With biofuels producers facing a finite amount of land which can be converted for production, researchers have begun to examine ways to maximize biomass’s “miles per acre”.
The number of job openings in the UK’s environmental sector continues to grow, despite the economic downturn which has dampened prospects in so many other sectors.
New calculations from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demonstrate how the inclusion of “indirect land use” can affect estimates of greenhouse gas emissions.
Ethanol and biodiesel production both increased by 34 percent to 67 and 12 billion litres respectively. More renewable energy than conventional power capacity was added in both the European Union and United States for the first time ever.
More than two years have passed since the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its landmark fourth assessment (AR4) on the possible causes and effects of global climate change.