins Diesel Technology Forum
Amyris, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMRS), a renewable chemicals and fuels company, is the newest member of the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF), a non-profit organization that promotes the use of the latest clean diesel technologies in the United States. "In the rapidly developing field of renewable fuels, Amyris has distinguished itself as a leader in producing and commercializing second-generation renewable ...
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Towards a more sustainable future with biofuels
Biofuels have a role in future energy production. However, the way in which they are produced and managed can determine if they benefit society, the economy and the environment, concludes a recent report on the sustainable production and use of biofuels. The report examined the life cycle of biofuels for impacts on the climate and environment, focusing on first generation biofuels, such as ...
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Renewables should make up 5% of road transport fuels by 2015, says Industry Committee
By 2015, at least 5% of all road transport fuels should come from renewable sources, says a co-decision report approved by Parliament's Industry Committee on Thursday. In amending a draft directive on renewable energies, the committee also tightened up sustainability criteria for biofuels and introduced flexibility mechanisms to allow Member States to achieve the 2020 renewables targets jointly. ...
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Biofuel production `needs ethical policies`
Existing biofuel policies in developing countries encourage unethical practices and offer few incentives to develop new, more ethical technologies, a major report has concluded. "The rapid expansion of biofuels production in the developing world has led to problems such as deforestation and the displacement of indigenous peoples," said Joyce Tait, a scientific advisor to the Innogen Centre at ...
By SciDev.Net
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