CATF Op-Ed on “Ethanol’s Failed Promise” in the Washington Post
April 22nd, 2008 by CATF,“Food to Fuel” mandates have fallen short of their objectives and have proven to be detrimental to climate and the environment. Energy consumption for biofuel production, inflated food prices and deforestation are some of the negative indirect impacts of this type of policy. In addition food to fuel mandates have fallen short of meeting direct objectives such as reducing dependence on foreign oil.
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CATF Op-Ed on the “Biodiesel Fallacy” in the Boston Globe
November 26th, 2007 by CATF,The “carbon neutral” bioenergy fallacy leads to policies that may have detrimental impacts on the environment. Growing feedstocks for fuel may displace food crop production and detract from available land for natural ecosystem services. In addition, the proposed biodiesel mandate in Massachusetts fails to account for the indirect land use change impacts associated with the conversion of agricultural and natural ecosystem lands to feedstock production.
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