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 Stories About: cellulosic ethanol AND NRDC AND biofuels AND energy
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Lieberman-Warner is a mess
Climate Security Act could be worse than the 2007 energy bill |
biodiversivist |
08 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last year the Energy Independence and Security Act put into place mandates that will in all likelihood increase GHG emissions. The Lieberman-Warner act (critiqued by Sean here) could turn out to be just as ineffective. From an analysis [PDF] of the Energy Independence and Security Act by the NRDC: ... the requirement for renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biogasoline, will grow from 9 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. So far, so good, ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, NRDC, politics (all these topics) |
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NRDC vs. me
Blogger Nathanael Greene takes on Philpott re: biofuels |
Tom Philpott |
31 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Natural Resources Defense Council evidently remains pretty sanguine about biofuels as a "solution to energy dependence and global warming."Over on the group's Switchboard blog, senior policy analyst Nathanael Greene recently took exception to some unkind words of mine on cellulosic ethanol. I responded in the comments section. I hope a robust debate follows. |
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| Topics: cellulosic ethanol, NRDC, biofuels, energy (all these topics) |
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