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Harvested sugarcane in Karnataka, India.

A liquid biofuels primer: Carbon-cutting hopes vs. real-world impacts

Sean Mowbray 20 Mar 2023

Sugarcane threatens Amazon forest and world climate; Brazilian ethanol is not clean (commentary)

Lucas Ferrante and Philip M. Fearnside 18 Nov 2019

In surprise move, Brazil has removed restrictions on Amazon sugarcane production

Naira Hofmeister 13 Nov 2019

NOAA announces largest-ever Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Aug 2017
Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016

Turning prairies into gas: study finds U.S. biofuel production has big impacts on grasslands

Glenn Scherer 2 Apr 2015

Brazil should convert pasture, not cerrado for biofuel crops

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2014

Commodity eco-certification skyrockets, but standards slip

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2014

Brazil may lift ban on Amazon ethanol expansion

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

Sugarcane production impacting local climate in Brazil

Thomas Handley 1 May 2013

E.U. may eliminate subsidies for crop-based biofuels

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2012

Emissions from palm oil biodiesel highest of major biofuels, says EU

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2012

Palm oil does not meet U.S. renewable fuels standard, rules EPA

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2012

Expanding ethanol threatens last remnants of Atlantic Forest

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2011

Record dead zone projected due to Midwest floods

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2011

Sugar cane cools climate when it replaces cattle pasture

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2011

Prairie grass-based biofuels could meet half current fuel demand without affecting forests, food

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2011

Attempt to reduce ethanol subsidies blocked by corn-belt senators

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Dec 2010

UK failing to meet biofuel sustainability standard

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2010

US subsidies of oil and coal more than double the subsidies of renewable energy

Jeremy Hance 21 Sep 2009

Brazil may ban sugarcane plantations from the Amazon, Pantanal

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2009

Environmental disappointments under Obama

Jeremy Hance 24 Aug 2009

Will hydrocarbon biofuels replace gasoline and ethanol?

Jeremy Hance 13 Aug 2009

Smart biofuels that don’t hurt people or the environment are possible

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2009

Bill Clinton speaks out for rainforests in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2009

Bioelectricity bests ethanol on two fronts: land use and global warming

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2009

80% of agricultural expansion since 1980 came at expense of forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2009

Cellulosic ethanol healthier, better for the environment, than corn ethanol

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2008

Biodiversity of rainforests should not be compared with oil palm plantations says palm oil council chief

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2008

First RSPO-certified (“eco-friendly”) palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2008

EU’s sustainable biofuels push angers Malaysia, Brazil

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2008

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