biofuel policy News
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Invite to ELOBIO Press Meeting
“How policy measures can enhance the use of biofuels while eliminating negative side effects” Start at 14.00 h. with the presentation “Biofuel policies for dynamic markets” by Ayla Uslu (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, ECN), coordinator Elobio. 14.15 - 14.45 Opportunity for questions Although biofuels can play a major role in our future transport energy ...
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MEPs add weight to land-use concerns
A group of MEPs has written to leading commissioners, expressing ‘serious concern’ about the issue of indirect land-use change (Iluc) caused by biofuels production. Their letter follows the publication last month of a report commissioned by nine NGOs showing the additional emissions of greenhouse gases likely to be caused by an increase in use of biofuels if EU biofuels policy ...
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IEA Report Confirms Biofuels Can Enhance Energy Security While Reducing GHG Emissions
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) this week confirmed that sustainable biofuels could displace over a quarter of the world's transportation fuels by 2050. Today the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) applauded some of the reports key findings. The IEA report stated that, "by 2050, biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel" and "the projected use of biofuels ...
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European Commission climate change and energy package `out of fuel`
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the largest federation of environmental citizens organisations in Europe, welcomes the publication of the Energy/Climate Package by the European Commission today as the first step towards a more sustainable demand and use of energy, but asserts the proposal is far from the mark set at the UN Climate meeting in Bali just last month. EEB therefore calls upon ...
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Massive Erupting Sunspot May Foreshadow Cycle of Solar Hibernation but North America is Unprepared for Resulting Global Cooling Say Friends of Science
Last week NASA released images of a massive, growing sunspot that is six times the size of earth. The Smithsonian Magazine reported on possible damaging impacts of a solar storm if directed at our planet. However, Friends of Science say this may foreshadow a problem North America is unprepared for – global cooling. Many solar researchers are convinced that the sun is entering into a long ...
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European Commission biofuels proposal threatens wetlands and climate goals
The European Commission announced yesterday that it will not consider indirect land use change (ILUC) in sustainability requirements for biofuels. Wetlands International is deeply disappointed. This proposal undermines the objective of EU biofuels policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the additional decision to limit the use of food crops as fuel is welcome, the omission of ILUC ...
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When it comes to long-term transport decarbonisation, Commission has a short attention span
Proposed vision largely ignores sustainable crop-based biofuels’ contribution to reducing emissions – not long after European Parliament and EU governments confirmed their importance BRUSSELS, 28 November 2018 – The long-term decarbonisation strategy unveiled today by the European Commission offers an ambitious vision of a low-emission future for the EU and says almost all the ...
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Promoting the importance of wetland conservation for responsible soy
Wetlands International in Argentina has become a member of the Round Table on Responsible Soy to help addressing the loss of wetlands and their values in the guidelines for responsible soy. Wetland areas are severely threatened by the expansion of soy cultivation due to water extraction, pollution and reclamation, with considerable costs for society. Wetlands International has successfully ...
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Up to 7% of Carbon Emissions in the ETS Escape through Loophole
Between 90 and 150 million tonnes of CO2 resulting from burning biomass with no climate safeguards are ‘labelled’ carbon neutral in Europe and thus do not require carbon permits under the EU emissions trading system (ETS), according to a new study published today (March 16, 2015). This represents up to 7% of all emissions in the ETS on an annual basis or three times the CO2 ...
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Carbon Trust reveals uncertain impact of EU emissions trading scheme on airline industry
The Carbon Trust has launched a new report outlining the impact of the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) on the airline industry. “Industry faces carbon constraint on growth without technology breakthrough” – Bruce Duguid, Carbon Trust The Carbon Trust today launched a new report outlining the impact of the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) on the airline industry. The report coincides ...
By Carbon Trust
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Sustainably managed drylands can help address climate change
Maintaining and restoring the world's drylands or arid zones could provide a win-win option for addressing climate change, according to new research. Drylands not only store large amounts of carbon, but improving how they are managed could reduce the vulnerability of ecosystems and humans. Drylands are characterised by low and erratic rainfall; examples are the African Sahel, Australian Outback ...
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EU Energy Union: good intentions, short on specifics, backtracking on trucks
The European Commission’s Energy Union strategy for cleaner cars and electrification of transport is welcome but the removal of CO2 standards for trucks and buses is a disappointing concession to special interests, sustainable transport group Transport & Environment has said. The inclusion of aviation and shipping in the 2030 reduction commitment – which covers all sectors and ...
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Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
The growing global demand for energy, combined with a need to reduce emissions and lessen the effects of climate change, has increased focus on cleaner energy sources. But what unintended consequences could these cleaner sources have on the changing climate? Researchers at MIT now have some answers to that question, using biofuels as a test case. Their study, recently released in Geophysical ...
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New figures on the impact of aviation on global climate change
The contribution of aviation to climate change is increasing. A recent study uses radiative forcing (RF) to quantify and update values on the impact of aviation on the climate. It reveals an increase in total aviation RF of 14 per cent over the period 2000-2005. Radiative forcing (RF) is a measure of the imbalance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation at the surface ...
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Current mitigation efforts on climate change “insufficient”, say MEPs in interim report
Pouring cold water on “scientifically unsubstantiated efforts” to discredit studies on the effects and causes of climate change, calling for additional research on the effect of biofuels, and warning that current policies are not enough to stem global warming in the long-term are the key points of the EP interim report on “the scientific facts of climate change”. The report says existing climate ...
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A new certified reference material for cold filter plugging point in biodiesel
Scientists of the JRC have developed and produced a new biodiesel reference material (CRM) certified for the cold filter plugging point (CFPP) and cloud point (CP). This material helps laboratories to accurately establish the lowest temperature down to which a biodiesel can be used, thus supporting the implementation of the EU policy on the use of biofuels for transport. In an effort to reduce ...
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Karanj and Jatropha: Key Elements of New Biofuel Mission in India
Karanj and Jatropha are the two plants India is emphasizing on for promoting alternative energy sources, as the country launches a nationwide biofuel mission. A committee of experts was set up by the Federal Planning Commission, which will study and suggest measures for the promotion of biofuels’ development. In a recent report submitted by the committee before the commission, the ...
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