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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US government: $28 carbon price would raise gas prices by 25 cents]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A national carbon price under a cap-and-trade system would have a limited impact on gasoline prices, reports a new study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The report estimates that a carbon price of $28 per ton &#8212; a bit less than current carbon prices in the European market &#8212; would boost gas prices by 25 cents per gallon, while a $200 per ton tax would increase prices by less then $2.  The findings suggest that the cost of climate change legislation may be lower than claimed by industry, but also indicate that efforts to curb Americans' driving habitats via a carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme may be of limited effectiveness.  A $2 increase in the price of gas would still leave U.S. fuel prices well below those in most of the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Europe cuts biofuel targets to 4% in 2015, 6% in 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The E.U. voted to relax biofuels targets following widespread criticism of their social, economic, and environmental impacts. Thursday the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee said it would push a plan calling for a 5 percent share of renewables in transport fuel by 2015 and a 10 percent target by 2020, a reduction from the 20 percent target set forth in March 2007.  The plan effectively cuts targets for biofuels produced from conventional feedstocks to four percent in 2015 and six percent in 2020.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0912-biofuels.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$4 gas translates to fewer driving deaths]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rising gas prices have trigger a drop in traffic deaths as motorists drive less and slow down, reports a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0711-driving.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. may allow corn farming on conservation land]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture may allow farmers to plant corn on million of acres of conservation land to bolster the food supply in response to flooding in the Midwest and record high prices spurred by demand for domestic ethanol production, according to a report in the New York Times.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-corn.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biofuel production on abandoned lands could meet 8% of global energy needs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using abandoned agricultural lands for biofuel production could help meet up to 8 percent of global energy needs without compromising food supplies or diminishing biologically-rich habitats, reports a new study published in the journal <I>Environmental Science and Technology</i>.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Miles-per-gallon misrepresents gains in fuel efficiency from scrapping worst gas-guzzlers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The use of miles-per-gallon instead of gallons-per-distance to measure fuel-efficiency may be clouding Americans' judgement when it comes to choosing whether to take the worst gas-guzzling vehicles off the road, argues a new paper published in the journal <i>Science</i>.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0619-mpg.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cellulosic biofuels may be viable alternative to gas within 5 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new institute in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking to make cellulosic biofuel an economically viable alternative to corn ethanol and gasoline within the next five years. The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a partnership between three national laboratories and three Bay Area universities, was formed in June 2007 after the U.S. Department of Energy awarded the institute a $125 million grant to develop better methods for making liquid biofuels from the natural cellulose in trees and grasses. JBEI researchers expect cellulosic biofuels to yield more energy, produce less greenhouse gases, and have less impact on the environment than other alternatives to gasoline, such as corn ethanol.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0602-ucsc_rogers_biofuels.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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