Tag Archives: greenhouse gases
Biology and Alternative Fuels Take On Big Oil, How Are they Doing?
Guest post by Madison Jones In recent years, the advent of biofuels technology has inspired a global movement for change in the way we produce energy. While biodiesel, ethanol and other eco-friendly fuel sources have been touted by environmentalists for … Continue reading
Committee slams Treasury meddling
Monday’s report on the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Energy Bill didn’t pull it’s punches. There have been hundreds of lines written about the report over the last 24 hours, but here are key points, reactions and other coverage…
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
Sparing over the sustainability of biomass
While it may appear that single-issue campaign group Biofuelwatch may be having trouble drumming up much support for its protests, it seems to be having more success with getting its message out in the press. Back in February the NGO’s … 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
