A study of the land demands put in place by eco-friendly power sources has warned of a potential negative impact on the energy saving benefits of biofuels.
Biofuels can move energy generation away from unsustainable and environmentally unfriendly fossil fuel production.
However, the feedstock crops used in their production must be grown somewhere - with the report from the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) suggesting that this could lead to deforestation or other undesirable shifts in land use.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Obama in Indonesia: Will visit mosque--will not visit boyhood home--"proficient enough" in Javanese. Briefing.
MR. GIBBS: So we are going to hear in just a second from Ben Rhodes and Jeff Bader, who is our senior director for -- NSC senior director for East Asia. And you may have to move up a little bit because Jeff is normally a soft-spoken man.
Before we get into Ben going through the schedule, I want to bring us up to date on one scheduling thing, which, not surprisingly, is going to affect everybody, and that is the modeling for the volcanic ash is likely going to necessitate that we leave Indonesia several hours earlier than the schedule had it laid out tomorrow.
Before we get into Ben going through the schedule, I want to bring us up to date on one scheduling thing, which, not surprisingly, is going to affect everybody, and that is the modeling for the volcanic ash is likely going to necessitate that we leave Indonesia several hours earlier than the schedule had it laid out tomorrow.
New Green Drivers of Growth
FRANKFURT – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has just released the final report of his High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF). As the two private-sector members of the AGF, we are proud of our work. The report lays out the available options for mobilizing $100 billion annually for climate-change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, and establishes the conditions that would make it possible to achieve this goal by 2020.
One essential condition is setting a robust carbon price of $25 per ton of CO2 in order to unleash the large private-sector investments that are necessary to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy. We are concerned, however, that the political will for carbon pricing is lacking.
One essential condition is setting a robust carbon price of $25 per ton of CO2 in order to unleash the large private-sector investments that are necessary to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy. We are concerned, however, that the political will for carbon pricing is lacking.
Shoppers unaware wood products may be illegally sourced
Half of British shoppers have no idea that the paper and wood products they are buying could come from illegal sources, according to new research from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Shoppers unaware wood products may be illegally sourced
The UK is the fourth largest importer of illegally harvested or traded timber and wood products in the world. The amount of illegal timber coming into the country is enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall 32 times, says the charity, and it's used in everything from garden furniture to laminate flooring.
Shoppers unaware wood products may be illegally sourced
The UK is the fourth largest importer of illegally harvested or traded timber and wood products in the world. The amount of illegal timber coming into the country is enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall 32 times, says the charity, and it's used in everything from garden furniture to laminate flooring.
Key to energy savings: Ancient building methods
Are people who move because of climate change and/or extreme weather events migrants or refugees? Do older methods of farming and home-building hold key answers to the environmental challenges of the 21st century?
These were among the questions addressed by international delegates meeting this week for the 4th Global Forum on Migration and Development in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
As part of the forum, representatives of non-governmental organizations spent two days strategizing solutions to the myriad problems confronting the world''s more than 200 million international migrants.
These were among the questions addressed by international delegates meeting this week for the 4th Global Forum on Migration and Development in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
As part of the forum, representatives of non-governmental organizations spent two days strategizing solutions to the myriad problems confronting the world''s more than 200 million international migrants.
Obama's Indonesia homecoming: He talks about his youth there, Muslim outreach. Transcript
President Obama is visiting Indonesia for the first time since he was a boy, when he lived there for several years with his mother and Indonesian step-father and half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng. In the world's largest Muslim country, Obama will be delivering another major speech aimed at the Muslim world, a follow up to his June, 2009 address in Cairo.
At a press conference in Jakarta with Indonesian President Yudhoyono (Wednesday in Indonesia, Tuesday in the U.S.) Obama was asked how he assess his "outreach to the Muslim world at this point in your presidency, particularly in light of some of the controversies back home? And if you could, give us some of your thoughts on what it's like to return here as President of the United States.
At a press conference in Jakarta with Indonesian President Yudhoyono (Wednesday in Indonesia, Tuesday in the U.S.) Obama was asked how he assess his "outreach to the Muslim world at this point in your presidency, particularly in light of some of the controversies back home? And if you could, give us some of your thoughts on what it's like to return here as President of the United States.
Biofuels: Is Palm Oil a Blessing or a Curse
People sometimes ask which biofuels are competitive head to head with crude oil. By competitive, I mean those that can actually compete favorably with oil prices on a level playing field (i.e., they don’t require big subsidies or mandates in order to compete). There are two that always come to mind: Ethanol from sugarcane (although less competitive currently due to high sugar prices) and fuel from palm oil (oil derived from the fruits of the African Oil Palm). In fact, in the first book chapter I wrote in 2007 (Renewable Diesel in Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks) I highlighted palm oil as a crop with great promise, but also great environmental risk:
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