Call to abandon biofuels targets
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The EU should abandon its biofuels targets because they are damaging the environment, a committee of MPs says.
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Crop switch likely to increase emissions Good science news (or bad, depending on your point of view) has arrived with two reports on the carbon footprint of biofuels, in the paper edition of Science magazine. They deal serious damage to the belief - which up to now has been driving the biofuel bubble - that stepped-up ethanol production in the US is an answer to global warming.â¦
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Anything that reinforces the role of fossil fuels Â particularly oil Â as the industrial worldÂs primary energy source is bad, not good.
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Washington state legislators are considering a bill to promote a biofuels industry in the state and require state-owned fleet vehicles to reduce use of fossil fuels.
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Science & environment: Britain will lobby for a lower national target for renewable energy, John Hutton has indicated.
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidies, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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WASHINGTON -- A push from Congress and the White House for huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.
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Environmental groups are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to strengthen the law to help prevent damage caused by growing genetically modified crops in Wales.
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An international panel of experts urged Washington on Monday to join other nations in a drive to avert the "ecological time bomb" of global warming.
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An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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All nations must stop playing the blame game and start working together to tackle climate change.
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The government's record on delivering renewable energy is under attack.
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Sugarcane farming has made the country's ethanol competitive with gasoline&#8212;but some say a biofuel boom could mean bust for Amazon rain forests.
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In cutting across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, governments in Europe are discovering how difficult it can be to figure out whether a particular fuel has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
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Science & environment: Using biofuels could have a greater environmental impact than fossil fuels, according to experts
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has warned that the drive for environment-friendly bio-fuel risked pushing oil prices &quot;through the roof,&quot; the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 2 (IPS) - European Union officials have signalled that they  will ban subsidies for biofuels in cases where their production  causes serious environmental damage.