Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - May 4, 2018

Low-Carbon Biofuels, Bioproducts Crucial to Two Degree Scenario

In April, the European Commission, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), below50, the Biofuture Platform, and the ART Fuels Forum formally expressed the sense that low-carbon fuels will be required as part of capping global warming at two degrees Celsius. The message was delivered at an international conference in Brussels aimed at shaping discussions around the European Union’s consideration of biofuels as part of environmental policies under the Renewable Energy Directive post 2020, or RED II.

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New Research Shows the Health Benefits of Ethanol-Fueled Cookstoves

Today, about three billion people still cook and heat their homes with traditional stoves and solid fuels worldwide. These fuels and stoves are major contributors to household air pollution in the developing world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), household air pollution causes 4.3 million deaths annually. Cooking is primarily done by women, and so women and children bear the health burden associated with burning solid fuels as well as the hazards associated with collecting fuels. Cleaner cooking fuels and cookstoves, which would reduce harmful health impacts, have been identified as an important area of international development.

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Headlines: 

1. DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office Announces Funding Opportunities
2. New Oklahoma Law Will Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp
3. Biofuel Group Asks U.S. Court to Review EPA's Refinery Waivers
4. White House Sets Meeting with Senators on Biofuels Next Week 
5. Senators Press Pruitt on Year-Round Sale of E15

 

 

To Contact the Editor: Jessie Stolark at bioenergy@eesi.org

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