A Greener Life
JULY 6, 2025
Key updates reflect a dynamic landscape, from shifting deforestation rates in the Amazon to ground breaking initiatives in clean energy. Deforestation decline in the Amazon Deforestation in the Amazon has reached a nine-year low, with a significant 30.6% decrease compared to the previous year.
Legal Planet
APRIL 23, 2025
EPA wont center on the waiver itself, which oil and biofuel interests had sued over. Amazon & COP30 Some good news and bad news about deforestation in Latin America: Tree cover is declining generally, but theres new data from University of Maryland about where its returning. The arguments in Diamond Alternative Energy v.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2024
The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels. California may seem like an unlikely driver of deforestation from soybean and palm oil biofuels.
Frontiers
JANUARY 18, 2023
While long studied as a source of biofuel thanks to their high lipid or fat content, algae are also attracting interest from researchers because of their potential to be a more efficient food source.
Physics World
JANUARY 19, 2022
Sent up by universities, governments and start-ups, they do everything from monitoring deforestation to tracking radio-tagged endangered animals. Powered by ultra-low-carbon biofuel, it will have 86% fewer emissions than a fossil-fuel rocket. They typically last for no more than five years, burning up when done.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Most bio-based diesel fuels are made from vegetable oil.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 8, 2025
Biofuels are often marketed as homegrown low-carbon fuels, but that’s not an accurate description of where the industry is headed. And of course, there are other uses for vegetable oils and fats beyond biofuels, including food and products like soaps and detergents. Million Metric Tons (MMT) of BBD feedstock and another 3.3
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