Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

For this reason, it is important that policy makers, not only at EPA but also in California, are realistic about the sustainably available supply of oils, and implement fuel policies to avoid excessive diversion of vegetable oil into transportation fuel production. Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level.

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Biofuels 2016 2022 Deforestation 294

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The LCFS is the leading example of a Clean Fuel Standard , an approach to transportation fuel policy that holds oil refiners accountable to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels. California may seem like an unlikely driver of deforestation from soybean and palm oil biofuels.

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Biofuels Deforestation 2030 2025 258

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Companies are spending millions fighting lawsuits that would hold them accountable for the costs that fossil fuel extraction has imposed on people and the planet. Further, these efforts are focused on carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biofuels—technologies that aim to stash carbon emissions away, not reduce their production.

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Fossil Fuels Coastal Erosion Carbon Dioxide Biofuels 256

ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Australia passes first climate legislation since 2011. The executive order will include training programs for biotechnology workers and is expected to cover sectors from pharmaceuticals to biofuels and agricultural food supplies. Australia’s first climate law since 2011 seals green comeback – The Straits Times. ‘I International.

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2022 Ocean Biotechnology Carbon Dioxide 75