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Emissions Impact of Biofuels Undercounted

Posted by: Tim Halbur

27 October 2009 - 5:00am

A new report claims that the way the global warming impact of biofuels is measured leaves out the land use component of clearing land and growing crops.

"In recent months, researchers have begun to worry that bioenergy crops could replace the world's forests and savannahs on a huge scale unless climate policies start to take full account of how these crops' production affects greenhouse-gas concentrations. None of the major climate regimes -- including the Kyoto Protocol, the European Union's carbon market and the House-passed climate bill -- account for the carbon released by changing land use for biofuels."

Full Story: Carbon advantage of biofuels may be overstated
Source: The Washington Post, October 23, 2009
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