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25x25 warns on restricting cellulosic biomass

25x25 a pressure group in the US is warning that some proposed legislation in the US could severely restrict the amount of cellulose available for biofuels in what is effectively a call for managed woodlands. I can see why the Waxman-Markley proposal...

Published 11 May 2009 11:55 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Policy, biofuels, Environment, politics, cellulosic, cellulose, Trees, Bioethanol, 25x25, federal, Waxman-Markley
California looks at emissions from crop to tail pipe and legislates

California's newly adopted low-carbon fuel standard may mark the beginning of the end of ethanol, according to a report on Planet Ark. The new legislation examines the carbon impact from seed to tailpipe, which seems sensible. Read More...

Published 1 May 2009 13:16 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Policy, biofuel, biofuels, Environment, carbon, California
The Scientifc Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) has produced a report looking at the enviromental impacts of biofuels ,. The group makes a number of recomendations for second generation feedstocks, and favours woody or grassy plants. As...

Published 7 Apr 2009 13:10 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, biofuels, Environment, generation, fuel, Science, Bioethanol, second, SCOPE
The corn-ethanol carbon balance argument again

There is an interesting video on Climate Central about the amount of carbon dioxide produced when ethanol is made from corn grown in the mid-West of the US. Hard to tell who is right in this debate (if any one is) the different premises are all important...

Published 12 Feb 2009 9:57 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, Environment, video, carbon, Climate, Bioethanol, dioxide, mid-West, Central
Too much corn could be bad for ladybugs (ladybirds)

Interesting piece on the effects of corn monoculture in the mid-west. Looks like too much corn is bad for ladybugs (ladybirds) , but probably good news for people who make pesticide... Hattip to Biofuelwatch Read More...

Published 17 Dec 2008 11:13 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Agriculture, Corn, Environment, ladybirds, ladybugs, monoculture, insects
EPA may investigage corn ethanol's environmental credentials

The US Environmental Protection Agency, may start investigating the environmental benefits of corn ethanol processes, according to a post on Chemically Green , which quotes a letter from Friends of the Earth and others to the EPA. The thrust of the letter...

Published 11 Nov 2008 9:54 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Corn, Environment, EPA, FOE
Drying of the West

You might not want to build an ethanol plant west of the Mississippi after you've read this article in National Geographic Magazine about the Drying of the West . It looks like the Western states of the US have been enjoying something of a bath for...

Published 28 Jan 2008 9:29 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Water, Environment, Geographic, rain, National, rainfall

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25x25 warns on restricting cellulosic biomass

California looks at emissions from crop to tail pipe and legislates

The corn-ethanol carbon balance argument again

Too much corn could be bad for ladybugs (ladybirds)

EPA may investigage corn ethanol's environmental credentials

Drying of the West