September 12, 2008
- European Parliament Insists on Second Generation Biofuels
I don't know if the Gallagher Report had any influence on their thinking, but the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy has decided to back the proposals put forward by Luxembourg Green MEP Claude Turmes to mandate the use of second generation biofuels as part of the overall EU targets for the adoption of biofuels. The proposals also require that first-generation biofuels (manufactured from food crops such as corn, sugar and rapeseed), would need to meet strict sustainability criteria in order to count towards EU targets. (…)
July 8, 2008
- Gordon Brown Warns G8 About Biofuels
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently commissioned a survey from Professor Ed Gallagher, former chief of the Environment Agency and now head of the Renewable Fuels Agency. Prof. (…)
June 26, 2008
- High Fuel Prices - Get Used To It!
The latest edition of New Scientist magazine just landed on my desk. The cover shows a barrel of oil morphed into a bomb and proclaims "Oil Shock - You ain't seen nothing yet". (…)