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Friends of the Earth urges end to ‘land grab’ for biofuels
Written on 29 Aug, 2010 at 18:05 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Charity predicts more food shortages in Africa because of EU target to produce 10% of all transport fuels from biofuels by 2020 European Union countries must drop their biofuels targets or else risk plunging more Africans into hunger and... (Continue reading)
Biofuels’ green credentials called into question
Written on 22 Apr, 2010 at 6:01 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
Biofuels were once seen as the perfect way to make transport carbon-free, but a series of EU studies are throwing increasing doubt on the green credentials of the alternative fuel. The latest to be released gave a preliminary assessment... (Continue reading)
NV Energy buys renewable energy – Biofuels Watch
Written on 13 Feb, 2010 at 9:44 in Geothermal | viewed times | 0 Comments
NV Energy buys renewable energy Biofuels Watch NV Energy is going to be purchasing thirty two MW of renewable energy from a geothermal plant in Central Nevada. ... ... (Continue reading)
Biofuels from Engineered Tobacco Plants?
Written on 8 Jan, 2010 at 2:03 in Renewable Energy | viewed times | 0 Comments
A biofuel is tricky to define because the usual fossil fuel we use, is in a way biofuel too. But we can safely say that most of the biofuels don’t add up their quota of carbon dioxide to the environment.... (Continue reading)
Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? | Alok…
Written on 22 Dec, 2009 at 6:25 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
A consultation by the UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics wants to hear public opinion on the new generation of biofuels Just in case you thought it was safe to stop thinking about biofuels, here comes another study – this... (Continue reading)
