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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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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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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Long used by farmers as a guard against grazing animals and erosion, a plant called jatropha is now being hailed as a potentially ideal source of biofuel.
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The government will stage a U-turn by supporting European proposals for binding targets on renewable energy generation, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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The Christian Science Monitor - While European leaders are at the forefront of fighting global warming, these no-carbon crusaders for building green and promoting renewable sources of energy still tiptoe around nuclear power.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change yesterday, 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 ...Comment
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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.
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The EU says we need biofuels, some experts say they damage the planet. Who is right?
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NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia , Dec 13 (IPS) - Green groups hoping that the social and  environmental cost of biofuels would get an airing at the United  Nations climate change conference here are a disappointed lot.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment
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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 push for explicit 25-40% carbon cuts by 2020, but US resists
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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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Rather than a help toward energy independence, Big Oil and ethanol could be roadblocks.
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As the Kyoto climate protocol comes into effect, European industries fear losing a competitive edge to U.S. rivals.
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Plans are afoot for excess wine to be turned into ethanol for the European alternative fuel market -- but not in Italy where the fruit of the vine is sacred. By Bernhard Warner from Wired magazine.