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US district court rules Low Carbon Fuel Standard unconstitutional

On December 29th 2011, a federal judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled against the California Air Resources Board in the case Rocky Mountain Farmers...

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EPA withdraws RFS2 pathways for camelina, energy cane, giant reed, and napier...

EPA withdraws rule on camelina and three grasses as biofuel feedstocks, pending further assessment

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IEEP Reports on EU Straw as Biofuel Feedstock

IEEP highlights potential for straw to be mobilised as a biofuel feedstock for Europe

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DOD Biofuels Procurement Plans Blocked by US House, Senate in FY2013 Budget

United States Senate and House of Representatives pass budget resolutions limiting the ability of the US military to invest in commercialising advanced biofuels

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Enhancing indigenous land rights may slow deforestation

The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) argues that enhancing indigenous land rights could deliver co-benefits in reduced deforestation

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Notice of Data Availability on grain sorghum ethanol

The U.S. EPA has issued a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) on grain sorghum as a bioethanol feedstock under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) program. The NODA was published in the federal...

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USDA: Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate

USDA expects climate change to reduce corn yields - mitigation strategies could protect yields, but at the risk of other environmental consequences.

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German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (DANL) discourages promotion...

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldinahas examined bioenergy potential in Germany, concluding that resources are limited and that there is substantial risk of causing ecological damage if...

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ICCT conference paper looks at the potential for biomass energy to 2050

Reassessment of several major studies of potential biomass availability shows that the higher estimates in the literature are based on over-optimistic and questionable assumptions, and that 100 EJ of...

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EPA finalizes 2013 biomass-based diesel requirement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the biomass-based diesel volume requirement under the RFS2 will be 1.28 billion gallons in 2013

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Am iLUC-ing in the wrong place?

A new calculation for estimating iLUC emissions proposed in Europe by Prof. Uwe Lahl has the benefit of simplicity, but the drawback of not answering the right question.

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EBB and f(al)low

A new iLUC study commissioned by the European Biodiesel Board reports very low values for iLUC emissions. These are largely the result of assumptions imposed that biofuel production will not lead to...

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Industry and NGOs come together on sustainable second generation biofuels for...

A joint statement from EU advanced biofuel industry and NGOs calls for a clear and stable incentive framework for biofuels produced from wastes and residues

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European Parliament votes on a revised iLUC proposal

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It's a jungle out there: iLUC, the Amazon and how to read a map

The Biofuel Digest has decided that iLUC doesn't exist. Is the iLUC debate over, or is there a different way to understand the data they've been looking at?

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Low ILUC-risk; high loophole risk?

The idea of ‘low-ILUC risk’ biofuels has been around for a while, and a recent paper identifies the type of regional policies that could allow ILUC to be avoided. But are recent proposals to add the...

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Wearing the cap: A place for food-based ethanol in the RED?

The EU will probably soon reach agreement on amendments to the Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality Directives (RED and FQD) that will recognize concerns raised about indirect land use change and...

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