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Dec. 2, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Publications / Tags: Michal rosenoer
This past Tuesday the European Commission approved a scheme that would certify "sustainable biodiesel" made from palm oil for use in the EU's transportation sector, despite the fact that palm oil production is a leading source of deforestation and...
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Nov. 2, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Michal rosenoer
Hurricane Sandy tore through more than just the eastern states this past week; the power of the megastorm is also forcing the media and candidates to break their silence on climate change. Hurricane Sandy is the latest tragedy on the long list of ...
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Oct. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
In November, the EPA will make a decision that could mitigate the higher food prices and job losses we're seeing across the country and abroad right now thanks to our federal biofuels mandate–the Renewable Fuel Standard. In August, eight sta...
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Oct. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
When Congress established the Renewable Fuel Standard –our federal biofuels mandate – they probably weren’t hoping to incentivize invasive species, choke rivers, or increase wildfires. But, if the EPA approves giant reed (Arundo ...
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Sep. 10, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Michal rosenoer
Since my last post on the stupidity of using food for fuel, almost 300 members of Congress, state governors, organizations and private citizens have written to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson about our federal biofuels m...
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Aug. 7, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
Today a bipartisan group of 26 senators urged EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to use her authority to reduce the corn ethanol mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard. With record droughts spreading across the country, corn harvests are shrinking an...
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Aug. 6, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
If you haven't noticed from the frostbite-inducing air conditioning in your office yet, it's been hot this summer. Really really hot--and dry. In fact, more than half of the counties in the country have now been labeled "disaster areas" by the Dep...
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Aug. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
As the drought continues to wreak havoc on our corn crops, the Renewable Fuel Standard – our federal mandate for corn ethanol and other biofuels – has come under fire. Due to the mandate, we’re currently using 40% of our corn in ...
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
This past Tuesday, Steven Colbert of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report discussed how the current drought -- the worst in 50 years-- will raise food prices around the country and destabilize the corn ethanol market. Colbert and his guest, Iowa St...
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Jul. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications / Tags: Michal rosenoer
On Wednesday a freight train carrying ethanol derailed in Columbus, Ohio, putting hundreds of residents within range of blazing fires and facing the risk of water contamination. In response, the National Transportation and Safety Board evacuated o...
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