Tag Archives: Europe
Where will the EU go on biofuels?
This week the European Commission is discussing the future direction of its flagship biofuel policy, in particular how the science of land use change could affect the methodology approved for calculating GHG savings. The talks come as NGOs are increasingly … Continue reading
Does Peter Lilley represent Tory energy policy?
I certainly hope not if his performance on Newsnight last Thursday is anything to go by. If you didn’t see it you can view it on the BBC iPlayer here. It’s worth a watch, partly because journalist Susan Watts’ excellent … Continue reading
More challenges for aviation and shipping emmissions
This blog has reported on the troubled inclusion of aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) before. As it’s not a key area of coverage for Enagri, which deals primarily with bioenergy, it’s a subject I thought had … Continue reading
Bioenergy lacks the luck of the Irish
According to the Irish agricultural research organisation Teagasc, Ireland’s attempts to build a biofuel industry have stalled spectacularly.
American hypocrisy on biofuel requirements
War, what is it good for? went the lyric. We could almost substitute that with, ‘The ASA, what is it good for?’ Seemingly campaigning for the fact that all biofuel produced in the USA from US-grown soybeans is good, no … Continue reading
