Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The new biogas subsidization frenzy brings to mind past failures attempting to jumpstart a market for crop-based biofuels. As earlier as 2012, studies evaluated the applicability of greenhouse gas emissions trading programs to agriculture.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].
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Brag
JANUARY 4, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment. billion gallons per year) in the growth of corn ethanol in the United States from 2002-2012 and may have played a more important role (0-2.1
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
SB 1122 (2012) broadly promotes bioenergy, and requires 90 megawatts of production specifically from agricultural sources – providing an early incentive for use of dairy digester gas. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification.
Greenbuilding Law
JULY 24, 2022
Today there is a little direction provided by the FTC’s 2012 version of its Green Guides, the current update of the Guides , but that document is at this point more of a historical reference; although it does offer guidance on materials and energy sources that are “renewable,” and “carbon offset” claims.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. A polluting gas-fired electricity plant was moved to this area by the Ontario government in 2012. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Source EIA Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update ) Using more oils and fats for fuel instead of food and animal feed has consequences for competing users of these products and for the global agricultural system. Source US Energy Information Administration.
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