Europe, Cutting Biofuel Subsidies, Redirects Aid to Stress Greenest Options
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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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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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Biofuels, championed for reducing energy reliance, boosting farm revenues and helping fight climate change, may in fact hurt the environment and push up food prices, a study suggested on Tuesday.
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Europeans may claim leadership in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists for their fishing policy.
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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Making ethanol from corn is expensive. Better biofuels are years away from the gas tank. But do we really have any alternative?
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PARIS, Jul 13 (IPS) - While oil profits have flooded into countries such  as Angola and Nigeria in recent decades, some African observers  see new potential for the continent in the form of increasingly  in-demand biofuels.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that one-fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and ...Comment
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Proposals to be unveiled next week are aimed at enhancing the environmental credentials of biofuels like biodiesel or ethanol.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, and challenging ...Comment
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The EU says we need biofuels, some experts say they damage the planet. Who is right?
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BRUSSELS - European Union governments gave a mixed blessing on Monday to plans for developing Europe&#39;s countryside that aim to weed out years of crippling red tape and give more prominence to the environment in farming and forestry.
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Science & environment: Climate initiatives undermined by rules on financial aid for installing wind turbines and solar panels
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Rather than a help toward energy independence, Big Oil and ethanol could be roadblocks.
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The European Commission said Monday it would propose tighter restrictions on biofuels next week amid mounting concerns that the energy source can cause unintended environmental and social problems.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.